The PlayStation (プレイステーション?, Officially abbreviated as PS; unofficially referred to as the PSX[9] or PS1) is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, 1994.
The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. Upgrades and variants include the Net Yaroze and the PS One, with the PlayStation 2 being the console's successor. The PlayStation was the first "computer entertainment platform" to ship 100 million units, which it had reached 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch. Sony ceased production of the PlayStation on March 23, 2006, eleven years after it was released.
In 2009 the PlayStation was named the 7th greatest video game console of all time, out of a field of 25, by IGN. It was also named 1st greatest console of all time by Game Trailers.
The success of the PlayStation is widely believed to have influenced the demise of the cartridge-based home console. While not the first system to utilize an optical disc format, it was the first success story, and ended up going head-to-head with the last major home console to rely on proprietary cartridges—the Nintendo 64.
Nintendo was very public about its skepticism toward using CDs and DVDs to store games, citing longer load times and durability issues. It was widely speculated that the company was even more concerned with copyright infringement, given its substantial reliance on licensing and exclusive titles for its revenue.
The increasing complexity of games (in content, graphics, and sound) pushed cartridges to their storage limits and this fact began to turn off third party developers. Also, CDs were appealing to publishers due to the fact that they could be produced at a significantly lower cost and offered more flexibility (it was easy to change production to meet demand).
FF Chronicles, FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX(The best in the series if not only for the characters looking meh)
Lunar 1 and 2
Crash Bandicoot
Gran Turismo 1 and 2
Legend of Legaia
Xenogears
Chrono Cross
MGS
Dragon Quest VIi
Digimon World 1 and 2
Suikoden 1 and 2
Pirated(it's hard to get ahold of this game)
etc!!! I *****d a lot of RPGs i think during this era...
FF Chronicles, FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX(The best in the series if not only for the characters looking meh)
Lunar 1 and 2
Crash Bandicoot
Gran Turismo 1 and 2
Legend of Legaia
Xenogears
Chrono Cross
MGS
Dragon Quest VIi
Digimon World 1 and 2
Suikoden 1 and 2
Pirated(it's hard to get ahold of this game)
etc!!! I *****d a lot of RPGs i think during this era...
LOL at you blurring pirated out.. All my collection was pirate
LOL at you blurring pirated out.. All my collection was pirate
Suikoden 1 and 2(2 is the best IMO) was one of the best RPGs ever to be release in the history of gaming, it makes me feel guilty that I have bought this game at a cheap price while it's quality even just @ 2D is much better than games currently release today...