Miniature console to be released in December, packaged with popular games, including Resident Evil, Ridge Racer, Tekken – and the original Grand Theft Auto

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Sony has released the full list of games for its forthcoming PlayStation Classic, a miniature version of the iconic 1997 games console announced last month.

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Several of the console’s most fondly remembered titles are present, including Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, the original Resident Evil and Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssee, alongside more obscure selections such as Wild Arms, which only ever gained popularity in Japan. Notable absentees include Parappa the Rapper, a groundbreaking music game about a rapping dog, and gothic adventure Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

The full list is:

Battle Arena Toshinden

Cool Boarders 2

Destruction Derby

Final Fantasy VII

Grand Theft Auto

Intelligent Qube

Jumping Flash

Metal Gear Solid

Mr Driller

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee

Rayman

Resident Evil Director’s Cut

Revelations: Persona

Ridge Racer Type 4

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

Syphon Filter

Tekken 3

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6

Twisted Metal

Wild Arms

Sony is the latest games company to cash in on a growing wave of 80s and 90s nostalgia. Nintendo’s NES Mini and SNES Mini consoles, each of which also comes with a selection of games, sold more than 2m each – the NES Mini briefly outsold the current PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles earlier this year.

Meanwhile, enthusiast retro-games console manufacturer Analog recently announced a high-end reproduction of the 30-year-old Sega Mega Drive (Genesis in America).

The PlayStation Classic is out on 3 December, priced £89.99.