The Story of The Sony PlayStation - A Console War Documentary!

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In today's content, I go back and look at the history of the original Sony Playstation and how it won the console war defeating veterans in the field Nintendo and Sega. How did this 32bit system manage to outsell the Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Sega Dreamcast and 3DO. Let us go back and look at the clever marketing that was applied to this system and some of the awesome games that could be played on it. The Sony Playstation changed gaming history forever!
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@RedWolfy7 3 года назад

My family was poor so my mother bought me a PS1 at about three years after it came out. That console is still irreplaceable in my heart and I still collect and mod a few to this day. This was a very well done video.

@LadyDecade 3 года назад

I tend to wait a few years after a release to buy a console, the Switch is the only one I bought at launch x

@darinherrick9224 2 года назад

Only console I ever bought day one was a Dreamcast. Waiting doesn’t make you poor. It just means you aren’t rich.

@dannynhl9441 Год назад

I get that. By time we got a Nintendo NES console the Super Nintendo and Genesis were already out so my NES collection is small but I still have those favorites to this day. PS1 was the first console I bought with my own money working in high school so I get the special meaning like you in a different way.

@duckysingleton4712 3 года назад

Wipeout got me into techno music for a while before it started driving me nuts lol but I will never forget that soundtrack

@willwidrick8039 2 года назад

The memories came rushing back. Great stuff. RE 2, Castlevania SOTN & Spyro are some of my favorites.

@JustinCardiff 3 года назад

Probably my favourite console. I bought it on launch day, having won £150 on the lotto in the summer to get me halfway to affording it. Launch day was also enrolment day for me at uni. I couldn’t find where I was supposed to go to enrol and I was too nervous to ask anyone, so I panicked and walked out without enrolling, bought my console, went home and played Wipeout and Ridge Racer. Suitably fortified, I went back and enrolled later that day. Spent my student loans on many games!

@BOABModels 3 года назад

I was a Sonic fan and had a Mega Drive but you're right that a lack of Sonic title stopped me from asking my parents for a Saturn. My brother and I ended up getting a PS1 for Christmas 1998 and I have such fond memories of Gran Turismo, FFVII and IX, Crash Bandicoot, Toca, Colin McRae, and Tekken. Did you know the development name for Crash was 'Sonic's ass game' because they wanted it to be like a Sonic game where you were behind him?

@ChicagoRetroGamer 3 года назад

I remember first reading about the history of it in the book Console Wars, an epic read! Awesome video, and super cool channel Lady Decade.

@cyrus2546 3 года назад

I went with the Nintendo 64 this generation. I was 8 and it was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. I don’t regret it at all, the memories of playing Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Super Smash, WWF Wrestlemania 2000, WWF No Mercy, Goldeneye, and Mario Party 2 with my friends and family will live on with me forever. My cousin who lived a few streets away had a PlayStation so I would get the best of both worlds whenever I went to his house.

@Sinn0100 3 года назад

I love this channel! The 5th generation is my all time favorite. It was the start of me buying my own consoles as I got both the Sega Saturn and PlayStation on September 9, 1995 the day the PSX launched. Yes, I traded in a lot of games to make this happen but man did I love them both. I am now a huge 5th generation collector. Addendum- Wipeout's soundtrack was absolutely amazing but there is one game that could give it a run for its money...Ridge Racer! That soundtrack was my 1995. My friends and I were into (still do) racing and that is pure driving music. Although today we run our cars on a quarter mile track now instead of the streets like stupid teenagers (we were stupid teenagers).

@TheDawnofVanlife 2 года назад

I remember how long so had to wait for my first PlayStation. I got the PS One when everyone else was getting PS2. But so played the heck out of it. It had such a huge library.

@TheSoundsOfTheSTown1 3 года назад

Me n my brother completed metal gear solid 1 without a memory card back in the day

@Acolis 3 года назад

ive done that several times. the game just isnt actually that long if you know what to do. i have beaten mgs1 in under 4 hours.

@rosemarysandcastle 2 года назад

@@Acolis i used to complete it 3x a day but 1st time i listened to every codec message and make him smoke to death

@HistoryandReviews 2 года назад

@@Acolis you can beat it in 120 minutes if you dont make mistakes and skip cutscenes

@Asobitech 3 года назад

I went with the Sega Saturn in this generation, due to Sega's Arcade conversions, also the amazing 2D Fighting games, and the many NeoGeo conversions. That said, I played plenty of Playstation over at my friends houses, there were plenty of system exclusives it was worth spending time with.

@gjergjaurelius9798 3 года назад

Sega saturn is awesome....if you imported. 🤷🏻‍♂️😑

@FoxUnitNell 3 года назад

Plenty of games use saturn gameplay - like the Wii knights into dreams or even Dragon crown playing a lot lije guardian heroes. Not many games play like 3d PlayStation games in this current gens.

@gjergjaurelius9798 3 года назад

@Brian Babin I have 2 Saturn actually. My prized possession for the console are, saturn bomberman, megaman x4, megaman 8, guardian heroes, street fighter fighter collection and ......DIE HARD ARCADE all Complete in box. I'm probably speaking out of spite because more than half the games I wanted never made it state side.

@migueldias8546 3 года назад

This is exactly why the Saturn was designed. It was made in Japan, a country where the arcade scene was HUGE at the time. SEGA board's was confident that allowing players to enjoy their favorite arcade game (mostly 2D) at home would be a major selling point. They only added 3D capability after, when the Playstation was starting to make noise, which explains why the 3D programming is so hard on Saturn (they also choose quads for rendering, while the rest of the world sticked to triangles).

@robertdanker6193 3 года назад

I also went with the Saturn back then for the same reason. Had to import games but had some awesome experiences though!!

@houseoftheted637 3 года назад

Lady Decade reviewing my favourite console 😎👌

@LadyDecade 3 года назад

Besties! X

@Castawayplays4u 3 года назад

@@LadyDecadeplease do u one about the ps2 n thr psp melovely n u look glam n stunning 9/10 ❤️❤️❤️😘

@ChewyChicken589 3 года назад

I'm also quite fond of the super nintendo

@BleakVision 3 года назад

It was PAINFUL owning a N64, especially in 1997. It was a barren desert for software and I pretty much owned our borrowes every half decent game for the system. I finally caved in 1998 when Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, Colony Wars and Soul Blade came out. And so many more great games…

@Left-Earth 3 года назад

✨ *Nostalgia Overload !* ✨ _"So cool."_ 😎👍

@sirlink9611 2 года назад

I remember playing Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Crash 2 at my best friend's house all day and all night long. Some of my favorite video gaming memories took place on the PlayStation.

@CinePhil101 3 года назад

Bump! For such an excellent production!

@ricardo77773 3 года назад

@Lady Decade 1:26 ohh that tekken 2 music blessed glory the memories of the 90s.

@kresimirmandic3807 2 года назад

I was a Sega die hard in the 90's but this video is spot on. Great work.

@rogeliomontoya4818 2 года назад

I absolutely love watching the history of gaming consoles. I was cheering for sony which was the underdog before the console was released. was reading articles of gaming magazines releasing small bits of info on what the playstation was and when it would be released.

@Reds-Retros 3 года назад

The PS1 was my first experience in 3d gaming. I will always remember as a child coming home from school one day to find my big brother playing Twisted Metal 2 on his new PS1 console and I had never seen anything like it. I ended up getting a N64 for Christmas a year or two later so I was lucky enough to have the best of both worlds. My favorite PS1 games were TM2, Final Fantasy VII (my brother did all the voices because I was too young to keep up with him reading all the text), Tomb Raider 2, Gex and Metal Gear Solid.

@AdamTheAd-vanc3d 2 года назад

Back in the 1997/8 I worked for curry's , my lord the amount of ps1's that flew off the shelf. They even went out of stock for a while. I remember the wipeout 2097 soundtrack more as one of my favourite drum n bass artist featured. Awesome video L.D 🙃🙃

@thegreathadoken6808 3 года назад

I like this video, it sounds like you're telling me a bunch of vintage gamer facts over coffee, rather than presenting them to me in some TV presentation.

@ThomasMutton 3 года назад

My first console in this generation was the PlayStation. They were very popular in 1997 but my dad managed to get hold of one for me as a gift that Christmas with Onside Soccer and Tomb Raider 2. Before that we once rented a Sega Saturn from Blockbuster's - really enjoyed that too.

@AdamAdamHDL 3 года назад

That net yaroze game was Psychon. It was a maze with doors that needed keys. And if you had no keys one would appear in your inventory after several seconds. This slowed you down so collecting keys and opening doors strategically was important. It was an interesting game because the bodies didn't vanish and left a trail of "bread crumbs" for you. I loved the Net Yaroze games. I loved the bad english translations too.

@patrickklein9328 3 года назад

My parents got the N64 for me. My brother and I loved that thing. That was shortly before I got into first grade if I recall correctly.

@britneyspearsvillarosa 3 года назад

PlayStation was and is still Better to me than N64

@redcrimson1028 3 года назад

@@britneyspearsvillarosa it is, but the n64 to me had way better graphics and stand the test of time better to me though. I still play my n64

@sajmeister 3 года назад

Thanks so much for an amazing review of one of the best gaming consoles ever. This is probably the best review of the PlayStation on RU-vid, hope to see you live on Twitch with Top Hat Gaming Man, where we get to ask you questions

@karmad.twelve6613 3 года назад

Top Hat Gaming Man sent me! I'm glad he did! Great video! I recall seeing you in one of his streams on Twitch :D Edit: I got the N64 when I was 10 and then later on, as a teenager with my own money, I got the PSX.

@DiabolikalRA 3 года назад

In my country it was hard to get any 16bit era console. In fact we didn't even get the SNES here, just the Sega deep in its life already. So most grew up on 8bit famicom clones. The playstation was launched and we didn't have money, luckily I won a TV phone in comp and actually won a store voucher that I used to purchase a playstation. I loved that thing. Didn't have money for games but managed to pick up gran turismo and fifa world cup 98 with voucher, didn't even know what gran turismo was at the time. Became one of my favorite titles of all time.

@IgoByaGo 3 года назад

Colony Wars was so good. Man I loved the PSX. It was the first console that I would rush home after school to play. Christmas of 97 we got Megaman X4, Colony Wars, Resident Evil 2, Jet Moto, NHL 98, and we already had Castlevania Symphony of the Night. Best holiday away from school ever. Oh yeah, I also used my Christmas money to buy an N64 and Turok, sooo it rocked.

@IgoByaGo 3 года назад

Oh and we had FFVII already as well.

@85vesti 3 года назад

It was my first console generation and I bought a Saturn in '96 and an N64 in '99. I never owned a Playstation but in retrospect definitely consider it the overall best of the 3 due to it's library. My reason for going with Sega and Nintendo was brand loyalty - even though it was my first generation, I had seen the Mega Drive and the SNES while growing up and the brands were etched in my mind. I didn't see Sony in that same fond light - not a proper 'gaming' brand! so I suppose I had no attraction to the brand. Ironic as since then I've grown to think the PlayStation line of consoles are incredible and consistent.

@britneyspearsvillarosa 3 года назад

My first console Generation was NES and SNES I was very little in 1991 was about 6 years old and I was 12 with PSX in 1997

@redcrimson1028 3 года назад

Very true. The n64 was a great system still. I like it bettee than ps1 but i cam admit that the ps1 had way better games. I think the switchbis the best system as of recently to come out though.

@mintydog06 2 года назад

Great video. At the time I had a SNES and Mega Drive, and I sold them, and their games, to Electronics Boutique (remember them?) to be able to buy a PlayStation. I was waiting for the ULTRA 64, but it took far too long to be released, and so I went with the PSX. I never played MSG, but loved Tekken 2, it's such a brilliant game. I enjoyed many other games such as Ridge Racer, Twisted Metal, International Track and Field, Disruptor, WWF Warzone, D, and many which I'd eventually play on PC too, X-COM TFTD, Command and Conquer, DOOM, Space Hulk. It was probably the height of gaming, although I did prefer the 16 bit era for other reasons, the PSX era was such a massive leap forward and the first time I saw arcade quality games in my home. Even though each PlayStation has stormed it ever since, I've gradually lost interest. We won't see the likes of the 90s ever again. These days I don't have nearly the enthusiasm as I once did. Most of that is down to the mostly boring and samey games released these days,

@SHGames97 3 года назад

Great stuff, excellent delivery, phenomenal. Keep it up!

@3mileisland516 3 года назад

I had a Mega Drive II back in the early 90s, then my parents bought me and my brother a PlayStation with WipEout 2097 & Ridge Racer Revolution for Christmas in 1996 and I never looked back... I still have the console to this day 😅 Great video!! Thanks for the retrospective!! 😍😍

@claypotts2334 3 года назад

I play so many PS1 games on my 5 year old Android phone. God bless the 90's, take me back

@perrytheplatypus4620 2 года назад

If schools taught this kind of history lessons, less people would associate school with boredom. Great content!! 👌🏻

@IAmLovie Год назад

You are such a gamer! Awesome videos 🎉

@derekengler9216 3 года назад

Love the documentary! At the time the Playstation came out. I was a straight up a SEGA fan. I had the Saturn and totally loved Virtual Fighter and Daytona USA was a thrill and a half...and then my cousin had a Playstation with the game Demolition Derby and that sent my thoughts about the PS to a new level. A level that I thought SEGA would have had but apparently the programming of good 3D games on the Saturn was too few and far between. SEGA seemed to always jump the launch though that gave the others time to change and tweak their design, giving the sequel of the PS more of a success with better hardware than the (company's console I went with again) Dreamcast. Oh how dial up was super nice at the time when it was included on the system. 😆 Dreamcast, was a better approach as it seemed with the nifty Windows CE logo on the bottom right, literally making it a first foot in the door for Microsoft in the console wars. Keep up the great work!

@liammorgan9497 3 года назад

just want to say I have enjoyed your videos ..... knights of the round , battle chess , lords of midnight , doomdarks revenge , a few good mentions i have to offer ......... special regards liam

@knotsandcrosses1 3 года назад

8:21 - it was called Psychon. Loved that game as a kid!

@MitraDaGalp 3 года назад

Yes in deed. Still have it on a demo disc. The music is also on point for the type of game.

@timothygaywood422 3 года назад

Haunted maze was my favourite game from the Paystation Magazine demo disc . This video brings back so many great memories.

@mikeall7012 2 года назад

Great video! Love that PS1. You brought back some great memories from my teen years. The "...anime fan on prom night" line really got me too. I also reflected on the arguments I got in with other kids about which systems was better. In hindsight it was more a out taste but damn the PS1 always delivered stellar arguments for the school bus. Those "bendy" graphics from the lack of an FPU were hard to defend at times though! But the games were so good it didnt matter!

@Mockingbird650 3 года назад

I first bought the original playstation when it came out, and loved the system, but then bought the dreamcast when it was on clearance in '99. I love my Dreamcast, and own 3... for backup.

@gordonfisken8349 3 года назад

I was never a PS1 fan but I can't deny it had a huge (and diverse) library with something for everyone. That and Sony's clever marketing bringing in the adult market is why it became the first 100mill+ seller.

@undone14 3 года назад

I’ve been gaming for about 35 years or so. In 1995, I was anticipating the Sega Saturn. I loved Virtua fighter in the arcade and couldn’t wait to play it at home. I remember playing Sega Saturn Virtua FIghter and Panzer Dragoon at kiosks in Toys R Us summer of 1995. However, I couldn't shake what Sony was bringing when I would read video game magazines and how awesome their launch line up was (Battle Arena Toshinden, Ridge Racer, Tekken, Twisted Metal, etc). Tekken blew me away when I played it in the arcade. The launch fighting games on PlayStation had better graphics than Virtua Fighter and the Playstation was $100 cheaper. I got the PS1 October 1995 for my birthday and never looked back. Prior to that, I had the sega master system, game gear, genesis, 32x and sega cd. During the 32bit/64bit console war, i never got the Saturn or N64.

@gigteevee6118 3 года назад

Awesome overview 😍

@konamiman87 3 года назад

I love the playstion! I remember getting it for Xmass of 99 with FF7 and Spyro the Dragon. And I am loving this channel so far!

@roygillotti4615 3 года назад

I kind of missed out on the first Playstation was pretty much in my first years of being in the workforce so couldn't afford much, but later on I got in deep with what was going on with the PC at the time.

@theastarion 3 года назад

As a kid I stuck with my Megadrive until the Dreamcast, missing out on the N64 or PSX or even Saturn generations. The Dreamcast was the last console bought for me by family, after the start of the next generation when I started to have my own money I went back and bought a PSOne mini to play Final Fantasy 4-9, the only place they could be played in the UK until later rereleases.

@anno5936 3 года назад

Yeah, i can completely relate to "growing out of Nintendo". Now, 25 years later it's somehow reversal...

@Johneyap 3 года назад

Haha same boat as me started with Nintendo went to Sony now I'm back with Nintendo. There is something fun about Nintendo games and something boring about Sony games. With my Nintendo and my PC I cover every type of game f*** Sony

@Acolis 3 года назад

@@Johneyap im really bored with my ps4 and i havent enjoyed gaming on it in quite some time! i havent really been much of a fan of the switch either but to be fair i havent actually played one except for mario kart for like 10 minutes. maybe ill check it out further

@Johneyap 3 года назад

@@Acolis definitely worth it. I like RPGs and the one that sold it for me was Xenoblade Chronicles 2, that game was unreal and generally every game I've never heard of usually ends up being pretty good. And the portability in my opinion makes it 10 times better than a PS5 I can't wait for the switch 2 which is inevitable, maybe 2024

@ChewyChicken589 3 года назад

Say what you want about nintendo but at least they make fun games

@Johneyap 3 года назад

@@ChewyChicken589 they really do, and when these kids grow up and have some kids of their own, they'll see the value of Nintendo

@Rich77UK 2 года назад

I didnt own a Playstation (i was an Amiga user) but my brother (historically the console kid in our house) had one, all his friends had them and most of my friends had them. I (to this day) have never even seen a Sega Saturn. Not even a display unit in a shop. I wasnt even aware it was released along with the playstation. It was so trounced in my area of the UK.

@christianschoerner2188 3 года назад

I bought the Saturn on release day in Sweden it was an obvious choice to be able to play Daytona, Virtua Fighter and Virtua Cop that first year. Then I got the N64 and then Dreamcast. I did and do not regret that choice. I did´t knew that Resident Evil existed on the Saturn back then so in hen site Sega and Nintendo had everything I needed and wanted back then. And if I really needed a good RPG Sega had had me covered, so I can live whitout Final Fantasy 7. But I admit that PlayStation is a great console and I understand that so many people was satisfied with not having to spend as much money on three consoles.

@natsume-hime2473 3 года назад

Someone didn't do their research on this: The reason the PS5 is flying off shelves is because scalpers are using bots to buy them up en mass, so they can resell them at a frankly criminal mark up. Literally these bots clear stock within seconds of it becoming available. The exact same thing is happening with the XBOX Series X/S, gaming graphics cards, and top end CPUs. Scalping needs to become a felony globally. Also with how hard Microsoft hit during E3, it looks like the XBOX Series X/S is poised to beat the PS5.

@BangBang-hk4rg 3 года назад

Scalping sucks for sure. I have just gotten used to staying one generation behind. My PS4 will hold me over for the next few years or until we start hearing rumblings of a PS6 release. At that point, the PS5 will be old hat and easy to get at non-scalper prices. I’ll get one then. If everybody would stop paying the inflated scalper prices there would be no market for scalping. So many people are in the “have to have it on release day” mindset though.

@markmorabito1643 3 года назад

@@BangBang-hk4rg I used to have this same mindset; wait a generation or two before buying a console to get it cheaper. The problem with more recent consoles, is that if you wait too long, they discontinue the online servers and you could miss out of a lot of games and features. This happened to me. The latest consoles I had until recently were the GameCube, PS2, and original XBox. I still haven't gotten a Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PS4, or Xbox One. By now, I am quite sure Nintendo has discontinued the Wii's online services, making several games unplayable, or at list becoming very limited. I'm not sure about the others, but they will probably be dead soon too. Also, it seems that there has been a recent surge of interest in retro gaming, raising the prices of older consoles. I bought a Switch last year (thankfully from a store and not a scalper haha) and I'm glad I didn't wait until it becomes obsolete because I would have missed out on many eShop only games.

@BangBang-hk4rg 3 года назад

@@markmorabito1643 I guess I’m old school because I don’t do any of the online stuff. I grew up with the original NES and I’m kind of stuck in the days of physical copies of games. I’m really kind of behind the times anyway because the last game that I really got into big time was “Shadow of the Tomb Raider” on PS4. As far as retro games go, I’ve got a Wii that’s loaded with emulators and roms for Atari, NES, Genesis and SNES so I don’t need any of those old systems.

@mikejenkins4924 3 года назад

I agree it should become a felony. I managed to secure a Ps5 at launch off Amazon, but 8 months on, I cannot get one for my daughters birthday for under 800 bucks. And I really, really need a better gpu too, but I'm not paying those prices. This shouldn't even be possible, but here we are.

@HeartburnMan 3 года назад

Yeah I know someone who was doing this and although I’m all up for people trying to make a pound note but this isn’t right

@hadlee73 2 года назад

I got my parents to buy me a Sony PlayStation. I grew up mostly with gaming computers rather than consoles (C64, Amiga) and naturally gravitated towards the PlayStation's maturity. Unfortunately they sold out in my country quite quickly, so I didn't manage to get one until about half a year into its lifespan, and even then it was a store window unit! :)

@JOGEZAI 3 года назад

Tekken 2 Intro Theme 💕

@tombafan 3 года назад

i love the tekken 2 soundtrack in the background

@TommeeHawk 3 года назад

I remember like it was yesterday. I walked in the store to get a Saturn and walked out with a PlayStation

@MariusOberholster 2 года назад

We had the Golden China at the time. Only once people started selling off their PS1's, close to the release of the PS2, that we got one! Got such a massive headache from playing the whole day, LOL.

@TheSirAzzur 3 года назад

9:06 Lady Decade goes Savage Truth Bombing as to why Sega made a big mistake in releasing the 32x, instead of forging forward like SONY did with 3d graphical Games. Love how you present your content with a well spoken and COHERENT english accent, NO sarcasm :P. Keep up the good work :)

@mikejenkins4924 3 года назад

PS1 had so many memorable exclusive titles. FFVII, Silent Hill, Tekken series, MGS, Crash Bandicoot and Wipeout stand out the most for me as games I played the shit out of in my early teens. I did have an N64 and a Dreamcast eventually too, which were also chock full of some of my favourite gaming moments. I feel that it was just a great decade for gaming in general, proppelled by Sony.

@jdisdetermined 2 года назад

ESPN Extreme Games (street luge was super op) Twisted Metal 2 and Gran Turismo were basically my childhood. Had the N64 but never got the Dreamcast. Then went to Xbox.

@martits 3 года назад

I was playing PC at a Lan cafe and my friend invited me to try out the playstation. Back then I was already playing doom and dune 2. The first game I played was Dragon Ball Ultimate Battle 22 the japanese version and US navy japanese version as well. It did not impress me. but couple of months later my friend's neighbor bought a ps1 as well. They have Twisted Metal, Nightmare Creatures, Critical Depth and Tekken 1 that got me hooked and I bought a ps1 as well and the rest is history.

@jcalm1 3 года назад

It feel like you’re telling a horror story with your low tone. So eerie.

@AcornElectron 3 года назад

Gets the like from me! Keep up the good work LD and stay safe. Probably my favourite console of all time (console, not computer) and it was mind blowing at the time. Retrospectively a LOT of the games haven’t aged well but they were definitely the foundation of making video games cool.

@LadyDecade 3 года назад

I'll take that compliment from you! X

@darrenthetuber743 3 года назад

It's kinda crazy how well FFVII music's sheer variety lends itself as the perfect background ambience

@hypieharry7307 3 года назад

My cousin got a PS1 for Christmas in 1996 and we spent all of Christmas day playing FIFA 97 and Die Hard trilogy. I managed to get my own a few weeks later. Loved Resident Evil 1 and 2 and Final Fantasy 7

@VERMISIMILITUDE 3 года назад

Amazing retrospective!!! You remind me so much of Larry in your professionalism!!!!❤️

@AkaiAmeUltsch 3 года назад

Minor correction at 14:19 ~ Final Fantasy VII was only three (3) discs, Final Fantasy VIII was four (4) discs. Also, you have a TON of Final Fantasy VII music in your background... It's making me want to fire up my old PS1 and play FFVII again! I haven't played it in about 11 or 12 years...

@organicio 6 месяцев назад

One Net Yaroze game I remember is called "Gas Girl". It's a 2D platformer about a woman who runs around killing enemies with her flatulence 😀

@mortundad 3 года назад

That Tekken 2 intro tune... Still makes my hair stand!

@BigKelvPark 2 года назад

I bought the original Playstation as a gaming upgrade to my Amiga 1200. Some great games featured including some of my favourites - Silent Hill, Wipeout 2097, Crash Bandicoot, Tekken 2 and Parappa The Rapper (Simple fun and addictive and I still remember the songs). Did I also see cool boarders and THPS II? I havent even turned on my PS3 for a few years as my daughter's switch keeps her quiet. To be fair, I think the switch gives the PS3 a good run.

@dannynhl9441 Год назад

The PS1 is probably my all time favorite personal console. I have a lot of great childhood memories with the SNES more but PS1 gaming library overall smashes most consoles out of the water. It had something for everyone. It was like the best of Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo in one console. Even though I did get a PS2 it never touched the same level to me at least as PS1 library. That PS1, N64 and Dreamcast era was special.

@LowellLucasJr. 3 года назад

Anybody remember when Memory Cards were more valuable than a diary yet losing it was as detrimental?

@Benjamillion 3 года назад

I remember when the PS2 first launched the memory cards were hard to find, one computer store near me was selling them for $50 a piece.

@LowellLucasJr. 3 года назад

@@Benjamillion I remember. Those were the larger expansive memory cards. The " normal" ones were around $30. Man I hated that.

@mutalix 3 года назад

Lmao, I remember buying one of those huge capacity 3rd party memory cards. I felt so high and mighty that I didn't nees multiple Sony 1st party cards, little did I know how wrong I was. I lost so many precious saves off the shitty workmanship of thw high capacity cards! Needless to say I chucked it, and bought a bunch of official Sony memory cards that still work till this day! 😂😂

@Neo-R. 2 года назад

And now for all nostalgic retrogamers like me. There is a powerful emulator called DuckStation. You can play any PS1 game you want there

@Pupppeteer 3 года назад

Sony's marketing was always so unusual but really told you how wacky things where on that system. Remarkable video lady decade.

@jkelley9335 3 года назад

It's funny how they broke away then started up their own console. Reminds me of ozzfest. Lollapalooza told ozzy he can't make the cut.therefor he started his own thing.then wiped the floor with the ppl at Lollapalooza.becoming the biggest thing out there with concerts

@mrbojangles1391 3 года назад

5:10 Why are those soldiers using the loo while holding their weapons? Seems very difficult. Anyway, the first console I bought for myself was the NES (mainly to play Mario & Sports titles). From their I next chose Sega Genesis over SNES because it put greater emphasis on Sports games. When both PlayStation & Saturn released - I spent many sleepless nights comparing specs, libraries and reviews to determine which one I'd go with. Despite Sony having no track record in game systems, a voice in my head was telling me they were the better choice...so I went with them. I'm so glad I did.

@ghostdrifts9791 3 года назад

I had both PS1 and N64 (as well as Nes,Snes,Game boy, Megadrive,Master system, also Commodore C16 and Atari 2600.. yes i was lucky) I got to say i found myself playing N64 a lot more than i did PS1..I had a load of games for both N64/PS1 (and the other consoles) but N64 appealed a lot more to me out of the PS/N64 battle. It wasn't until 98 when i was given a Sega Saturn, and around 2004 i bought a Dreamcast for £14 from a carboot sale

@timhorn3829 3 года назад

I bought my original PlayStation in my mid-20s in 1997 it was an awesome experience with Final fantasy seven

@Tamaracade 3 года назад

Brilliant video! I think that Net Yaroze game was called Psychon. As for the question at the end, my family got a Playstation in that console war. The main reason was that my brother entered a competition to win one. He didn't win the main prize, but did get the runner-up prize of a copy of Actua Soccer 2 and a free years subscription to the Official Playstation Magazine. As this gave us a Playstation game and a stack of demo discs, it would have been a bit silly to have gone for an N64 or Saturn instead.

@LadyDecade 3 года назад

Aaw Tammy I'm so pleased you watched and that anecdote is cool af xxxxxxxx ly

@shempone 2 года назад

One thing the PS and sega consoles couldn’t compete with that Nintendo had to offer was the N64’s ability to allow you to gather around 4 mates and absolutely belt it out smashing each other. Mario Kart 64, 007, smash bro’s. Those joyful experiences were really only on the n64. To this day this is still what separates Nintendo

@tskraj3190 2 года назад

Actually the "Nintendo Playstation" (Super Famicom CD) was a 16-Bit CD Rom console. Nintendo decided to pull out of the deal with Sony and work with Phillips/Magnavox. Hiroshi Yamauchi was very disappointed in the loading times so the Super Famicom CD was cancelled. Phillips/Magnavox received permission from Nintendo to build the console anyway but have it under the Phillips/Magnavox brand. Phillips/Magnavox came to Sony to help manufacture what was the Nintendo Playstation which became the Phillips CD-i.

@k24_4twenty 3 года назад

100% my favourite console. Currently playing through an absolute gem called Azure Dreams.

@eldraque4556 2 года назад

I don't remember P.S. in clubs, but then I don't remember much from back then...

@britneyspearsvillarosa 3 года назад

October 26th 2000 My fave console PS2 was released here in America

@dos-modeofficial83 3 года назад

My Mom bought me the N64 First in 97 when i was 13 because of Mario World, Golden Eye And Duke Nukem. Then around 16 i got the playstation myself. Tekken Was my all time favorite and final fantasy VII as well as Dead or Alive, Final Frontier and Rival Schools. I played Virtual Fighter at a friends a few years before. Later i got Duke nukem 3D. I have my Japanese 1994 playstation hoodie, sometimes i wear it to work or out and about. I remember collecting all the Gaming mags and Drawing all the anime characters from Street fighter Vs Capcom or Just watching Saturday Anime here in the US and seeing the Anime based on the video games and vice versa. I was into Techno and House and i loved hearing the Acid jazz Instrumentals and Drum n bass background music, so i started producing my own beats. a Friend of mine had a playstation game where you could produce your own beats, we played on that for hours until we started doing it on PC. I love your channel so much. its fun to watch and You're an Angel.

@shintok1745 3 года назад

Great video. Good facts and presentation. I loved it. Sorry did not get to say it in my last comment.

@edbrito-swdev 2 года назад

I looked into the comments to see if anyone else had said something about the net yaroze shooter. I played it at the time and I'm pretty sure it was called Psychon.

@ShiroiKatana 3 года назад

One of the best consoles ever, and great work on your coverage of it, Lady D! 😊

@muhammadtaimourafzal5285 3 года назад

Wow!!! That was so informative. We want more videos like these. Documentary type. Btw where did you get those rare videos of these games. You just reminded me of my whole childhood. ❤️❤️

@LadyDecade 3 года назад

I have an absolutely amazing editor to thank for that, if you check my description we've listed all of our resources so you should be able to find all of the original footage if you want to view them all in full and or subscribe xx

@tenoki 3 года назад

I soo wanted a Sega Saturn as a kid, but my adult brother convinced my parents to get me a Playstation instead. I was so mad at him for a monthbut it was the right call. I was the only one with a playstation but my n64 and saturn friends would come over to play the playstation. Eventually they all got one

@CRTWorlds 3 года назад

Great video! You covered everything I could have thought of and so much more! Thanks for all the effort and research that obviously went into this. I subscribed!

@LadyDecade 3 года назад

Thank you, that's very kind x

@Bukark 3 года назад

Growing up in the UK I knew a few people with a N64, but nobody with a Saturn. I had a PS1 since it was the most affordable console of that generation (in terms of both the console and games) and had an amazing library. I stuck with Sony for the PS2 era before moving onto PC, and never looked back.

@Rapture-Gaming 2 года назад

I was spoiled I had both n64 and ps1 then when the next gen systems came out I had ps2 and xbox tho I regret not having the segas as my first ever console was the megadrive witch I loved and still play

@jpstewart4109 3 года назад

Well done.

@richardheckmann1892 3 года назад

To be honest I love sega I have all the console they made. In the 90’s was a young adult I bought the ps2 after sega fell and I never looked back and I found platystation is all I play and own every console they made. Like the video

@belyst4124 3 года назад

Good video

@rogersmith494 3 года назад

the tekken 2 music! yes

@H.L.S.98 2 года назад

I often draw parallels with how WCW started to win the Monday night wars in the late 90’s. Playstation and WCW just seemed way cooler than the establishment (Sega, Nintendo, WWF).

@6Sinners6Circus6 3 года назад

@ErinPlays sent me here. Thanks for the cool doc. Absolutely subscribed.

@LadyDecade 3 года назад

That's very cool 😎 xxx

@brendansaywell1260 2 года назад

my family was strictly nintendo but we loved the sega arcade machines so were excited when our local video shop was hiring out the saturn so we booked a week in advance but when we went to pick it up the last person to hire it kept it for another night without notifying the shop this happened again the next night as well, so we hired the PlayStation instead and never looked back, we won a n64 in a Christmas raffle one year and traded it in to get a ps2 lol