For those who weren’t in his Twitch chat, he is able to finally play PS1 and 2 games because he bought an upscaler. A whole new world has opened up.

I always laugh at the various ways games come up with to map controls before dual stick control became the standard, even long after dual sticks were available.

Jared playing Monster Hunter. I'm here for it! You are the reason I got into the franchise back with 3 Ultimate on the 3DS. Your beginner's guide to monster hunter literally taught me how to play and made me feel like I could do it.

I haven't played this in I don't even know how many years, I'm here for this LP.

Jared, you are the one that got me into this series. I can't thank you enough for that. Now I'm obsessed. Watching you go back and play the original game is quite the treat!

You're the reason I got into Monster Hunter in the first place can't wait to watch this series!

I was about 16 17 when I first played this and I remember it blowing my mind. I've been a gamer since I was born in 88 and the technology behind this on the PS2 was really really impressive

HECK YES! I gave this game a shot again about 2 months back? Good lord was it a struggle xD I'm excited to see you, once again, endure the trial that is the OG MOnster Hunter that many of us have had the (dis)pleasure of starting with! I hope you'll brace through its worst aspects, and embrace its best!

Thanks for all the videos and streams over the years. Glad to see you're still going strong.

I can already feel the pain from crouching before every carve and gathering to speed it up. Even in Rise I still end up crouching before every carve from sheer muscle memory.

I didn't get into MH until 4 Ultimate came out on 3DS, so this is cool to watch to see the start of the series. I hope Jared keeps playing this, especially since he's played a lot of of the series and has a lot of insight into the games as they've progressed.

Thanks to you introducing me to the series forever ago after a brief failed attempt at the freedom unite demo I'm actually trying to beat the entire mainline series. Including frontier. Yes I'm crazy.

heck yes, as a monster hunter fan its great to see you play it as i know you are one as well. I haven't watched yet but im expecting to learn some interesting facts about the series as you play. I hope you have fun with it and keep playing this for a while

heck yes! you're one of the people that got me into monster hunter, my favorite game series to this day, so i'm excited for this!

I'd like to see more of this! Going back to where it all started sounds very interesting. It'll be neat to see how far they've come with classics like Rathian and Rathalos.

Hell yeah! I got interested in Monster Hunter thanks to your Monster Hunter 3 videos back then and finally got into the series myself when World launched on PC. Seeing you play the original is exciting and I hope this will be a long series.

Loved the video! Monster Hunter was basically my identity in my senior high school year. It was such a huge purchase for me to buy this brand new game day 1 knowing basically nothing about it. I do not regret it in the slightest! Please play more!

Ah, the memories. I came across your videos back when MH3U launched for the 3DS, and immediately went after a copy. I've been a fan of the series since. But I had no idea how rougher the series was before 3U. So much so that the newer titles look almost too easy to get into.

I am very happy to see this in my feed. It does make me wish I could see your older streams.

man, Monster Hunter is one of those “we’re lucky we got a sequel to this one “ kind of origin stories. If the 2nd, and 3rd gen never happened; we’d be talking about a weird little one-off game from Capcom that played terribly lol So glad we’ve come as far as we have with Monster Hunter; and glad it followed the Street Fighter 1 trend if “how the hell did this get a sequel?”

My first exposure was watching you and Jeff with monster hunter world and I enjoyed the hell out of that series! Keep it up man 😊

man watching this videos sure is nostalgic I previously said I started in the 3DS nut I’m wrong! I started on the wii I believe rhis is how I first found your channel at the time too! glad to see u playing MH

What a blast of nostalgia! I remember originally finding your channel through your monster hunter guides! And ever since then you've been one of my favorite creators 💜 awesome to see an old series like this nowadays!

Been a fan of Monster Hunter since MH3U. I'm down to watch this for as long as you keep posting, I'd love to see you fight a Rathalos in this game!

I used to play so much of this game!! Man it brings me back nice video.

I'm really glad you're playing this! Keep going please! I have this one and before long I have no idea what I need to be doing next, and the only playthroughs I've found skip WAY too much.

YAS this series is gonna be dope! Never played the original. Played the PSP one back in 2009 (recommended by a friend).... But never really got into it and stopped playing after a while.... BUT when I watched ProJared's Monster Hunter videos on MH3 and 4 (reviews, tutorials and playing with friends) it revitalized my interest in the franchise. Now I have enjoyed playing MH 4, Generations, World and Iceborne with friends...so THANK YOU Jared for getting me back into the series...😁

Oooooooh, I hope you play a lot more of this! I started late in the series (World and Rise) so I'm so interested in the game's roots.

I have definitely never seen the original Monster Hunter, and I am so excited to see you play it. You got me into Monster Hunter in the first place, and I thank you for that! I need to start playing Sunbreak

This brings back ALOT of memories, I played alot of this back in the day, got the ps2 network adapter and everything.

i would love to see you play through the entire story. even as someone who doesnt regularly play monster hunter i would love to watch you play and fight the different monsters in the game

i'm real exited to see this game, just got into monster hunter this year with rise and have been having a blast, and have since begun wondering what the other games are like, looking foreward for more

i'm excited for this series, it was your MH:3U starter guide videos that got me into monster hunter.

I'm so pumped! You introduced me to the franchise so I'm so excited to see you play the first!

I watch my friends play the New Monster hunter games, so I am excited to see where they started off from. Even if this doesn't get a full Playthrough, I am hyped to see as much as I can!

As someone who has never played MH before, I loved this episode and can't wait to see more!

Dude, I am so hype for this series. This is where I started with monster hunter and it's been one of my favorite game series.

I’m pretty excited for this, I’ve had the PSP version for years but I could never get past the first kutku. At the very least I want to see you fight that, but I’m down for watching whatever else you do after.

Never really played any of these. One of the moderns I put all of a few minutes to an hour into but that's about it. I am glad to be able to see the glory of this old game through you. The lack of player comforts do surprise me already. I will watch these til you stop.

Lovely trip down memory lane! Can't believe I resented the change to attack-buttons instead of attack-stick at some point. Looking forward to seeng the yian kut-ku again!

I’m actually happy and excited for this I have never played or watch the original one since I started on the 3DS so it’s really cool to see how far the game has evolved since this one

I'm looking forward to the transport quests.. This is my second time watching a let's play of this.. I have seen some things with how transport quests were deadly. Also testing this as it's come to my attention that some of my other youtuber can't have people comment and I want to see if that's an issue here on this channel as well. You actually got me into monster hunter but I remember seeing your beginners guide to 4u. I loved it so much that I bought the game right after. Since then I've met my streamer friends and met my boyfriend. So this series is going to have a special place in my heart.

This is going to be an awesome series of you to play, i have never played a monster hunter game but this looks fun!

I replayed this back in 2019 because of you. Played it all the way through, and I will never do it again! I did it in part just to say that I played, and beat it, and to see the origins of the game.

Oh my god yes! I've always been debating whether or not to play OG Monster Hunter, so it's great that I get to see someone entertaining showcase it.

I hope to see more! Some of my favorite content from you is your Monster Hunter stuff!

Would love to see a whole series out of this. Your videos made me get MH3T and then MH3U and I've been a huge lover of Monster Hunter since

I'd be interested to see more of Monster Hunter. I have been on a PS2 streak since soft modding an HDD into it so I'm definitely adding this to my list of games. I'd love to see some more of what the game is like before I play though. Thanks for taking us along on your hunts haha!

yooooo right when I started binging your other monster hunter plays

Oh man, I remember playing this game when i was in high school. It was so much fun

It's always fun to see some throwback MH gameplay this game was so hype when it came out can't wait to see more

Always happy to see anything Monster Hunter from you

I found this series through your videos and have become a massive fan of it. So seeing you return to the beginning of the series is really cool for me

The only thing I miss about stopping to gather in these old games in that sound effect. I just love it so much.

So excited for this series!! Love seeing Monster Hunter content from the Monster Hunter content OG and have always wanted to hear your impressions of the first entry!!

I remember you MH3U videos got me into the series. These games have such a fun gameplay loop if annoyingly random at times.

wow there is a somewhat "rustic" essence that got lost in this game with the passing of the years, so much nostalgia seeing the ps2 version. great video!

im loving this already, i missed you playing these games

12:35 Sounds like a great opportunity to use "the claw"! 🙃 Btw I started at Unite and then really got into it with Portable 3rd so I'm interested in seeing more of this.

Man, such good timing on this one. MH: Rise was just not doing it for me, so I started up a new character in MH: World and watched your old playlist last week. Never actually watched any real gameplay of the original before, so this should be a TREAT.

I'm currently on my break at work and was just casually scrolling through videos when this popped up and I screamed. I've loved watching all of Jared's MH vids and was so excited to see him playing this. I started on the PSP with Freedom Unite and have been playing nonstop. Currently loving Sunbreak on the Switch and am always looking for new people to hunt with ^-^

I got into Monster Hunter after watching your video on 3 Ultimate, but I couldn't afford either version on the 3DS or Wii-U at the time so I opted to get a used copy of Monster Hunter Tri instead. Despite it being literally the worst thing ever, I loved and played the hell out of it, and now I'm still going strong in Sunbreak to this day! Thanks for introducing me to this amazing series, Jared!

I'm so down to see more of this. I started with Tri so I'm sort of used to the gathering and slow quest startup, but that right analog stick for attacks and the starting gear is rough!

I still remember getting this on a whim at a store in a mall, like a sun coast, for $20, it started a near instant fascination for me and all my friends, we didn't use the internet as much as we did today, so there was a lot of discovery through gameplay, and i remember the first time fighting the Kut-ku and our weapons bouncing off, and how amazed we were the first time a weapon got blue sharpness lol you just don't get that kind of "oh what? What is that!?" Kind of feeling anymore, good times =)

Brrrooooooo!!!! This game is old school rough around the edges, but the charm will always be there. Especially excited for this series!

Your timing here is godlike. Just this weekend i bought a new Ps2 so i could replay some of my old Ps2 Games. The first one i plopped in there was Monster Hunter and i can confirm......the controlls are something else. Especially after hundreds of hours of MH World and Rise. Not to mention that i beat this Game nuzlocke style without even knowing. Found that one out during Freedom Unite later on.....

I remember trying to play a Monster Hunter game on my PS Vita a long time ago. I didn't get far because the controls and stuff felt so weird. I'm looking forward to this though, seeing how the series started!

It is always great to see the beginning of a now awesome game. Also if you crouch before you gather or carve it cuts time from the standing animation.

OMG YES playing the Classic I see, you have great taste my man. Keep up the great work.

My first MH was Tri on the Wii, I loved that feeling of survival and hunting in the early game. Like there was a point to go out into the wild and prepare. Def fun to see the older games. While I never played this one I spent a lot of time in the area in Generations and man I love this village theme.

Im 100% here for this! Im so intrigued!

I've never seen this game played, and though it seems a bit fetch questy and grindy, I would watch more if you post it! Great job Jerd!

This game had a huge impact on my gaming preferences and I still own my original copy to this day! I am 100% down for this to be a playthrough. I was honestly thinking of playing this again cause I haven't beaten it since 2005 or so. And here we are Do it, Jared. Play the game haha

So fun, definitely interested in seeing more Jerd 👍

My first Monster Hunter was Monster Hunter World. The only reason i ended up getting it was because of your videos on Monster Hunter 4. It peaked my interest and decided to give World a try. Now im addicted. Played World, then bought 4 Ultimate, then Gen Ultimate on Switch, then Rise/Sunbreak. What a fantastic series.

YES. Jared got me into these games 7 years ago. I actually bought 4 and generations for the 3ds just a few days ago since they were on sale. Man what a good purchasee!!!!

I see Monster Hunter, I like. Never played the original one, so interested in seeing this :) Tri was my first MH game, then nothing until World and then Rise. Neat to see all the QoL changes and improvements made since this first installment. Hope there'll be more!

I’ve only ever played MH World so seeing this is really interesting and fun and I’ve always known you had a varied history with the series. Definitely interested in seeing you play through it to whatever extent that is

Cool. Never played the original before. I started my Monster Hunter journey with Tri and it has been an enjoyable time ever since. This should be pretty neat to see how it all started out.

Man this brings me back, this was my first monster hunter as well.

I've only played tri onwards, but I would love to watch you play through 1 in it's entirety. Old monster hunter is something else

Hell yea! Can't wait to see you play some Monster Hunter

Oh man good old MH i miss you so much keep it up Jared i want to see more

Uff... that's gonna be a rough journey for you. But I'm all up for it - conquer this old, frustrating gem of a game Jared!

So much nostalgia, hell yeah MH 1 series!

i was way to bad at videogames when i first played the game, so i ever saw the first map, im very hyped to see more of the game!

I started with 3 Ultimate so watching you with this one might be a fun time, especially because I don't have to play it

Ooooh the nostalgia! I still remember when I got this game! A friend of mine showed up saying he had found 2 amazing DRAGON games and asked if I wanted to borrow them, so I sure did. One was Drakengard, which was really fun but never really got hooked into it... And the other one was Monster Hunter. The name alone already caught my attention! I booted it up, and suddenly I'm watching an intro that looks straight out of Nat-Geo or Animal Planet, until a freaking wyvern shows up, and there are people hunting it! Most people seem to not like Monster Hunter the first they play any of the games in the series, but I, on the other hand, was instantly hooked into it! It was so different from all of the hack'n'slash games that populated the PS2 era, and then there was exploring, and the combat was really methodical. So many good memories out of this one! I even got a corrupted save file at one point and instead of abandoning the game, like I usually do when this sort of thing happens, I just went right back to it and start a fresh save! With all that said, I don't actually recommend this particular game to any one that's interested in checking out the franchise hahah. At the time, the right stick analog controls were "fine": it took some time getting used to using the famous "claw grip", but now that we actually use buttons for the attacks, it's pretty wild going back to using the right analog stick. But still, the core of the Monster Hunter series, the essence of the game, it all has been there right from this first game, what we've got with later installments in the franchise were basically QoL improvements all around, because Monster Hunter is in fact THE Monster Hunter game. Can't wait to see more of this series, even if the grinding back then was ROUGH! Most of my time playing the game was basically grinding materials and money ("Liver of Legend" ftw).

This is so great! I always wanted to know how classic Monster Hunter worked. And it’s surprising how many things didn’t change until World. Just unfortunate that there’s no way to play multiplayer anymore.

Very intrigued. Saw trailers of this game but wouldn't give the series an honest shot until World (I was aware of it though). Love it now and tried out this game on a demo disc recently. Was cumbersome but I was honestly impressed they had so much of their core down in their first attempt. On the PS2 no less.

Wow, I can't believe the series got off the ground with controls like that! And it's tedious, too? Woof! It's neat to see how far the series has come, though!

I never got past Yin Kut Ku in this title as a kid, would just clobber velociprey over and over. Great to see a playthrough

Man the wave of nostalgia has just washed over me right now. Memories, thanks for the trip down memory lane. 😭😁

Keep going with it. The odds I'll ever experience the game myself are pretty low

As someone who's only played World and Rise I find this really interesting. I say keep going!!

I'm excited to watch for nostagia sake because I adore Monster Hunter and I love Projared's content. Great mix ngl.

I remember that I bought this game because it looked so cool and the idea sounded great. And it became one of my favourite series. Hundreds of hours have been poured in over multiple titles. I can’t wait for a new instalment on PS5/current gen.

I would love to see more of this. I played soo much of this when it came out.

I love this. If possible, you should consider playing on one of the open-sourced online servers with some folks from the Discord. It is a *PAIN* to setup, but you can actually play Monster Hunter Online quests again this way.

Looking forward to seeing the first monster hunter game. Hope you continue the series.