SpillWhy Ape Escape Is the PS1 Black Label Worth HuntingApe Escape wouldn't even start without a DualShock. Sony's Japan Studio shipped it in 1999 as the first PlayStation game to require both analog sticks — left stick steers Spike, right stick swings the Stun Club and the Time Net — and the original digital pad got politely told to sit down.
That gamble is what makes it the defining late-era PS1 game to collect: a first-party title that only makes sense on Sony's own hardware, released in the console's victory-lap years. If you're going to own one