Playing PS1 In 2024

[@LightSnackProductions]

This guy is like the one person at your job that keeps you employed there .

[@defalt_2797]

What 🤣

[@jerkusclownstar]

That's good to know

[@jlb3135]

Gives u a reason to come back

[@kurtgentry6257]

Is this a compliment or an insult? 😂

[@tombethell3882]

Full stops come directly after the last word in a sentence, seems he might get your job after all?

[@detectiveblutomindpretzel6292]

It's so quiet because it doesn't have any fans in it

[@Hakenfinger-Jakob]

Also the CD drive sits on rubber grommets to minimize the noise from reading the disk

[@wowwhataworld.9590]

And it doesn't have any fans in it 'cause it don't need em, super low power consumption. One reason to play PS1 games on a PS1 console

[@ZiadHamwi99]

​@@Hakenfinger-Jakob Yup, add to this that the CDs in the PS1 spin significantly slower than the DVDs in PS2 or Blu-ray's in PS3.

[@MrKrewie]

im guessing the comments are referring to the disc reads, need to grease up the mechanical arm moving the laser head up and down, its severly dry

[@MJ-uk6lu]

@@Hakenfinger-Jakob At this point that rubber is probably degraded

[@The_Bearded_Warrior]

The PS1 is a such staple especially if you grew up in the 90s. So many amazing games that'll leave you never bored. Been playing my PS1 & PS2 lately, sad that the PS5 isn't getting the attention

[@Dragonfury3000]

Still my favorite generation. Games that I just want to play for fun not just to kill time.

[@FloodXL]

I could spend 20 mins listening to this guy explain why charcoal grilling is better than propane.

[@PetersBros.]

PS1 has some great games Crash Bandicoot series, Tekken series, Metal gear solid, Pandemonium series, Tony Hawk series, Resident Evil series. PS3 is Still the Peak for me, but growing up around PS1 brings heaps of nostalgia.

[@rogue67211]

Wish Legend of Dragoon would come back 😪

[@Kevk-v2m]

A Bugs life is better than all them 🐛🪲

[@vanssssssss]

For me it was also Syphon Filter, Spyro, Gran Turismo, Crash Team Racing. We still play CTR, Micro machines and Quake 2 in 4 player splitscreen 🙌

[@theyuca-clan4239]

Don’t forget about hydro thunder

[@Kramastrastus]

Medal of Honor series too.

[@gregames4843]

1994 til now is 30 years, not 20. Love the vids - thanks for making them! edit: Oh I just got to the part where you show your memory card. Be careful with those non-OEM ebay ones. You can usually use a few of the memory slots, but if you go beyond a certain amount they erase your data! I still use them sometimes, but I transfer any important saves to a more reliable card.

[@BasementGamerYT]

I am quite dumb...thank you for watching

[@yanghao8351]

MemCard Pro for the PS1 are popular. You can store lots of game saves. Or you can make a picoMemcard for the PS1.

[@frankiegunnz8066]

​@@BasementGamerYT How old are you?

[@coreyaldridge1753]

I'm noticing people in their late 30s, such as me, are for some reason missing a 10 year gap somewhere and we think things aren't as old as they are. It's like we don't remember the 2010s lol. Maybe cause everything started to suck after the early 2000s idk lol

[@tripdefect87]

The PS1 Slim and PS2 Slim are my favorite consoles purely from an aesthetic standpoint. Love both systems. Got my PS1 in 1999 for my birthday with Crash 1, Tomb Raider, and Rayman. Loved it, it's one of my favorite systems and the PS2 greatly improved on it, but I never got one for myself until I got a job and most of my collection is games I either wanted to play but never got the chance to or ones that my cousin owned

[@LeaveNoTrashBehind]

Man I've been buying a crap ton of PS1/PS2 game's lately, honestly I don't care if the graphics are bad. I love that nostalgic feeling when playing an old game. I've addicted to The Godfather and Mafia for the PS2.

[@Giovanni808-g6k]

I play the godfather to on PS2

[@domymbd]

Playing PS1 in 2024 is way more fun than playing PS5 in 2024.

[@theharwoodbutcher70]

It's the nostalgia games weren't better back then than nowadays

[@Artursamvelyan-ny9zk]

Legendary console. This is what got me into gaming. I was like 7 probably when i buyed it. Some of the best games ever were on ps1. Good times

[@Asaylum117]

Honestly, this brings back memories of when my best friend used to own a PS1 back in the day. If it wasn't for the PS1, I wouldn't have had a PS2 growing up.

[@ICARUS_I]

Recently rebought the PSone (slim version), which is the one I grew up playing. And oh boy, that start up screen, nothing else can ever top it. But, I agree that playing games on their original hardware is the way to go, even if they do look worse than playing them on a PS3. Can’t deny, that PlayStation came out swinging and cornered both Nintendo and Sega. A legend indeed.

[@theadvocate4698]

I should have kept my psone , such a beautiful machine! I still use it's controller and it works!

[@coreyaldridge1753]

Just came across your channel and am now bingeing it.

[@hic7021]

My PS1 sits in it's special place next to my 2600, PS2, Xbox360, Wii, Dreamcast, Gameboy, NDS and PS5. Long live vintage games.

[@SantaDog81]

Never throw away old consoles.

[@homenthangjam5739]

i respect u for doing that😇😇

[@Laz3rCat95]

The PS1 was my first console growing up, specifically the PSone slim model from the early 2000s

[@zach7384]

I've been binging your videos, 32 years old and definitely in my retro game collecting phase lol. PS1 & PS2 are my latest pick ups. Found your channel at the perfect time, thanks for the entertainment 🙏 would be cool to see you venture into other consoles, such as gamecube through wii u or something. Im here for it either way tho!

[@scruf153]

imagine being 10 at Christmas 1985 and being one of the first to get the NES

[@snizzol]

My first owned console ever. love it so much, i got 5 just in case... please more PSX, get the Namco Gun and Time Crisis.

[@bjornironsides6474]

My first PlayStation experience was twisted metal 2. After only knowing Mario and donkey Kong type games, this blew me away.

[@Wayy2Loww]

I have the PS1 Controller without analog sticks and I love it, I don’t know why but it just feels so good in my hands. It’s pretty satisfying to play games with. It’s abit annoying on later ps1 games like Crash Bandicoot Warped where they designed a lot of the levels to be used with the analog stick

[@the_blue_dragon_bd]

i grew up with the ps1 because my dad bought a bunch of the games when they were discounted in the early 2000s and they are all pretty good i have test drive 5 and siphon filter 1 those games are great, i also have ff7 and metal gear solid as well, if you wanna play the games you want you can emulate them and get a ps1 to usb adapter and upscale the games to make them better and you can do this on virtually any device even apple and android phones its the best way to do it and you can play any game ever made just about, even translations of games that never were in English like super robot wars alpha gaiden which is a great strategy game if you like 90s anime

[@Kevk-v2m]

A bug's life the greatest ps1 game of all time 🍄🐜 🌿 🌾 🐝

[@Punisher6791]

nah, its Tomb Raider bro.

[@Grave_Digger606]

It’s actually Silent Hill 1.

[@Chunkyburnerz]

SpongeBob super sponge

[@Lucky_9705]

I have a fat PS2 and I love it. I play all of my PS1 and PS2 games with it.

[@lucianodamico_]

A good upscaler, like the OSSC or one of the retrotinks, go a long way to making PS1 games look better. PS1 has RGB output also, so you can get a SCART cable that supports RGB to get better sharpness/colors/output/etc. MyLifeInGaming has a good PS1 guide that you can watch where they go over the output details, and other videos that discuss upscalers. The best upscalers you can get are probably the OSSC Pro, RetroTink 5x Pro, and PixelMorph 4k, but the less advanced and more affordable ones (original OSSC, RetroTink 2x) would be good enough if you're using a 1080p monitor/TV.

[@lugented]

I only own a 360 console, but if I was going all retro personally would go all in on this route

[@chlamygamine2190]

The best way to experience what the PS1 offers ..... Speaking of original hardware.... CRT tvs. Light gun games shined.

[@yanghao8351]

A CRT is great but the screen is just a special vacuum tube that will eventually breakdown as they get older. Plus they could be expensive to replace.

[@sinbysin666]

@@yanghao8351 nothing lasts forever.

[@Enzed_]

​@@yanghao8351 they're more durable than you realise. I still have a crt that's probably 20 years old and it's still working fine.

[@yanghao8351]

@@Enzed_ was it new 20 years ago? It's around the 20 year mark where the electrolytic capacitors could start to fail and their ESR numbers or capacitance are way off. At any rate any electronic device 20 years and older should be looked over to see how the components are doing. It might be running fine but actually it could be slowly "failing".

[@stephenhughes5156]

​@@Enzed_I'm trying to decide whether to get a CRT, Retrotino 5x or just use emulation. As much as I love the idea of having a CRT (particularly for pre- 6th gen consoles), it seems that I'd be looking at at least £200 for a 20+inch CRT (14 inch is a bit too small for me). Which is fine, but there's a chance it might only last me a few months (or even a few weeks). So at that point I'm thinking I just spend the extra £100 for a R5x which will last me probably forever (and allow me the convenience of being able to chill on my sofa playing on a 43 inch TV).

[@slarbiter]

Ps1 and snes on a tube TV have been keeping me together in 2024. Silent hill, Parasite Eve, Spyro, Rayman, Resident Evil 1&2. Currently playing the hell out of final fantasy 3/6. Ps2 controllers work on ps1 Also my primary CD player lol

[@MrKrewie]

bought one to learn a bit about electronics and successfully installed an xstation on it, love these old machines, they really dont build em like they used to do

[@funasylumstudio]

Damn this guy needs to get into full on game reviews on PC too, this guy is a natural talent

[@scottn322]

Man, I clocked so many hours on that console. I still had mine up until a few years ago, I didn't properly clean it before turning it on and it immediately caught on fire. Still have a massive CD case with all of my games, though.

[@shawnpray4631]

When I bought my ps3 I picked up Twisted Metal 2 and Final Fantasy 9. Both very fun games. Was going to get Tony hawk’s pro skater 2 but ended up choosing the Dreamcast version.

[@grandsonofragnar]

I still got my old one with the older controller without the joysticks. Used to play Destruction Derby like mad, awesome games!

[@theowlsofouterheaven]

I still play my PS1 games on the original PlayStation. So nostalgic!

[@MarkyV83]

Yeah the first edition had the 3 AV phono connections on the back. Also on the early version the laser disc drive was towards the upper left side, but heat from the internal PSU caused disc reading issues so they moved the laser to the right side on later models, like this one in the video.

[@mikehawk5492]

If you're gonna play ps1 on original hardware you gotta play it on an old CRT tube TV, they were never designed to look good on modern HD flat screens.

[@stephenhughes5156]

Or through an upscaler like the Retrotink 5x.

[@trentonhuggins465]

Got mine for Xmas in like 95, replacing my NES. Also had an n64, but ps1 was what I played almost exclusively.

[@davidagiel8130]

I had ps1 the year it released, i was about 15 and i picked fruit all summer holidays to get it along with Alien Trilogy and MK Trilogy.

[@vilius37]

You’re are the best!!!❤ You will go far! ❤️

[@coreymitcho]

My first introduction to gaming was n64 although it wasn’t until the original Xbox when I got to own my first console, I had zero exposure to the ps one growing up. over the last few days I decided to give my 5 year old son his first experience with gaming on the ps1, we’ve had a great time playing Spyro he loves it! The catalog is awesome! Totally mind blowing how good they are considering the technology at the time

[@leeg12000]

Still have my original PS1, complete with my Eminem sticker from '99. Awesome console. MGS1/2/3. GTA's, Splinter Cell. Way too many to mention. Cool content brother 👍.

[@coden4tv617]

Splinter cell came out on PS2, not PS1. I guess you meant syphon filter

[@Brick_Soup]

I bought an og PlayStation about a year ago so I could play my dad's old collection and it is in surprisingly great condition but doesn't have the little cover on the back

[@kennethroberts3953]

I remember getting the original Playstation with birthday money when I was about 12 I think, I got it with Mortal Kombat Trilogy. I played the all the way upto when I was 18, great console and lots of good games. Dino Crisis 1 and 2 Resident Evil Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil 3 Wipeout Taken Taken 2 Taken 3 Broken Sword 2 Doom Metal Gear Solid Final Fantasy 7 Gran turismo Gta Gta 2 I think there was a Rugrats game that was pretty good. The Simpsons Wrestling was really good. I know there are more but they are the games that spring to mind when I think of the original Playstation.

[@davidrios9033]

I still have my original PS1 with the non-analog stick controllers still functioning. I have to PS upside down for it to read the games tho haha

[@AnotherNormalYorkshireman]

Yes my man. Ps1 content.

[@zanychelly]

Scart cable to upscaler, that's the best way to play the PS1 without a PS1Digital mod. I had a PS1 without an analog stick. Works pretty fine.

[@saffire345]

You are definitely not the only person who enjoys playing the game on its original system, I'm probably not the first person to say this in the comment section, and I'm currently playing Final Fantasy IX on my original PS1, and having a blast! (Even if mine is yellowed/"sunburned")

[@wowwhataworld.9590]

PS1 was the only system I owned growing up. The next system is owned was an Xbox 360 when I was like 18 and living out of home. As someone who is very familiar with the PS1, that double press to close the lid was iconic haha

[@stashmerkin9576]

Keep an eye out for Bushido Blade, Omega Boost, Ghost in the Shell and Legacy of Kain.

[@SulphurBorne]

Love your vids dude

[@andrepressed]

Syphon Filter is a great series. You should definitely give it a more in depth look. In a some way you can say that it is reminiscent of a modern Sony's 3rd person action games but still in early phases of it.

[@paxamericana8728]

Try out Ridge Racer Type 4 that's my favorite racing game on ps1 and it still holds up

[@bigcozz89]

I love the PS1…Preferred the N64 at the time, but over the years, the PS1 has grown on me a whole lot…Playing MK Trilogy, Tekken, Crash, NFL GameDay, NCAA GameBreaker, Ridge Racer, NBA Live, Madden, etc. I want to pull mine out at somepoint

[@DoubleTGameHustle]

Never owned a PS1 so excited to see your thoughts on this! Also I hope you make some 360 videos! 🔥

[@domooooooooooooooo]

yea same

[@dalebenton3354]

I now got the Playstation 1 games console,Also got the whole Playstation console collection now one to five after 30 years later,How long Playstation been going on for now

[@theharwoodbutcher70]

Your videos are so entertaining

[@rogue67211]

The startup definitely brings back the anxiety feeling, hoping you get to the good screen.

[@Akihiko169]

Awesome video, as always! I would love to see more videos focusing on particular games - really enjoyed the ones on True crime and GTA liberty city stories.

[@yanghao8351]

Looks clean... (probably lightly used a magic eraser on the plastic) I love the PS1. I have a few models (original and slim). They are fun to clean, refurbish and put new capacitors in. I actually really like playing discs on the PSone slim but switch between the models depending on the game.

[@cameron3550]

GREAT VIDEO! Can you please share the link to where you bought the refurbished PS1?

[@RonnieRockafella]

I was 10yr when the PS1 came out and me having the NES then Super NES and then saw the PS1 for the fist time at my friend's house, I was blown away by the 3d graphical leap, my broke ass would take 2 yrs to buy mine but by then it came with the dual shock analog controller and I bought Resident Evil 2 Dual Shock edition and that was awesome being able to play it on my 25" Philips Magnavox TV in my bedroom

[@v_4l3_r]

I suggest to avoid those cheap composite converter box, they display a very ugly image and have a ton of input lag. you can improve the image quality by using scart rgb cables for the ps1 and using a proprer upscaler like the gbs-c or the ossc, high quality image for low input lag. in games like platformers, ryhtm or fighting games it is important to avoid input lag because you need immediate response

[@MrRobMayer]

The RetroTINK-2x HDMI converter will help display quality some with these older systems.

[@SunnyBeeRandomTuber]

Guilty of just liking the title without even watching the video.....given the opportunity and the catalogue of games I would play PS1 as well anyday....that at PS2.....

[@metaversechaos]

As a PS1 collector this video was 10/10 😂. Glad you found an interest in an amazing gem of console 🎉.

[@TheTAEclub]

Blowing on the cartridge like your knee cap exploded bahahah I couldn't relate more 🤣

[@chris4087]

Two first PlayStation games I played that I played was micro machines v3 and formula one. The very first formula one game had the best controls they nailed it straight out of the gate. Wasn't a formula 1 fan at all still not but that game has perfect handling.

[@shaun8062]

It seems everyone I've talked to or watched videos from recalls living in a bubble where all their friends had N64 growing up and didn't know many people with PS1. I am also one of those people. In fact, after collecting for the N64 recently I got into the PS1 finally like you did and bought the same version of the system. I enjoy it quite a bit and I think It's different enough from the N64 that they are both warranted in one household. Take snowboard games for example. The N64 had 1080 which was lightyears better than Coolboarders 2 on PS1. Then take racing. The PS1 had gran turismo 2 and the N64 didn't really even have a racing simulator game. Then their first person shooters where N64 wins again. Then RPGs where PS1 wins again. Then multiplayer where N64 wins. video, music, and large sized games where PS1 wins. 3D platformers where N64 wins.

[@kennethroberts3953]

Oh yeah Tenchu was a good ninja game on the PS1

[@Thenostolgicdude]

My favorite console next to the Sega Genesis. Crash bandicoot, Spyro, twisted metal tomb raider Tony hawk series are all so awesome 😎

[@Hakenfinger-Jakob]

The early ones with the rca ports were known for their sound quality. A lot of people use them as CD-players because the laser they used was apparently comparable with some much more expensive systems back in the day. They also had more problems however, e. g. overheating and the laser-sled wore out kind of quick thus needing new adjustment.

[@SeasideBandit]

I had a chipped PS1, however it went 'missing'. Funny how it vanished after one of my brother's "friend's" stopped over. I still have the first one we got, with the parallel port. The laser pickup on it no longer works though. A fixer in the future, assuming I can still buy a replacement. Popstarter on the PS2 will have to do.

[@HollowRick]

It's funny you mentioned that You knew nobody with a PlayStation because me being from the UK no one I knew had an N64 everyone had a PlayStation 1 I only ever played an N64 at after-school club Me and my older brother got a PlayStation 1 in 1996 And we played the hell out of that machine until Christmas of 2002 When it was replaced with a PlayStation 2 :)

[@TheTAEclub]

Respect for that bad company one copy on display! That was one of the games of all time..

[@TXFDA]

Test Drive games were my jam back in the day. And Syphon Filter, not the best games, but they're also big name PS1 games, sooo.

[@willmc6728]

I've never seen a kangaroo in an olive garden. But as a part of the commonwealth, I've never seen a beaver in creek. Trod on a brown snake once, by accident. Nice console

[@SODMGGOKU]

Every PlayStation 1 has a sticker on the bottom showing the month and year it was made. For example mine says June 1998. Also Syphon Filter was a really popular game when it came out. SF2 is the best one out the series. Spyro Year of the Dragon was my most favorite game as a kid.

[@Mintcar923]

My OG PSX had a sorta defect where games would freeze.. I really should have got it replaced but I just tossed it and got a PS 1 in like Dec 2000 you know the smaller model.. I still have it in the closet.. Maybe I’ll look into getting some memory cards and hook it up again one day! I still do play my ps 1 collection sometimes on ps3

[@mitchellreece9820]

Did you ever jailbreak your ps3 slim?

[@johnflores4913]

Hey man great video! I have a question. How do you set up an old console like that on your monitor with the best settings?

[@FarmerSlideJoeBob]

One Basement Gamer and his journey with the PS1🤔 I got the 1st version of the PS1, which can be connected to a hifi system to being blast by the soundtrack of the games or even CDs including changing the variations of reverbs😃Mine is a chiped PAL one, which can play US and Japanese Games.

[@stopkillnkenny]

This video is a classic, really enjoyed it. Looking forward to more!

[@Gr00t]

Still my favourite console, i love the early 3d jank.

[@BigBoss-nc7tz]

I will never forget when i first played metal gear soild and how shocked i was with the graphics and atmosphere it was a head of its time indeed 😢

[@cultivatedgamer]

The PS1 game library doesn't hold up as well as the PS2 or PS3, but it was still a great system. It got me back into video games. With Sega and Nintendo more focused on games for kids and teenagers, the PS1 offered a lot of more adult oriented games like the Twisted Metal games, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Metal Gear Solid franchises.

[@Johnny_Utah231]

What did you think of syphon filter 2? I loved that game when i was a kid First game i owned when i got the psx my friend had syphonfilter 1 used to play it all the time at his house but never could pas the first level so when we reached that point we restarted the mission untill one day he called me to tell me he had discoverd a way to finish the mission Just fun memorys i have with syphonfilter but also spyro, crash, driver, deadballzone, tekken2&3, hogs of war, thps2

[@essequadra4136]

How did you Connect the console to hdmi?

[@fearsmasher1299]

I wonder if Dreamcast is next?

[@stevenrosscarpenter]

My fave ps1 games: - Driver - Bushido Blade - Warcraft II edit: oh ya and final fantasy 9

[@notyourdad]

Damn. I completely forgot that I had Test Drive on the PS1 back in the day. I don't think I ever made any progress in that game.

[@theTF2sniper]

9:34 I still got atleast 5 of those first gen controllers lying around, more then i do dualshocks.

[@TucBroder]

I own both the OG PS1 and the slim PSOne. I prefer playing on the PSOne, but the fat one is chipped and that's the one I use for games from other regions.

[@MiBrCo4177]

I absolutely love my PS1 and all of the PlayStations however I seriously wish they would go back to Jewel case format and give us instruction booklets and even make a variation of PlayStation that is in the same case design as the PS1. It's so small and minimalist that you'd think with all of the slim designs that they're building these consoles on for their second and or third revision that they would have went back to this design in some way shape or form, and for all do you who sit here and say that they can't for whatever reason is asinine considering there is a huge variation of mini PCs out there that are smaller and every way shape or form then the PS1 and function just as good as consoles today if not better.

[@evanbartley403]

syphon filter is great!!

[@ivanmedina6071]

Now you need a crt to make those games shine

[@Lunaria.Praesentia]

Syphon Filter 2 is magnificent, hopefully you can get the first one since, obviously, for story reasons you might want to start with the first one 😅 and basically gameplay-wise it's pretty much the same, in short; it is incredibly fun and badass, really epic series, at least the PS1 trilogy

[@PCgamerChannel]

its funny how basic/cheap it looks now , but I remember it being next level technology at 5 years old.

[@AmariMarvelous]

Yeah, I know what you mean. It was like experiencing the future in person for the 1st time.

[@stashmerkin9576]

Some PS1s have video visualizers when you play an audio CD in it. I think the later models removed it.

[@BapackGamer]

how do you get a good and clean display ps1 on led tv?

[@toddc6682]

PS1's are so reliable! Trying to keep my Sega Saturn going is a nightmare!

[@TheRealRetroBeard]

It's more like 30 years old. That makes me feel old 😅

[@jacobbaranowski]

PS one can be played on evry PS3. But to get the best value from your PS one using a CRT for light gun 🔫 shutters is a must.