- [JAMES] Should you buy a PS1 in 2018?
Originally released in 1994 in Japan
and 1995 in most of the rest of the world
this is the console that put
Sony on the map.
Originally planned as a disc-based add-on for the Super Nintendo,
after relations with Nintendo went sour and we were
graced with Zelda on the CDi,
Sony decided to set off on their own in a fury!
They were set to make a console of their own that would kick Nintendo's ass!
For that initial console generation when the PS1 came out,
it did!
This thing sold phenomenally well.
It undercut the Sega Saturn,
and it had disc-based games
that held much more on them than the cartridges of the N64,
and honestly having a really nice grey design,
it's no wonder why the PS1
sold as well as it did and is considered an absolutely classic console.
But the real question is: is it worth owning nowadays?
Well that's what we're going to answer
in today's video.
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So, jumping into hardware,
yeah, this is the PS1.
This is the Playstation 1.
There's a lot of different variations of this one model.
A lot of them have various ports removed
or added and what not.
The original model actually had RCA ports on the back.
There was originally a serial expansion port.
There was a weird expansion port that for some reason
you could put an unofficial Game Boy Player-type-thing into.
But, what was also weird at the time
is that this thing didn't use cartridges.
It used compact discs!
Aw man, that's such a pleasing button to press.
This is the Sony Playstation 1.
An absolutely
phenomenal console, but,
it was also a bit different than most Playstations that came after.
For example, just look at this original controller.
Notice something that's missing?
Joysticks.
Before we had the Dualshock we just had
the PS1 controller, which
was pretty much just a SNES controller but with these little
feet-grip things.
Oh, and also an extra set of shoulder buttons.
However, this was followed a few years later by the Sony Analogue Controller.
Yeah, not the Dualshock but the Analogue Controller.
Shortly after, though, we were finally given the original Dualshock.
What's interesting, though, is do you see this connector used by the PS1?
You can actually use all controllers and accessories
made for the PS1 that use his connector
on the Playstation 2.
But the honest truth as well is that
this isn't the absolute best version of the PS1.
I mean there are probably better ways to play PS1 games as well,
but we aren't at that point yet.
What was interesting is that
also unlike cartridge-based games
you can't save directly to the disc, so the PS1 came with memory cards.
These are cheap and easy to find, but
but do keep in mind that if you're playing a PS1 disc on a PS2,
you still need to use a PS1 memory card.
But what I think is the absolute best version of the PS1 is this:
this is the PS One.
With it actually spelled out as "PS O.N.E."
It came out right around the same time as the PS2.
Cooly enough, it has this flip-top screen.
It's not completely portable, I mean
unless you bought a third-party external battery pack.
You still had to plug it into a wall.
It has the portability factor
of like a laptop without a battery,
which means it's still
completely impractical to own today
but I still absolutely love this thing!
Besides, that's a nice CRT screen on there
and there's no better way to play Mega Man X5 than on one of these.
Well, at least as far as I'm concerned, right?
So that's cool and all.
The PS1 has had some cool revisions and what not that were super interesting when they came out.
But what are the games like?
And why are the games so revered nowadays?
Why are we seeing so many throwbacks
to PS1 games nowadays?
What are the games that are inspiring these throwbacks?
Well, that's what we're about to get into!
So, the PS1 had some fantastic games.
There were a lot of good ones, such as the start of series like Gran Turismo!
GT 1 and 2 were phenomenal games
back in the day, and while they haven't aged the best
they are still solid racers for the time.
But, what's even better than those are MotorToon Grand Prix.
This was actually made by the same guy, but like
before them
and it's a more cartoonish racer that's also really good!
Staying on the topic of racers,
Crash Team Racing!
It's so good! It's like Mario Kart but with Crash Bandicoot!
But, speaking of which, let's go into some platformers!
The Crash Bandicoot games:
now, I'm very new to these, but it's obvious that these are such classics.
They're a ton of fun here
and, yeah, they don't look pretty.
PS1 3D honestly looks really ugly.
But, Crash 1, 2, and especially 3
still play phenomenally well.
Now, admittedly these games are now best experienced via the Crash N. Sane Trilogy,
which actually remade this and is out on the PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
But, they are still solid on the PS1.
There are other great platformers as well, though.
The Spyro games. Croc: Legend of the Gabbos.
Gex, which, okay, hasn't aged the best
but I still enjoyed Gex. That was a fun 2D platformer.
Funny thing about that: there weren't a lot of 2D platformers on the PS1.
Sony was making a really big push towards 3D.
Y'know, that was the new big thing at the time.
But, someone who was actually still really good with 2D stuff then
was Capcom.
Capcom gave us Mega Man 8,
the one and only 32 bit-style
classic Mega Man game.
While the cutscenes are laughably bad, the gameplay is extremely solid.
It's a bit easier than your average Mega Man game, meaning
that it's a great place for beginners to start with the series.
However, what really shone here were the Mega Man X games.
Mainly, Mega Man X4 and X5.
Yes, there was also Mega Man X6,
but I like to act like that one doesn't exist.
These games are honestly
really solid adventures.
X4 especially, but
X5 is great as well.
Fun fact about Mega Man X5, by the way,
this was originally actually going to be the last game in the Mega Man X series,
but then they made Mega Man X6
anyways because it was selling well.
X4 also has laughably bad anime cutscenes,
but it also has Zero, and this was his
first completely playable experience.
Without any frills, of course.
Seriously!
Whether you play as either X or Zero,
and I prefer Zero because he's so up-close and
personal and he has a sword and the long hair
and he's so cool -
it's a blast. It's a great game!
Mega Man X4 is probably one of the best platformers of all time.
It's at the very least in my top 20.
But of course there is more than just platformers.
They had RPGs!
There was the original Persona game.
Chrono Cross!
Final Fantasy! Oh my goodness Final Fantasy!
We had ports of all the games from 1-6
except for three for some reason.
And we also had Final Fantasy VII, the game
that made RPGs popular in the west.
I could go on about this one for hours, but let's be honest,
it's Final Fantasy VII.
This is pretty much the gold standard for RPGs,
even though I like Final Fantasy VIII and IX more.
By the way, Final Fantasy VIII and IX!
They're great games!
Final Fantasy VIII gets a lot of hate,
and honestly it does some weird things
like, seriously, what the hell is with drawing magic, y'all?
However, it's still a great time, and Final Fantasy IX
goes back to more of the fantasy-inspired roots of, well, Final Fantasy
instead of more of the futuristic theming that was done in VII and VIII.
There was also Final Fantasy Tactics,
a game that, admittedly when I played it back in the day I couldn't get into it, but,
I'm giving it another try.
I gotta say, this is great.
It's so fun.
It's so good.
I love me some Final Fantasy Tactics.
I mean, I could talk about more PS1 games for hours:
Rayman,
Jumping Flash,
Alundra,
Crash Bash, okay maybe not so much Crash Bash.
Though, I guess it was the closest thing to Mario Party we had here.
And, yeah, the Spyro games but I've never played Spyro.
But, if you want to learn all about Spyro, my buddy Jordan Fringe
has a channel that talks a lot about Spyro. It's good stuff.
But, moving on,
I have a controversial opinion on the PS1:
it's a great system
but the best way to play PS1 games is NOT on original hardware.
Okay, so many of you are probably saying
"Emulation!"
And, y'know what, no!
That's not technically where I'm going with this.
If you're screaming at me in the comments about emulation
then go away. Please.
But, you see, the PS1
of course can play PS1 games, but the PS2 can also play PS1 games.
But, as we established in my PS2 buying guide,
some of those have major issues.
But, as we also established in my Playstation 3 buying guide,
while only the first model of the PS3 can play
Playstation 2 games off the disc,
every single model of the Playstation 3 ever made
can play like 95% of all
the PS1 games ever made.
It doesn't matter if you have a launch model or even the recently released,
as of, y'know, a few years ago
Super Slim model,
it can play PS1 games off the discs.
It even upscales them!
In addition to that, though, you can buy PS1 games off
the Playstation Network Store as PS1 Classics!
Not only can you buy them like that on the PS3,
but you can also buy them on the PSP and Playstation Vita/PS TV.
I should also mention that
the PSP can natively run Playstation 1 ISO files,
but please do with that info as you wish.
So, ideally
though the PS1 is great and my
personal favourite way to play PS1 games is using the
PS One slime revision
with the flip-top screen because of how
cool that is! I mean,
it just look so cool.
The real best way to play PS1 games, whether they be
downloaded from PSN or
well, otherwise...
yeah, I know modding exists. You don't have to tell me.
Or play them off the actual discs, because yes,
the discs do work.
The best way to play them is on a PS3.
And even though this definitely isn't the prettiest PS3,
I still stand by what I said in my PS3 guide:
the best model thus to get to play PS1 games
is the Playstation 3 Super Slim.
It is still fairly cheap.
Plus, along with being able to play Playstation 1 games,
you can play all of those fantastic
Playstation 3 games.
But you know what, I may be beginning to ramble on just a bit.
What memories do you have with the Playstation 1?
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