Fox12 said:
Well, I loved a little game called Beyond the Beyond. It was probably bad, but I don't remember, and I wouldn't have known any better at the time. It may have been my first RPG. I don't think I've ever heard it mentioned, though, which is a little sad. I still own the disc, I may play it again, if it still works (it probably doesn't).
I deliberately forgot about Beyond the Beyond; it was once one of the few RPG's available on the PlayStation, so I tried it out despite every magazine review either panning the game as terrible, or (at best) going on and on about its almost impressive level of consistent mediocrity.....I wished that I had listened to them and just bought a second-tier SNES RPG, instead.
Not to crap on your memories, I'm happy that it got you into RPG's, but you might wish to lower expectations before replaying it.
As for the OP, I used to love an old Apple shooter called Space Quarks; kind of a Space Invaders rip-off, except easier and without any protective shields, just dodge and shoot through several stages, then re-playing them at a progressively faster speed.
I also really liked this PlayStation tube shooter called Nanotek Warrior, kind of like Tempest 2000 except with easy controls and less likelihood of losing sight of bullets due to the graphics.....here's a play-through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG-0bEFHBaI
Man, I hope that CD still works, and is fully compatible with the PS2.....