Here's How Sony Made The PSOne So Small

The Original PlayStation was an amazing system when it released in the mid 90s changing how we saw video game consoles going forward. Eventually Sony decided to redesign the PlayStation releasing the PSOne which was much smaller. Today we'll be taking a look at the smaller system to see how Sony managed to shrink it down.
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[@cadencordell9717]

Please do this with the ps2 slim, it always blew my mind how compact it was

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Plus it re-introduced the much more reliable non-motorized clamshell design. I luckily had sold my original fat PS2. I freaking loved the slim.

[@Videogamelover58]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu me too

[@poosydestroyer6545]

Caden Cordell literally looks like something straight out of the modern era

[@retrosoul8770]

Funny enough, my fat 39000 Ps2 still works like a champion (playing Legend of Kay good action platformer), must have put at least 1000 hours into it since fall 2018, and yet my slim Ps2 won't recognize the disc anymore...

[@holladaycubed]

Retro Soul yeah I busted out my slim ps2 and it won’t read ANY of my blue discs like the getaway which was the only reason I pulled it out I was very sad lol

[@Franatixx]

Man I remember having this bad boy with screen that screwed onto the back. Think its still at my parents house

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

What did your parents look like?

[@tacoengineer6660]

Stephen Brook Too late man. I already stole it from his parents

[@h3n7r1kotakuboy4]

Dude get it back ASAP

[@jamielee8991]

I still have mine. The screen is still attached

[@Superdimensional]

You’ve never opened a PSONE before because THEY NEVER BREAK 🤣

[@christopherson93]

forreal tho if I can find mine, I'm sure itd still work

[@caliptus85]

mine still works lmao

[@SteelSkin667]

The later Playstation and PSOnes are very reliable, it's really the earlier ones that had issues with the optical drive. Same goes with PS2s and PS3s IIRC.

[@kaian_vn]

Except the CD drive (because, CDs), mine still works till this day too...

[@septillion2501]

@@caliptus85 Yeah because they weren't designed to break like current consoles.

[@ChristianJDY]

The ps one extended the console’s life. By the time it came out the ps2 was already around and a year later the rest of the next gen consoles, yet the ps one continue being around for a few more years. Imagine the ps one looked great and now with mini screen. I’m nintendo only guy and I had to give it to the sony for this one.

[@ChristianJDY]

Jonathan Soko yeah the sony trend but the ps3 didn’t follow the same results. Maybe the ps4 will. Nintendo should have followed this trend more. N64 needed another remodel in its life time and I don’t mean a different color.

[@Noname15514]

@@ChristianJDY That's because the PS3 wasn't as biggest of a success that Sony hoped and cost them a billion to save from complete annihilation.

[@ChristianJDY]

Matanumi yeah I know the ps3 had a bad start and they learned from their mistakes on the ps4.

[@ChristianJDY]

9/9/99 It's Thinking is crazy 600 dollars back in 2006.

[@ZackSNetwork]

@@ChristianJDY No Nintendo does not have the strong third party support to lengthen their last generation consoles life. Nintendo consoles rely heavily on Nintendo exclusives. Nintendo doesn't want the headache of focusing on more platforms. Which is also why the hybrid concept of the Switch and the merging of their home console and handheld divison took place. Im pretty sure the Wii U is Nintendo's very last home console.

[@nsgames24]

It's pretty impressive how Sony made their Slim models for various PlayStation systems over the years. Much smaller, more compact, but still give you the same experience. Impressive and pretty cool to see.

[@AJ-ju6xi]

the ps3 slim was the worst slim of all time

[@111-k4z]

@@AJ-ju6xi the regular slim was great but the super slim sucked

[@HandheldGamingHQ]

​@@111-k4zthe regular slim wasn't really slim just more refined ps3. the super slim lived up to its name

[@Poco-tr9xw]

All the ps one did is removed the power supply to an adapter

[@nsgames24]

@@111-k4z The Super Slim is my favorite PS3 model, personally

[@LarrBear79]

I still have mine with the LCD Screen attachment. It still works perfect after 15 years. What a great system!

[@MoldyMacaroni]

Lol at Spawn being slick trying to hide the screwdriver in his hand at the beginning

[@animepussy8356]

I like to fuck my cat

[@aveionwilson1513]

@@animepussy8356 lmao are you sure you're it where you need to be

[@ivog443]

@@animepussy8356 tiger king?

[@dunc1156]

@@ivog443 =O

[@darkond3523]

@@animepussy8356 You are in a wrong part of YT buddy. The hentai and mentally ill pewdiepie and similar failed abortions ward is over there to the left, points direction. For further assistance ask the few other persons you find there to take you away etc. Or if you want a complete shortcut to the help ward I can call the cops on you.

[@LemmeSquish]

You can still push the door switch plunger down on the PSone. There A little rectangular piece of plastic on the bottom right of the lid that you can push down with a flat head screwdriver to fool the console into thinking the door lid is closed.

[@James2t3]

I used to wedge tooth picks into it 🤣

[@James2t3]

@@christopherfortineux6937 never thought doing that!

[@SteelSkin667]

There were a few revisions of the Playstation prior to the PSOne, with varying sizes and. The very first ones had motherboards that spanned the whole width of the console and composite jacks on the back, whereas the one I own (which I bought in 1999) was one of the last revisions before the PSOne, and has a much stubbier motherboard compared to even the PSOne's; These are recognizable by the fact that they don't have the parallel port in the back.

[@CarlyCatharsis]

1999 One Also Introduced "Soundscope" Feature, Which Gave Seizure-Inducing Visuals While You Listened To CD's!

[@huldu]

That parallel port today is extremely handy! Personally I'd rather get an old playstation and a PSIO. I think that one uses the parallel port? I really don't like using the CD at all if I can avoid it. My first playstation had the CD reader go bad after a few years and replacing it was expensive. Instead I took it to a game trader back in the late 90's during rush when there were a lot of people there. They didn't even test the playstation and gave me a decent price for it. Not sure what I got instead.

[@DylanAce66]

I own that one the board is smaller than the one on the psone

[@KuittheGeek]

The PSone was the first console that I owned myself. I still have it, and I even have the first party screen for it. I played that thing all the time, and even took it on the go with me. Three hour car rides were so much better when I could play my games with the screen and DC car adapter. I still think that was one of the best consoles I have ever owned.

[@TruGamer128]

Loved this so much. I've always been blown away at how small the PSOne was compared to the original. Please do the PS2 vs PS2 slim next.

[@AaronKaiMCDNLD]

Man I remember discovering your channel one time when i was in a depressed state and seeing you open a refurbished N64 and it somehow made me happy for some reason.

[@septillion2501]

Yeah "someone I knew probably had a PlayStation"...I had a Sega Saturn 😢

[@TOKYOBOY21CHANNEL]

You was so lucky then 👍🏻

[@jimsyhammond]

I had Saturn too! Sold it to my cousin to buy a n64. Then my cousin got rid of the saturn to get a ps1. I wish he gave it back to me...

[@wouldbang6928]

You suck

[@halo3odst]

Then you were a man (or kid) of culture.

[@jimbobiscool1256]

Ff7 on Sega Saturn

[@iamlegend7569]

One of my fondest memories of the O.G. triple O.G. PlayStation is, booting up the demo disc of the very first Grand Tourismo and then ejecting it and putting in a music CD so I could race to whatever music was thumping at the time 😎

[@ThesexyMrX]

Ridge Racer was a favorite.. After the game booted, pop in music!

[@michael423]

My brother had the original PlayStation, and later got the PSOne when his OG broke.. me on the other hand, had a SNES, and then a N64.

[@michael423]

As a kid I was always more of a Nintendo kid, tho don’t get me wrong we would each play/buy games for each other’s systems all the time, I got to play and own a lot of great titles in the PS, still do play and own a lot of PS games.

[@banditkeithkingofduelmonsters]

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives Your brother's n64 broke? So he basically smashed it, as the n64 has almost a zero failure rate.

[@afistfulofpimples1745]

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives What did he look like?

[@sdigital0]

@@banditkeithkingofduelmonsters His ps1 lasted 3 days

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

I also had the ps1 (THE big One) and My cousin had the N64 and I would play Mario kart at his house, and my friends would come to my house to play games

[@4daptability991]

I had some good times with the PSOne, it being my first home console. It introduced me to Crash and Spyro, and some racing games. All that fun came to an end one day when the disk slot wouldn't close. For whatever reason I thought it was a good idea to sit on the PlayStation to get it to close, which ended up breaking the system.

[@Ansome234]

That thumbnail made me think this was an MVG video Lol

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I still like my old gray PS1 because it's got the serial Port which I use for a cool memory thing that basically has the equivalent of like 80 PS1 memory cards or something. Plus it is so easy to play import games with it. I still have a Japanese copy of umjammer lammy.

[@animepussy8356]

Hearing him break down a memory pool overflow in detail is my porn.

[@capcomfan82]

Me 2

[@looeegee]

Mistakes were made.

[@espvp]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu i red it with his accent lmao

[@astrosquirrel5038]

I still have my PSONE. It was amazing back in the day.

[@acronym.4328]

This revision was probably the best one to have after the 90s when you couldn't have the PS2.

[@03chrisv]

Still have my original playstation, so many good memories on that thing from middle school and first two years of high school until I got a PS2 a month after it launched.

[@rp2685]

Ps1 was the first console my dad bought me. My aunt had the one with the screen.

[@animepussy8356]

N64 gang

[@johnmorris7899]

My friends wife has the one with screen and travel bag but refuses to sell it to me even tho she hasn't used it in 10 years

[@lolwhat5622]

@@johnmorris7899 but why would you sell it

[@johnmorris7899]

@@lolwhat5622 because I want it

[@animepussy8356]

@@johnmorris7899 You know what you need to do then. If you realllyy want it.

[@TrimeshSZ]

On thing you missed in your analysis is that there were multiple revisions of the original PlayStation - the earliest units used PU-7 or PU-8 boards, which occupy the whole of the right side of the case and and have very little wasted space even with components on both sides of the board. The next units used PU-18 or PU-20 boards, which were slightly smaller, more integrated had either less parts on the solder side (in the case of the PU-18) or none at all (in the case of the PU-20). The next model (the one you show) used as PU-22 board, which merged most of the CD and audio subsystem into a single chip. The last (SCPH-900x) models used a PU-23 board, which was electrically very similar to the PU-22 except for the elimination of the parallel port and was even smaller. So basically, when Sony built the SCPH-100x machines they were as small as they could practically be, but changes were made during the production run that simplified the hardware to the point where it was finally possible to shrink it down to PSone size.

[@RAXtheGREAT]

the PSONE is probably my favorite revision of a system aesthetically, awesome video!

[@neoasura]

My buddy had a party van and had the PSOne with the screen attached. He installed it permanently into his van. It blew our minds playing PS1 on the go.

[@JesseAndMike]

Very cool video! Thumbs up!

[@2hottie89]

I remember grind session it was just harder then Tony Hawk and legend of dragoon I beat Legend of dragoon! That game was dope I think it had combos!!! That the one thing I can remember and it's good enough to get a remake or a new game IMO. It was a pretty worthy RPG in my book.

[@ar89synth]

Really dig all your "tear down" videos mate. I've been really rough out of hospital recently and these videos have kept me going during recovery 👌

[@thedragonofdojima4157]

hope you feel better mate.

[@ar89synth]

@@thedragonofdojima4157 thanks man. I am alot better which is good. Hope all is well with you 😊

[@Gakki_Aniki]

Its feels like a MVG video !

[@jaymzx2587]

He has way better music though.

[@animepussy8356]

@@jaymzx2587 Because he makes it. Talented guy.

[@kolbaser6362]

Nice profile pic :)

[@skyprojectro]

Yeah

[@Vanessaira-Retro]

I always gotten the Playstation revisions. I still have and use my PSOne with the LCD screen. I use to have it in my car with travel case and car adapter. Now I use it with RGB via a JP21 cable to the BVM. Love the PSTwo as well. Both are awesome.

[@ClockUnClock]

The PSone is just so much more visually pleasing too

[@alcid34]

The PSOne was my first game console I've ever used in my life! My parents got this model for my brother and I when I was around 5 years old. This was probably in 2002-2003 since we bought it a little while after my family immigrated to the US in 2001. I still remember playing that Spongebob Supersponge game, as well as Gubble (A game like Crystal Castles), and Driver (surprisingly). I also remember the frustration that I never finished these games because my parents never bought a memory card with it. Unfortunately, when we moved to a new house nearby about three years later, that PSOne model stopped working, but we did buy a PS2 Slim model afterwards. Years later (2015), I bought a PSOne out of nostalgia and still have it ever since.

[@markwheeler4245]

I was a teen in the 90s oh how I’d love to go back! Time machines taking awhile to be invented huh! Lol

[@borla4491]

I'm a 33 years old guy. In the mid late 1990s, I looked like I was a high school student almost.

[@zwerker]

The PsOne was my first console! Bought one for 50€ in july 2002. About a month later I got a used Dreamcast (also 50€) After that the ball got rolling... have a bunch of consoles now and about a thousand games.

[@AZREDFERN]

I remember the PlayStation felt extremely advanced when I first played one (and eventually got one). But I always preferred the N64, because the no-texture polygon graphics looked cleaner, and they had RARE games. You couldn’t play GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, Banjo, Conker, etc on PlayStation. Those were my favorite games on my friends consoles. I got a James Bond game on PlayStation, and it was absolute crap. Ape Escape was the closest thing we had to an N64 game with it’s clean polygon graphics. Metal Gear and Spyro also looked amazing with its smooth gradient polygon graphics. The problem with the PlayStation was the developers, trying to over-utilize the larger texture limit. Resulting in a crunchy pixelated mess.

[@RippahRooJizah]

You never played Omega Boost or Gran Turismo? Those were up there in terms of PSX graphics. Plus, PSX had a bunch of games people miss out on. Front Mission 3, Panzer Bandit, Colony Wars series, Legend of Mana, and others.

[@elviswjr]

That's really interesting that the main boards are nearly the same size. I always thought they miniaturized everything. The big metal plate from the original system, I'm guessing was an RF shield. Lots of old consoles had them.

[@jimmneedle]

Spawn's finger points are so demonstrative.

[@uknowme4me034]

Man as always this minimal set-up is dope AF! That ultra wide monitor is amazing. I'm using a 32" BenQ and am contemplating weather to go ultra wide or a dual 27" monitor set-up.

[@Sohren]

I'd love to see a ps2 and ps2 slim comparison!

[@texastoast7514]

I've never done a teardown on one of these either. I find them ALL the time. Cool. It was really interesting to see how small it could or should have been

[@EricGrain]

I love how he's trying to be slick saying he had to talk the guy into giving him some extras... The "extras" being the package it was in XD like wow. Master negotiator.

[@GSG-io8zp]

Nah collectors always want the original boxes as it’s pretty rare to keep them, especially in good condition as the console is 20 years old. You could say this if he bought a used PS5 and got the box lol

[@coolie4u]

So nice to watch, I've sold so many of these machines in the past. The number of grey PS1 units I've held in my hands are uncountable. The PS-One was really cool because of it's slick design. The PlayStation 1 was a total revolution in its time, everybody just loved it!

[@IAmNeomic]

My guess is that, once the deal with Nintendo fell through, they just took the boards and chips they had built from the prototypes, made a nice case, and went right to manufacturing so they didn't invest a ton more in R&D. Just slap our name on it and get it out the door before N64 goes to market. Then later on, while they were designing the PS2, they learned more and found ways to refine the design, making it cheaper to manufacture for a larger profit, and made the PSOne.

[@darkond3523]

Wrong guess because there is zero similarity to the prototype tech and the first PS1 that was released onto the market. The proof is in the leaked ones and this is old news by now, if you are interested into learning about it search for it. There are some interesting things about it but to be honest I am glad Sony decided to say fuck you to the market and decided to make the best consoles ever.

[@bootmii98]

@@darkond3523 Yeah, Sony decided to build their console around "OpenGL in hardware" and we have that to thank for Sega and Nintendo releasing OpenGL-like APIs for their consoles.

[@darkond3523]

@@bootmii98 False since the mentioned companies have zero to thank to since it wasn't even theirs nor they didn't contributed anything to it. Sony based their things on this but it's a standalone code and technology. Also Sony owns fuck tons of things these clown ass companies pretty much outsource pay Sony for it therefore if you are going to thank anyone thank Sony and other independant sources who actually provide the things which keeps shitendo and micropenis on the market. As irrlelevant as they really are I am thankful that they spend their money on something they can't utilize and keep a branch of Sony alive. So thanks to these for that alone. Stop sourcing your information of shittipedia ran by children and clickbait bullshit videos that have almost zero effort or the effort being in a wrong field. Learn to see things as they are and how actually progressed throughout the years. As for today fuck em all since they are selling dated crap with shitty cashgrab games filled with gambling and paywalls. So it's quite irrelevant who brings what to the table tech wise when the games are pretty much irrelevant and lead toward a market crash. The only ones that actually keep gaming somewhat alive are certain indie folks who actually as much as limited they do their job with passion and provide actual content, plus it's cheap.

[@isasalgado8757]

@@darkond3523 But the switch has sold way more than the ps4...... also if you actually see the prototype the Sony and Nintendo console was white and looked sorta similar to the ps1. Thank nintendo for the analog stick, rumble, the d-pad, and portable gaming. And no Sony isn't owning Microsoft and Nintendo in the market. Nintendo is owning them as of now. All of the 3 companies are doing good but Nintendo is owning them

[@RippahRooJizah]

@@isasalgado8757 Overall the PS4 has outsold the Switch, although Swich has sold units faster than PE4 did. As for Nintendo owning the others, do keep in mind Sony has the current record of most valuable video game brand.

[@allears3867]

I got my first PlayStation in 96 for Christmas one of the best days in my life no cap!

[@panaceaartist]

I remember i bought a link cable for wipeout xl. you needed 2 tvs, 2 playstations, and 2 games. and guess what? I never used it.

[@eponymous7910]

Wipeout XL is my all time favourite psx game. It was incredible

[@xXEliminatorXx99]

Still got my PSX from 1995 Runs like a charm. Never had to do anything

[@truckercowboyed2638]

Wasn't this when they first started the trend of shortening Playstation to PS1, PS2 etc.....like before the mini it was just called Playstation......

[@mightylink65]

It's basically the size of a disc drive, a PC optical drive turned to the side with an entire system built in it. Kind of mind blowing for 90's tech.

[@griffin7670]

mans wearing some banger shirts and not tellin us were to get them

[@basurerodej8501]

The reason why the PSOne screws are a pain to remove is because ot was an effort from Sony to reduce modchipping (as well as putting an extra BIOS check).

[@malekrcgaming2432]

I have the PSone with the small LCD attach screen also.

[@squallneko5004]

Awesome video Spawn. I had actually both versions of the PS1 through my video gaming days, then I marched on forwards to the PS2.

[@Stoppskylten]

PS2 downscaling is more impressive tough. Some even kept the PSU internal, unlike PSone.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

Slim consoles suffer from heating problems. Bigger is better

[@PantauAjaChannel]

I still have original PlayStation 1 but its broken already. Now I use PS Classic Mini to play PS1 games. PS One until now still look amazing btw.

[@spikey_104]

The PlayStation (1/PsOne) has always seemed like a cool looking system to me. I've never personally owned one as I wasn't alive at the time and it's hard to find one in a decent condition but when I do I'm gonna get one for sure 👌

[@ICARUS_I]

I love the PSone era. Just dominated everything else in its generation. My top 3 favorite games are on the PS1. But damn, I didn’t expect the motherboards to be so close in size.

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

What are the games?

[@thabugman9433]

I didn’t but I remember my first PlayStation was that psone with a lcd screen. Wish you would have talked about that a little. For sure loved the psone but you should do this for the ps2

[@reaktorleak89]

I hope Sony does something similar for PS5. Would love a 23 inch lid LED screen. I don't care if that makes the console bigger. They can make a luggage case.

[@Krytern]

@@reaktorleak89 Where would you even plug it in to use it when traveling?

[@olith9512]

I remember when the cd-drive failed on my second hand PlayStation and i swap the drive with a CD player from a pawn shop. Ahh the good old days

[@iamlegend7569]

Up until now I hadn't realized how much older than you I am 😂

[@WhiteJarrah]

4:26 I got a import boot disc for the original and slim PlayStation. For the former it had a spring to keep the button pushed down, on the slim it had a little slip of plastic that inserts into the slot.

[@enzodit4009]

The original PlayStation had and “Expansion Port“ which I added this device that had built in memory and a game genie

[@ravagingwolverine]

I remember when they first showed the PSOne. I was very impressed with the redesign. I thought Sony did good work on their redesigns, especially with PSOne and PS2 slim. I love the look of those two. I picked up a couple of PSOnes(one was listed as not working, I recall) a few years ago to consider using the case of one for something like an SBC, which I may still do. Because of that, I have taken the system apart before and knew what to expect from this video. I did appreciate seeing the side-by-side comparison with the larger PS1. It was surprising to see that the PS1's main board is also pretty small. The PSOne came out quite a bit after after the platform launched in 1994/1995, so I wouldn't be surprised if there were technical and/or cost reasons they couldn't make the original smaller early on. I always preferred when consoles have external power supplies. It seems more practical, to me. I do agree that the type of power supplies, the "wall warts", that were typical in those days were annoying. The inline style, like the Gamecube, or a two-piece laptop style is much better.

[@fugamantew]

Truly interesting how the motherboards are quite similar in size. The PSone is a masterstroke of Japanese ingenuity and reductionist culture-really cool vid!

[@vincenzollamas]

thanks for the great video, up until a few days ago i actually didn't even know there was a slim ps1, all i'd ever seen, used or owned was the original grey bulky one

[@myairspace121]

Didn't know the motherboards were the same size. That was a very interesting thing to learn. Ty for the video!

[@jennyholiday88]

I'm pretty sure the PSone was a bit faster

[@DukeNukem2020]

I had the very first revision of the fat PS1. That thing also had individual red/yellow/white composite connectors where you can use any composite cables and not the Sony Brand cables that plugged into the Multi Out.

[@5150Chupacabra]

2mb of RAM. OP!! Lol.... Oh and The Legend of Dragoon is REALLY underrated.

[@Ryan-xn3mt]

I’m still waiting on a Legend of Dragoon remake or sequel

[@fernandomartinez4486]

I am playing Legend of Dragoon. It has many, many flaws (like you being able to carry on 32 items, andif you buy, say, 10 potions, you cant stack them, you see 1 potion taking one line of inventory, you see all ten lines of potion... leaving you with only 22 lines left). Many weird details in the combat system (physical attacks as dragoon aint worth, only magic) and well... yeah. The game itself is not as good as people think it is. Not underated at all. More like, overated by nostalgic people like you.

[@riccccccardo]

Think my snes mini 2mb ram.

[@banditkeithkingofduelmonsters]

@@fernandomartinez4486 I have no nostalgia for any rpgs accept pokemon and I consider Legend of Dragoon one of the best JRPGs I've played. Definitely top 5 on ps1, although I still prefer Chrono Cross over it. The item carry limit is annoying for sure but you only really need potions in the game so I had just enough room. The physical dragon attacks are more useful as you run out of MP in longer battles and the attack can be pretty strong if your timing is good. If LOD is overrated then the FF series is extremely overrated.

[@fernandomartinez4486]

@@banditkeithkingofduelmonsters As i said, i am playing it right now. You may think you remember how things are, but no. Physical attacks as dragoon aint worth shit, even with precise timing, im telling you, i am playing it. And if you have bad timing, pff... even worse. Is not like you can get away "okay" with bad timing and as if good timing was like a luxury dealing some good extra damage. No. You do bad timing, you deal like 5 pts of damage, so turn wasted and dragoon turn-time wasted. You do good precise hits, you get like 50-80 pts of damage. With Magic you do 90 to 120. Also magic runs out fairly quickly, and is used a lot. Like, your MP meter is 50/50 MP, but one spell us like 20, 25 or 30. No... no no. Sorry but this game is full of flaws. That is why is no FF level. It is funny, different, very good graphics. It is a "good" game. Not a "very good" or "excellent" game. Just good. And there is no excuse for these flaws, by this time excellent 16bit rpgs had already shown what good inventory management was and good fighting mechanics as well. Let alone good 32 bit rpgs before legend of dragoon. LOD way, way overated. FF overated? nah.. you may be sick of them, but thats different from overated. FF6,FF7,FF9,FFXII, all these better than LOD in terms of inventory and fighting mechanics. Hell, even old entries like ff4,ff3 (not 6) did it better. Are there bad FF games? of course!! it is a series with more than 14 entries!!! there has to be nad ones... not overated but BAD as a whole. But nah... LOD, way overated. FF Series? cool overall. People might be bored of it, but not overated no.

[@dontmesswiththelopez]

I loved the PSOne attachable screen, made it so I could play games with my friends at work.

[@elpeacecarter]

Worst part of this console is that stupid laser OMG how many times he let me down 😭😭😭😭 I remember turning the PSone upside-down hahahah and somwtimes it actually works and he reads the CD

[@christopherfortineux6937]

That is because it is basically free floating. The tech was still in it's infancy then. They had to do that due to the disc vibrating.

[@C.I...]

@@christopherfortineux6937 All CD lasers are free-floating. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to track the disc as it wobbles up and down/side to side.

[@bloodless653]

Great video, as always. With all the consoles you've taken apart, I can't believe you've never taken apart the PSone. Even I've taken mine apart just for fun.

[@lemming9984]

I was appalled when Sony brought out the PSone. It looked like a Fisher Price version of my well loved Playstation. My original fat Playstation sat proudly under my Tv for many years. I would never have left the revised PSone out for people to see!

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

It sure as heck wasn't as sleek as the PS2 slim that's for sure.

[@ogre27kain]

I always enjoy the console breakdowns more when spawn discusses the chips and the technical readout on them

[@CarlyCatharsis]

The Smallest Of The Parallel Ports Was Used To Conjoin Consoles Via Male-Male Cable Which Was Often Used in Deathmatch Games Such As: "DOOM" & "Forsaken", "Wipeout XL" & Others. The Larger Port Was Originally Used For Memory Expansion & Later GameShark. LONG BEFORE Sharkbyte Cards, GameShark CDX & GameShark Lite!

[@CSTBFO_jad]

I used to load up a level in Ace Combat, pull the disc out, put the Top Gun soundtrack in, and complete the mission with Danger Zone playing in the background.

[@pspmad247]

Whats even more mind blowing is that the playstation scph 9000 series has an even smaller mother board

[@FearTheKevin]

Grind session was one of my favorites as a kid. I played that game so much.

[@JDCALDECOTT]

I remember owning a PS2, then when Sony dropped the PS2 slim, I was absolutely blown away. I couldn’t believe it was the same console! And the Japanese version had the power converter built in!!!

[@zinratore4809]

I remember both NFL game day....One of the best NFL games...And yes Grind session was one of my favorites

[@A_Lone_Wolf]

I don’t know how I got here, but I was fascinated throughout the entire video!

[@danielblack6529]

Your original Playstation is model SCPH-750X from around 1998 which already has a much smaller board than the original 1994/1995 (the one with the RCA Jacks) launch model SCPH-100X to SCPH-5000. That Model has a much bigger motherboard that fills the entire area of motherboard section to the point where the modular Controller & Memory Card board is practically sitting on top of the motherboard. The SCPH-900X, which is the model the PSone is based of, they went even further with the reduction of board size and also removed the Parallel port. Anyways, neat video Spawn :-).

[@LOTR_BTTF]

I'm suddenly in the mood to want to play Jeremy McGrath Supercross '98.

[@MrPritzb87]

You can access the button that makes the disc drive run on the PSone with the tray open. Its a tiny button on the bottom left of the disc tray. I used to use a piece of very thin card cut into shape, slot it on to the button and tape it into place. Voila! I used a boot disc to play my back ups or used original games to do the hot swap method. Oh the memories!

[@Krytern]

I had the mouse for the original PlayStation that I used for Command & Conquer.

[@AdamTheHammer]

imagine the hours that was put in for the remapping of the individual tracks for the revised motherboards

[@MiniMii550]

Had Sony just done the PSOne layout (now seeing that there was no updated tech or advancements, just shuffling components around) from the start I think it would have been absolutely mind boggling far beyond the initial response from the public in the 90's because that system would have been ridiculously powerful (at the time) while being impossibly small.

[@mattg9884]

I have one that came with an attach(able) screen. Plus people often forget that sony had to change the internals multiple times on the original PS due to things that overheating, not enough memory for FMV etc. To upgrade on the DL to fix issues without selling new systems and having to recall the previous version.

[@MissNeonNyx]

Somehow, I ended up with 4 originals and 1 psone. All worked, but many versions of the original. I took my psone everywhere, since I was able to find a portable screen for it and also had a 13" tv/vcr combo that I could take with me for visits to my grandmother's house. I loved that console.

[@KartKing4ever]

Great video as always. One thing you could do is mention the year that the models came out to help give us an idea of how much time was between the models.

[@CurtMudgeon]

That was a really fun video! Thanks for doing it.

[@sinjonezp]

I remember the fatal flaw of the original PlayStation...the lens would degrade really quickly and depending on friends (like myself) we had to lean the original PlayStation on its side for the system to recognize the disc...they fixed it later on, but I had the day one PlayStation and it was crazy...nba live 95 , Tekken 2, didn’t work like 30% of the time...it felt like the original Nintendo all over again blowing carts, (blowing on lens) it was crazy

[@Lucky_9705]

You can still perform the disc swap trick on the PSOne if you press down on the small piston at the bottom right on the disc drive. Usually a safety pin or a paper clip will do the trick

[@johnodaz1273]

Very neat Taking Apart vid Jon(SW). Back then I was Nintendo Kid through n through lol, no Sega or PlayStation hehe. I never Owned a PlayStation 1 but I did manage too Play most of the Key games tho cuz my Sister had one.

[@cube3108]

I find this really interesting as what I imagine was the key factor that allowed Sony to get it that small was improvements in manufacturing. The thing that jumps out first to indicate this is the screws being a lot tighter, probably tightened by a machine rather than by hand. The board being slimmed down a bit was probably possible due to better and more accurate pick and place machines, notice how much more tightly packed with components the psone board is. It's probably not far off from being the same components as the original, just rearranged and a lot tighter. And finally the RF shield, it's much more like modern systems being aluminium (I think) rather than steel, much thinner and lighter than the steel one in the original playstation. Just my thoughts on perhaps why it was possible to make it so much smaller.

[@MINKIN2]

On the ps2, if you removed the HDD bay and the psu, you could shrink it down considerably without any board modifications.

[@thepaper888]

In 2001 I played a Japanese dbz game that was further along and had characters u.s. wouldn't see for years. You left the tray open and a spring in place load a boot disc then play.

[@rumotu]

I had the brick one. I love it. My friend had the small round one.

[@animepussy8356]

I had polio.

[@DauntlessDamian]

My late model PS2 Slim has it's power supply inside unlike earlier slim models. Love it!

[@RWL2012]

My first home console was a PS one in 2000! After my Game Boy Color _handheld_ console in 1999 and playing on the family PII / Win98 PC in 1998 :)

[@adamcisneros9702]

that's the small PS one I had as a kid and still have to day!!!!! I cant play it because I am sure that the cd reader isn't working right and I am glad to see you take it apart so I can follow along and buy a new part soon. I am only 1 min into the video so hopefully you do take it apart.

[@ghostrender-]

I love my original playstation, I've still got mine. The hacker port on the back. A Good era, the only down fall was the load times... If you guys want one, be prepared for long long load times, unless you play tekken 2 or 3, they are quick.

[@redherring5532]

I lived in Mexico during the Ps1 hype, dude its insane, there were dudes at the flea market that would sell pirated games, they added a chip to the laser for 25 bucks lol, I had bought a whole spindle of 50 cdrs for like a buck a peice all sorts of games it was insane

[@GSG-io8zp]

Not so simple anymore :(

[@redherring5532]

@@GSG-io8zp also, it was 21 years ago. Lol I do not feel so young anymore 😒

[@maksqwe1]

You can see that over the years a lot of manufacturers have made their consoles smaller by moving their power board to the outside, same with the psone. If you look at the original, the power board which just takes a normal figure of eight cable is on the left and is quite large. The psone used a laptop style dc brick so that the board just needs a connector and receives the power it needs directly, which is smart and leaves you with basically just the board and drive. You can also replace the brick if it dies for example, and offer external power like power packs or in car chargers etc. After the ps2, the Xbox 360 tried to do the same thing, but failed miserably because the psu was huge, overheated and the console had cooling issues as well despite the huge chassis, but you can see they tried to implement the same idea, the obvious difference was that heat was becoming an issue with processors getting more powerful, so they could no longer keep the console as small. The ps3 also had its battles with heat. I think the last true slim console was the ps2, and it was the best console I owned. Compared to the huge and somewhat weird Xbox original console, ps2s was tiny.