shinobi602
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Sorry for missing some games guys. I tried to fit in as much as I could of the most relevant. Any omission doesn't reflect some lack of quality of any games that aren't there 
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PlayStation: A Trip Down Memory Lane
- Thread starter shinobi602
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My Playstation memory.
Played Ps1 for years upside down to stop the laser skipping.
meh, I returned my launch unit for a pink baggie unit within like a month and a half (by like early november at the latest). THAT unit lasted me for the rest of the gen.
but yeah, the launch blue baggie units were fucking frustrating.
TheKastorian
Member
Shinobi, I just wanted to congratulate you for all the work you've put into this thread. A nostalgic trip to the past and a bright new future for the Playstation franchise. HYPED!!!
dragonbane
Member
Awesome thread shinobi. So much nostalgia. Put my PS3 to rest after finishing Beyond. Beautiful game. Perfect way to end it.
SymbiantXenos
Member
Great thread. Why on earth does November 29th seem so far away lol
Weltall Zero
Member
The PS2 was just nuts. So many amazing games.
I'd also add Tekken 3 to the OP, it was the one where Tekken's gameplay completed its maturation and it's probably my most played PSX game. Further Tekkens have only been marginal improvements, mostly graphical, but the gameplay leap from 2 (already a great game) to 3 is insane.
I'd also add Tekken 3 to the OP, it was the one where Tekken's gameplay completed its maturation and it's probably my most played PSX game. Further Tekkens have only been marginal improvements, mostly graphical, but the gameplay leap from 2 (already a great game) to 3 is insane.
Don't forget "The Double Life" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bqq38WZctA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Life_(PlayStation_ad)
baxter2231
Member
Either i never knew or forgot but i didnt know the ps2 had a HDD bay. I went over to my ps2 and yep its there lol
Mr. Return
Member
Wow, a thread for the history books, well done and thank you!
koji kabuto
Member
Best thread in gaf?
Best thread in gaf.
Best thread in gaf.
KaiserBecks
Member
Kudos to you, sir. I'm trapped in so many feels watching those PS1 videos that I'm almost ashamed I never cared about the PS3.
killatopak
Member
I cried a bit. I think my childhood was the happiest part of my life because of PS1 and PS2.
Wano_Ryuuma
Neo Member
Amazing tread.
Can't wait to land my hands on PS4
Can't wait to land my hands on PS4
IAmRandom31
Banned
lol I remember putting it Vertical first, which helped it along for 6-7 months and then had to resort to the upside down method after that.
It was the running joke about the PS2 when people saw it vertical that it was an homage to these system having to stand vertical to keep working. Love those days.
lightning2k3
Member
man, such a trip down nostalgia lane. I remember playing FF7 for the first time and thinking the whole game was about blowing up mako reactors. 2-3 hours later my mind was blown when you get to the overworld for the first time.
TheCowboyPoet
Member
This was awesome!
Three more weeks.
21 more days.
If I had more photoshopping skills, I'd change the Wii logo to the PS4... but this is basically me right now:
Three more weeks.
21 more days.
If I had more photoshopping skills, I'd change the Wii logo to the PS4... but this is basically me right now:
No mention of the greatest PSX racer?
And, it would be so amazing to see a PS4 Jumping Flash.
Fuck, nostalgia on that!
JetMoto is one of those games that I absolutely loved and played the shit out of when I was like 7, but completely forgot about a few years later.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Jet Moto 2 had some insane level designs that were brilliant and brutal. Especially the iceberg's level where your jumping from one broken iceberg to another.
Fantastic games, until 989 took over and killed it with 3/4. Just like they killed TM with 3/4.
I was a massive fan of Tobal #1, thought it was a brilliant fighting game with that awesome quest mode too. Was depressed as hell when Tobal 2 ended up not releasing here in the US.
Grew up with an Atari 7800 with two games (Asteroids and Pac-Man) and an NES with Super Mario Bros. Both probably bought before I was born to my sister.
Didn't care about the consoles nor the games. I wasn't a gamer at all.
All changed the summer of 1998 when I was 10. I was at my cousins house for a day and he showed me Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. It was so good it blew my mind, I had no idea that gaming could be this great.
I can still remember glimpses of when I went to store with my father to buy a Playstation. But something I will never forget is that the store didn't have NFS III, but had Ridge Racer Revolution. From having my mind blown away from NFS III, my mind was now blown by how bad RRR was :|
Eventually my gaming collection grew (with both good and bad games), and I fell in love with gaming. That's how I became a gamer. Thank you Sony.
Didn't care about the consoles nor the games. I wasn't a gamer at all.
All changed the summer of 1998 when I was 10. I was at my cousins house for a day and he showed me Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. It was so good it blew my mind, I had no idea that gaming could be this great.
I can still remember glimpses of when I went to store with my father to buy a Playstation. But something I will never forget is that the store didn't have NFS III, but had Ridge Racer Revolution. From having my mind blown away from NFS III, my mind was now blown by how bad RRR was :|
Eventually my gaming collection grew (with both good and bad games), and I fell in love with gaming. That's how I became a gamer. Thank you Sony.
anexanhume
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shinobi602
Member
Thanks, edited
Liberty4all
Banned
For fuck's sake only on page 3 a few hours later? GAF be slipping.
OP is a masterpiece.
OP is a masterpiece.
And now, after reading this thread WATCH THIS VIDEO!
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Must resist hype.
Proposed Law
Member
JordanN
Banned
Around 2000, my dad went to the store and was suppose to get me and my brother a N64.
They were sold out. Instead, he saw the Playstation and got us that along with a copy of Wipeout 3. My life would soon change forever after that. I still have my first Playstation.
Sucks I'm going to miss out on the PS4 launch.
They were sold out. Instead, he saw the Playstation and got us that along with a copy of Wipeout 3. My life would soon change forever after that. I still have my first Playstation.
Sucks I'm going to miss out on the PS4 launch.
illmatic22
Banned
All praises to the PlayStation!
Nice work Shinobi.
Nice work Shinobi.
Everyone is still working through the glorious thread that OP put together. A lot of awesome in those posts to dig through and get those nostalgia feels.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
The OP itself specifically goes out of it's way to not mix PSX with the PS1 and people in the thread still keep calling it by the wrong name.
Come on people get it together.
Come on people get it together.
If you look at the already announced PS4 games -> It's a good start
MaximusPayne
Member
Nicely done thread.
shinobi602
Member
Thanks again
Pretty awesome thread Shinobi!
It's a shame i never had a PS1 back then; when i was a kid, i was only allowed 1 gaming console, and i'd N64 already (which i loved anyway); first time playing anything PS related was when i went into a gaming shop in a Mall in Yuma, Arizona and played Dinasty Warriors in a PS2 demo unit. Man, i wanted one so much right there, but neither i or my parents couldn't afford.
I remember saving money for like a year along with my brother (and selling our NGC); and in a trip to San Diego, we bought a PS3 with Gran Turismo 3. Man, the hours and hours i had with the PS2 :')
It's a shame i never had a PS1 back then; when i was a kid, i was only allowed 1 gaming console, and i'd N64 already (which i loved anyway); first time playing anything PS related was when i went into a gaming shop in a Mall in Yuma, Arizona and played Dinasty Warriors in a PS2 demo unit. Man, i wanted one so much right there, but neither i or my parents couldn't afford.
I remember saving money for like a year along with my brother (and selling our NGC); and in a trip to San Diego, we bought a PS3 with Gran Turismo 3. Man, the hours and hours i had with the PS2 :')