Play Play PlayStation Vol. 0 | The "PlayStation Underground" of Japan 

I wonder how this video will be received? Probably not as well as other stuff here on the channel, but I know I'm not the only fan of demos, so hopefully a few of you out there find something to enjoy with this one. My goal was to keep the video length under ten minutes, preferably around five...I failed.

The fan suggested game creation was also mimicked by the PlayStation Underground, but in later editions. The video series can also be found on RU-vid. What great gem of a video on PlayStation history! Thank you for this!

That whole Demo Demo/Playstation Club commercial is basically a tentacle monster having his privacy invaded by a human, which is quite the reversal. He even yells for the human to stop touching him!

I definitely wanna see more seeing japanese demos is quite intriguing

I approve of this new series. I definitely have a lot of nostalgia for those PlayStation Underground Jampacks that used to come out several times a year. Not just for the demos, but for the videos of stuff like cheats, import games, etc. That was what made me want a PocketStation was watching a video where a guy from Capcom was using one to play SF Zero 3 mini games.

I've always wondered about the PS1 demo disc scene in Japan, so I'm happy this series exists! Enjoyed the video a lot, hope you do more in the future.

I love demos/trials, especially ones that have cool things like games that were never finished, games that changed quite a bit upon final release compared to early demos, or discs that had content unlocks for current games. Please keep this train rolling!

Gotta love the "anything goes" attitude of some of these early development days. Aquanaut's Holiday brought back some fond memories of playing Treasures of the Deep from an old (I think) Playstation Magazine demo disc. It also had Metal Gear Solid and Fighting Force demos on that disc also. Man that was a long time ago... Solid video though Jimmy.

Wow really cool learning about the many demo series. I can’t get enough of these historical looks back. Especially loved the commercials. Excited to see this series continue!

I'm looking forward to more of these videos. Demo discs are very nostalgic, even if you didn't grow up with that specific brand. Just seeing a demo disc brings out the nostalgia in all of us.

Jimmy, you are a true treasure. Please don't ever stop making videos!!

oof! RU-vid didn't tell me your video was up :( Watching it now ^^ Man, I really dig the aesthetics of Motortoon Grandprix

Great video dude, can't wait to see how these evolve so hope you continue covering them. I always remember the dinosaur on the Demo 1 disc we got in the UK. Glad someone else collects demo's too, used to always anticipate a new one each month from magazines and in the post.

I currently have the first ever play play PlayStation demo disc volume 0. Got it from a garage sale.

I have to admit, this is a great idea for a series and this was really fun and informative video, especially for someone like me that never really played through these demo discs. But to truly legitimize this as a series I must ask, CD-I demo discs when?

Hey! Just subscribed after watching the HCG video and wow am I glad I did. I am learning so much already. I kept thinking "huh the artist who did that racing game looks like the same artist who did the mascot for Famitsu" and thanks to you I now know hes actually a famous artist! I thought it was just a weird coincidence.

This will be an interesting new series to watch. I grew up with demo discs on PS1 and PC so it will be interesting to see the next episode.

This was a really informative video! I love how Sony made the MuuMuus their mascots for a few years, I wish they would've kept them around longer honestly. I know that the PlayStation Stars loyalty program has been using Robbit quite frequently in their digital collectibles, and I hope it's a sign that they'll start bringing back some of their other classic characters as well.

Such an amazing video, its really amazing to see a part of playstation's history that I had no idea even existed.

Awesome video. Really looking forward to this series of videos!! I love demo discs myself and have fond memories of them being sometimes my only exposure and opportunity to play so many games being a preteen when PSX came out here in the states. I actually picked up this entire set including 0 from a Japanese seller on ebay in 2017-2018. It was pretty affordable even then, i think about 2-4$ per volume. It's one of my favorite pieces of my collection. An incredible look into the entire Japanese PSX culture of the 90s. It's absolutely mesmerizing for a purely Western PSX fan. My import PSX game library is only about 25 games and most of international acclaim so getting a more in depth look into the Japanese state of things is priceless. Time machine into the home of PlayStation and center of the gaming universe at the time, 90s Japan. The 2000s and rise of the internet really brought gaming to an international community level but in those days it was very fragmented with little too no exposure to what's happening in the different regions of the globe gaming-wise. Japan, US, Europe and even Brazil were all surprisingly different when it came to gaming culture (and regular culture too of course). Information didn't flow as freely. A different time. Globalization really changed everything in the 2000s

Oh I’m looking forward to watch demo demo series is going to be interesting to watch

Was always curious about these side promotion bundles/conceptions that were mainly exclusive to Japan. Grew up with none of it since my parents really didn't like video games, even though they did indulge me to an extent. Now I have the time to revisit all these odd marketing ideas that many gaming companies did to try to get new gamers on the platform (and keep current ones). PP Playstation was actually next on my list of research, glad to know I no longer have to go digging around all by myself. Thanks for doing all the hard work while I sit back and enjoy the show lol.

This is just lovely! Looking forward to the other eps!

Heck yeah, I love hearing about old demo disks, especially ones I've never played (And trust me, back in the day, I bought just about anything and everything if it came with a demo disk!)

Amazing video Jimmy! Hungry for more of these!!

Love me some demo discs. Saw a video a while back about some obscure US demo discs given away with Pizza Hut. Lord knows what channel that was though. Also, outraged that we didn't get the muscleman demo here? My PS1 came with a disc that had the dinosaur and I think a dolphin, but now I see this it could have been the manta ray. I can't remember that far back. It was literally in another century.

I enjoyed seeing the demo stuff but i love seeing niche stuff in general, while i did JPN import during the PS1 heyday i totally missed all this kind of stuff as no net made knowing about this stuff impossible i had to make do with whatever the import store got in. Enjoyed seeing how well put together those disks were, they were packed and also the cool extras of save data i love it when they give stuff like that away. Quite tempted to get hold of some of them myself, hope you do more of these at some point.

Now this is a cool idea for the video series! Demo demo!

Great vid and wonderful information! I've been on a PlayStation underground kick as of late. :)

_"Whatcha gonna do, brother, when Demo Demo and Play Play Mania runs wild on YOU!?"_ -- you may claim this isn't an accurate translation, but we ALL know in Japan, Ken Kutaragi refers to Playstation fans of a certain age as, "all the little Play Play Maniacs out there" and now we know why :P Looking back at this and showing it off _was awesome;_ I'm super happy to see the Demo'ing Demos series off to a good start! Though there's something _super_ bittersweet about you dropping this today when so many recent rumors/reports are coming out that Sony's winding down their Japanese operations (despite Jim Ryan vehemently denying it... despite several, ongoing, high profile departures over there constantly proving his words to be empty). EDIT: Actually while I was typing this I checked PushSquare and they made it official using the dreaded corporate speak term, "Restructuring." _sigh_ Man, Sony could *not* seem farther from their roots than they do in 2021 now and that is depressing when you show stuff like this off and show just how fun, creative and vibrant Sony's Japanese output used to be. It's literally system and brand defining. They have so little personality now... heck, I hate that they do those lame, cheapo Nintendo copycat "State of Play" things now too. I mean, they have a history of doing _more_ with demo discs in the past, in _every region._ Why can't they go back to doing that kind of thing, dropping demos, showing off behind the scenes footage, etc. instead of just plopping out a couple trailers on social media like Nintendo? That's freakin' lazy. It is genuinely sad. I love Horizon as much as the next guy, but ESPECIALLY when you contrast it with older stuff like this, Jim Ryan's Sony feels real soulless right now... I bet he did NOT join the Playstation Club, _baby_ I miss this kind of stuff, and I'm happy to see it in action. It *should* be remembered. The commercials, the trailers, the demos, the would-be mascot characters, the comics... this stuff is all great! Thanks for translating the comic btw, but _not_ explaining the random mustache Rock is sporting at 13:33. The air of mystery around it just makes Rock more powerful (^-^)

Huh interesting so this is the japanese analog of USA/EU demo discs from Playstation magazines, really interesting to find out this things existed but i kinda knew it was the case but always wanted to know if it had a significant difference with what we know of the Demo Discs from this side of the world.

Keep these videos up, Jimmy. Love the concept and was hoping someone would cover these since I found out about them. Also Motortoon Grand Prix 1 never came out in the states? Sounds like pototential future content for me 😂

wow I never really knew how the demos were done in Japan, this was a neat look at one of them! Interesting to see that localized version of Jumping Flash on the second disc, I wonder if they did that sorta thing a lot?

I have fond memories of Demo discs to be honest- back in the day we used to get the UK Playstation Mag- had a bit of a collection in the end! Net Yaroze games on a few of them were a treat too~

This was cool. I'm looking forward to more of this show, because I too share an unhealthy love of demo discs. Always good to see stuff from you, but especially when it is shit that's right up my alley. Hope you're doing well, you weenis.

I was gonna buy the demo for Legend of LEgaia, but they wanted too much since it was unopened in in Extemely good condition. Luckily I got FF7 and Wild Arms demos. Along with the one with Einhander ^>^ Takes me BACK! Glad I got the original games since the 90s too. GREAT VID JIMMEH!

Man, I love demo discs... I used to really want a subscription to PlayStation Underground, but I could never get myself to spend the thirty or forty bucks or whatever it was on a subscription instead of another game.

I'm pretty sure I saw that PS1 t-rex in a magazine coverage for one of the E3s.

This was a great video

I belive one of these demos that previewed even playable unreleased games wich was meant released in 1995-6. It never been materilized.

Though I sold most 95% of my collections to videogamesnewyork 10 years back... I still have a few originals like Startling Odyssey, Oasis road, Bealphareth, Manic Game Girl (korea rel only), Gundam limited edition, Maestromusic, Hello Kitty Variation, Tokimeki limited box, Vampir, and some of the Pu re pu re Play Play (demos, plus a few magazines hanging around (I never got FF Collection because an issue with the importer. PS I stopped when the Black Matrix 00 game came out). Ocean

Excellent video, but that Zero Divide synopsis left a lot to be desired lol for one it has a system where all limbs can be damaged, but also has a cool feature where you can hang off the ledge to prevent ringouts. Might be the first of it's kind to have such a feature in a fighting game.

Playstation Demo disc/Jampack OST

Thanks!

Man they should have called that system the PlayNips based on that photo

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Dear Import Gaming FTW! ... I wonder if you could help me? Namco's Rage Racer (レイジレーサー) is a game that I've collected demos for (and many other things besides) from all over the world. I have around 15 demos, only one NTSC-UC (Jampack Vol.1) and the rest PAL, but none from the NTSC-J region, Japan. Have you seen any Japanese demo's with this game? It was released 03.12.1996, if that helps? Top job on the content, I really appreciate the info, I really don't know why Japanese demo's haven't been covered more, since almost everything came from there! Thanks for reading my message :-) Steve, UK.

very interesting stuff.

I love these

I wonder if that English Jumping Flash demo shown here was the same one showed off at NA/EU trade shows like E3 prior to the PS1's launch in the West?

Sampling demos and demolishing samplers

1:32 did i just see a Hyper PlayStation Re-mix with poporogue cover on it?

Aight then.

Did you put the Chrono Cross music over the Aquanauts demo or did it actually use that theme? This was really cool. I need to dig out my Dengeki magazine demo discs I used to get when I'd get random Japanese gaming magazines at my local Kinokuniya back in the day. I also had this really cool Squaresoft booklet that came with a demo disc and downloadable memory card save data. Too bad I don't know how to read Japanese. XD;;

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Those macho men scream ff7

Moomoo!!

Wonder if they had net yaroze games as well!

I doubt the play play discs continued through the PS3. :(

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I wanna see more JIMMMMMY

I never hear of Ace combat looks like Affer burner from SEGA.

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