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"Happy Birthday PS1"

Today is the anniversary of the US release of the PS1.
September 9th 1995 saw the release of Sony's first games console and arguably an important new generation of gaming.

The console may have not been the only one on the scene, the N64 and Saturn joined it, but Sony's clever marketing in nightclubs and on TV meant that games like Wipeout and Crash Bandicoot were cemented into the minds of gamers.

So, what are your memories of the PS1? Did it change gaming for you?

You see, I didn't like the Ferrari game but I really got on well with Kudos, forcing you to drive with style rather than just win a race.

I felt there was too much emphasis placed on the Kudos system. I'm pretty sure I couldn't pass a race because I didn't get enough points despite winning. I preferred Ferrari 355 Challenge for some DC driving. And Crazy Taxi was better still.

I loved MSR, for me it was the best racer of that generation, along with Gran Turismo 3 for the more sim type racing on PS2.

The DC was one of my favourite consoles but I hated MSR. Ironically I was a fan of PGR.

What I didn't realise is that it was also the Dreamcast's Birthday in the North America region on the same day (the UK release was October 14th 1999).

I always felt that the Dreamcast was criminally undersold. It was an excellent console with some fantastic games (some of which made their way to Gamecube and Xbox).

Who remembers MSR? The pre-cursor to Project Gotham Racing had the perfect balancing system and ideas that you can still find in forthcoming games like Forza Horizon 2 (some of the development team from MSR are now Playground Games).

Jet Set Radio, Skies of Arcadia, Power Stone, the first Soul Calibur game, Shenmue, Phantasy Star Online...

If you mean Super Mario 64 ... then it's confirmed ;¬)

Question: did the PS1 usher In the age of 3D gaming or was that Mario 64?

What an awful game ... must have been young to even appreciate it!

pb wrote:
srs_wubwub wrote:
[i]In 1995 I was young, very young but the PS1 holds the best memories for me as it was the major treat to play Die Hard along with my brother.

As I've already mentioned, Crash Bandicoot was a favourite and I distinctly remember playing a Rugrats golf game??Any source for that would be greatly appreciated.

There's this new technology you can use, it's called Google ;)

Anyway, it might be this [/i]

That's exactly it, it's as dreadful as I remember but still I can't dislike it.

Google you say, you must mean Bing ;)

srs_wubwub wrote:
In 1995 I was young, very young but the PS1 holds the best memories for me as it was the major treat to play Die Hard along with my brother.

As I've already mentioned, Crash Bandicoot was a favourite and I distinctly remember playing a Rugrats golf game??Any source for that would be greatly appreciated.

There's this new technology you can use, it's called Google ;)

Anyway, it might be this