Sony Playstation - Fifth VideoGame Generation Recap - Adam Koralik 

Choosing the PS1 over the 32x was probably the best decision in your life Adam lol.

Love or hate Playstation you have to admit that at the time they made all the right decisions. Final Fantasy 7, Resident Evil, and Metal Gear Solid were some of the most fondly remembered games of that era that made this system what it was. And even today it doesnt feel like there has been a console (besides the dreamcast) that has been able to recapture the magic of the original Playstation.

This guy rules , he talks witty fun sense about all the systems .hes fair and totally unbiased against any macine , found him by mistake after looking for old retro reviews and never looked else where since that for the last 3 months.hes brought back the inner 9 year old back into me , so much so ive ordered myself a sega megadrive from amazon a few games,sonic1,2,3 and knuckles ,tiny toons buster breaks out and rocket knight all in all costing me £ 37 for the lot . Keep up the good work man , only a minor gripe but how about a few mins showing the actual games running :-)

I love how u remember the convo convincing your mom to buy it, we have all been there. I got her to get me the n64 one Xmas and I was so excited I used to sneak it out at night and play diddy Kong racing all night and then meticulously put in all back in the box before she woke up

the games I think defined the PS1 was I believe, Crash Bandicoot, Resident Evil, Gran Turismo, Tekken, and Ace Combat.

The dual analog stick actually werent added first on the dual shock, there was a controller in between the original controller and the dual shock. It was a dual analog controller without vibration in it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Analog_Controller

I don’t think having secondary uses like CD and DVD playback affected the quality of the games at all.

The first Playstation was one of my favorite consoles because it was such a technological leap forward in gaming. There really hasn't been another console that blew me away like that since. The only other time I was in awe was the first time I played the NES. That changed me.

It'd be really interesting to see what would have happened if the N64 DD took off. They ported RE2 to a cart, imagine having an extra few hundred MB of storage for music and videos.

This was actually my first game console. My Dad bought it some time after I was born and once I matured to the age when I could play games, I got a lot of use out of it. My fondest memories are probably of playing Spyro with my brother and scaring myself with Alien Trilogy. Playstation is really popular here in the UK and I remember wanting to get a PS2 like all my friends. But then I played the Gamecube at a few stores and ended up getting that console instead. In retrospect I'm glad I did since it introduced me to Nintendo and I'd probably be a completely different gamer if I had stuck with Playstation. Great vid as always.

I was 22 when the Playstation came out and I was staying away from it until I had heard enough from friends about it to finally step up and buy one in 96. I really ended up loving all the RPG's, lots of those games are classics and I still enjoy going back to play all the ones I never got around to. It's funny how far we have come since then and when I will play one of these games I always think how old they look already. Old or not it doesn't change how much fun they are or how often I still want to play them.

+DeadOnArrival45 Why is that people who write comments like this also disable the ability to reply to them?

love this series, for me the sony playstation was very special. it made me love rpgs which are now my favourite genre!

Just wanna say that I really love the stuff that you put out, man! This is actually my second run through of your fifth video game generation recap videos. I'm glad that you had great experiences on the PS1 because so did I! The PS1 was a beast of a console to me and hopefully soon I can get my hands on one again! Keep up the great videos, Adam!

I agree that the PlayStation is great because of its game library. However, I always thought it lacks soul unlike Sega's or Nintendo's machines.

I was pointing a laser at Adams eye during the video. He didn't even blink. This dude is a beast.

I love your childhood stories. Mine were similar with the Playstation. We were also at a Toys R' Us and I kept begging for a 32x and my birthday was a week away. (we were shopping for my moms friends kid.) I then saw those demo displays for the Playstation and my head exploded! Blood, Gore, Action, Violence all in 3D!? My birthday rolled around and I was expecting a 32x, When I opened my gift it was a freakin Playstation with Twisted Metal and Rayman. I was like "Mom you outdid yourself this time!"

+thehoeslaper The VMU came out before the Pocketstation.

Awesome video, I think seeing the PS for the 1st time at home is one of those moments that only those of us who grew up with the NES/SNES/Genesis could really appreciate. I still remember the 1st time I did. Incredible.

My 1st console and I loved it. Some great gaming memories like the demo disc it came boxed, MGS, fifa 97,Crash Bandicoot, Silent Hill etc. Cool video man, keep it up!!

Man I would not be able to make these long unedited videos like you do. I would undoubtedly mess up hah. Props for being able to make long yet gripping videos.

You make some good ass videos. Around the launch of the PS1 was probably the most exciting in the history of the industry for me. I was more excited for the PS2, but the atmosphere around everything and the unknown was almost magical in the mid 90s. I was like you, where I was a little skeptical of Sony at first. I knew there was a Saturn, I wanted that. I knew about Nintendo and the Ultra 64 that was coming, but I had started turned 13 and their later releases seemed kiddie to me at that age. Super Mario World 2 really put me off with the art style and the crying baby. If they'd have come out at the same time as PS1 though I would have probably gravitated toward them for Mario 64. My dad had bought me a Saturn, but I couldn't have it until my birthday and sometime between then I saw a sales chart in a GamePro magazine and the PS1 was stomping it. This was around March-April 1996. I knew the Saturn was the wrong choice, so I told my dad I changed my mind and he took the Saturn back and swapped it for a PS1. You're right about this being the point where gaming began to lose its innocence and charm, but I don't think it's really Sony's fault. They had a hand in it, but the industry was growing and would become a victim of its own success. Once people saw how much money there was to be made in video games, it was just a matter of time before a giant corporations swooped in like a bunch of dogs fighting for the same bone. It was more of a matter of who and when. Even if Sony stayed out, it would have just been later with somebody else.

That was a good and informative video. Some memories: This was the first console that I ever bought. Not all of us at the time had parents with disposable incomes, but when I was in junior high I was finally able to buy this. It was also selling at a discounted price by then. I preferred the CD technology, and CD playing use of this console over the N64 and the PS1's line up of games. I don't really like these games now but back then I liked: Tomba, Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3. Syphon Filter (always preferred its action packed gameplay over MGS), Area 51 (arcade shooter w/ light gun), Need for Speed III (very popular back in the day), Bugs Bunny Lost in Time, WWF Warzone (I do not like these cheesefests anymore), and Vigilante 8. As an adult I don't think I'd play almost any PS1 games. In retrospect I should have held off purchasing this and saved my money to buy a bunch of Dreamcast games for the Dreamcast I would get a short while later, that would have been awesome. The Dreamcast totally blew the PS1 out of the water for me. Oh well. The PS1 was still cool though, it had more longevity than I thought.

This is the best PS1 review video that you could ever find on RU-vid, hands down 👍

+humphet Thanks!

You have an interesting view on Sony. They basically did what the 3DO tried, and were successful. Hey guys, we'll take care of the hardware, you can make the games. They made it easy to develop for, and everyone else was screwing up. So the developers chose it. They also made it cheap(something the 3DO was not). I myself and so happy Sony got involved. I definitely think it is better. Of coarse, I don't blame them AT ALL for the DLC and incomplete game experience. The PS1 gave us complete games. I blame Gamestop, and the consumer for all this pre-order, chop up games, bull shit. Gamestop always pushing used sale only for a couple bucks cheaper stops the sales for the developers. DLC has become a way to actually make some money of the used games that are bought. Then, the consumers pre-ordering for "bonus" content is responsible as well. I don't think Sony has anything to do with it.

I love to go back and watch this recap videos :) I remember it was in 1996 one day after school, I went with a friend to a computer store and they had a Playstation connected to a TV. Then, for the first time, I saw a game on this console in action. I remember it was the first Resident Evil. My jaw fell to the floor as I saw the graphics and the characters spoke using real voices!!! XD Best times in my life.

Never heard of the vertical ps2 idea coming from disc reading issues. Great video!

It is sad to think Nintendo is the only “real” gaming company still pushing through. And amazingly the one that’s been there throughout our entire lives.

I miss the old Toys R Us game aisle. I xried a bit when they went to current setup.

love you videos, man. you have a very perceptive & in-depth way of telling things.

Very informative Adam.It's like your childhood was a mirror image of mine in terms of consoles,games and such.

Dermot Bowen Lucky for you it's really easy with the PS1. Download a program called IMGBurn. It's freeware. It has an option to rip discs to an image. Any standard CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, BD-ROM drive will be able to read it. If it rips successfully, your PS1 game isn't damaged.

Crash Bandicoot 3 and Driver defined the PS1 to me. Impressive shit back then... to me, the console was superior in every way to the N64. Now hearing that SEGA eventually did a couple of games for this thing as well is really mind blowing, maybe those things are still around somewhere :>

I had a friend with a 32X too. We would play Virtua Racing for hours

Thank you for these videos Adam. I love recapping the past. (I've been playing since the 2600 and look forward to future of games)

Probably my favourite console of all time, i think it is terrific. Sony had some weird choices, but they showed video games to a wider audience, games weren't toys anymore, if you look at the SNES, with it's purple design, it looks like a toy. Gaming actually became cool, with mature games like MGS, Silent Hill, Res. Evil, and older age groups started playing, especially the teens. Of course it was a multimedia-console from the beginning, but so was the CD-i. I think Sony did good to the industry: they made gaming cheaper, more profitable for the studios, and they made consoles that have really long lifespan.

I was watching this late at night and started to doze off I opened my eyes to see the creepiest Mario ever Thanks for the nightmares ;)

I sincerly appreciate your point of view. Great convo and talking points. Is it right? Is it wrong? that's not the point; you just always have awesome talking points and spot on perspectives. Keep up the good work

Hey man, just wanted to say I've watched a TON of your vids and subscribed to your channel (I only have 2 subscriptions ha ha!) and your doing an excellent job :-) really entertaining and informative! I've learned so much about my fave consoles (fave of all time being this one the PlayStation) and so much about the ones I missed as a kid, I'm just having a blast going through all these retrospectives and remembering the excellent gaming experiences and hearing yours it's great fun and a lovely nostalgia trip! Your cleaning and restoring stuff is really handy as well! So thanks so much for taking the time and putting all these great videos out there! Keep up the great work! I'm sure you will! ;-)

Playstation Underground demo discs where my child hood for about 6 months before my parents bought me games. Their excuse "I thought that was all you needed we thought the games where already on that thing" Classic.

I am conflicted on the playstation as well it had some masterpieces on it but for the most part it had shovel ware in spades most people dont realize there is almost 8000 titles for it and about 7500 are pretty lame.

My first console was a PS1 so much nostalgia! Great Video!

up at 5am hacking ps2s all night/morning and i just love buzzing through these videos and listening to your stories Adam. I really don't ever get tired of hearing em lol.

whenever you tell stories about your childhood i always imagine you talking with your mom and you have the same voice and face, but on a child's body. which means i need more excuses for childhood stories, because it amuses me to no end.

Admit it. The Third Console Curse birthed the Sony PlayStation. Both Sega & Nintendo screwed up their third consoles...

I’m watching all your generation videos on my ps4 going back in time. 😊 love your channel I’m a new subscriber one game I didn’t hear you mention in the n64 was turok 2 man that was a classic. And cruising USA was also another good one

Jeezus Adam. I could sit and listen to you talk about gaming all day. Im not even a usual youtube commenter. I love your videos man, please keep it up.

I think the PS1 had a major influence in maturing videogames (alongside PC gaming ). Games weren't targeted for kids anymore, censorship was at its low, new genres were created, playability was changed (especially with dual analogs) and games were kept cheap, developers could have more profit and they could have more liberty creating games. If it was kept Sega Vs Nintendo again, gaming would be very different nowadays, probably worse. Sega would keep making more arcade games, western audiences would have been kept out of rpgs and we'd get less games. Nintendo would have kept a bigger share and they'd still be targeting kids (they still are, but way less than before), games would be more expensive, censored, less developers cause Nintendo would stick to their "we want more money out of developers", developers would be cut off if they didn't develop exclusively for Nintendo, it'd be the NES times all over again. Buisness-wise Nintendo were a bunch of pricks (and they still are). The PS1 broke the market and in the end the consumers mostly won. I think games would be taking the path of Dlcs sooner or later, don't think of it as Sony's fault, it' is cause by the rising gaming costs, they would happen anyways even if Sony wasn't there. People are very fanboyish about Sega and Nintendo, they can argue all they want, Ps1, Ps2, Ps3, Psp and Ps4 take the cake for me cause of one reason only: the amount of games they have. More games, more fun for us, that's about it. But I love all consoles as long as they have great games - in the end it's the player that's willing to invest in them and its respective games that wins.

I've hears that before, the console costs more to build than what they sold it for, and I gotta tell you, I just don't buy it. These are BILLION dollar companies we are talking about, they didn't make that much money by giving things away. Maybe the first couple of units were that expensive, but once mass production is up and running? Yeah, no. I know some of you are going to argue with me, point me to figures published by said companies that PROVE this. Yeah, all lies IMO. Why would they lie? TO get you and me to buy the consoles and games at the prices they want us to pay of course! "Look how much money we are losing on the console, we CANT sell the games for less than that!" Yeah, just not buying it.

my favorite console of all time great video dude!

My Uncle did the same thing with me as a kid. He would always have the newest console and he would give me the old ones. He gave me his Sega Genesis around the time he bought his Playstation. When Playstation 2 came out he gave us his Nintendo 64. I really wanted a Playstation 2 though and we finally got one for Christmas a couple of years after my Uncle had it. I remember him showing me the Xbox 360 and not long after I begged my Mom for one. That was probably the first console we bought not long after the release date.

It cracks me up how he hates the PlayStation for everything Microsoft did first with the Xbox. It was the original Xbox that introduced dlc, patches, and unfinished games being released, not PlayStation or PS2. I don't see you making any videos talking bad about the xbox, though. I just happen to see the huge stack of 360 games behind you in all of your videos. If Sony did "graciously bow out" after the PlayStation, gaming would not be better today. It would be more saturated with DRM and we probably would be in an online only console world right now. I'm sure you'd love that, right? Sony is still supporting and pushing physical media alongside digital. Plus Microsoft would've had their way with the xbone. I'm glad playstation continued. The PS2 was probably the best console generation, and I guarantee it wouldn't have been if it was Gamecube/Xbox only.

just admit it...you're anti-Sony

I remember this console. I had an N64 and an uncle of mine had the PS1 with the little TV on top of it (I don't remember EXACTLY when but I'm guessing it was somewhere at the end of the generation). I love my N64 and all the games I got to experience with it, but MAN after watching that I REALLY wanted it. He had Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider they all looked AMAZING. There was also this one game where you had to kill dinosaurs, I always wanted to know what that game was but I never got the answer. Anyway great video, can't get enough of your console videos, they are so entertaining and so informational. Keep up the good work!

The original Playstation holds... A very unique place in my heart. Around the time it was released, it completely blew me away. It was the first non-Nintendo console to truly capture my interest. Being a kid in the early 90's, my first console was an NES despite it no longer being "relevant". I later upgraded accordingly to the SNES, but one of my best friends at the time got a Playstation shortly after it launched. I don't even remember the first game I witnessed being played... But the console itself left an imprint on me. I wanted one. Of course, the following year, I was forced to choose between it and the Nintendo 64 (I chose the latter, which in hindsight, I'm glad for because it was the console that established me as a lifelong, diehard fan of the Big N), so I didn't own one myself until after 2000. Like you, Adam, I cherish the memories the Playstation gave me, though I wonder what the industry would be like today if Sony (or some other electronics company) hadn't managed to rise against Nintendo and Sega. The first Playstation game I played through in its entirety was Chrono Cross, and as my avatar may betray, it remains my all time favorite title on the console to this day. As an aside, it was my favorite JRPG for a while too, but Xenoblade has stolen that title in recent years. :P There were plenty of other amazing games I'd try out eventually, the most memorable ones being Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, and Xenogears, Sadly, the Playstation itself stopped functioning, and after inevitably purchasing a PS2 (again, later in its life cycle), I never saw a reason to replace it as the newer console does everything its predecessor could, and better. The Playstation was a truly remarkable experience and I'd honestly say that it was among the most important, if not THE most important, video game consoles ever. It transformed gaming into something mainstream audiences could appreciate. We could argue all day about whether this ultimately helped or hurt the gaming industry (I see it as the latter, but that's just me), but it's impossible to deny its overall impact.

I never owned a PS1 til I got my backwards compatiable PS3. Which also does PS2 games. I had friends that owned it, now I have a collection of more than 40 great games for it. Another great vid Adam!

You are the first person I know of to refer to rumble as vibration, lol. (I can hear the marky Mark jokes now)

Thanks for sharing your story. I think it really captures that time when parents would usually only buy 1 console for their kid and then you had to stick with it. And yes, parents really did ask which of your friends has what console. :D This fueled those SEGA vs. Nintendo debates. And for the PS, I love that system; I sunk so many hours into RPGs on it. I would love going home from school just to play video games. Simpler times. BTW, a device is currently being made for the I/O port that will have an SD that will let you play backed up games off the SD card. Will post a link when I get home.

Really diggin your channel. Big collector. Inspirational

cool video. I was a big Genesis fan as well and was my main console for a while until about 1996 when my friend bought a PS and brought games to class to show off. By 97, my father took me to Toys R Us and we picked it up with Triple Play 98 which I played the hell out of, along with the demo disc.

I truly believe that if the PlayStation was not made, I would not be a gamer Really enjoying your videos during the quarantine

as always !! great video :) keep going man you make me live the old sweet days thanksssssssssss

Never knew that the PS1 had standard composite video ports and the Multi AVOut. Very interesting. My PS1 was the 2nd model with just the Parallel port and the Multi-AV Out.

dont forget about the dual analog controller that came out in between the original controller and the dualshock controller. just binge watched all these generation videos, lol, great stuff man

Good call on that PlayStation, Adam! Good call.

+Walter Gonzalez Yeah tell me about it. Thanks for watching!

Excellent video Adam! I agree about the "damage" that the Ps1 caused to the whole industry but nonetheless, like you said, it still had a lot of great games. Being a Sega snob back in the day I first experienced the PlayStation in 2001 and I realized that I've been missing out on some great fun.

This is a good channel I like that it educates me on gaming history

My all-time favorite version of the PlayStation 1 is the smaller redesigned PS One. It may not have a reset button, but it comes with a 5-inch LCD screen therefore making your PS One a portable console that you can take with you on the go. In other words, the PS One is a portable game console/CD player that you can take with you on the go. But in order to make it work, you need a car adapter or an AC power adapter in order to make the console work. Plus, the LCD screen has a headphone jack built in the back as well.

my first experience on the ps was doom and descent. absolutely loved the sound tracks. it was a big change from playing sonic and mario

PS1 is my fav console of all time. I used to play games on a sort of arcade kinda place (couldn't own one), but instead of arcade machines, they had the systems connected to a TV and you pay $0.25 per half hour of play. Remember playing SNES and loving it, but one day I get there and there's two PS's and my jaw dropped on the floor on how amazing the games looked. The game that really blew my mind was Resident Evil, if felt so real going from room to room, the moment you step outside you could hear crickets and dogs howling in the distance, when walking on the mansion, your footsteps had different sounds from walking/running on concrete to carpets to wooden floors, it was so immersive, it really felt like you were on the shoes of Jill and Chris. I was so impressed with that game that to this date still my fav RE game. Adam, I suggest you check it out The Lost World: Jurassic Park and ESPN Xtreme (a.k.a. 1Xtreme) for PS1, two games that no one talks but it really fun.

The ps1 boot up sound gives me chills. It sure brings back a lot of memories. I bought one that has a mod chip in it last year and I play it on my pvm in RGB.

I was a huge Nintendo person until the 64 came out. When titles like Mega Man, Final Fantasy, Castlevania, & Dragon Warrior jump ship to another console, I'm jumping with it. One of the best decisions me and my brother made back then.

Great video. This is my favorite console of all time, though I do agree that it's not perfect. I don't necessarily agree with it being a bad influence for gaming, I think it's more about how technology progressed through the years that led us to where we are right now. I think that it's actually pretty awesome that Sony, as a newcomer to the gaming industry, managed not only to fight Nintendo and Sega on equal grounds, but beat them both to dominate the 5th and 6th generations. I remember being very little I knew very little about the PS1, I mostly played in an NES knockoff they sell in my country (they still do, believe it or not) and sometimes in an SNES at a friend's house. My mom was the one who knew it was a "big thing" and bought it for me. My model was the PS one, I probably got it around 2000 and wow, just wow. I had the fortune of enjoying so many great games from an already excellent library. I can only wonder if I'll ever love a console for it's exclusives as much as I love the PS1.

Just wanted to say great videos, ps1 was the first console I bought. worked all summer for it.... Damn wish I still had it..

My all time favorite console..*sighs* (runner ups: snes/ps2). Adam keep up the great work duder. Btw, you could easily pass for greek. Cheers!

Great insight. Twisted Metal 2 is the greatest game on that console. Fond memories.

Awesome series man. My favourite console generation.

Twisted Metal 2, excellent choice sir. I second that!

I don’t know why other people bought the PlayStation but I know why I did. Nintendo were still in their ‘No/little blood’ phase and I was becoming an adult so I wanted to play adult games + rightly or wrongly cartridges seemed old hat. Sega ( and I love them) had appeared to dropped the Sega CD and 32X leaving people out of pocket, I wasn’t prepared to take the risk again. Sony aimed their console at young adults with cash in their back pockets, arcade ports , blood etc. they demonstrated it in night clubs and made gaming cool for young adults. There was no need to hide your like of games anymore. I am so enjoying your videos ! I have only just found them but retro gaming never gets old and you have such knowledge and passion !!!

So cool to hear your stories and read the comments of others. I guess everyone has their own version and memories. Corona allows me to catch up on all the missed video’s from the last couple years lol. I had the master system (actually it was a christmass gift to me and my 2 brothers but since I was the oldest I regarded it as mine lol) and played it to death with my brothers (I live in Europe). After that the choice came between the SNES and the Megadrive. I kinda got the impression that Nintendo had such great games, based on the magazines we read, but I really loved the megadrive so I was really in doubt.. I decided to buy the SNES with Mario (back than paid with the saved allowance I got from my parents). I played it for 1 day, was dissapointed and returned it to exchange it for a megadrive! When the playstation/saturn/N64 came out I was old enough to be able to afford one of them with the hard earned money from my weekend job (I was 15). From reading the videogame magazine I knew very well about the games and how the systems compared. I remember my heart wanted to buy the Saturn (N64 was not even in the competition, I really disliked Nintendo, it was for little kids in my mind lol). But my mind was able to convince me to buy the Playstation, which I havent regretted btw. I am not sure if Tekken was my first game but I do remember me and my youngest brother playing it so much on the first day that he couldnt get out of bed the next morning due to shoulderpain from all the intense buttonsmashing lol. (Later on he became really good at the long combos I must admit though...). Also twisted metal we played sooo often in 2-player mode, graphics were mediocre but what fun we had blowing eachother to pieces! Funny that you liked part 2 much more, for me it was the other way around. Although I remember my brothers played it, perhaps I also had other interests back than at that age... Metal Gear Solid and Tekken 3 were awesome (and even later on bleemcast again). And ofcourse FF7...omg. I think it might be the best game ever made or at least very high up there. I remember a friend in highschool got it and told me I could borrow it. I hadnt really even heard about it. After trying it I didnt know how fast to run to the store to get it. Me and my brothers spent 100’s of hours on that game, playing on turns and watching eachother play to see what was coming next. My brother cried when Aerith died.... I am a big sega fan and own many of their systems now, including the saturn, but still have my original PSX, it was just by far the best game console of it’s era.

Good story to go with it. Excellent, ty.

Love watching these!!

I've gotta say, despite my memories with the PlayStation and all the happiness it brought me (and still does) back when I was young, I never once thought too hard, if at all, about the impact that Sony left on the gaming industry. Once again Adam, you've opened my eyes by casting light on Sony and how they've single-handedly changed things but not necessarily for the better. Although it may be obvious to me now that you mention it (not to say I wasn't aware or anything), I think it's definitely important to remember what you said, about how Sony merely *funds* their games by either buying the studios that make their games or, at the very least, buys the rights to exclusivity of games for their consoles. Now, I'm not saying that I don't have my _own_ opinions to bring to the table here but I feel that they wouldn't be worth bringing up. There's something about _your_ opinions however, that really stick to me whenever I watch your videos. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that you always seem to do your research first. I'm sure you've received ample angry feedback by those who are very close-minded about their feelings regarding the original PlayStation, or really, ANY Sony console for that matter, it's pretty shameful but at the same time, all too expected. Well anyway Adam, you're doing a great job with this look back at previous gaming generations, I'm really enjoying your opinions on them, just thought I'd say that.

Awesome vids with all the systems you've done on. Research on the Playstation is awesome to what I always wanted to more know about. Now pertaining to the consoles themselves to the revisions, it was correct to removing the parralel port to stop the Gameshark but other companies that created "CHEAT DEVICES" that with provided spring or whatever for the CD lid button to play burned games so in turn attempt to stop piracy. One thing most people don't know about the Playstation that got them fully into the "GAME" that they had over Nintendo and everyone else is and I know everyone remembers from getting it brand new is the Demo Discs besides video stores renting the games out even the Playstation magazines with those demo discs.

It's funny how you mention being blown away by the PlayStation's visuals the first time you saw it- when I first saw the n64, I didn't think it would ever be possible for video games to look any better! Good PlayStation history lesson, enjoying these generation video series.

This was very interesting! I love this sort of stuff!

Jesus christ that mario jumpscare YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, ADAM!

I didn’t get a PSX until 1999, as originally I had gone all in on N64. But I noticed too many great games I was missing out on, and picked one up and it was one of the best gaming experiences of my life: first I got Resident Evil, then Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Castlevania SotN, then Silent Hill, all in that exact order.

Good video. I will reiterate your point on the price of games on cd vs cartridge. I remember staring at the shelves of ps1 games that ranged between $20-$40 while the n64 games, right next to it, were $40-$60.

I swear Adam...each one of these 5th gen retrospectives is like looking at my own collection. And I mean that from the perspective of number of system variants within each video. Are you sure you aren't taking all of these variants from my house when I'm sleeping and then replacing them when I'm at work? Another great vid...as usual.

You’re right. We got unbelievable gaming experiences from the 16 bit wars. Nintendo and sega had to constantly push the creativity envelope to stay in the race. Microsoft and Sony just throw money at third parties and sit back in complacency. Nintendo seems to still take risks but the landscape has changed so much it can never be the same.

I find a controller without analogs weird to hold, I loved that ps1 controller, felt really comfortable to hold, different experiences means different opinions, each to their own, love your vids Adam

I actually remember being forced to adjust the potentiometers on the circuit board to get the games to read properly. It was trial & error, but I got it reading titles again.

This was the first ever games console I played and had so many great experiences with it. Just from the top of my head I can remember playing Crash Bandicoot (5 games) Spyro the dragon (3 games) Medievil (2 games) Lemmings, Hogs Of War, 40 winks, Jersey Devil, Metal Gear Solid, Oddworld Abe's Odyssey and Ridge Racer. One of the only things I don't like nowadays is the fact that people keep on calling it the PSX when the PSX was actually part of the PS2 range.

Am I the only one who's listening fifth generation recap while having a bath and drinking beer? Adam just makes such good company with his superb speaking.

hey adam, i really enjoy these videos. please do a fourth gen recap after the n64 video!

I loved the series and I think a generation 4 review would be awesome. I'm a few years older but this system still takes me back to my childhood/ early teen days. I never owned a ps one though friends of mine did have them, I was all about the n64 and I played just about every game that I could rent with my best friend who actually introduced me to the 64. Nothing is cooler than going to a friends place and they have a new system and it looks a thousand times better than the previous generation.. Good times

i never had a ps1 however i did and still do have a ps2 and a 60gb ps3 and i have played a few ps1 games.. excellent console