My Sony Playstation Launch Experience in 1995 - My Retro Life 

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PS1 was good but his dad was better.

Your Dad is a retro gaming legend. His documentation is so important and he knew it. His commentary, footage, and passion shines through every frame. He had no idea how important his video camera was... or did he? RIP retro dad.

Your Dad was on the pulse of tech before most people were. He saw what was coming and had the means to document it. Your Dad is a legend. You are very fortunate to have grown up with such a guy.

the coolest thing about this channel is that it feels like a planned collaboration between father and son across the gap of time

This footage is so fantastic, nobody was really filming stuff like this back in the 90s.

Damn, your old man was pretty ahead of his time, those family tapes are almost like modern 'review' VLOGs.

Bro your dad was a legend, super pleased you had this type of relationship with your dad. Great content

Coolest f*cking dad ever. ❤️

You basically have your own "Netflix" for memories with your dad, thats such a precious thing! Words can't express how much I'd give for something even close to that. Very uplifting content. :)

Your dad is awesome and a genius for capturing these moments.

I love this dad, man. He's like a 90's version of myself, only I'm a tech/gamer dad in 2020.

This is honestly one of the most heart warming videos on 90’s gaming I’ve ever seen. You can truly feel the love and excitement in the room. Thanks for sharing this.

Kids will never know the feeling of booting up a Playstation and seeing the incredible graphics of these early games. Seeing Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, Final Fantasy 8, and Tekken 2 was mind-blowing at the time!

Your childhood must’ve been amazing beyond what words can describe. RIP to an amazing dad 🎮🙏🏻🫡

The 90s looked like such a simpler time. SEGA, the first Playstation, damn what a time that seemed to be

Thanks for coming with me on this "My Retro Life" journey, guys! Y'all are seriously the best. More to come!

Having a dad with the ability to see the future that you’d want these memories so detailed and captured is amazing

Damn, this dude led a charmed childhood.

The real story of this entire RU-vid Channel, is how great of a dad this man had.

Your dad would be proud of how your RU-vid videos give his home videos second life. Well done sir. Dad taught you well

Your the guy when people say “I never had a PS1 when I was younger but I would play it when I was over my friends house”

It must have been pricey to rent back then. Blockbuster even wanted a £200 deposit here to rent one when it was officially released even.

Amazing. Brought a tear to me eye. Your dad was trully one of a kind.

Your dad was WAY ahead of his time. this kind of filming and commentary was unheard of back then.This is a treasure trove. How old was he here? early 40s? RIP Mr Dad

This dad was an absolute legend. Im sure not EVERY day was like this, but these moments ? Worth every second of living.

I've never seen anyone as excited about Bubsy3d - until now.

It's funny to me how the more time goes on the more you sound like your dad. You have more "youtube energy" in your voiceovers, whereas your dad has that schmaltzy TV announcer bit down pat, but aside from that generational difference, you're definitely your father's son.

To play it early then buy it early is mind blowing...your dad is a genius for basically vlogging this experience

My man was that one rich kid that the rest of us always wanted to go over to his house to play the latest console.

That feeling of opening presents for new games will be like no other

After finally landing the PS5 I needed some insight on the PS1 to bring me back to my childhood. Thanks for uploading this! 😁👍

I want that theater room, it’s perfect for retro gaming

This series brings back so many memories of my own. We didn’t have much money growing up, but the memories of gaming with my dad through the years, no matter which system we had, are priceless. Thank you for this

I was 19 😢 good times rip mom dad grandpa grandma i miss the 90s

Wow I'm going to be 39 soon all this footage brings back memories when I was a kid especially with the PlayStation

Your videos are the best Tyler! Enjoying this and I’m not even that big of a PS1 fan! :-)

I love this video. One for how cool your dad was, he supported your love of games without judgement. 2 for how it shows what it was like to be a kid around these times. You would invite your friends over and that's how would would spend the weekend. Times like these, I will always cherish and remember.

Your Dad was such a cool dude, and that theatre room is awesome.

Your dad was a legend mate! Thanks for posting. Great insight to some gaming history.

Words cannot describe how awesome your dad was. It must've been SO cool experiencing all of this with him. Honestly made me tear up. Thank you for sharing this.

I'm so happy how much your dad filmed, easily one of the top youtube gaming shows. I personally went Saturn to N64 to PS2, but my first ps2 games were all the psx Final Fantasy games.

Hey man, just found your channel and just want to tell you that it’s unbelievable. It’s so awesome that your Dad decked your house out with the latest audio, visual and gaming tech and then on top of that filmed your experiences with it. I remember getting a PS1 with Ace Combat but I had literally no idea how to play it. I think it eventually got returned or traded in for the PS2 when that came out. And I’ve been hooked on the brand ever since. Watching this video on my PS5 is a wild experience. It definitely made me cry.

Living my childhood dream. My parents were poor so I simply didn’t get all of this but what I did get, I was thankful for. My first system was a Super Nintendo 2 years after it was released. Purchased it for I think 150 or 200 at I think Comp USA. It came with Starfox and super Mario. My god I was so pumped for it. Sigh the good ole days

Gotta say, your dad has got to be the coolest dad ever. I can only hope to be as much fun for my kids as he seemed to be with your family. Watching these brings back serious memories, such a great time to be a kid then for all of those fun gaming advancements. Another great video thanks so much.

I wish my parents got along enough through my childhood where I could watch actual footage. Man what a great video.

Looks cool but I hope to see the PS2 video next

Wow! The PlayStation is a console that always had a presence in my life since I was a kid loving Nintendo. So many of its games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil 2 Castlevania, Rayman and especially Metal Gear Solid always found their way to peek my interest and get me to play them and have wonderful experiences and I'm still discovering many to this day. The PS1 will forever be one of my all-time favorite consoles and I loved seeing your story! Your dad was incredible to keep those moments and treasure them! Thank you so much for sharing this!!

I love how he picks out all these titles like Tekken and Ridge Racer, not knowing what kind of legend status these series will achieve. The simple days, hanging with your friends in the living room, playing for hours, getting a headache but you dont care. Those were the days

This video is pure gold, I was born in the year 2000 but I really grew up with the PS1 and to see this and know that it is the time of the mere launch of the PS1 in 1995, this was very ahead of the time!

Having parents that actually under technology must be a blessing from God

Ah the Playstation! So many great memories with this system. I still remember the Christmas day that I received it, along with the first four games I obtained: Megaman X4, Spyro the Dragon, Wild Arms and Megaman Legends. Those were good times indeed! Great video as always! Thanks for sharing your experience with us man!

I love it! Great job! Oh and finally I get to see you get the Sega CD! oh and you were right you didn't have a reaction! But you still loved it! 😆

I remember when I got my PlayStation. My dad and I got robbed while I was at school and I came home and my Super Nintendo was gone. My dad bought me the PlayStation and I forgot all about my Super Nintendo

The worst PlayStation console Sonys ever released thankfully I had the Nintendo 64 Sega Saturn that can do the job that Sony couldn’t do it’s usually what Nintendo can’t do but Nintendo was once better then PlayStation by accident cause Sony just had to rush their first console when it wasn’t ready it should of been released the day PS2 was released and naming the PS2 the PS1 instead

It's crazy seeing these types of videos. You guys were thinking about the 2000s the 2010s the 2020s & planned everything out way ahead of time. This is amazing 🌟🙌

This is great, your dad rocks

Is that seriously a boxed version of Earthbound on the table at 10:32?

I would do ANYTHING to go back to 1995 !! Living in Miami and Puerto Rico !!! miss those days :(

It's awesome that you're dad was sharing a passion for gaming with you and both of you had so much fun together.

Great console! Man how is your sub count not higher!? Thought way more would have followed over from PGS. Happy to see you back on your own channel.

Would have been so cool to have been more involved with the launch, I didn't even know anything about the PS until my dad bought one randomly with Tomb Raider!

Fantastic video, Tyler! I have been looking forward to this one for a long time. The original Playstation is one of my favorite systems of all time. I didn't own one but my friend had one and I would always be at his house playing games like Crash Bandicoot, 2Xtreme, Twisted Metal, Casper, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, etc. The PSone era is probably my favorite gaming era because there was so much innovation in gaming during that time. Developers were much more willing to take risks with games and there were so many unique games that came out. It was sort of like the WIld West for gaming. When that Playstation startup screen played, you really felt like you were being taken into the future. I still love seeing it; it is so iconic.

Flashback to 1995 pre-ordering my PS1 at the Mall along with my best friend.. Picking it up that Fall and being on the phone with him for like 2 hours as we played the games and the demo disc that came with the system.. We knew video games had officially hit next gen.. He passed away NOT long ago.. I still think about those times..

Just brilliant. Your dad was way ahead of his time. Legend.

Dude - this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen! I literally got goosebumps watching this. I grew up in a very, very rural town in northwest Kansas most of my life. Population ~300 people. So most of the people there weren't too tech savvy and a lot of my friends, myself included, weren't too well off financially. My grandma owned a cafe and did OK and she spoiled me rotten, don't get me wrong haha. But that being said, we were among the last people to find out about upcoming new consoles and video games. We would usually find out far after they had been released by either going to a bigger town that had stores with games and consoles or coming across gaming magazines which, for some reason, NONE of us subscribed to any until late in the PS1 era. My friend and I mostly had the n64 and were really happy with that. I didn't get a PS1 until the summer before 8th grade - so summer of 1999. I played a demo disc that had Metal Gear Solid and I was absolutely HOOKED. I worked all summer at my grandma's cafe and she sent me back to my mom's with a bunch of cash so I could buy one. I can't even fathom how many hours I logged on my PS1.... between MGS, many RPGs, Dragon Ball Z import games, etc. What an awesome time that was! I was head over hells in love with Sony at that point. Also, I can't tell you how freaking cool it is that your dad video recorded SO MUCH of your life. I barely have any photos of me, let alone any video footage. Again - small town. Only like 2 of my friend's parents have video cameras and they only used them on super special occasions. Kids today have it so good in that, because of cell phones, so much more of them will have their lives on video or photo to look back on when they're older. I had to subscribe to your channel and very much look forward to seeing more of your videos! Thank you for putting in all of this work to sift through all of those videos, upload them, edit them, etc. to share with us. I can't imagine how much time it took to do but I bet it was super fun for you to do!

This might be the best episode, and that TV is insane.

PS1 and SNES are where I have most of my gaming memories. Some of the greatest games ever were made on the PS1 and in the US this is when JRPGs were at their height of popularity.

The design of the PS1 console is arguably the most beautiful of all time. It was one more reason why my father chose it over the ugly and outdated looking consoles of the time. 38 years later and it still looks beautiful, truly a timeless design.

This was me in Southern Maryland in 95 as well. Video games were fun with friends,best times ever! Worst Robocop I ever seen hahaha! Gid bless you and your dad!

Your dad truly was awesome! It makes me so happy you got to share your gaming memories with him as well as your friends! Thank you for sharing these videos with us!

Man when I say your Dad was the coolest dad ever I mean that💯 Thank you for sharing this wholesomeness with us bro. Good feelings and vibes all around❤️

"Next to saturn baby" i laughed too hard at that lmfao

Haha your poor mom. She was just a girl that didn’t get it. I was about to ask like, did she just stay miles away from that video game noise, or was she out working on a railroad to afford for you and your dad to have such a bunch of special time? 😂

I am so glad i bumped into this channel. Amazing vid!

Your dad is definitely a one cool dad! Lucky guy

The Time Crisis part really hit me. Reminded me of the times i spent with my dad on the main and special modes. What a great game. Thanks for these videos, they are super nostalgic and give me a feeling i haven't had in a long time.

how did this 12 minute video feel like an hour, wow, so many memories. this was awesome

Your dad was the original video game RU-vidr. Glad to see you keeping the family trend alive!

I missed the PS1 as a kid. I had an N64 and was all about that until the PS2 came out. My cousin had one tho, and I remember playing a game called dragon seed on it that I genuinely thought was the most brilliant game ever made lol

This video out here making me feel nostalgic about a decade I wasn't even alive during haha. Very interesting to look back on being a 2000's kid. I grew up with a PS2, 3, and even 4 technically, but I did get a PS1 a few years ago as well. I don't think many people realize how interesting retro games are to younger people. I love seeing where many popular franchises today began, and seeing actual footage of the time is just another piece of the puzzle in my mind. Very interesting, and even though I wasn't around then, it really makes me wish I was able to experience these moments! But then again, I am still grateful to have all the memories I have with the consoles I grew up with. For reference, the PS4 came out when I was 10, and I got one when I was 12. I still love discovering and playing older games, though. Just wish they weren't so expensive nowadays!

Mate that made me cry. I never had a dad like you’re’s but my mum gave me every game and console I wanted 🙏🏻

And then N64 was released Sept 1996 in the U.S. PS1 almost became a memory. These 2 will always be tied for best teenage gaming memories for me.

2:46 OH so you're a native Houstonian like myself, eh??? That's so cool!! H-Town represent!!!

I'm so glad I found this channel! I grew up in the same era of videogames and it's so wonderful that your father documented everything back then for you to share with us today. So much nostalgia!

nice video sir old school game, i m from malaysia✌️😁🇲🇾🇺🇲♥️...i love old video game its make your memory after year ago...👍😁Sega Nintendo Atary Ps1 game boy👍😁 but now the year 2023 pc gaming ps5 or ps6 2024 maybe😂 GTA6 GTA7 on PS6 or PS7 coming soon✌️😹

7:44 one of the few ones to actually get Klonoa. It's kinda sad how poorly that game sold since it's such a great 2d platformer and there weren't that many of them on the PS1.

Nja history games time... 😂 remmember 40year 😂 nja evolution technology electronic game year step by step good new games emulator .Interesing video last time people save video Sony playstation 1

OMG those Boomer graphics looked so terrible. I bet a GenZ could make a better looking video game on their phone. If I were alive back in the late 1900s with modern-time knowledge, I'd be made King in like 2 seconds. I would have easily invented an equivalent to the iPhone and conquered the planet. Horrible looking video games are just proof that the previous generations were too lazy to create amazing tech like our generation has. Instead of creating an amazing modern world like GenZ has, they were too busy ruining the world in every way imaginable. Too complacent to bother with actually making good technology. Once GenZ showed up, you'll notice a MASSIVE improvement in the quality of everything, including in video games. Previous generations just didn't have enough self-respect to bother with the improved quality of modern stuff.

Best days ever. Most of my current friends are from this era, going to import stores buying Japanese (and USA) games (I'm from UK). Having a social network of friends because of our love of videogames cannot be replaced by digital downloads, online play and realistic graphics, it just can't.

I have great memories of playing PS1 with my Dad , I remember actually being disappointed I didn’t get a Nintendo 64… but in retrospect it helped shape a large part of my adolescence… still playing PS5 to this day … shout out to Fighting Force, that was one of my first games

*Makes accurate prediction of 90s consoles' future *Gets excited for Bubsy 3D Can't win 'em all 🤣

I wish I could have a deal with God to make me born in America in my next lifetime 😅. What a country it has always been. Watching your video from my shitty country (India) and getting nostalgic as well as awestruck. Thanks.

What a time. I always felt sega and Nintendo was cheap. Mortal kombat was good. But then ps1 came out. Tomb raider 1 resident evil 1 first game and 😍

"Hey, son, we need to film a video about the launch of the PlayStation." "Why?" "You'll see in 25 years."

The Nintendo deal with Sony actually fell through because of the hubris of Nintendo executives at the time. They wanted to change the terms of the contract just before release. So Nintendo actually created the juggernaut that destroyed it's own dominance over the industry. Fast forward to 2023 and Nintendo can't even sell a fraction of the consoles Sony does.

I remember getting the Playstation 1 from Toys R Us in 1995 or 1996. I have since been a Playstation fan and will be for life. Who else has only had a Playstation?

Hate to break it to you but that wasnt Japanese rented Playstation. I had Japanese version Playstation in Europe imported way before Europe release date all the buttons of power reset open were in Japanese. I received mine in January of 95 for my bday. I remember there were only 5 playstations imported to Lithuania. That was my replacement for Panasonic 3DO

Sony PlayStation has literally dominated everything theyve done. PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 all in the end massive successes. Crazy how they entered as a top player and stayed that way till now 28 years later.

Wow. Battle Arena Toshinden, one of my ultimate favorites growing up. Brings back memories. You can unlock Gaia through a cheat code, he was super fun to play once in awhile but just too overpowered so it was too easy to use him.