MrPing1000
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I managed to resist urges to buy a ps1. Then my sister did
such is the power of the playstation!
such is the power of the playstation!
Happy Birthday PlayStation! 10 Years!! OMG WTF
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My first game was loaded... believe that was the name of it the one with the top down view where you just blew stuff up =)
The first game that really lead me AWAY from nintendo though was Resident Evil... there had never been a game like that before, it was truely a next generation game at the time... Nice twist of events that RE is now on Nintendo heh
The first game that really lead me AWAY from nintendo though was Resident Evil... there had never been a game like that before, it was truely a next generation game at the time... Nice twist of events that RE is now on Nintendo heh
SuperPac
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I also remember there was some confusion amongst consumers when it hit the US. People thought since the system used CD-ROMs that it would also play PC CD-ROM games...and I heard some Babbage's (or maybe it was Toys R Us) employee confirm it. Also... "Can you play Sega on this?"
Oh, another thing -- when the system launched in the US, it was one of the first times the default video hook-up *wasn't* RF (if I remember right, 32X was the real first...and no one bought the Saturn). *THAT* confused a lot of people too, since a lot of TVs that common folk had at the time didn't have RCA or S-Video jacks. Kinda funny. :lol
Oh, another thing -- when the system launched in the US, it was one of the first times the default video hook-up *wasn't* RF (if I remember right, 32X was the real first...and no one bought the Saturn). *THAT* confused a lot of people too, since a lot of TVs that common folk had at the time didn't have RCA or S-Video jacks. Kinda funny. :lol
john tv said:
I'm 23, but I feel the same way.
I remember reading about the "PS-X" in EGM, and couldn't wait to get the system for games like Parodius, Ridge Racer, and Super Street Fighter II Turbo, which was shown in screens but never released (on its own, anyway). I remember seeing Battle Arena Toshinden running on a Japanese Playstation in summer '95 and being very impressed with the graphics; totally killed my interest in getting a Saturn that year. I had been planning on getting an ULTRA 64, being a NES and SNES gamer, but after it was announced that the system was delayed until 1996, I was all over the Playstation.
Bought the system at launch and spent many hours with the launch games, crappy or not, like Ridge Racer, Raiden Project, Rayman, NBA Jam TE, and even Toshinden (which got old after about two weeks, then it was back to SF2 on the SNES) and Street Fighter The Movie (I was so desperate for a new fighter at the time!) I missed out on Jumping Flash!, but got Jumping Flash! 2 when it released in Japan, and it included JF! 1 as a bonus. I liked the game more than Super Mario 64.
My first import games were for the PSX. I got Live Powerful Pro Baseball '95 and the Twinbee Deluxe Pack shortly after the swap trick was discovered, but it was the release of Street Fighter Zero in December '95 that turned me into a complete import gamer. I didn't wait for many Japanese games to come Stateside after that!
When I get home today, I think I'll pop that "Black Ice" CD into my PS2 for old times sake.
Virgin Wii
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Wow, somebody actually liked the "U R Not E" campaign, and that somebody happens to be SSx. Shocking.
Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Warhawk, Wipeout, Jet Moto, Metal Gear Solid, and all those FMV games that were a pretty cool novelty at the time ("D"). It truly kicked the N64's ass. Except for F-Zero X.
I didn't even get one until 1998 (just had Saturn from 1995 forward... AM2's fighting games could only hold me over for so long). Resident Evil 2 and NBA Shootout '98 (Saturn's sports games really were garbage) made me buy one. 1998 just got progressively better from there. Tekken 3, Gran Turismo, Tenchu, Metal Gear Solid, etc.
I didn't think there were any games in the first six months or so of the system's life that were as good as VF2, Sega Rally, Virtua Cop, etc. but from Late '96 forward it was obvious they were doing what Sega wasn't to get big third party games. They've somehow managed to keep the winning formula going since then, and I guess the rest is history.
I didn't think there were any games in the first six months or so of the system's life that were as good as VF2, Sega Rally, Virtua Cop, etc. but from Late '96 forward it was obvious they were doing what Sega wasn't to get big third party games. They've somehow managed to keep the winning formula going since then, and I guess the rest is history.
I got mine as a birthday present to myself in 97, along with FFVII. It was that second version with the red box (I think it had a different fan or a cooling plate or something). With stuff like Parappa and Klonoa coming shortly thereafter, I was glad to have a PSX, since the lineup for Saturn got so weak towards the end there. 
10 years? Wow.
I remember all the pre-release hype that went on from early rumblings of PSX in Edge (who coined the PSX initials if I remember)....to the feaverish release reviews and news in Gamefan (RIP) covering the launch to the battle with Saturn. Being a Sega bot I bought the Saturn over PSX, but eventually got a PSX a year later.
Fave games:-
Parasite Eve 1 & 2
Resident Evil 2
Suikoden
Warhawk
I remember all the pre-release hype that went on from early rumblings of PSX in Edge (who coined the PSX initials if I remember)....to the feaverish release reviews and news in Gamefan (RIP) covering the launch to the battle with Saturn. Being a Sega bot I bought the Saturn over PSX, but eventually got a PSX a year later.
Fave games:-
Parasite Eve 1 & 2
Resident Evil 2
Suikoden
Warhawk
I dunno if Americans got the Australian PS2 launch commercials, holy crap.
It was basically a hybrid Duck-man saying 'Welcome to the third place' That commercial alone probably delayed my PS2 purchase a year. Both the PS1 and PS2 debuted at about $900 AUD. Thank god for competition.
It was basically a hybrid Duck-man saying 'Welcome to the third place' That commercial alone probably delayed my PS2 purchase a year. Both the PS1 and PS2 debuted at about $900 AUD. Thank god for competition.
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I remember those dark days, when the arrival of the Playstation was soon at hand here in North America. I never got a PlayStation at launch since I A) Despised anything that wasn't Sega and Nintendo. B) I really really grew a deep hatred for Sony after seeing those lame Crash Bandicoot commercials where he would invade Nintendo HQ. Now, in this day and age, I STILL don't have anything "PlayStation" anywhere in my house, I never bought a PlayStation or a PS2 and the tradition will continue next-gen when I will pick up the Xenon and Revolution.
Viva la Resistance!
Viva la Resistance!
Donkeypuncher
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mumu said:
They were already there with the NES. Then they grew up.
MassiveAttack
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Ninja Scooter
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Unison said:
no he didn't. We just weren't e
john tv said:Just looked at my clock and realized that today is the 10th anniversary of the original PlayStation's release in Japan. Wow! Happy birthday! Woo-hoo! U R NOT E! etc. etc.
Lots of fond memories spring to mind when I think about this momentus occasion, but one thought in particular stands out far above the rest:
SHIT. I'm getting old.
No doubt...respect tEh elders.
(Your wheelchair is in the mail)
TheGreenGiant
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xsarien said:
It reads " you are not RED E" = you are not ready
I was about to do the same. We were not indeed. I owned a PSone 4-5 years before I bought a N64. Haha
MassiveAttack
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Anyanka said:
Agreed. And that long-rumored Warhawk sequel may not be just a rumor... ;-)
WasabiKing
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SolidSnakex said:
Worst marketing campaign ever. I didn't own a PS at launch, but seriously, why even bother when you had to spend a minute encrypting the motto. Not exactly a good way to start a brand IMO, but in the end result, all that didn't matter. Happy birthday, PlayStation, a cigar for you...
Yes, I feel older now too...
Thank you John :_(
Plastation was impossible to buy in Spain when it was launched, too expensive, same than Saturn. So I enjoyed Snes and Genesis until N64 arrived (too late).
Once absolutely dissapointed with N64 (incredibly expensive princes, and few games that interested me), I bought a Playstation (I bought three RPG, SRPG with the console to repair my two damned years waiting for a RPG in N64).
Once of favourite game in Playstation is Valkyrie Profile, such a beatiful game.
Thank you John :_(
Plastation was impossible to buy in Spain when it was launched, too expensive, same than Saturn. So I enjoyed Snes and Genesis until N64 arrived (too late).
Once absolutely dissapointed with N64 (incredibly expensive princes, and few games that interested me), I bought a Playstation (I bought three RPG, SRPG with the console to repair my two damned years waiting for a RPG in N64).
Once of favourite game in Playstation is Valkyrie Profile, such a beatiful game.
TheQueen'sOwn
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DSN2K said:wow I feel old and im only 19
Same and I'm 17.
From a Playstation FAQ over at Gamefaqs (Sept. 26 1995):
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/sony_psx.txt
http://db.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/file/sony_psx.txt
SonicMegaDrive
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Wow, has it been 10 years already?
Time sure flies when you're having fun...playing your Sega and Nintendo systems! HA HA!
Ah, just kidding. Happy 10th birthday, Playstation: the system that made gaming "cool".
Time sure flies when you're having fun...playing your Sega and Nintendo systems! HA HA!
Ah, just kidding. Happy 10th birthday, Playstation: the system that made gaming "cool".
Warm Machine
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sonycowboy said:
Hard to really quantify the effect that a Z-buffer, texture correction, mipmapping, filtering, and frame buffer effects have on the amount of power.
UtadaBarkley
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Um you guys are also forgetting the other pinacle game that made PSX such a success with the american market... NFL Gameday. Even prior to its polygon incarnations, the game's graphics blew away what we'd seen on the Genesis and the SNES beforehand. I remember seeing Gameday on a kiosk for the first time and I was blown away. The players were so big, and you could actually make out their numbers on their jerseys! WTF! After that I knew I had to get a PSX. Now Gameday is all but a distant memory, and at most, the laughing stock of football franchises thanks to 989's debacles year after year. :lol
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