@Autumn the Squirrel Well all games nowadays are services as in without the updates games are broken anyway and at least pc way better backwards compatibility and you up the resolution frame and textures do you liking.
This guy rules , he talks witty fun sense about all the systems .hes fair and totally unbiased against any macine , found him by mistake after looking for old retro reviews and never looked else where since that for the last 3 months.hes brought back the inner 9 year old back into me , so much so ive ordered myself a sega megadrive from amazon a few games,sonic1,2,3 and knuckles ,tiny toons buster breaks out and rocket knight all in all costing me £ 37 for the lot . Keep up the good work man , only a minor gripe but how about a few mins showing the actual games running :-)
Love or hate Playstation you have to admit that at the time they made all the right decisions. Final Fantasy 7, Resident Evil, and Metal Gear Solid were some of the most fondly remembered games of that era that made this system what it was. And even today it doesnt feel like there has been a console (besides the dreamcast) that has been able to recapture the magic of the original Playstation.
The dual analog stick actually werent added first on the dual shock, there was a controller in between the original controller and the dual shock. It was a dual analog controller without vibration in it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Analog_Controller
I love how u remember the convo convincing your mom to buy it, we have all been there. I got her to get me the n64 one Xmas and I was so excited I used to sneak it out at night and play diddy Kong racing all night and then meticulously put in all back in the box before she woke up
***** I never play that game, it was famous, I think they should of made it for the ps2, instead of 4 discs, they could of had little graphics improvements and additional languages.
Psygnosis DD yea those games also defined the ps1 era. Is strange how Sony had Crash as a pet for there console, but now is no pet or no main figure what so ever, is just the console and the name.
The first Playstation was one of my favorite consoles because it was such a technological leap forward in gaming. There really hasn't been another console that blew me away like that since. The only other time I was in awe was the first time I played the NES. That changed me.
For me it was technology at first, but later it was artistry of game design. Like my earliest memories of it are of being blown away by the graphics of Tekken and Destruction Derby and Twisted Metal. But then I remember my first ever videogame jump scare in Resident Evil, my first feeling of vertigo looking over a ledge in Tomb Raider. Then later there were games like Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, Driver, that were taking the cinematic experience of videogames to a new level. There were so many firsts on that system, the first GTA was amazing too, even though it was 2D and glitchy, just from playing a demo I knew it was going to be huge. Medal of Honor was another great first, we didn't have GoldenEye but MOH made up for it! The one that really got me jealous of the N64 was WCW Vs NWO, there was no brawling game on PlayStation that came close to that. Although there was a quite excellent Wu Tang Clan Kung Fu game. Not to mention awesome unique games like Bushido Blade, Soul Edge. A lot of these games hold up well today too, I played Urban Chaos recently and it's awesome fun, amazing how much they achieved with the technology there. That was almost proto-GTA3 on PS1, like Driver. Developers pushed the PS1 as far as it would go technically and artistically, that's why it stands up so well historically imo.
It'd be really interesting to see what would have happened if the N64 DD took off. They ported RE2 to a cart, imagine having an extra few hundred MB of storage for music and videos.
Just wanna say that I really love the stuff that you put out, man! This is actually my second run through of your fifth video game generation recap videos. I'm glad that you had great experiences on the PS1 because so did I! The PS1 was a beast of a console to me and hopefully soon I can get my hands on one again! Keep up the great videos, Adam!
I was 22 when the Playstation came out and I was staying away from it until I had heard enough from friends about it to finally step up and buy one in 96. I really ended up loving all the RPG's, lots of those games are classics and I still enjoy going back to play all the ones I never got around to. It's funny how far we have come since then and when I will play one of these games I always think how old they look already. Old or not it doesn't change how much fun they are or how often I still want to play them.
This was actually my first game console. My Dad bought it some time after I was born and once I matured to the age when I could play games, I got a lot of use out of it. My fondest memories are probably of playing Spyro with my brother and scaring myself with Alien Trilogy. Playstation is really popular here in the UK and I remember wanting to get a PS2 like all my friends. But then I played the Gamecube at a few stores and ended up getting that console instead. In retrospect I'm glad I did since it introduced me to Nintendo and I'd probably be a completely different gamer if I had stuck with Playstation. Great vid as always.
Is that true they both came out in 1998 right around ff8s release. I'd have to look it up but both where very near each other except the vmu is vastly more useful cause you can save on it. I dont think the pocketstation saves only loads pocketstation games to it right?
now that i think of it i think both sega and sony created the same to compete with tomodachi/gigapets. nintendo had the pickachu and i'd steal those from every kid at the lunch table.
Clesarie Going by which came first isn't always failsafe logic though. I see a lot of Nintendo enthusiasts that think some original Xbox controller design cues were copied from the Gamecube's controller design. But they were released within 2 months of each other and quite frankly, that's not enough time to cover R&D, stress testing, supply etc.
i would argue on Microsoft not being a game company, they weren't when they launched but they quickly built up Microsoft studios(yes they have a lot of outsourcing of devs, but even ea, Activision and, ubisoft do that) they have there own ip, forza, fable, halo, gears of war, age of empire, crackdown,minecraft,perfect dark, battletoads(yeah they basically bought all of rare minus Nintendos ip) on and on and on, what makes a game company if running a studio and owning ip doesn't?
DeadOnArrival45 Okay, I'll give it a go. I didn't say Sony was directly responsible for those things. What I meant was that they set the industry down the path of making those practices acceptable. They took it from niche to corporate. You can see this as a good or a bad thing. Like it or not, they started that. But make sure you know your history here bro. Microsoft, for all the negatives they too have perpetrated on the gaming industry, only entered the console market because they saw Sony taking over living rooms. In other words, if Sony didn't enter or left after the PS1 (which I realize wasn't financially possible), then Microsoft probably would never have had anything to do with it.
AdamKoralik Microsoft did try the crazy WebTV set-top-box in the living room in ~1995. It wasn't completely foreign territory for them, though manufacturing a _successful_ living room device definitely was. I kind of think Microsoft's push into gaming has a lot more to do with SEGA than SONY; they tried to shoehorn the Windows CE operating system into the Dreamcast but weren't quite able to convince SEGA to use Windows CE exclusively. In fact, if the Dreamcast had been more successful Microsoft's involvement in console gaming might very well be limited to providing SEGA with an operating system and more importantly the DirectX API for the Dreamcast 2 :P
Jeezus Adam. I could sit and listen to you talk about gaming all day. Im not even a usual youtube commenter. I love your videos man, please keep it up.
Awesome video, I think seeing the PS for the 1st time at home is one of those moments that only those of us who grew up with the NES/SNES/Genesis could really appreciate. I still remember the 1st time I did. Incredible.
My 1st console and I loved it. Some great gaming memories like the demo disc it came boxed, MGS, fifa 97,Crash Bandicoot, Silent Hill etc. Cool video man, keep it up!!
You have an interesting view on Sony. They basically did what the 3DO tried, and were successful. Hey guys, we'll take care of the hardware, you can make the games. They made it easy to develop for, and everyone else was screwing up. So the developers chose it. They also made it cheap(something the 3DO was not). I myself and so happy Sony got involved. I definitely think it is better. Of coarse, I don't blame them AT ALL for the DLC and incomplete game experience. The PS1 gave us complete games. I blame Gamestop, and the consumer for all this pre-order, chop up games, bull shit. Gamestop always pushing used sale only for a couple bucks cheaper stops the sales for the developers. DLC has become a way to actually make some money of the used games that are bought. Then, the consumers pre-ordering for "bonus" content is responsible as well. I don't think Sony has anything to do with it.
Man I would not be able to make these long unedited videos like you do. I would undoubtedly mess up hah. Props for being able to make long yet gripping videos.
Oh yeah, Adam, that I suppose that it’s only too bad that you otherwise can’t go back and either edit these past Retrospective videos of yours, or re-retrospect them, so that they can also include about other stuff that we all have found about them on the side by now, like those other couple of things that I had let you know about with the XBox 360, and now that I have more or less found out in the meantime about two other things that involve the PSOne and that both of them are also forewarnings to the others around here as well: that first, I didn’t know about this other bit, but apparently there was and is the “Launch Edition” of the console this whole time, and it also has that other power adapter that resembles the one for the XBox 360 and it ends in that simple plug in, and it saves on anyone needing to get an extension cord on the end of that “power brick” to end like that instead, huh; and second, I had already known about this other bit, but someone else in Spawn Wave’s PSOne video’s comments section had confirmed that the console actually doesn’t play all of the PS1 games after all; and so that I guess that that cancels out of me attempting to go with that one console instead of either the PS2 or the PS3, and besides that the PS3 having HDMI meaning that it has digital out originally otherwise, and so much for that bit with me otherwise attempting to get its “ultimate package” with its “ceramic white” DualShock 2 controller, huh :^D. >Danny
Also, let's be honest, "PlayStation" was just a great name for a console, that was very obviously taking a lot of design cues from the already popular SNES. The N64 looks less like a successor to that platform than the PlayStation does.
My Uncle did the same thing with me as a kid. He would always have the newest console and he would give me the old ones. He gave me his Sega Genesis around the time he bought his Playstation. When Playstation 2 came out he gave us his Nintendo 64. I really wanted a Playstation 2 though and we finally got one for Christmas a couple of years after my Uncle had it. I remember him showing me the Xbox 360 and not long after I begged my Mom for one. That was probably the first console we bought not long after the release date.
I love your childhood stories. Mine were similar with the Playstation. We were also at a Toys R' Us and I kept begging for a 32x and my birthday was a week away. (we were shopping for my moms friends kid.) I then saw those demo displays for the Playstation and my head exploded! Blood, Gore, Action, Violence all in 3D!? My birthday rolled around and I was expecting a 32x, When I opened my gift it was a freakin Playstation with Twisted Metal and Rayman. I was like "Mom you outdid yourself this time!"
Dermot Bowen Lucky for you it's really easy with the PS1. Download a program called IMGBurn. It's freeware. It has an option to rip discs to an image. Any standard CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, BD-ROM drive will be able to read it. If it rips successfully, your PS1 game isn't damaged.
It is sad to think Nintendo is the only “real” gaming company still pushing through. And amazingly the one that’s been there throughout our entire lives.
You make some good ass videos. Around the launch of the PS1 was probably the most exciting in the history of the industry for me. I was more excited for the PS2, but the atmosphere around everything and the unknown was almost magical in the mid 90s. I was like you, where I was a little skeptical of Sony at first. I knew there was a Saturn, I wanted that. I knew about Nintendo and the Ultra 64 that was coming, but I had started turned 13 and their later releases seemed kiddie to me at that age. Super Mario World 2 really put me off with the art style and the crying baby. If they'd have come out at the same time as PS1 though I would have probably gravitated toward them for Mario 64. My dad had bought me a Saturn, but I couldn't have it until my birthday and sometime between then I saw a sales chart in a GamePro magazine and the PS1 was stomping it. This was around March-April 1996. I knew the Saturn was the wrong choice, so I told my dad I changed my mind and he took the Saturn back and swapped it for a PS1. You're right about this being the point where gaming began to lose its innocence and charm, but I don't think it's really Sony's fault. They had a hand in it, but the industry was growing and would become a victim of its own success. Once people saw how much money there was to be made in video games, it was just a matter of time before a giant corporations swooped in like a bunch of dogs fighting for the same bone. It was more of a matter of who and when. Even if Sony stayed out, it would have just been later with somebody else.
Thanks. You make a good point. Though I do wonder who that would have been. Most technology companies had failed to make any kind of headway with consoles. Microsoft only later joined because they didn't like the amount of market share Sony was getting. So, I question who that would have been.
Crash Bandicoot 3 and Driver defined the PS1 to me. Impressive shit back then... to me, the console was superior in every way to the N64. Now hearing that SEGA eventually did a couple of games for this thing as well is really mind blowing, maybe those things are still around somewhere :>
You are correct Adam and it make sense too because Sega screw up with the Saturn's launch, most store refused to sell or carry Sega Saturn consoles and games at that time. That may be why you aren't expose to the Saturn or knew of its existence cause a lot of the bigger stores at that time just refuse to carry them. At the time I know about the Saturn and had seen one or two people who own one but I could never find one at a local retailer giant like Walmart or Target. It was just that rare to see one at the time and by the time I know it the Saturn was already on its out.
I am conflicted on the playstation as well it had some masterpieces on it but for the most part it had shovel ware in spades most people dont realize there is almost 8000 titles for it and about 7500 are pretty lame.
I love to go back and watch this recap videos :) I remember it was in 1996 one day after school, I went with a friend to a computer store and they had a Playstation connected to a TV. Then, for the first time, I saw a game on this console in action. I remember it was the first Resident Evil. My jaw fell to the floor as I saw the graphics and the characters spoke using real voices!!! XD Best times in my life.
Probably my favourite console of all time, i think it is terrific. Sony had some weird choices, but they showed video games to a wider audience, games weren't toys anymore, if you look at the SNES, with it's purple design, it looks like a toy. Gaming actually became cool, with mature games like MGS, Silent Hill, Res. Evil, and older age groups started playing, especially the teens. Of course it was a multimedia-console from the beginning, but so was the CD-i. I think Sony did good to the industry: they made gaming cheaper, more profitable for the studios, and they made consoles that have really long lifespan.
László Lajos I always looked at the Playstation as the TRUE successor to the Sega Genesis as weird as that sounds. The Playstation went after the same market that Sega was going after and expanded on it. The Genesis made video games cool for teens but the Playstation made video games cool for adults.
My all-time favorite version of the PlayStation 1 is the smaller redesigned PS One. It may not have a reset button, but it comes with a 5-inch LCD screen therefore making your PS One a portable console that you can take with you on the go. In other words, the PS One is a portable game console/CD player that you can take with you on the go. But in order to make it work, you need a car adapter or an AC power adapter in order to make the console work. Plus, the LCD screen has a headphone jack built in the back as well.
whenever you tell stories about your childhood i always imagine you talking with your mom and you have the same voice and face, but on a child's body. which means i need more excuses for childhood stories, because it amuses me to no end.
Never knew that the PS1 had standard composite video ports and the Multi AVOut. Very interesting. My PS1 was the 2nd model with just the Parallel port and the Multi-AV Out.
Playstation Underground demo discs where my child hood for about 6 months before my parents bought me games. Their excuse "I thought that was all you needed we thought the games where already on that thing" Classic.
damn your comment couldn't be more right 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍. ever play the demo of blast chamber, tekken 2. that was a great market move by Sony pushing the sampler demos.
up at 5am hacking ps2s all night/morning and i just love buzzing through these videos and listening to your stories Adam. I really don't ever get tired of hearing em lol.
That was a good and informative video. Some memories: This was the first console that I ever bought. Not all of us at the time had parents with disposable incomes, but when I was in junior high I was finally able to buy this. It was also selling at a discounted price by then. I preferred the CD technology, and CD playing use of this console over the N64 and the PS1's line up of games. I don't really like these games now but back then I liked: Tomba, Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3. Syphon Filter (always preferred its action packed gameplay over MGS), Area 51 (arcade shooter w/ light gun), Need for Speed III (very popular back in the day), Bugs Bunny Lost in Time, WWF Warzone (I do not like these cheesefests anymore), and Vigilante 8. As an adult I don't think I'd play almost any PS1 games. In retrospect I should have held off purchasing this and saved my money to buy a bunch of Dreamcast games for the Dreamcast I would get a short while later, that would have been awesome. The Dreamcast totally blew the PS1 out of the water for me. Oh well. The PS1 was still cool though, it had more longevity than I thought.
It cracks me up how he hates the PlayStation for everything Microsoft did first with the Xbox. It was the original Xbox that introduced dlc, patches, and unfinished games being released, not PlayStation or PS2. I don't see you making any videos talking bad about the xbox, though. I just happen to see the huge stack of 360 games behind you in all of your videos. If Sony did "graciously bow out" after the PlayStation, gaming would not be better today. It would be more saturated with DRM and we probably would be in an online only console world right now. I'm sure you'd love that, right? Sony is still supporting and pushing physical media alongside digital. Plus Microsoft would've had their way with the xbone. I'm glad playstation continued. The PS2 was probably the best console generation, and I guarantee it wouldn't have been if it was Gamecube/Xbox only.
It’s more like Sony chooses to not do what Microsoft did because they’ve did what Sony were thinking of doing first, but Sony saw the reaction to that. Right now, they have 2 versions of the PS5, one of them being digital only; it’s so obvious they’re trying to go All digital, but can’t yet.
I think the PS1 had a major influence in maturing videogames (alongside PC gaming ). Games weren't targeted for kids anymore, censorship was at its low, new genres were created, playability was changed (especially with dual analogs) and games were kept cheap, developers could have more profit and they could have more liberty creating games. If it was kept Sega Vs Nintendo again, gaming would be very different nowadays, probably worse. Sega would keep making more arcade games, western audiences would have been kept out of rpgs and we'd get less games. Nintendo would have kept a bigger share and they'd still be targeting kids (they still are, but way less than before), games would be more expensive, censored, less developers cause Nintendo would stick to their "we want more money out of developers", developers would be cut off if they didn't develop exclusively for Nintendo, it'd be the NES times all over again. Buisness-wise Nintendo were a bunch of pricks (and they still are). The PS1 broke the market and in the end the consumers mostly won. I think games would be taking the path of Dlcs sooner or later, don't think of it as Sony's fault, it' is cause by the rising gaming costs, they would happen anyways even if Sony wasn't there. People are very fanboyish about Sega and Nintendo, they can argue all they want, Ps1, Ps2, Ps3, Psp and Ps4 take the cake for me cause of one reason only: the amount of games they have. More games, more fun for us, that's about it. But I love all consoles as long as they have great games - in the end it's the player that's willing to invest in them and its respective games that wins.
I never cared about brand loyalty or fanboying, all I cared and care about is the games. PS1 and PS2 had soo many fun games! So for me getting the Sony consoles were a no-brainer. Although I don't like the current state of gaming, I don't think it's totally Sonys fault. It more the times and technology. With digital downloads, streaming and whatnot. Sony isn't really to blame for that. The og xbox had dlc and game patches, if anything its more Microsoft to blame for that. PS2 had online capability, but no games I can think of utilized it for dlc of patches.
I've hears that before, the console costs more to build than what they sold it for, and I gotta tell you, I just don't buy it. These are BILLION dollar companies we are talking about, they didn't make that much money by giving things away. Maybe the first couple of units were that expensive, but once mass production is up and running? Yeah, no. I know some of you are going to argue with me, point me to figures published by said companies that PROVE this. Yeah, all lies IMO. Why would they lie? TO get you and me to buy the consoles and games at the prices they want us to pay of course! "Look how much money we are losing on the console, we CANT sell the games for less than that!" Yeah, just not buying it.
FatFredyFreak Sorry, but...it's 100% true. The idea is to take a loss on the console so that they make it up with the games. The model works if the console is successful. It doesn't work if the console isn't.
If I was sorry I wouldn't brag about, BUT SERIOUSLY! :-) I'm not saying I have proof or anything, it's just my opinion. All corporate giants lie about profits and losses, it saves them on their tax bills, among other things.
FatFredyFreak Pfffthahahahahahaahahahaha!!!!! You sound like a total fool that force feeds your views without any solid backing. It is a normal practice to incentivise gamers to buy their consoles. They lose a few hundred selling a console, but can earn back way more from game sales, DLCs, royalties etc. You might wanna brush up on your economics before puking crap.
I was a huge Nintendo person until the 64 came out. When titles like Mega Man, Final Fantasy, Castlevania, & Dragon Warrior jump ship to another console, I'm jumping with it. One of the best decisions me and my brother made back then.
well back in the late 90's early to 2000's when i was 7 years this was my only means of playing fighting games with my cousins, eventually till i got a dreamcast for christmas which had a way better controller
Regarding the serial port, the switch to the PSone form factor is when the serial port was abandoned as it was only used for a system link cable used by a couple of games.
Hey man, just wanted to say I've watched a TON of your vids and subscribed to your channel (I only have 2 subscriptions ha ha!) and your doing an excellent job :-) really entertaining and informative! I've learned so much about my fave consoles (fave of all time being this one the PlayStation) and so much about the ones I missed as a kid, I'm just having a blast going through all these retrospectives and remembering the excellent gaming experiences and hearing yours it's great fun and a lovely nostalgia trip! Your cleaning and restoring stuff is really handy as well! So thanks so much for taking the time and putting all these great videos out there! Keep up the great work! I'm sure you will! ;-)
I remember this console. I had an N64 and an uncle of mine had the PS1 with the little TV on top of it (I don't remember EXACTLY when but I'm guessing it was somewhere at the end of the generation). I love my N64 and all the games I got to experience with it, but MAN after watching that I REALLY wanted it. He had Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider they all looked AMAZING. There was also this one game where you had to kill dinosaurs, I always wanted to know what that game was but I never got the answer. Anyway great video, can't get enough of your console videos, they are so entertaining and so informational. Keep up the good work!
i remember when the psx and n64 were out and i was in elementary school. i printed out the specs of the two systems from gameFAQs and would read both of them and highlight differences between them during lunch. damn i was a weird kid.
Am I the only one who's listening fifth generation recap while having a bath and drinking beer? Adam just makes such good company with his superb speaking.
You’re right. We got unbelievable gaming experiences from the 16 bit wars. Nintendo and sega had to constantly push the creativity envelope to stay in the race. Microsoft and Sony just throw money at third parties and sit back in complacency. Nintendo seems to still take risks but the landscape has changed so much it can never be the same.
The ps1 boot up sound gives me chills. It sure brings back a lot of memories. I bought one that has a mod chip in it last year and I play it on my pvm in RGB.
Here's an interesting little tidbit of info that I don't recall being mentioned in the video: The Dual Analog controller: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Analog_Controller It came out a year before the Dual Shock and according to the Wikipedia article it actually had force feedback in Japan. It was also released in Japan in April 1997-exactly the same month that the Rumble Pack for the N64 was released in Japan. Which was actually developed or, perhaps more importantly-announced first I can't find any information on. Obviously, the branches of Sony in the US and Europe didn't feel the feature was important enough initially but changed their minds after seeing how successful the rumble pack was. The Dual Shock itself was of course a complete redesign even from the Japanese DA controller and is obviously much more well known.
The original Playstation holds... A very unique place in my heart. Around the time it was released, it completely blew me away. It was the first non-Nintendo console to truly capture my interest. Being a kid in the early 90's, my first console was an NES despite it no longer being "relevant". I later upgraded accordingly to the SNES, but one of my best friends at the time got a Playstation shortly after it launched. I don't even remember the first game I witnessed being played... But the console itself left an imprint on me. I wanted one. Of course, the following year, I was forced to choose between it and the Nintendo 64 (I chose the latter, which in hindsight, I'm glad for because it was the console that established me as a lifelong, diehard fan of the Big N), so I didn't own one myself until after 2000. Like you, Adam, I cherish the memories the Playstation gave me, though I wonder what the industry would be like today if Sony (or some other electronics company) hadn't managed to rise against Nintendo and Sega. The first Playstation game I played through in its entirety was Chrono Cross, and as my avatar may betray, it remains my all time favorite title on the console to this day. As an aside, it was my favorite JRPG for a while too, but Xenoblade has stolen that title in recent years. :P There were plenty of other amazing games I'd try out eventually, the most memorable ones being Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, and Xenogears, Sadly, the Playstation itself stopped functioning, and after inevitably purchasing a PS2 (again, later in its life cycle), I never saw a reason to replace it as the newer console does everything its predecessor could, and better. The Playstation was a truly remarkable experience and I'd honestly say that it was among the most important, if not THE most important, video game consoles ever. It transformed gaming into something mainstream audiences could appreciate. We could argue all day about whether this ultimately helped or hurt the gaming industry (I see it as the latter, but that's just me), but it's impossible to deny its overall impact.
About Sony not being a game company: They should become one, or at least a console company. Now I know what you're asking; "Bob, is that really your real name?" Short answer to that, no, not at all. You may however also be asking; "Why should they be a game company? Aren't they already a console manufacturer? What if Nintendo made another Love Hotel?" Well, they shouldn't make the games themselves, just fund it like they are now, that'll be fine but they should sell off a lot of their unprofitable brands or just become focused on the PlayStation brand because it is the only one making them significant amounts of money, if they don't then PlayStation would be sold to some other company like Amazon, though I'm hoping that, if it comes to it then it'll be Nintendo JUST for the irony (imagine if Nintendo were the ones to make the "PS9", just think about it). For example, sony has a market gap of around $20Billion. Nintendo has one of around $16Billion. Now think about the size of those companies, pretty sure I said enough. Oh and if Nintendo bought the Love Hotel back, I'll laugh.
Thanks for sharing your story. I think it really captures that time when parents would usually only buy 1 console for their kid and then you had to stick with it. And yes, parents really did ask which of your friends has what console. :D This fueled those SEGA vs. Nintendo debates. And for the PS, I love that system; I sunk so many hours into RPGs on it. I would love going home from school just to play video games. Simpler times. BTW, a device is currently being made for the I/O port that will have an SD that will let you play backed up games off the SD card. Will post a link when I get home.
This was the first ever games console I played and had so many great experiences with it. Just from the top of my head I can remember playing Crash Bandicoot (5 games) Spyro the dragon (3 games) Medievil (2 games) Lemmings, Hogs Of War, 40 winks, Jersey Devil, Metal Gear Solid, Oddworld Abe's Odyssey and Ridge Racer. One of the only things I don't like nowadays is the fact that people keep on calling it the PSX when the PSX was actually part of the PS2 range.
2:20 I know this is a 3 year old video and all, but just a quick note, the deal between Nintendo and Sony occurred far closer to when the SEGA Genesis released in the first place, and before the Super Famicom even released, it was not a reaction to the SEGA CD. It was a part of the deal between Nintendo and Sony for the sound chip, which was included in the Super Famicom, which of course led to the whole Super CD mess. Nintendo didn't actually request it, Nintendo just wanted the sound chip, of course Nintendo saw benefits from the CD add on, but Sony is the part that requested it, and in turn, that is why the contract had so many issues, for both sides.
PS1 is my fav console of all time. I used to play games on a sort of arcade kinda place (couldn't own one), but instead of arcade machines, they had the systems connected to a TV and you pay $0.25 per half hour of play. Remember playing SNES and loving it, but one day I get there and there's two PS's and my jaw dropped on the floor on how amazing the games looked. The game that really blew my mind was Resident Evil, if felt so real going from room to room, the moment you step outside you could hear crickets and dogs howling in the distance, when walking on the mansion, your footsteps had different sounds from walking/running on concrete to carpets to wooden floors, it was so immersive, it really felt like you were on the shoes of Jill and Chris. I was so impressed with that game that to this date still my fav RE game. Adam, I suggest you check it out The Lost World: Jurassic Park and ESPN Xtreme (a.k.a. 1Xtreme) for PS1, two games that no one talks but it really fun.
i liked all the arcade games on the ps1 cuz most are not just rereleases frogger he's back / swampies revenge, q bert, raiden project (favorite game of all time) ect granted i played a lot of these on pc but still good games
Saturn was more powerful, but most developers, especially early on, didn't know how to work with so many different processors. They had the same amount of RAM, but the Saturn had more VRAM and you could upgrade RAM easily with a RAM cart, giving the Saturn 3X the RAM of the PS1. Mostly, the PS1 had a simple design and was easy to program for.
This system will always have a special place in my heart because it was the first system that I purchased with my own money. I just graduated from high school in 2000 and the college that was going to had a summer program to get high school graduates indoctrinated to college. At the end of the program every participant got a check for $800 dollars. As soon as I got that check I cashed it and headed to Toys R Us( RIP 😢) and bought a PS1 with a memory card, NBA Live 2000 and March Madness 2000.
The first console I ever play thanks to my Dad owning one. The best boot up sequence followed by Crash Bandicoot, then was a gamer once I started playing it. When I started going on the internet, other than Sony was sooo lucky, I found this has such a good library of game as it's younger brother the PS2
I sincerly appreciate your point of view. Great convo and talking points. Is it right? Is it wrong? that's not the point; you just always have awesome talking points and spot on perspectives. Keep up the good work
While I enjoy the PS1, it's hard to go back to most of the 3D games during that era with some exceptions such as Crash Bandicoot games and Final Fantasy Tactics. I play more 2D games for PS1 than 3D. Rayman, Klonoa, Symphony of the Night, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Street Fighter Alpha games, Megaman X4, etc.
dont forget about the dual analog controller that came out in between the original controller and the dualshock controller. just binge watched all these generation videos, lol, great stuff man
from what i recall the first PS1 controller with analogue sticks actually did not have vibration, it had the concave analog sticks, this was released after Nintendo released their N64 where the controller featured the analog controller? dual shock didn't come until later, is that right? also i remember seeing on TV years ago here in UK a show Bad Influence where they featured the PlayStation, the controller was described as being "two Super Nintendo controllers on top of another" and the game they featured loaded Galaxian or something before the main game loaded, i guess it must have been Ridge Racer. i guess with the new CD loading thing some developer thought that the wait times might be unbearable so just slap on a little game before the main game loaded, i thought that was quite quaint
Besides the gameshark, the serial port was also used by the link cable which was a licensed sony product which allowed you to play certain multi-screen 2 player games like Demolition Derby and Command and Conquer Red Alert. It wasn't removed until the PSone remodel was released which made me sad.
cool video. I was a big Genesis fan as well and was my main console for a while until about 1996 when my friend bought a PS and brought games to class to show off. By 97, my father took me to Toys R Us and we picked it up with Triple Play 98 which I played the hell out of, along with the demo disc.
I don't see the problem with the PS1 controller being an improved version of the SNES controller, it's just evolution for me, more buttons and better handle sounds about right. My complain with this controller, and I don't ever see anybody complain about this, is it's D-pad... it's so hard for me to pull out special moves with it, it's stiff and hard to slide your thumb across. Even a simple hadouken works 50/50 for me, where with a cheap third party controller I do so much better.
You forgot to mention the Dual Analogue controller. It came without rumble and before the Dual Shock controller we all know. It's quite hard to find nowadays though.
So there is really rare controller for the playstation (SCPH-1180) which actually didn't have the rumble feature outside japan, but did have an extra flight stick mode.
Choosing the PS1 over the 32x was probably the best decision in your life Adam lol.
Sam Gates irrelevant to the topic
adam isn't at all a pc gamer, he is console exclusive
Happy Go Lucky Games it's sad that he won't try pc gaming it's so much better.
some guy he has tried
@Autumn the Squirrel Well all games nowadays are services as in without the updates games are broken anyway and at least pc way better backwards compatibility and you up the resolution frame and textures do you liking.
This guy rules , he talks witty fun sense about all the systems .hes fair and totally unbiased against any macine , found him by mistake after looking for old retro reviews and never looked else where since that for the last 3 months.hes brought back the inner 9 year old back into me , so much so ive ordered myself a sega megadrive from amazon a few games,sonic1,2,3 and knuckles ,tiny toons buster breaks out and rocket knight all in all costing me £ 37 for the lot . Keep up the good work man , only a minor gripe but how about a few mins showing the actual games running :-)
Chris Stokes Thanks!
Love or hate Playstation you have to admit that at the time they made all the right decisions. Final Fantasy 7, Resident Evil, and Metal Gear Solid were some of the most fondly remembered games of that era that made this system what it was. And even today it doesnt feel like there has been a console (besides the dreamcast) that has been able to recapture the magic of the original Playstation.
The dual analog stick actually werent added first on the dual shock, there was a controller in between the original controller and the dual shock. It was a dual analog controller without vibration in it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Analog_Controller
I love how u remember the convo convincing your mom to buy it, we have all been there. I got her to get me the n64 one Xmas and I was so excited I used to sneak it out at night and play diddy Kong racing all night and then meticulously put in all back in the box before she woke up
I wonder, your mom probably knew 😊. Have you ever asked her that, years later?
the games I think defined the PS1 was I believe, Crash Bandicoot, Resident Evil, Gran Turismo, Tekken, and Ace Combat.
***** I never play that game, it was famous, I think they should of made it for the ps2, instead of 4 discs, they could of had little graphics improvements and additional languages.
***** but yes, it was a huge game Final Fantasy, even today still going.
Psygnosis DD yea those games also defined the ps1 era.
Is strange how Sony had Crash as a pet for there console, but now is no pet or no main figure what so ever, is just the console and the name.
You're forgetting Metal Gear Solid!
Final Fantasy
I don’t think having secondary uses like CD and DVD playback affected the quality of the games at all.
The first Playstation was one of my favorite consoles because it was such a technological leap forward in gaming. There really hasn't been another console that blew me away like that since. The only other time I was in awe was the first time I played the NES. That changed me.
For me it was technology at first, but later it was artistry of game design. Like my earliest memories of it are of being blown away by the graphics of Tekken and Destruction Derby and Twisted Metal. But then I remember my first ever videogame jump scare in Resident Evil, my first feeling of vertigo looking over a ledge in Tomb Raider. Then later there were games like Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid, Driver, that were taking the cinematic experience of videogames to a new level. There were so many firsts on that system, the first GTA was amazing too, even though it was 2D and glitchy, just from playing a demo I knew it was going to be huge. Medal of Honor was another great first, we didn't have GoldenEye but MOH made up for it! The one that really got me jealous of the N64 was WCW Vs NWO, there was no brawling game on PlayStation that came close to that. Although there was a quite excellent Wu Tang Clan Kung Fu game. Not to mention awesome unique games like Bushido Blade, Soul Edge. A lot of these games hold up well today too, I played Urban Chaos recently and it's awesome fun, amazing how much they achieved with the technology there. That was almost proto-GTA3 on PS1, like Driver. Developers pushed the PS1 as far as it would go technically and artistically, that's why it stands up so well historically imo.
Dreamcast
@xman777b yup the biggest jump was from playstation/N64/Saturn to Dreamcast.
It'd be really interesting to see what would have happened if the N64 DD took off. They ported RE2 to a cart, imagine having an extra few hundred MB of storage for music and videos.
Just wanna say that I really love the stuff that you put out, man! This is actually my second run through of your fifth video game generation recap videos. I'm glad that you had great experiences on the PS1 because so did I! The PS1 was a beast of a console to me and hopefully soon I can get my hands on one again! Keep up the great videos, Adam!
Thanks for watching!
@@AdamKoralik All these years later, and I’m still enjoying your content, sir 🙏 God bless.
I was 22 when the Playstation came out and I was staying away from it until I had heard enough from friends about it to finally step up and buy one in 96. I really ended up loving all the RPG's, lots of those games are classics and I still enjoy going back to play all the ones I never got around to. It's funny how far we have come since then and when I will play one of these games I always think how old they look already. Old or not it doesn't change how much fun they are or how often I still want to play them.
This was actually my first game console. My Dad bought it some time after I was born and once I matured to the age when I could play games, I got a lot of use out of it. My fondest memories are probably of playing Spyro with my brother and scaring myself with Alien Trilogy. Playstation is really popular here in the UK and I remember wanting to get a PS2 like all my friends. But then I played the Gamecube at a few stores and ended up getting that console instead. In retrospect I'm glad I did since it introduced me to Nintendo and I'd probably be a completely different gamer if I had stuck with Playstation.
Great vid as always.
Thanks for watching!
+thehoeslaper The VMU came out before the Pocketstation.
hey yea i said that lol sony got scared and created the pocket station
Is that true they both came out in 1998 right around ff8s release. I'd have to look it up but both where very near each other except the vmu is vastly more useful cause you can save on it. I dont think the pocketstation saves only loads pocketstation games to it right?
now that i think of it i think both sega and sony created the same to compete with tomodachi/gigapets. nintendo had the pickachu and i'd steal those from every kid at the lunch table.
Well i stand corrected. Now we just gotta get one of us to not be lazy and go to wikipedia to actually see which came out first.
Clesarie
Going by which came first isn't always failsafe logic though. I see a lot of Nintendo enthusiasts that think some original Xbox controller design cues were copied from the Gamecube's controller design. But they were released within 2 months of each other and quite frankly, that's not enough time to cover R&D, stress testing, supply etc.
i would argue on Microsoft not being a game company, they weren't when they launched but they quickly built up Microsoft studios(yes they have a lot of outsourcing of devs, but even ea, Activision and, ubisoft do that) they have there own ip, forza, fable, halo, gears of war, age of empire, crackdown,minecraft,perfect dark, battletoads(yeah they basically bought all of rare minus Nintendos ip) on and on and on, what makes a game company if running a studio and owning ip doesn't?
+DeadOnArrival45 Why is that people who write comments like this also disable the ability to reply to them?
Kinda wish there were a way to disable comments from people who disable replies. They're usually fanboy nonsense :-\
Because they're afraid that someone will disagree with them.
I wrote my comment on my phone. I had no idea how the replies were disabled. Please respond to my earlier comment from here if you'd like.
DeadOnArrival45 Okay, I'll give it a go.
I didn't say Sony was directly responsible for those things. What I meant was that they set the industry down the path of making those practices acceptable. They took it from niche to corporate. You can see this as a good or a bad thing. Like it or not, they started that.
But make sure you know your history here bro. Microsoft, for all the negatives they too have perpetrated on the gaming industry, only entered the console market because they saw Sony taking over living rooms.
In other words, if Sony didn't enter or left after the PS1 (which I realize wasn't financially possible), then Microsoft probably would never have had anything to do with it.
AdamKoralik Microsoft did try the crazy WebTV set-top-box in the living room in ~1995. It wasn't completely foreign territory for them, though manufacturing a _successful_ living room device definitely was.
I kind of think Microsoft's push into gaming has a lot more to do with SEGA than SONY; they tried to shoehorn the Windows CE operating system into the Dreamcast but weren't quite able to convince SEGA to use Windows CE exclusively. In fact, if the Dreamcast had been more successful Microsoft's involvement in console gaming might very well be limited to providing SEGA with an operating system and more importantly the DirectX API for the Dreamcast 2 :P
Jeezus Adam. I could sit and listen to you talk about gaming all day. Im not even a usual youtube commenter. I love your videos man, please keep it up.
Thanks!
love this series, for me the sony playstation was very special. it made me love rpgs which are now my favourite genre!
Awesome video, I think seeing the PS for the 1st time at home is one of those moments that only those of us who grew up with the NES/SNES/Genesis could really appreciate. I still remember the 1st time I did. Incredible.
I agree that the PlayStation is great because of its game library. However, I always thought it lacks soul unlike Sega's or Nintendo's machines.
Mhmm.
My 1st console and I loved it. Some great gaming memories like the demo disc it came boxed, MGS, fifa 97,Crash Bandicoot, Silent Hill etc. Cool video man, keep it up!!
B McEvoy Thanks for watching!
You have an interesting view on Sony. They basically did what the 3DO tried, and were successful. Hey guys, we'll take care of the hardware, you can make the games. They made it easy to develop for, and everyone else was screwing up. So the developers chose it. They also made it cheap(something the 3DO was not). I myself and so happy Sony got involved. I definitely think it is better. Of coarse, I don't blame them AT ALL for the DLC and incomplete game experience. The PS1 gave us complete games. I blame Gamestop, and the consumer for all this pre-order, chop up games, bull shit. Gamestop always pushing used sale only for a couple bucks cheaper stops the sales for the developers. DLC has become a way to actually make some money of the used games that are bought. Then, the consumers pre-ordering for "bonus" content is responsible as well. I don't think Sony has anything to do with it.
+schram21891 Yeah people keep on talking shit about these shady practices yet they support them
I was pointing a laser at Adams eye during the video. He didn't even blink. This dude is a beast.
Man I would not be able to make these long unedited videos like you do. I would undoubtedly mess up hah. Props for being able to make long yet gripping videos.
Thanks. Though to be fair I do trim bits here and there.
AdamKoralik Well I don't even notice it. This series of fifth gen consoles has been especially awesome, thanks.
AerogaSpammer
Thanks for watching!
Oh yeah, Adam, that I suppose that it’s only too bad that you otherwise can’t go back and either edit these past Retrospective videos of yours, or re-retrospect them, so that they can also include about other stuff that we all have found about them on the side by now, like those other couple of things that I had let you know about with the XBox 360, and now that I have more or less found out in the meantime about two other things that involve the PSOne and that both of them are also forewarnings to the others around here as well: that first, I didn’t know about this other bit, but apparently there was and is the “Launch Edition” of the console this whole time, and it also has that other power adapter that resembles the one for the XBox 360 and it ends in that simple plug in, and it saves on anyone needing to get an extension cord on the end of that “power brick” to end like that instead, huh; and second, I had already known about this other bit, but someone else in Spawn Wave’s PSOne video’s comments section had confirmed that the console actually doesn’t play all of the PS1 games after all; and so that I guess that that cancels out of me attempting to go with that one console instead of either the PS2 or the PS3, and besides that the PS3 having HDMI meaning that it has digital out originally otherwise, and so much for that bit with me otherwise attempting to get its “ultimate package” with its “ceramic white” DualShock 2 controller, huh :^D. >Danny
Also, let's be honest, "PlayStation" was just a great name for a console, that was very obviously taking a lot of design cues from the already popular SNES. The N64 looks less like a successor to that platform than the PlayStation does.
My Uncle did the same thing with me as a kid. He would always have the newest console and he would give me the old ones. He gave me his Sega Genesis around the time he bought his Playstation. When Playstation 2 came out he gave us his Nintendo 64. I really wanted a Playstation 2 though and we finally got one for Christmas a couple of years after my Uncle had it. I remember him showing me the Xbox 360 and not long after I begged my Mom for one. That was probably the first console we bought not long after the release date.
I love your childhood stories. Mine were similar with the Playstation. We were also at a Toys R' Us and I kept begging for a 32x and my birthday was a week away. (we were shopping for my moms friends kid.) I then saw those demo displays for the Playstation and my head exploded! Blood, Gore, Action, Violence all in 3D!? My birthday rolled around and I was expecting a 32x, When I opened my gift it was a freakin Playstation with Twisted Metal and Rayman. I was like "Mom you outdid yourself this time!"
Thanks!
Your mom chose wisely.
Adam Koralik just pictured Indiana Jones and the last crusade with game consoles instead of the grails. Guess Indy's a Sony fan boy!
the ps1 in japan got released 12-03-1994, in the us, 09-09-1995, although the slim was released jul 2000 in japan, us, sept 2000
+humphet Thanks!
+Walter Gonzalez Yeah tell me about it. Thanks for watching!
Dermot Bowen Lucky for you it's really easy with the PS1. Download a program called IMGBurn. It's freeware.
It has an option to rip discs to an image. Any standard CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, BD-ROM drive will be able to read it.
If it rips successfully, your PS1 game isn't damaged.
What about ps2
os tester
Same process.
Thank you
AdamKoralik i did that and get alot of games, but only because i don't have money to buy them.
Does the ps1 have to be modded?
Never heard of the vertical ps2 idea coming from disc reading issues. Great video!
It is sad to think Nintendo is the only “real” gaming company still pushing through. And amazingly the one that’s been there throughout our entire lives.
My first console was a PS1 so much nostalgia! Great Video!
Gabe Newell Thanks!
You make some good ass videos. Around the launch of the PS1 was probably the most exciting in the history of the industry for me. I was more excited for the PS2, but the atmosphere around everything and the unknown was almost magical in the mid 90s.
I was like you, where I was a little skeptical of Sony at first. I knew there was a Saturn, I wanted that. I knew about Nintendo and the Ultra 64 that was coming, but I had started turned 13 and their later releases seemed kiddie to me at that age. Super Mario World 2 really put me off with the art style and the crying baby. If they'd have come out at the same time as PS1 though I would have probably gravitated toward them for Mario 64. My dad had bought me a Saturn, but I couldn't have it until my birthday and sometime between then I saw a sales chart in a GamePro magazine and the PS1 was stomping it. This was around March-April 1996. I knew the Saturn was the wrong choice, so I told my dad I changed my mind and he took the Saturn back and swapped it for a PS1.
You're right about this being the point where gaming began to lose its innocence and charm, but I don't think it's really Sony's fault. They had a hand in it, but the industry was growing and would become a victim of its own success. Once people saw how much money there was to be made in video games, it was just a matter of time before a giant corporations swooped in like a bunch of dogs fighting for the same bone. It was more of a matter of who and when. Even if Sony stayed out, it would have just been later with somebody else.
Thanks.
You make a good point.
Though I do wonder who that would have been. Most technology companies had failed to make any kind of headway with consoles.
Microsoft only later joined because they didn't like the amount of market share Sony was getting.
So, I question who that would have been.
@@AdamKoralik apple
I had a friend with a 32X too. We would play Virtua Racing for hours
Crash Bandicoot 3 and Driver defined the PS1 to me.
Impressive shit back then... to me, the console was superior in every way to the N64.
Now hearing that SEGA eventually did a couple of games for this thing as well is really mind blowing, maybe those things are still around somewhere :>
Driver was mind blowing at the time. Open world driving.
Very informative Adam.It's like your childhood was a mirror image of mine in terms of consoles,games and such.
Then yours must have been fun too. Thanks for watching!
I miss the old Toys R Us game aisle. I xried a bit when they went to current setup.
You are correct Adam and it make sense too because Sega screw up with the Saturn's launch, most store refused to sell or carry Sega Saturn consoles and games at that time. That may be why you aren't expose to the Saturn or knew of its existence cause a lot of the bigger stores at that time just refuse to carry them. At the time I know about the Saturn and had seen one or two people who own one but I could never find one at a local retailer giant like Walmart or Target. It was just that rare to see one at the time and by the time I know it the Saturn was already on its out.
I am conflicted on the playstation as well it had some masterpieces on it but for the most part it had shovel ware in spades most people dont realize there is almost 8000 titles for it and about 7500 are pretty lame.
I love to go back and watch this recap videos :)
I remember it was in 1996 one day after school, I went with a friend to a computer store and they had a Playstation connected to a TV. Then, for the first time, I saw a game on this console in action. I remember it was the first Resident Evil. My jaw fell to the floor as I saw the graphics and the characters spoke using real voices!!! XD Best times in my life.
Admit it. The Third Console Curse birthed the Sony PlayStation.
Both Sega & Nintendo screwed up their third consoles...
I admit their mistakes allowed Sony to get a stronger foot hold in, but the Saturn wasn't Sega's third console.
This is the best PS1 review video that you could ever find on TH-cam, hands down 👍
Probably my favourite console of all time, i think it is terrific. Sony had some weird choices, but they showed video games to a wider audience, games weren't toys anymore, if you look at the SNES, with it's purple design, it looks like a toy. Gaming actually became cool, with mature games like MGS, Silent Hill, Res. Evil, and older age groups started playing, especially the teens. Of course it was a multimedia-console from the beginning, but so was the CD-i. I think Sony did good to the industry: they made gaming cheaper, more profitable for the studios, and they made consoles that have really long lifespan.
That's certainly an optimistic way to look at it. :D
László Lajos I always looked at the Playstation as the TRUE successor to the Sega Genesis as weird as that sounds. The Playstation went after the same market that Sega was going after and expanded on it. The Genesis made video games cool for teens but the Playstation made video games cool for adults.
László Lajos how about sega
My all-time favorite version of the PlayStation 1 is the smaller redesigned PS One. It may not have a reset button, but it comes with a 5-inch LCD screen therefore making your PS One a portable console that you can take with you on the go. In other words, the PS One is a portable game console/CD player that you can take with you on the go. But in order to make it work, you need a car adapter or an AC power adapter in order to make the console work. Plus, the LCD screen has a headphone jack built in the back as well.
whenever you tell stories about your childhood i always imagine you talking with your mom and you have the same voice and face, but on a child's body. which means i need more excuses for childhood stories, because it amuses me to no end.
Never knew that the PS1 had standard composite video ports and the Multi AVOut. Very interesting. My PS1 was the 2nd model with just the Parallel port and the Multi-AV Out.
Playstation Underground demo discs where my child hood for about 6 months before my parents bought me games. Their excuse "I thought that was all you needed we thought the games where already on that thing" Classic.
damn your comment couldn't be more right 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍. ever play the demo of blast chamber, tekken 2. that was a great market move by Sony pushing the sampler demos.
up at 5am hacking ps2s all night/morning and i just love buzzing through these videos and listening to your stories Adam. I really don't ever get tired of hearing em lol.
+Neet Boss Thanks!
of course bud!
I was watching this late at night and started to doze off
I opened my eyes to see the creepiest Mario ever
Thanks for the nightmares ;)
Glad I could help you rest....and then scare the hell out of you. :P
That was a good and informative video. Some memories: This was the first console that I ever bought. Not all of us at the time had parents with disposable incomes, but when I was in junior high I was finally able to buy this. It was also selling at a discounted price by then. I preferred the CD technology, and CD playing use of this console over the N64 and the PS1's line up of games.
I don't really like these games now but back then I liked: Tomba, Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3. Syphon Filter (always preferred its action packed gameplay over MGS), Area 51 (arcade shooter w/ light gun), Need for Speed III (very popular back in the day), Bugs Bunny Lost in Time, WWF Warzone (I do not like these cheesefests anymore), and Vigilante 8. As an adult I don't think I'd play almost any PS1 games.
In retrospect I should have held off purchasing this and saved my money to buy a bunch of Dreamcast games for the Dreamcast I would get a short while later, that would have been awesome. The Dreamcast totally blew the PS1 out of the water for me. Oh well. The PS1 was still cool though, it had more longevity than I thought.
It cracks me up how he hates the PlayStation for everything Microsoft did first with the Xbox. It was the original Xbox that introduced dlc, patches, and unfinished games being released, not PlayStation or PS2. I don't see you making any videos talking bad about the xbox, though. I just happen to see the huge stack of 360 games behind you in all of your videos. If Sony did "graciously bow out" after the PlayStation, gaming would not be better today. It would be more saturated with DRM and we probably would be in an online only console world right now. I'm sure you'd love that, right? Sony is still supporting and pushing physical media alongside digital. Plus Microsoft would've had their way with the xbone. I'm glad playstation continued. The PS2 was probably the best console generation, and I guarantee it wouldn't have been if it was Gamecube/Xbox only.
DeadOnArrival45 also that's and interesting way to look at it
It’s more like Sony chooses to not do what Microsoft did because they’ve did what Sony were thinking of doing first, but Sony saw the reaction to that.
Right now, they have 2 versions of the PS5, one of them being digital only; it’s so obvious they’re trying to go All digital, but can’t yet.
Spyro the Dragon on the PS1 was the first game I ever played so it's kinda my baby
I think the PS1 had a major influence in maturing videogames (alongside PC gaming ). Games weren't targeted for kids anymore, censorship was at its low, new genres were created, playability was changed (especially with dual analogs) and games were kept cheap, developers could have more profit and they could have more liberty creating games.
If it was kept Sega Vs Nintendo again, gaming would be very different nowadays, probably worse. Sega would keep making more arcade games, western audiences would have been kept out of rpgs and we'd get less games. Nintendo would have kept a bigger share and they'd still be targeting kids (they still are, but way less than before), games would be more expensive, censored, less developers cause Nintendo would stick to their "we want more money out of developers", developers would be cut off if they didn't develop exclusively for Nintendo, it'd be the NES times all over again. Buisness-wise Nintendo were a bunch of pricks (and they still are).
The PS1 broke the market and in the end the consumers mostly won. I think games would be taking the path of Dlcs sooner or later, don't think of it as Sony's fault, it' is cause by the rising gaming costs, they would happen anyways even if Sony wasn't there. People are very fanboyish about Sega and Nintendo, they can argue all they want, Ps1, Ps2, Ps3, Psp and Ps4 take the cake for me cause of one reason only: the amount of games they have. More games, more fun for us, that's about it. But I love all consoles as long as they have great games - in the end it's the player that's willing to invest in them and its respective games that wins.
+Cristiano Well Sony almost set the standards of today''s gaming
I never cared about brand loyalty or fanboying, all I cared and care about is the games. PS1 and PS2 had soo many fun games! So for me getting the Sony consoles were a no-brainer. Although I don't like the current state of gaming, I don't think it's totally Sonys fault. It more the times and technology. With digital downloads, streaming and whatnot. Sony isn't really to blame for that. The og xbox had dlc and game patches, if anything its more Microsoft to blame for that. PS2 had online capability, but no games I can think of utilized it for dlc of patches.
Cristiano Metal Gear Solid
Patrick Eakin
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I've hears that before, the console costs more to build than what they sold it for, and I gotta tell you, I just don't buy it. These are BILLION dollar companies we are talking about, they didn't make that much money by giving things away. Maybe the first couple of units were that expensive, but once mass production is up and running? Yeah, no. I know some of you are going to argue with me, point me to figures published by said companies that PROVE this. Yeah, all lies IMO. Why would they lie? TO get you and me to buy the consoles and games at the prices they want us to pay of course! "Look how much money we are losing on the console, we CANT sell the games for less than that!" Yeah, just not buying it.
FatFredyFreak Sorry, but...it's 100% true. The idea is to take a loss on the console so that they make it up with the games. The model works if the console is successful. It doesn't work if the console isn't.
If I was sorry I wouldn't brag about, BUT SERIOUSLY! :-) I'm not saying I have proof or anything, it's just my opinion. All corporate giants lie about profits and losses, it saves them on their tax bills, among other things.
FatFredyFreak Pfffthahahahahahaahahahaha!!!!! You sound like a total fool that force feeds your views without any solid backing. It is a normal practice to incentivise gamers to buy their consoles. They lose a few hundred selling a console, but can earn back way more from game sales, DLCs, royalties etc. You might wanna brush up on your economics before puking crap.
I was a huge Nintendo person until the 64 came out. When titles like Mega Man, Final Fantasy, Castlevania, & Dragon Warrior jump ship to another console, I'm jumping with it. One of the best decisions me and my brother made back then.
just admit it...you're anti-Sony
+George H Obviously I'm not, I have friends who work for them. I pledge no allegiance to a corporation, only history.
+AdamKoralik Sorry. I was under a heavy dosage of meth when I typed that
I'm PS1 fanboy but I love the SEGA Master System, the SEGA Genesis and the SEGA Saturn. The SEGA Dreamcast not so much.
No fanboy here
@15:05 that piece of shit D-pad was the cause of SO MANY bubble blisters on my thumb when trying to enjoy fighting games.
If you feel that strongly about it, why are you even using a PAD for fighting games in the first place lmfao?
well back in the late 90's early to 2000's when i was 7 years this was my only means of playing fighting games with my cousins, eventually till i got a dreamcast for christmas which had a way better controller
Regarding the serial port, the switch to the PSone form factor is when the serial port was abandoned as it was only used for a system link cable used by a couple of games.
Hey man, just wanted to say I've watched a TON of your vids and subscribed to your channel (I only have 2 subscriptions ha ha!) and your doing an excellent job :-) really entertaining and informative! I've learned so much about my fave consoles (fave of all time being this one the PlayStation) and so much about the ones I missed as a kid, I'm just having a blast going through all these retrospectives and remembering the excellent gaming experiences and hearing yours it's great fun and a lovely nostalgia trip! Your cleaning and restoring stuff is really handy as well! So thanks so much for taking the time and putting all these great videos out there! Keep up the great work! I'm sure you will! ;-)
+james cooper Thanks!
I remember this console. I had an N64 and an uncle of mine had the PS1 with the little TV on top of it (I don't remember EXACTLY when but I'm guessing it was somewhere at the end of the generation). I love my N64 and all the games I got to experience with it, but MAN after watching that I REALLY wanted it. He had Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider they all looked AMAZING. There was also this one game where you had to kill dinosaurs, I always wanted to know what that game was but I never got the answer. Anyway great video, can't get enough of your console videos, they are so entertaining and so informational. Keep up the good work!
Is the dino game Dino crisis?
@@chichihuaua Yeah, I have since learned that the game was Dino Crisis. It was awesome lol especially back then when Jurassic Park was all the rage.
my favorite console of all time great video dude!
love you videos, man. you have a very perceptive & in-depth way of telling things.
Thanks for taking the time to watch!
You are the first person I know of to refer to rumble as vibration, lol. (I can hear the marky Mark jokes now)
i remember when the psx and n64 were out and i was in elementary school. i printed out the specs of the two systems from gameFAQs and would read both of them and highlight differences between them during lunch. damn i was a weird kid.
you forgot the dual analog controller which is the first dual analog controller for the PlayStation
Am I the only one who's listening fifth generation recap while having a bath and drinking beer? Adam just makes such good company with his superb speaking.
+erpaloinen
You’re right. We got unbelievable gaming experiences from the 16 bit wars. Nintendo and sega had to constantly push the creativity envelope to stay in the race. Microsoft and Sony just throw money at third parties and sit back in complacency. Nintendo seems to still take risks but the landscape has changed so much it can never be the same.
Thank you for these videos Adam. I love recapping the past. (I've been playing since the 2600 and look forward to future of games)
+Heath Wilson Thanks for watching!
Adam Koralik you keep making em, I'll keep watching (love the dreamcast tv and Saturn recap) just got my Saturn and been rockin it
The ps1 boot up sound gives me chills. It sure brings back a lot of memories. I bought one that has a mod chip in it last year and I play it on my pvm in RGB.
Here's an interesting little tidbit of info that I don't recall being mentioned in the video: The Dual Analog controller: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Analog_Controller
It came out a year before the Dual Shock and according to the Wikipedia article it actually had force feedback in Japan. It was also released in Japan in April 1997-exactly the same month that the Rumble Pack for the N64 was released in Japan. Which was actually developed or, perhaps more importantly-announced first I can't find any information on. Obviously, the branches of Sony in the US and Europe didn't feel the feature was important enough initially but changed their minds after seeing how successful the rumble pack was. The Dual Shock itself was of course a complete redesign even from the Japanese DA controller and is obviously much more well known.
The original Playstation holds... A very unique place in my heart. Around the time it was released, it completely blew me away. It was the first non-Nintendo console to truly capture my interest. Being a kid in the early 90's, my first console was an NES despite it no longer being "relevant". I later upgraded accordingly to the SNES, but one of my best friends at the time got a Playstation shortly after it launched. I don't even remember the first game I witnessed being played... But the console itself left an imprint on me. I wanted one. Of course, the following year, I was forced to choose between it and the Nintendo 64 (I chose the latter, which in hindsight, I'm glad for because it was the console that established me as a lifelong, diehard fan of the Big N), so I didn't own one myself until after 2000. Like you, Adam, I cherish the memories the Playstation gave me, though I wonder what the industry would be like today if Sony (or some other electronics company) hadn't managed to rise against Nintendo and Sega.
The first Playstation game I played through in its entirety was Chrono Cross, and as my avatar may betray, it remains my all time favorite title on the console to this day. As an aside, it was my favorite JRPG for a while too, but Xenoblade has stolen that title in recent years. :P There were plenty of other amazing games I'd try out eventually, the most memorable ones being Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, and Xenogears, Sadly, the Playstation itself stopped functioning, and after inevitably purchasing a PS2 (again, later in its life cycle), I never saw a reason to replace it as the newer console does everything its predecessor could, and better. The Playstation was a truly remarkable experience and I'd honestly say that it was among the most important, if not THE most important, video game consoles ever. It transformed gaming into something mainstream audiences could appreciate. We could argue all day about whether this ultimately helped or hurt the gaming industry (I see it as the latter, but that's just me), but it's impossible to deny its overall impact.
my first experience on the ps was doom and descent. absolutely loved the sound tracks. it was a big change from playing sonic and mario
About Sony not being a game company:
They should become one, or at least a console company. Now I know what you're asking; "Bob, is that really your real name?" Short answer to that, no, not at all. You may however also be asking; "Why should they be a game company? Aren't they already a console manufacturer? What if Nintendo made another Love Hotel?" Well, they shouldn't make the games themselves, just fund it like they are now, that'll be fine but they should sell off a lot of their unprofitable brands or just become focused on the PlayStation brand because it is the only one making them significant amounts of money, if they don't then PlayStation would be sold to some other company like Amazon, though I'm hoping that, if it comes to it then it'll be Nintendo JUST for the irony (imagine if Nintendo were the ones to make the "PS9", just think about it).
For example, sony has a market gap of around $20Billion. Nintendo has one of around $16Billion. Now think about the size of those companies, pretty sure I said enough.
Oh and if Nintendo bought the Love Hotel back, I'll laugh.
Thanks for sharing your story. I think it really captures that time when parents would usually only buy 1 console for their kid and then you had to stick with it. And yes, parents really did ask which of your friends has what console. :D This fueled those SEGA vs. Nintendo debates.
And for the PS, I love that system; I sunk so many hours into RPGs on it. I would love going home from school just to play video games. Simpler times.
BTW, a device is currently being made for the I/O port that will have an SD that will let you play backed up games off the SD card. Will post a link when I get home.
Thanks for listening!
Interesting, I look forward to the link.
AdamKoralik It is called the PSIO: ps-io.com/
This was the first ever games console I played and had so many great experiences with it. Just from the top of my head I can remember playing Crash Bandicoot (5 games) Spyro the dragon (3 games) Medievil (2 games) Lemmings, Hogs Of War, 40 winks, Jersey Devil, Metal Gear Solid, Oddworld Abe's Odyssey and Ridge Racer. One of the only things I don't like nowadays is the fact that people keep on calling it the PSX when the PSX was actually part of the PS2 range.
I'm so glad someone else remembers Hogs of War. It came before Worms 3D and still ended up being better than any of the other 3D Worms games.
I truly believe that if the PlayStation was not made, I would not be a gamer
Really enjoying your videos during the quarantine
2:20 I know this is a 3 year old video and all, but just a quick note, the deal between Nintendo and Sony occurred far closer to when the SEGA Genesis released in the first place, and before the Super Famicom even released, it was not a reaction to the SEGA CD. It was a part of the deal between Nintendo and Sony for the sound chip, which was included in the Super Famicom, which of course led to the whole Super CD mess. Nintendo didn't actually request it, Nintendo just wanted the sound chip, of course Nintendo saw benefits from the CD add on, but Sony is the part that requested it, and in turn, that is why the contract had so many issues, for both sides.
PS1 is my fav console of all time. I used to play games on a sort of arcade kinda place (couldn't own one), but instead of arcade machines, they had the systems connected to a TV and you pay $0.25 per half hour of play. Remember playing SNES and loving it, but one day I get there and there's two PS's and my jaw dropped on the floor on how amazing the games looked. The game that really blew my mind was Resident Evil, if felt so real going from room to room, the moment you step outside you could hear crickets and dogs howling in the distance, when walking on the mansion, your footsteps had different sounds from walking/running on concrete to carpets to wooden floors, it was so immersive, it really felt like you were on the shoes of Jill and Chris. I was so impressed with that game that to this date still my fav RE game.
Adam, I suggest you check it out The Lost World: Jurassic Park and ESPN Xtreme (a.k.a. 1Xtreme) for PS1, two games that no one talks but it really fun.
i liked all the arcade games on the ps1 cuz most are not just rereleases frogger he's back / swampies revenge, q bert, raiden project (favorite game of all time) ect granted i played a lot of these on pc but still good games
Saturn was more powerful, but most developers, especially early on, didn't know how to work with so many different processors. They had the same amount of RAM, but the Saturn had more VRAM and you could upgrade RAM easily with a RAM cart, giving the Saturn 3X the RAM of the PS1. Mostly, the PS1 had a simple design and was easy to program for.
This system will always have a special place in my heart because it was the first system that I purchased with my own money. I just graduated from high school in 2000 and the college that was going to had a summer program to get high school graduates indoctrinated to college. At the end of the program every participant got a check for $800 dollars. As soon as I got that check I cashed it and headed to Toys R Us( RIP 😢) and bought a PS1 with a memory card, NBA Live 2000 and March Madness 2000.
CDs are made of polycarbonate, not plastic.
i never had a ps1 however i did and still do have a ps2 and a 60gb ps3 and i have played a few ps1 games.. excellent console
The first console I ever play thanks to my Dad owning one. The best boot up sequence followed by Crash Bandicoot, then was a gamer once I started playing it.
When I started going on the internet, other than Sony was sooo lucky, I found this has such a good library of game as it's younger brother the PS2
Really diggin your channel. Big collector. Inspirational
Check out the rectangular boxes for the PlayStation, take off the placement for the games if you can and there you'll see a demo disc.
I sincerly appreciate your point of view. Great convo and talking points. Is it right? Is it wrong? that's not the point; you just always have awesome talking points and spot on perspectives. Keep up the good work
While I enjoy the PS1, it's hard to go back to most of the 3D games during that era with some exceptions such as Crash Bandicoot games and Final Fantasy Tactics. I play more 2D games for PS1 than 3D. Rayman, Klonoa, Symphony of the Night, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Street Fighter Alpha games, Megaman X4, etc.
I always find it rather easy.
Jesus christ that mario jumpscare YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, ADAM!
dont forget about the dual analog controller that came out in between the original controller and the dualshock controller. just binge watched all these generation videos, lol, great stuff man
Actually, I didn't even know about it until people told me about it. :P
Thanks!
the more you know, lol
welcome bro
Awesome series man. My favourite console generation.
Thanks for watching!
from what i recall the first PS1 controller with analogue sticks actually did not have vibration, it had the concave analog sticks, this was released after Nintendo released their N64 where the controller featured the analog controller? dual shock didn't come until later, is that right? also i remember seeing on TV years ago here in UK a show Bad Influence where they featured the PlayStation, the controller was described as being "two Super Nintendo controllers on top of another" and the game they featured loaded Galaxian or something before the main game loaded, i guess it must have been Ridge Racer. i guess with the new CD loading thing some developer thought that the wait times might be unbearable so just slap on a little game before the main game loaded, i thought that was quite quaint
Besides the gameshark, the serial port was also used by the link cable which was a licensed sony product which allowed you to play certain multi-screen 2 player games like Demolition Derby and Command and Conquer Red Alert. It wasn't removed until the PSone remodel was released which made me sad.
multi tap and WWF warzone was the shit
cool video. I was a big Genesis fan as well and was my main console for a while until about 1996 when my friend bought a PS and brought games to class to show off. By 97, my father took me to Toys R Us and we picked it up with Triple Play 98 which I played the hell out of, along with the demo disc.
I don't see the problem with the PS1 controller being an improved version of the SNES controller, it's just evolution for me, more buttons and better handle sounds about right.
My complain with this controller, and I don't ever see anybody complain about this, is it's D-pad... it's so hard for me to pull out special moves with it, it's stiff and hard to slide your thumb across. Even a simple hadouken works 50/50 for me, where with a cheap third party controller I do so much better.
You forgot to mention the Dual Analogue controller. It came without rumble and before the Dual Shock controller we all know. It's quite hard to find nowadays though.
So there is really rare controller for the playstation (SCPH-1180) which actually didn't have the rumble feature outside japan, but did have an extra flight stick mode.
as always !! great video :) keep going man you make me live the old sweet days thanksssssssssss
Thanks for watching!