The PS1 Simple Series. With a light description of the game, in volume order, and if there is a leaderboard it is linked.

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There are a total of 104 games on the list so I will post in blocks so its easier to edit if need be. Thank you again, and looking forward to the leaderboard links increase. The other series will be posted separately since the volumes reset to 1.

Vol. 1: The Mahjong - Its Mahjong, I don't think I will ever find out how to play this. Has a difficulty toggle.

Vol. 2: The Shougi - It varies in difficulty, so I will be surprised to see the person who can clear this. 3 levels of lower, middle and upper grade vs a CPU opponent.

Vol 3: The Gomoku Narabe - Its just Go, I am not sure I am pressed to play this one. Also three levels of difficulty like Volume 2

Vol 4: The Reversi - Reversi was once a popular game. You can still buy it in stores. 3 levels of difficult again.

Vol 5: The Igo - Is this just a different version of GO? 3 levels of difficulty again.

Vol. 6: The Hanafuda - the one game I know how to play from Japan that's technically in the world of criminals but it became a classic.

Vol. 7: The Card - Its Black Jack, 5 card poker, and a game that plays like Jin. This game has no ending but you can save for that reason you cant speedrun it.

Vol. 8: The Solitaire - Technically this is not solitaire its a marble taking game, the name escapes me at the moment, but it goes up in levels. This can be speedrun and cleared but its more memorization since the game is a boardgame puzzle.

Vol. 9: The Chess - There have got to be some strong Chess players on the site for sure. 3 levels of difficulty

Vol. 10: The Billiard - Pool, but I suck at pool. Big pass, let some other shark get this set up. You can set the amount of set plays and some of the variables.

Vol. 11: The Pinball 3D - Two tables in the game, with hard and easy difficulty, but the only goal I could see as a clear condition is trying to beat the highscore which was easy. It doesn't have build in clear conditions to my knowledge

Vol. 12: The Quiz - You can play a game of 20, 30, or 50 questions. And set the time variables. The are a lot of tv questions, and history questions. There's no ending it just boots you to the title??

Vol. 13: - The Race - Actually a well programmed driving game, but it seems to be a few courses and its over. Known as Pro Racer in Europe; known as Racing in the US

Vol. 14: The Block Kuzushi - a real basic block breaker, seems to be a decent game with a number of stages. https://www.speedrun.com/the_block_kuzushi Be sure to message @AsneL if you want to get some pro strats for brick break games.

Vol. 15: The Pachinko - Its pachinko, to be fair its the older kind, but its still gambling and not gaming. There's also no ending since its endless

Vol. 16: The Pachislot - Its 3 slot machines that you would fine at a casino no ending or clear. Just gambling. Not a game in my opinion.

Vol. 17: The Bike Race - A nice little race game on dirt bikes. You can select different courses and drivers.

Vol. 18: The Bowling - There's several modes to choose in this one, the only bowling I have played is some arcade stuff and the mini game in Tekken 5 dark res, so I cant comment on this one too much. I expect there will be a speedrun of it at some point.

***Vol. 19: The Sugoroku - Some truly evil maps, but they are smaller in size so realistically even in casual play the game shouldn't take too long.

Vol. 20: The Puzzle - very similar to puzzle bobble, but your shooting over an incline or decline.

Vol. 21: The Yakyuu - Tournament and Season modes, with a good set of options for a simple series baseball game, no comments on the baseball games.

Vol. 22: The Pro Wrest - The plays about as weird as the characters look. Not a fun one for me, but maybe someone could get some enjoyment.

Vol. 23: The Gateball - Its a game inspired by Croque, I see old people play this often in my town. Seems like a relaxing thing to do.

Vol. 24: The Gun Shooting - An on rails shooter. Time can be saved on bosses and certain sections.

Vol. 25: The Keiga - This is horseracing, this was at a time when these games were still sort of popular. There is some horse management and training besides just betting on horses.

Vol. 26: The Tennis - Known as All-Star Tennis in Europe And just Tennis in the US. Nope, I actually enjoy tennis and some of the games but I'm particular about it, the response is slow.

Vol. 27: The Snowboard - really trying to get better at this game. Its one of the best snowboard games I played and I never realized it was a simple series games. It could be the nostalgia speaking but a lot of people seem to have good memories with this game. This was released as Snowboard racer or Snowboard in the US.

Vol. 28: The Dungeon RPG - Standard dungeon crawler, need to play to see how many levels. and if its worth the sweat and tears.

Vol. 29: The Tsuri - Fishing game where you cast a line out at, and can reel them in. It looks like a game for people who like to fish.

Vol. 30: The Basket -1 on 1 Plus- Based off the arcade version, well worth checking out if your a fan basketball games or goofy arcade games. https://www.speedrun.com/thebasketball Message @CaneofPacci if your trying to shoot some anime hoops.

Vol. 31: The Sound Novel - an actual visual novel. I'm not sure there are selections in game and it seems to play itself.

Vol. 32: The Boxing - https://www.speedrun.com/the_boxing . Also known as All Star Boxing in the EU, its extremely difficult, most of the boxers just can't do anything, you have the possibility to just retire after a match because of injury which is too common so its so difficult to progress.

Vol. 33: The Takkyuu - Table tennis! Actually really cute. The story mode seems like it could be speedrunable.

Vol. 34: The Quiz Bangumi - A quiz game where you progress through several quiz questions until you become the victor, this game seems to ask more common sense questions and common knowledge, rather then anime or tv questions making this more manageable.

Vol. 35: The Shooting - This game seems to have more of a budget then other titles. It’s got that creepy 3D ps1 era cutscene but I find those charming. This is a classic shmup. Titled Shooter: Space Shot in the US.

Vol. 36: The Renai Simulation Natsu Iro Celebration - A visual novel dating game. One of the earlier titles from HuneX.

Vol. 37: The Illust Puzzle & Slide Puzzle - Can you clear all the puzzles. Several modes to choose from. Some of the puzzle require a fair bit of thought and math.

Vol. 38: The Real Racing: Toyota - looks like an absolutely miserable racing game. But that VRRMM sound is top quality.

Vol. 39: The Mahjong 2 - the original but slightly upgraded. Maybe the AI is harder?

Vol. 40: The Shougi 2 - see volume 2

Vol. 41: The Reversi 2 - see volume 3

Vol. 42: The Igo 2 - see volume 4

Vol. 43: The Hanafuda 2 - see the other Hanafuda entry above. There's a tournament mode this time.

Vol. 44: The Card 2 - AKA card games in the US. like card 1 but with different games. Sorry I am skipping most of the card titles because they are endless.

Vol. 45: The Block Kuzushi 2 - Block Buster in the EU, more of the same but with different block breaker layouts.

Vol. 46: The Mahjong Ochige: Rakujong - it’s Mahjong.

Vol. 47: The Skateboard - seems like you fall over a lot. Really sub par skateboarding. It’s a score attack game also. Huge pass.

Vol. 48: The Puzzle 2 - Known as Destructo 2 in Europe. Seems a little like a MR. Driller rip off. But its a colorful block drop game.

Vol. 49: The Casino - Casino games, Easy to find this game but I am not sure its speedrunable similar to the card games.

Vol. 50: The Billiard 2 - See Billiard entry. Its the same game plus some new features

Vol. 51: The Jigsaw Puzzle - Several types of modes but its your standard jigsaw puzzle.

Vol. 52: The Pro Wrest 2 - See Vol. 22, its the same game just more characters, etc.

Vol. 53: The Helicopter - Known as RC Helicopter in the US. https://www.speedrun.com/rc_helicopter One of the more popular Simple Series 1500 games, @CaneofPacci manages the leaderboard and can teach you how to land RC helicopters perfectly on a landing pad.

Vol. 54: The Volleyball - Exhibition and Tournament modes, seems a little bit of a slow paced game, but when it comes to volleyball games you don't have many choices.

Vol. 55: The Darts - The throwing darts game, it has many types of modes too play, I'm not familiar with all the different rules but it does seem like a complete experience for darts.

Vol. 56: The Sniper - 3D sniping game. It's similar to some arcade games but less frantic which provides a unique experience. @CaneofPacci runs the leaderboard at https://www.speedrun.com/thesniper

Vol. 57: The Meiro - You have to gather three keys and escape but you can attack your opponent and set traps to get in their way or take their pieces. It actually plays more like a clunky 1v1 shooting game.

Vol. 58: The Sumou - A push-pull mechanic sumo game. For this reason I can't recommend it, most of these type of sumo games are not listed on speedrun.com and most don't have full playthroughs at all.

Vol. 59: The Suiri - A detective narrative game, you have to select clues and a few options in the game.

Vol. 60: The Table Hockey - Just that, nothing fancy here in the game, just versus the AI or another player in Table Hockey.

Vol. 61: The Quiz 2 - Same as The Quiz, but more modes and new questions.

Vol. 62: The Ski - I was a little shocked, almost exactly the same course from The Snowboard entry, just with skis

Vol. 63: The Gun Shooting 2 - A lot less serious the the titles sounds, this is a bunch of party shooting games you find in family friendly round 1 arcade games. There is a story as well to the events that occur in the game. 2 player supported story mode as well.

Vol. 64: The Kickboxing - Known as Kickboxing Knockout in Europe; known as Kickboxing in the US. Plays like Love Upper from the simple series 2000 collection. Personally I find both a little boring with poor controls.

Vol. 65: The Golf - Tournament and Free Hole modes, it plays perfectly simple so I think its a good entry. I wouldn't be surprised if golf speedrunners picked this up.

***Vol. 66: The Kaiten: Mawasunda!! - Its a mini game collection game, this seems to be an almost direct port of the arcade game. Some of the minigames are extremely annoying requiring mashing, other turning, but usually

Vol. 67: The Soccer - Soccer games are difficult for me to compare to one another, but this one seems to have decent of controls and gameplay. There's a good amount of modes in this one too.

Vol. 68: The RC Car - or just RC de Go! A really fun car racing game. I had this when I was a kid too and its a solid game. RC de Go Series. I think had its birth with this title. Be sure to reach out to @ThrasherDBS and check out https://www.speedrun.com/rc_de_go if your interested.

Vol. 69: The Putter Golf - Putter/mini golf is and always has been a top tier activity. This game is no different a ton of run, and the controls work well. The leaderboard https://www.speedrun.com/puttergolf is managed by @Escargot .

Vol. 70: The War Simulation - This is actually a Mech Tactical turn based RPG game. There seems to be a pretty deep story for a simple series game. So if you like that kind of RPG style this is for you.

Vol. 71: The Renai Simulation 2 - A follow up to the previous Renai game, but this one seems to play itself even more.

Vol. 72: The Beach Volley - I don't normally complain about graphics, and even with what should have been a booba game, this looks really bad. Everything is blurry, the 3D models, the backgrounds, even the dirt. But hey, its volleyball, so it might be worth a shot if this is your slam.

Vol. 73: The Invader - its actually Taito's versions, so its worth it from a collectors perspective to get this. I am not certain on Space Invaders as a speedrun its always been a score attack to my understanding.

Vol. 74: The Horror Mystery - Novel adventure game. I haven't sat down to play this but its mainly a text adventure.

Vol. 75: The Double Shooting - Released in its own edition by Taito. - this game is higher tier, as it should be as a Taito vertical scroller shooter. Recommend a playing at least once.

Vol. 76: The Dodgeball - Super Slammin' Dodge Ball in the EU, All-Star Slammin' D-Bal in the US. - Dodgeball with 2D tall sprites, I think the whole dodgeball craze had died before this.

Vol. 77: The Suiei - If you took one mini game from one of those Olympic game collection where you button mash you would get this game. It's impressive they stretched it to a whole entry.

Vol. 78: The Zero Yon - a street racing game. Its too simple to a fault.

Vol. 79: The Shisenshou - Is that game where you select the tiles of the same type and they disappear. This one uses gems, hearts, other symbols instead of Chinese characters for the pieces.

Vol. 80: The Jintori -Known as Qix Neo in North America, I forget the name of this is based off of, but its been re released time and time again, where you trap the monster in a certain area.

Vol. 81: The Renai Adventure - Third HuneX virtual novel game.

Vol. 82: The Sensuikan - https://www.speedrun.com/thesubmarine speedrun and organized by @CaneofPacci , You have to venture through levels of the see, taking out other enemy subs as you go.

Vol. 83: The Wakeboard - it seems fun, you are actually be tugged by the boat so it seems to be a bit of tug of war with the controls but its a good time.

Vol. 84: The Intro Quiz - A lot of music, pop, and idol questions. It's a lot of old stuff and particular to Japanese releases back over several decades, so unfortunately it could be very difficult and just memorizing. Maybe you could learn about some good songs though?

Vol. 85: The Sengoku Bushou - Very similar to the Nobunagas ambition series but more focused in on the generals. Seems like a good time but you need an understanding of the language and probably the history to have a good playthrough.

Vol. 86: The Onigokko - its tag, which is a classic. The graphics are pretty bad though, even for ps1 standards. Check it out here at https://www.speedrun.com/theonigokko @CaneofPacci runs the leaderboard and can answer any questions.

Vol. 87: The Kyoutei - we are in borderline a child made this game territory with how crude and rush this game feels. Its a boat race game, I cant say if its a good one.

Vol. 88: The Gal Mahjong: Love Songs - A visual novel game combined with a mahjong game, and no it doesnt teach you how to play.

Vol. 89: The Power Shovel Power Diggerz in Europe, This is a crazy mini game collection game, where all the games are centered around literally using a power shovel truck. @Maigeuls and @gyre can show you how to handle this machinery over at https://www.speedrun.com/power_shovel

Vol. 90: The Sensha - Known as Mobile Armor in the USA. - I got lost just figuring out where to go but its a tank game, kind of a hide and seek shooting game. But there are tanks, plenty of tanks, bushes, and grass, oh yeah a house or building or too as well.

Vol. 91: The Gambler - Actually Yakuza like story, its almost a little to real in its story. I'm not a big fan of Cho han, because its just a lucky dice game.

Vol. 92: The Tozan RPG - literally a mountain climbing RPG. I'm not sure you can go wrong here. I am not sure exactly how long the game is, but its seems to loop in days, so there might be a time limit.

Vol. 93: The Puzzle Bobble (Bust-a-Move 4) you cant go wrong with this classic, same gameplay as all the others, you have multiple path choice in this one, allowing stage choice. Join the action at https://www.speedrun.com/bam4 Be sure to message @NinjasInCarpets @ruunix2 @TokuHer0 or @poshi if you need any help with this game or submissions.

Vol. 94: The Cameraman - Port of the PC Engine game Gekisha Boy. Its not on speedrun.com yet, but the original you just take photos and get points. To the best of my knowledge the game just loops.

Vol. 95: The Hikouki - or Aces of the Air - Flight simulation game, its standard in its gameplay.

Vol. 96: The Yakyuu 2 - Get your Baseball games, get ya baseball games right here!

Vol. 97: The Squash - Street Racquetball ain the US. The amount of effort this game takes you could play real squash. however it might be the only squash game, correct?

Vol. 98: The Futsal - It's soccer but less people. Everyone runs and moves at the same pace so its easy to get confused who has the ball.

Vol. 99: The Kendou - Kendo takes patience, strength, and intellect, It trains a person to be disciplined, but this game will unteach all of that and you will be tested. The story is actually well written here. Be sure to reach out to @Fujikura for more info on https://www.speedrun.com/the_kendo

Vol. 100: The Uchuu Hikoushi - (The Astronaut) - Do your repairs in space, on meteors, on a moon base. This is the most busy astronaut ever, In this 3D action space game. https://www.speedrun.com/the_astronaut @CaneofPacci is your captain astronaut.

Vol. 101: The Sentou - The Public Bath, I have to try this one, and this one only offline because I'm worried about what I might see.

Vol. 102: The Densha Untenshi: Densha de Go! Nagoya Tetsudou Hen - Train conductor but your in the city, this looks like a good starting point in the series actually. It's not on speedrun.com

Vol. 103: The Ganso Densha Untenshi - A different version from the above entry, also not on the site.

Vol. 104: The Pink Panther - Originally released in France, @wesen or @Lifeguard can better explain the game. https://www.speedrun.com/pink_panther_pinkadelic_pursuit A standard platform adventure where you will use bombs and some other items to try to make your way to the goal.

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