Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

 PlayStation
  • Publisher: Konami
  • Release Date: Mar 20, 2002
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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 268 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 216 out of 268
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 268
  3. Negative: 16 out of 268
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  1. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    7
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!
  2. Xilg
    Aug 8, 2023
    7
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories é um clássico do PS1 e um clássico para muitos entusiastas do anime ou do card game, porém é bem polemico.
    Sendo desenvolvido antes do Tranding Card Game (TCG) e do mangá, Forbidden Memories pode parecer confuso aos olhos de alguém que já está acostumando com Yu-Gi-Oh! pois as regras aqui são muito diferentes das atuais, o que não é uma coisa ruim, já que o    Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories é um clássico do PS1 e um clássico para muitos entusiastas do anime ou do card game, porém é bem polemico.
    Sendo desenvolvido antes do Tranding Card Game (TCG) e do mangá, Forbidden Memories pode parecer confuso aos olhos de alguém que já está acostumando com Yu-Gi-Oh! pois as regras aqui são muito diferentes das atuais, o que não é uma coisa ruim, já que o card game está cada vez mais frenético e o game de PS1 tenta adaptar as regras do arco do reino dos duelistas, onde as coisas eram mais simples. Porém se vc nunca jogou ou não sabe nada sobre Forbidden Memories, sinto lhe informar que o jogo não se importa em lhe ensinar o básico do jogo como o complexo sistema de fusões, onde farmar cada carta ou mesmo como ver as animações do monstros em campo.
    A história não é de todo ruim, parece um protótipo do que realmente seria o mangá, com varias ideias que para quem já leu o mangá ou assistiu o anime podem perceber certas semelhanças.
    Por fim, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories é de fato um clássico muito divertido e nostálgico, porém tem seus problemas.    … Expand
  3. JoseManuel10_
    Aug 1, 2023
    8
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories is a video game loosely based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series.
  4. Kai82
    Jul 14, 2023
    6
    While I had a bit of fun with the game I can not recommend it for everyone. Firstly it uses different rules. I read they used prototype rules from before the trading card game was established. There are for example no tributes, no graveyard, fusions are normal cards and buff spell cards vanish after use (There is more than that). Also you can fusion monsters by playing multiple monstersWhile I had a bit of fun with the game I can not recommend it for everyone. Firstly it uses different rules. I read they used prototype rules from before the trading card game was established. There are for example no tributes, no graveyard, fusions are normal cards and buff spell cards vanish after use (There is more than that). Also you can fusion monsters by playing multiple monsters in a single turn if they are compatible. This is at the beginning the only way to get stronger monsters. As sidenote: There is guardian star system where you get a bonus against other alignments which I loved and hated. You get new cards by winning and you will play training games a lot. At the end you need monsters with +3000 attack to even have a chance. Which gets to my first negative. It is randomized what you get. You can grind for hours and still not gain enough good cards. I manged to beat the game but only after I got a “Meteor Black Dragon “ and buff card that added 1000 attack. I have a cheap trick for multiplying cards for you at the end. Now to the presentation and story. The story starts as expected in ancient Egypt and will end in modern times. It is just a bit more than a vehicle for the card game. You will face familiar characters and themes. The graphics and soundtrack are functional but nothing to write home about. Others will definitely rate this as negative. I had not a single bug, slowdown or glitch during a lot of game hours. The card battles work smothly and I have no complain in this regard. Overall it is a game that I enjoyed for the challenge. I can see it anger or annoy a lot of other people. Also it does not help that later games improve the formula. I give a 6/10. Multiplying cards: The game prevents you from trading with a copy of your save on another saving cartridge. However it does not prevent you from trading with a copy of a copy on a third cartridge. This can get you a lot of copies of good cards.… Expand
  5. leofravoline
    May 10, 2022
    9
    Marcou uma época especial da minha vida. Comigo jogando yugioh com cartas do camelô com meus amigos, foi a porta de entrada pra muitas amizades. Adorava o desenho também apesar da globo passar só a fase da ilha na tv. Descobri recentemente que o kaiba trapaceia nas lutas dele kkkkkkk só consegui zerar por ter gameshark
  6. ChelseazazSwe
    May 5, 2022
    10
    Finally beat the gamwe after 23 years!!! I played this game back in 1999 when the game came out but I was too young to understand the game but I came back and finally beat this game. Feel so good.
  7. grimreapersims
    Aug 31, 2021
    6
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  8. VanCan72
    Apr 6, 2021
    4
    I'm just gonna say it. It's not a good game. The balancing and difficulty spikes just make this game incredibly hard to settle into. Getting the cards you need to make a competitive deck is also a frustrating affair with you finding one duelist that has the potential to give good cards and duel them again and again and again until you have enough of what you need to move on. It doesnt helpI'm just gonna say it. It's not a good game. The balancing and difficulty spikes just make this game incredibly hard to settle into. Getting the cards you need to make a competitive deck is also a frustrating affair with you finding one duelist that has the potential to give good cards and duel them again and again and again until you have enough of what you need to move on. It doesnt help that this game pretty much predates the actual rules so alot of the depth that is present in the game is reduced to how many beat sticks are better than your opponents. Add to it the story just spikes in difficulty to obscene levels in the final act involving an endurance involving 6 straight duels that are hard as hell and have no check points or chances to save. Honestly, had I not used the 3 memory card trick to duplicate my strong monsters and traps there is no doubt in my mind it wouldve taken me infinitely longer… Expand
  9. Gevluah
    Oct 8, 2020
    6
    -Way too difficult and punishing
    -Powerful cards take TOO LONG to get from duelists and some are even impossible to buy (well almost impossible)

    It's simple yet addictive, I wouldn't suggest you try to beat the game's campaign on your own, also I would suggest you play with 15 card drop mod
  10. Neverender69
    Sep 3, 2020
    10
    A game I've spent literally hundreds of hours playing. Fighting the Meadow sage's underling 500 times so I could grind up the rarer cards from him like Skull servant & Dark Magician.

    Eventually realizing I can cheese the game with the power of 3 memory cards & duplicating my saves, then trading over my best stuff to my main save. I guess that's why they call it "forbidden memories."    A game I've spent literally hundreds of hours playing. Fighting the Meadow sage's underling 500 times so I could grind up the rarer cards from him like Skull servant & Dark Magician.

    Eventually realizing I can cheese the game with the power of 3 memory cards & duplicating my saves, then trading over my best stuff to my main save.

    I guess that's why they call it "forbidden memories."

    Graphics were fantastic when you consider the time. Think about this. They had thousands of monsters in the game. All animated with multiple attack animations. A game programmed & developed between 1997-1999 had more detailed animations for their sprites than a Pokemon game made in modern times. A Yu-Gi-Oh game that was probably made on a shoe string budget had more effort put in making a game with real animations than some multi-billion dollar company does now.
    Just let that sink in!

    Game is nothing like the real Yu-Gi-Oh game. Imagine my surprise as a 11 year old boy in 2002 walking into Ridgemar mall for the Yu-Gi-Oh tournament, only to find that I have absolutely no clue how to play the real game.
    Let me tell you, that was quite the embarrassing experience!

    Overall, I give the game a 10 if you want a fun game that isn't anything like Yu-Gi-Oh but shares the images of what Yu-Gi-Oh is.

    I would not recommend the game if you're expecting a game like the old GBA games or the game that's out on the switch now.

    Still gets a 10 from me!    … Expand
  11. neojotic
    Aug 27, 2020
    6
    This game for a casual fan or regular gamer is about a 6/10

    Graphics aren't bad for PS1 as it's a game released near the EOL. The game's difficulty will be hard if you do not possess a lot of knowledge about yugioh.

    The story is just ok nothing terrible but nothing spectacular. This is a good game for any PS collector looking to start deep diving after obtaining all the classics.
  12. iKen
    Apr 14, 2020
    8
    Played on PlayStation.
    Gameplay: GREAT.
    Story: GOOD.
    Graphic: GREAT.
    Music/Sound: GREAT.
    Dialogue: GOOD.
  13. Leontorres7
    Nov 13, 2018
    8
    This is really a great game, there is so much to love about it, must play for sure!
  14. orangebike9393
    Jul 31, 2018
    7
    very hard game at times almost impossible to beat some of the characters since they draw the best cards.Top 10 game soundtracks of all time easily!
  15. Diegochocho
    Jul 8, 2018
    8
    Como fan de la saga me gusto mucho, aunque nunca lo llegue a entender lo del fondo negro.
  16. XxJoseManuelxX
    Aug 17, 2016
    7
    Yu-Gi-Oh Forbidden Memories! is a video game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series, developed by KCEJ and published by Konami.

    + Yu Gi Oh Cards and Monster
    - Old Rules
  17. kman5473
    Aug 6, 2016
    3
    This game is so unbelievably difficult and frustrating. I thought I would try going back to it for nostalgia, and see if as an adult I was any better at this game.

    No. Please also note that the majority of people giving this a positive review are all cheating in order to make the game more enjoyable. That's ridiculous! To make a game so incredibly difficult that the only way to truly    This game is so unbelievably difficult and frustrating. I thought I would try going back to it for nostalgia, and see if as an adult I was any better at this game.

    No.

    Please also note that the majority of people giving this a positive review are all cheating in order to make the game more enjoyable. That's ridiculous! To make a game so incredibly difficult that the only way to truly enjoy it is to cheat and hack?    … Expand
  18. Chris051
    Jan 23, 2016
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I know this sounds weird but i loved this game its **** amazing and i thinck should be played by more. An amazing card gamer. i found it confusing but it was still fun to me… Expand
  19. dressloarn
    Jul 22, 2015
    10
    Dont listen to what the reviewers are saying back then or now on Youtube. This game is wrongly measured because the fact is with this Game the Yu Gi Oh franchise actually started not with the card game or the anime series but the Japanese Version released in 1999 which later came to the West in 2002 when all the other stuff with Yu Gi Oh on it was allready out.
  20. stratagemmedley
    Oct 3, 2014
    7
    This game brings back a lot of nostalgia, so I thought I'd play through it again and after heavy grinding (there is a lot of that in this game) I managed to beat it, I just want to say off the bat that if the sound of endless grinding, rules different to that of the actual card game and absolutely nothing being explained sounds about as appealing as setting up a mosque next to a BNPThis game brings back a lot of nostalgia, so I thought I'd play through it again and after heavy grinding (there is a lot of that in this game) I managed to beat it, I just want to say off the bat that if the sound of endless grinding, rules different to that of the actual card game and absolutely nothing being explained sounds about as appealing as setting up a mosque next to a BNP member's house then this game is not for you. However those willing to tolerate this will find an addictive game with great music, fantastic re-playability and cartoony graphics that have aged very well, with the exception of some 3D battles that look a bit jagged of course.
    I must say I do love the fact that the game leaves you to your own devices, it is a very strict mistress with cards requiring an extortionate amount of starchips (the currency) to redeem, losing once causing the game to end and **** all being explained, though all of this difficulty does make what would otherwise be a very short game to have organic length and the rush of success being so overcoming that when you beat the game or get the card you want, you will literally jump for joy. To be honest I think a game like this is best for the time we live in, where walkthroughs can be found at a single click, so when the difficulty curves (which good God does it curve) you can at least find out how to overcome your predicament, that being said I do certainly understand why critics shat upon this game, as of course they only have so long to review this game and as I said before, this game is a harsh mistress and if you don't appreciate it for what it is, YFM certainly won't appreciate you either. Additionally the game is very much luck-based, as success can rely upon the good pulls you got from grinding, the random deck you were given at the beginning, whether or not your fusions work (which is trial and error) and if an enemy pulls out certain cards you're more or less ****ed from the get-go. Once again this game can be cruel but you know what in an age of shooter hand-holding an condescending tutorials, I would not have it any other way.    … Expand
  21. br_1245
    Sep 13, 2014
    6
    Para quem é fã esse é um jogo altamente adorado, para que não é ele é de mediano para ruim. De todos os games da saga Yu Gi esse é o melhor e mais aclamado palos fãs. Por seu desafio acima da media que nos prende horas a fio em busca de cartas raras e melhorando nossa estrategias marcou seu nome no legado do primeiro console da Sony.
  22. Mnms1967
    Mar 12, 2014
    8
    This game can be very difficult and each duel is mainly down to getting the right cards at the start. Plenty of grinding is required, but i found it strangely addicting.
  23. TheWallZeppelin
    Oct 25, 2013
    10
    Amazing game! Hugely nostalgic for me(my third ps1 game), Yugioh Forbidden Memories remains one of my favorite ps1 games of all time. Amazing sound, gameplay, prize-reward system, campaign, free duels, cards, fusions, and most especially: lasting power. I have played this game for years and restart on one of my memory cards a bunch just to have the challenge and fun start again. Great Game!
  24. AmA1990
    Jul 21, 2013
    6
    Graphics 6/10
    Sound 7/10
    Gameplay 5/10 Value 6/10 While this game is fun to play it does not deserve more than a 6 considering the disastrous flaws it has. It lacks a simple tutorial to tell you how to play the game perfectly, and how to fuse cards. Most good cards with 2000+ ATK cost 999,999 Starchips and you ONLY earn 5 starchips per duel on S rank. Do you know what this    Graphics 6/10
    Sound 7/10
    Gameplay 5/10
    Value 6/10

    While this game is fun to play it does not deserve more than a 6 considering the disastrous flaws it has.
    It lacks a simple tutorial to tell you how to play the game perfectly, and how to fuse cards. Most good cards with 2000+ ATK cost 999,999 Starchips and you ONLY earn 5 starchips per duel on S rank. Do you know what this means? Consider that you have the free time to play 100 duels per day and you got an S in all the duels. You will earn only 500 Starchips per day. Multiply this by 365 days you will only get 182,500 Starchips per year which means it requires about 6 years to get all the 999,999 starchips just to buy a single card! (that considering you don't use the memory card trick).
    Also lots of cards left unobtainable, like the Magician of Black Chaos on the cover of the box, MoBC cannot be earned legitimately in this game, you will have to cheat or use a gameshark in order to unlock it,. This card has a drop rate of 0, and it costs the ridiculous amount 999,999 starchips.
    Not to mention how this stupid game is grossly biased towards the AI. The rules that apply to you don't apply to the AI. Like for example you cannot summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon legitimately without using a ritual card and 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons on the field. The computer has 3 standalone BEUD's and 90% of the time it will summon them for you in the first turn (Seto 3rd and sometimes Nitemare) .
    Same thing applies to B. Skull Dragon and Gate Guardian, it has 3 copies of these in its deck. while you cannot summon B. Skull Dragon without a fusion summon (you will need at least three cards to summon BSD), same with Gate Guradian (you will have to own the ritual card and Sanga, Kazejin & Suijin on the field in order to summon it!.)
    Just an advice, borrow this game before you buy it.    … Expand
  25. triking
    Jul 14, 2013
    6
    Ok, I just HAD to review this game. It's so crappy it becomes lovable. Story is non-existent, but who cares, the combat is actually kind of fun and interesting. You start a game with a deck of randomly thrown together crap cards. The entire point of this game is that you can combine 2 or more cards together to produce stronger cards. You can combine your entire hand if you wanted! The funOk, I just HAD to review this game. It's so crappy it becomes lovable. Story is non-existent, but who cares, the combat is actually kind of fun and interesting. You start a game with a deck of randomly thrown together crap cards. The entire point of this game is that you can combine 2 or more cards together to produce stronger cards. You can combine your entire hand if you wanted! The fun is discovering and remembering a huge number of card combination recipes. Also, the combinations appear to change from game to game, so if you got stuck with a bad deck or set of recipes, you pretty much had to start over because this game is....

    HARD. Oh my goodness is it difficult. Your opponents will never have any trouble completely wrecking you. Near the end of the game, I actually transported my disk contents to PC so I could cheat with a program that would give me every card in the game and infinite starchips (which seems to be a requirement if you want to beat it).

    Even with this obvious advantage, I had to fight the last few bosses multiple times because I'm not kidding they would completely wreck you in one turn. You had to get the PERFECT hand to win. Of course it's not hard to figure out how this happened. This is what lazy game designers do when they run out of time to put real content in a game. Hey, we're out of time, let's just crank up the difficultly! That'll make things seem like an engaging and fun experience!

    Well no, it didn't. But the game is so terrible it's charming.    … Expand
  26. ChaosMedic
    Jan 16, 2013
    8
    This game brings back so many memories. I had so much fun with this game; it was a blast. However, the game didn't follow the traditional rules because at the time it was released TCG rules were just being established. Had it been released maybe a year later with those rules in place, I bet it'd be the most Yu-Gi-OH! game ever made. The battles were a litte weird in that you couldn'tThis game brings back so many memories. I had so much fun with this game; it was a blast. However, the game didn't follow the traditional rules because at the time it was released TCG rules were just being established. Had it been released maybe a year later with those rules in place, I bet it'd be the most Yu-Gi-OH! game ever made. The battles were a litte weird in that you couldn't control when Trap cards were activated, A.I. was predictable, the Spoils system made no sense whatsoever and buying cards was pointless because any card of real worth costed a number of Starchips almost impossible to obtain.

    If you love Yu-Gi-Oh!, this is a game for you. I'd also say it's a good game to get you into Yu-Gi-Oh! (along with the cartoon show) if you know nothing about it.    … Expand
  27. BlueEyesUltimateDragon
    Oct 25, 2006
    10
    This game has class. You can expect the unexpected. You'll never know what wil happen next so buy this game now if you had the guts.
  28. JeroenV.
    Jun 6, 2006
    10
    This game is very good. I play it every day and I am trying to get 999,999 starchips. If you have patience and play it very often, it may be possible to get the magic amount in 2 or 3 years. And if you have 3 memorie cards you can get every card. It sure deserves a 10!
  29. JesseK.
    Dec 8, 2005
    10
    this game is really fun ive arety got meter black dragon , dark migion and skull night from the high mage i think i will give the game a 10.
  30. IkhwanK.
    Oct 28, 2005
    9
    Very bad ending but i"m happy to play this games.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Thunderbolt
    70
    Modern TCG fans will probably either love it for being simple and different, or hate it for being old and unlike the current game.
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  2. PSX Nation
    69
    Daunting difficulty and narrow appeal...There are teeth of mine I'd pull with a pair of pliers rather than play this card game ever again.
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  3. GameZone
    60
    I would ultimately recommend this for either someone who has played the card game before or someone who has a lot of time to go through and write down or memorize the card combos and fusion results, since everything is trial and error.
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