PS Plus Premium – the best PS1 and PS2 games you can play for free

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It’s not the greatest launch line-up, but PS Plus’ Premium tier still has some beloved PS1 and PS2 games to download.

Ever since it was announced, the most attractive aspect of Sony’s revamped PlayStation Plus service was the addition of retro games from older console generations; especially, the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2.

We’ve already covered the best PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games you can get as part of the Extra tier, so now we’re going to focus on what’s included with the more expensive Premium tier.

As a reminder, this tier includes PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable games too, but we’re saving the former for its own list. As for the latter, well, there’s only one PSP game available in the UK at the moment: Echocrome.

Unfortunately, Sony’s line-up of PS1 and PS2 games isn’t great at launch. A lot of the PS1’s biggest names, like Tomb Raider and Crash Bandicoot, are absent and there isn’t even a single Ratchet & Clank in the PlayStation 2 library (although there are lots of PlayStation 3 games, oddly).

Sony will be adding to the selection over time though and while it’s a small selection, all of the following are still worth playing today. Just be aware that PS Plus Premium isn’t laid out very well on the PlayStation 5 dashboard, so you may have to search for these games manually to find them.

One of the signature games from Sony’s Japan Studio before it was sadly shuttered, Ape Escape was unique at the time, since it was one of the first games to make use of dual analogue controls. It’s PlayStation 2 sequel Ape Escape 2 is available as well.

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