This resulted in far cheaper game printing, which meant quite an explosion in "experimental" type games that were too costly to risk on expensive ROM cartridges. The PS1 opted out of the more common cartridge format of games, going with only an optical drive. Over the course of its life, the PS1 would see a huge amount of titles released in all regions, however there still were some notable titles missing from both US and PAL regions. The units were region locked, so playing US or Japanese games on a PAL unit required modding of the console. Even with the console being 3D, playing a PS1 on real hardware today is simpler on a SD CRT than it is directly to a flat screen, although the "Retro Display Solutions" thread linked at the top of this post can assist you with scaling hardware if you want to play it on a modern flatscreen TV.
RACKETBOY PS1 HIDDEN GEMS 240P
These can be a little tricky to run on modern displays, as some games will mode switch (say, 240p for the game, 480i for cutscenes). The PlayStation hardware itself could spit out a few different resolutions within the general SD range (various 240p/288p/480i/576i modes, with slight changes to horizontal resolution even within those). Later Sony would release the "PSone" slimmer unit in a smaller packaging with a rounder shape.Īll PS1 games are standard definition, with no options for higher resolution output on real hardware. The first units were the classic squarer shape, with some having additional RCA audio plugs at the rear (these models tend to ask a high fetching price today for their extremely high CD audio playback fidelity). The console saw a few different hardware revisions. Unlike Sega and Nintendo, the current market leaders, Sony wouldn't bother aiming at a younger audience, and marketed their console hard at gamers who were younger during the 8-bit era, having grown up and wanting a more "mature" offering. They bypassed the 2D generation all together, and would be the words first true 3D home console.
This was Sony's first solo effort at a console, after a few hardware partnerships designing chips and components for other companies (and the notoriously sour deal with Nintendo). The west would not see it until almost a year later with US and EU releases in September 1995, and poor old Australia waiting until November 1995 for theirs. The Sony PlayStation (sometimes referred to as the PS1, PSone, or PSX) was released in Japan in December 1994. All talk of resolutions, PAL vs NTSC and upscaling are covered in the Retro Display Solutions thread.
RACKETBOY PS1 HIDDEN GEMS SERIES
This is a partner series to our Retro Let's Play FAQ, aiming to assist people finding ways of playing old games from these old systems.
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