Platform: PlayStation
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
The King of Fighters '98
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
LSD: Dream Emulator
Madden NFL 2000
Sexy Parodius
One Piece: Ocean's Dream!
SimCity 2000
LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
Animaniacs: Ten Pin Alley
Spot Goes to Hollywood
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Mega Man X3
Psychic Force
Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix
Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!
Vagrant Story
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Rascal
Play with the Teletubbies
Mega Man X6
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete
Pop'n Pop
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Space Station Silicon Valley
Theme Aquarium
Wonder Project J2: Corlo no Mori no Josette
Resident Evil
Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy
Magical Tetris Challenge
Space Jam
Wipeout 3
Madden NFL 99
Wild Arms
Metal Gear Solid
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
Ape Escape
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Twisted Metal 4
Theme Park
Muppet RaceMania
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge
Resident Evil Survivor
The Legend of Dragoon
Need for Speed II
Titan A.E.
Pink Panther: Pinkadelic Pursuit
subdirectory_arrow_right Metal Gear Solid (Game), Gran Turismo 2 (Game), Tekken 3 (Game), One (Game), PC (Microsoft Windows) (Platform), Dreamcast (Platform), Xbox (Platform), Sony Interactive Entertainment (Company)
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Sony would sue Bleem! twice over alleged copyright infringement, and despite all odds, Sony lost due to Bleem!'s use of screenshots in promo material and the PS1 BIOS being protected by fair use. However, a mix of legal fees and Sony threatening retailers stocking Bleem! products with subpoenas would force Bleem! off of shelves anyway, and its website would be replaced with an image of Sonic The Hedgehog mourning at a grave with the Bleem! logo carved on it. Bleem! would countersue Sony for anti-competitive activity.
The popularity of Bleem! would lead both Sega and Microsoft to attempt to work with Bleem! officially to make PS1 games run on Dreamcast and Xbox, though these plans fell through due to Sega being afraid of Sony's litigation, while the developers of Bleem! simply felt Microsoft wasn't paying high enough for the license for Bleem! (something they had come to regret in the years since).
Video on Bleem! history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHul1PrXCE
Source of Bleem! collection photo:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/dvf1ow/bleem_the_playstation_emulator_for_pcs_and/
Bleem! article:
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-history-of-bleem
Archived Bleem! page for One:
https://web.archive.org/web/20001109112400if_/http://bleem.com:80/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHul1PrXCE
Source of Bleem! collection photo:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/dvf1ow/bleem_the_playstation_emulator_for_pcs_and/
Bleem! article:
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-history-of-bleem
Archived Bleem! page for One:
https://web.archive.org/web/20001109112400if_/http://bleem.com:80/
subdirectory_arrow_right Sega Saturn (Platform)
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In 1992, after the failure of a deal to create a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sony approached Sega of America proposing that they collaborate on a next-generation CD-ROM console to compete with Nintendo. While Sega of America was open to the idea and even started testing the waters between the two companies by having each develop a handful of titles for the Sega CD, Sega of Japan shot down the concept. Consequently, Sony would reorient their efforts towards what would become the PlayStation, while Sega would develop their own next-gen console, the Sega Saturn, in-house. In an interview with Sega-16, Tom Kalinske cited the veto as a factor in his decision to step down as head of Sega of America.
Time Extension article:
https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-sega-and-sony-almost-joined-forces-to-battle-nintendo-in-the-90s
Time Extension interview with Kalinske:
https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-former-sega-president-tom-kalinske-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-16-bit-empire
Sega-16 interview with Kalinske:
https://www.sega-16.com/2006/07/interview-tom-kalinske/
https://www.timeextension.com/features/flashback-sega-and-sony-almost-joined-forces-to-battle-nintendo-in-the-90s
Time Extension interview with Kalinske:
https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-former-sega-president-tom-kalinske-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-16-bit-empire
Sega-16 interview with Kalinske:
https://www.sega-16.com/2006/07/interview-tom-kalinske/
subdirectory_arrow_right Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! (Game), PlayStation 2 (Platform), TT Games (Company)
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When the PlayStation 2 was revealed in Japan, a demo was shown off of a fountain of spark particles. When this demo was shown to Jon Burton, founder of Traveller's Tales, he coded an identical tech demo for the first PlayStation as a joke. This tech demo would ultimately end up in the files of Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!, unused, by accident.
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The iconic start-up sound of the PlayStation is actually a combination of three different clips stored in the system BIOS, which are then either sped up or slowed down to produce what is heard at the boot-up screen. These sounds also serve to check if the system is running normally and is OK to read games - errors within the system can lead to the startup sound becoming distorted.
subdirectory_arrow_right Sega Game Gear (Platform), Sega Master System/Mark III (Platform), Game Boy Color (Platform), Neo Geo AES (Platform), Sega Mega Drive/Genesis (Platform), Game Boy Advance (Platform), Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform), Arcade (Platform), Game Boy (Platform), Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform)
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Soulja Boy selling SouljaGame line article:
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/soulja-boy-selling-cheap-consoles-1203084022/
Soulja Boy ends sales of SouljaGame line article:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/01/02/soulja-boy-stops-selling-souljagame-game-consoles
SouljaGame unboxing and teardown showing the packaging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo-qNU7Qu3k
Rerez video reviewing the console SouljaGame was based on, showing the console list:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXuAuTFXpA#t=595
https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/soulja-boy-selling-cheap-consoles-1203084022/
Soulja Boy ends sales of SouljaGame line article:
https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/01/02/soulja-boy-stops-selling-souljagame-game-consoles
SouljaGame unboxing and teardown showing the packaging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo-qNU7Qu3k
Rerez video reviewing the console SouljaGame was based on, showing the console list:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqXuAuTFXpA#t=595
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The European version of Um Jammer Lammy and the US version of Dino Crisis mistakenly use the Japanese version of the generic PlayStation anti-piracy screen.
The Cutting Room Floor articles:
https://tcrf.net/Um_Jammer_Lammy#Anti-Piracy_Oddity
https://tcrf.net/Dino_Crisis_(PlayStation)#Anti-Piracy_Screen
https://tcrf.net/Um_Jammer_Lammy#Anti-Piracy_Oddity
https://tcrf.net/Dino_Crisis_(PlayStation)#Anti-Piracy_Screen
subdirectory_arrow_right Fade to Black (Game)
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Catalog of PlayStation long boxes:
https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/marino/lists/playstation-long-boxes/359078/
PlayStation box type comparison:
https://imgur.com/gallery/ygnMM
Figured out last game with the long box by going through this list, searching up their respective boxes and finding a cut-off point, which was between Fade to Black and SimCity 2000:
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11540465#1994
https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/marino/lists/playstation-long-boxes/359078/
PlayStation box type comparison:
https://imgur.com/gallery/ygnMM
Figured out last game with the long box by going through this list, searching up their respective boxes and finding a cut-off point, which was between Fade to Black and SimCity 2000:
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11540465#1994
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Sony Interactive Entertainment America's president, during the early lifespan of the PlayStation, was staunchly opposed to two-dimensional games. PaRappa the Rapper, known for its paper-puppet-styled characters, only managed to release abroad thanks to its success domestically. When it proved to be a worldwide success, SIEA eased up on 2D games.
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Reversing the startup sound for the console reveals the developers used a glass-breaking sound. This is most notable with the infamous “Personified Fear” glitch.
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Although the PlayStation has extraordinary copy protection, many hackers, home-brewers, and pirates worked around it via the infamous "Disc Swap" trick which is possible as the console uses a lid in a similar fashion to a portable CD player. This trick involves swapping a regular PlayStation disc with a back-up or rewritable CD during the startup.
Likely because of this exploit, Sony created future numbered PlayStation consoles that use disc trays rather than lids.
Likely because of this exploit, Sony created future numbered PlayStation consoles that use disc trays rather than lids.
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On the system's Memory Card menu, after deleting data for a game, pressing the four shoulder buttons at the same time will cause the menu to reset and bring back the just-deleted save data. This feature was not carried over to the PlayStation 2.
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It is possible in European Demo Discs to change the background of the menu. To do this, you must boot up a demo, wait a few seconds, then take out your current demo disc and replace it with a different one. Then you must wait a few more seconds and press "SELECT" to switch the background. This appears to not be intended as selecting a game not on the new disc will cause it to crash.
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The PocketStation was originally going to have a western release, however it was cancelled due to problems meeting the Japanese demand for it.
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The CPU powering the NASA's New Horizons probe is the same CPU that once powered the original PlayStation console.
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The price of the PlayStation in North America was revealed at Sony's keynote speech at the 1995 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Head of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Steve Race, took to the podium after an intentionally long-winded speech to deliver a "brief presentation". His presentation consisted of one number: $299.
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The buttons on the original playstation controller had a very distinct purpose in their design, according to their designer Teiyu Goto.
The triangle represented a person's viewpoint, meant to look like a head. The square was meant to symbolize a map. The circle and X were meant to represent "yes" and "no" respectively, and it was thought that games released on the Playstation would use controls based on the meaning of these symbols.
The triangle represented a person's viewpoint, meant to look like a head. The square was meant to symbolize a map. The circle and X were meant to represent "yes" and "no" respectively, and it was thought that games released on the Playstation would use controls based on the meaning of these symbols.
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