After teasing us in September with the announcement of its PlayStation Classic mini console, today Sony has announced the full list of games that are included on the device due for sale in December.  As you'll recall, the PlayStation Classic is the company's PS1 nostalgia box and while we had plenty of suggestions for the included game library on Episode 273 of the Power Button podcast, Sony didn't exactly take our advice as there's not a Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Tomb Raider, or Castlevania title to be found.  Here's what did make the cut for the North American version courtesy of the PlayStation Blog:

• 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 Six
• Twisted Metal
• Wild Arms

That's certainly a collection of PS1 games.  The Japanese version of the console trades out a few of these games for a few RPGs that were popular in that country that didn't quite catch on elsewhere.  I'm passing on this one because I don't have any PS1 nostalgia that isn't already met by the downloadable classics on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, but I'm sure there's a subset of the gaming community out there that reads this list and is instantly transported back to childhood Christmas mornings of 1996-1999 or so.  There are definitely some gaps in this list though and I also expect I'm not the only person who read this and said to himself, "Huh, OK.  Not my thing but you kids have fun."  The PlayStation Classic will likely sell well, but I wonder how much longevity it will have once its plugged into a TV after those first few days of post-purchase excitement.  Will players still be excited about Battle Area Toshinden weeks later?