Rare Sony PSX Game and DVR System Review - Gamester81

[@MerryWarner]

Looking way way back, this was one of the earliest, if not the first video i can vividly remember watching in KZbin. My Psx was long gone, but this serves as a lasting memory of owning one. Congratulations on 100k subs John!

[@wilsvgaddiction4456]

It still annoys me to this day that people refer to the Playstation as "PSX." Good video, man.

[@wilsvgaddiction4456]

Yeah, I believe you're right.

[@uiuiui5907]

+Wil's VG Addiction yes if you search for these on ebay you will find like 3 of these n 200 ps1s.

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

+Wil's VG Addiction I agree completely. My store still to this day labels PS games as PSX games.

[@TheLiquidusnake]

Before the actual PSX, the PS1 was originally referred to as Playstation X or PSX as it's codename before officially launching. That name must've stuck for some people to still refer to it by that old name.

[@aihtelangeloflight7656]

I see... I thought I was to avoid confusion because of the P.S. One (slim)

[@stephenparr1]

I'm not sure if anyone ever told you, but the title of that game is ザ・コンビニ (Za, Konbini) which means The Convenient Store. Hence the convenient store on the cover.

[@bradleybuckle2995]

Super Surprised there was a 150 gb hard drive, like that's massive for the time this was released

[@Chrisjb1983]

+Bradley Buckle Right. Hard Drive space was mega expensive back then. I think 100 GB ran for $150.

[@juniorfio1196]

OH MY GOD!!!!!! IT'S A XBOX ONE!!!!!

[@Zippy_Zolton]

junior fio ...

[@darklinggolem]

A old Xbox one

[@hotboyola]

+junior fio LMao, My nigga I died when I peeped this comment

[@neosrt10]

And this is why people should stay in school. .It's A Xbox one..more like It's an Xbox One..Xbox actually had way better graphics than any Ps2 or Psx son Xbox had bump mapping and Hardware T&L plus pixel shaders something Ps2 and Psx dreams it had

[@Zippy_Zolton]

neosrt10 Says the devoted XBox fanboy.

[@ElroyJetson318]

this guy has the best game vids on youtube....hands down

[@kenknight5983]

The second game is "the Convenience Store"- a simulation of running one. As for the game you loaded, it first tells you to "please wait a while for the game to load". Your'e then getting error messages for not having a proper ps2 memory card- need more than 1996 kb or it might not save properly. The next screen asks if you want do another another check for ps2 memory card with the options: retry cancel Can't read all of the last screen, but something complex about auto-saving and where to go in the options.

[@JC200X]

I remember reading about this in issues of EGM and Game Informer about 12 years ago. Feels just like yesterday.

[@MrWwemaster13]

basically ps3 was made in 2003 lool

[@anguismemes1666]

yeepp :D

[@taitaisanchez]

The PSX's pack in controller was USB, actually, and supposed to be plugged in from the front. the rear ports were for accessories that weren't strictly USB, I believe.

[@RibiRoo]

Really shows how SONY were ahead of their time.

[@socommaster]

Horse-Man In Morphsuit like their sony aibo

[@tbb033]

*its time

[@SoftOtaku]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this already but the mystery input on the back is for a component cable, which vastly improves the graphics.

[@chalavet]

Really nice looking system. I remember when it came out, and it was a pretty penny. I saw a few in the junk section of various resale stores in Japan a few years ago going for about 5000yen. I was tempted to bite; but without having the knowhow to fix it, I passed. Definitely ahead of its time.

[@MJKelzzz]

How much is 5,000 yen in US dollars?

[@MJKelzzz]

Thx *****

[@barebarekun161]

Junk did not necessarily mean non working electronics in Japan it can just be a perfectly working item that they threw it away for cash or moving out or an item that missing some cosmetic pieces like flaps or package box and that's enough to be qualified an item as "Junk" I bought a Boxed Neo Geo CD for $42 from Hard Off junk section and it worked perfectly the console controllers power and AV cables are in great condition far from the "Junk" condition they advertised,the only thing looked a bit junked was the package box. 50/50 chance you'll get stupidly good deals of working items or just a straight up junk that need to be repair.

[@TipsterLIVE]

I'm not big on import consoles, but if there was ever an import system I'd like to have in my collection, it would be this one.

[@NextTVPolska]

PS3 beta! :D

[@EQOAnostalgia]

I started my channel a year after this video and the time FLEW by lol. 03 was a special year for me, met my wife in EQOA. These are pretty slick.

[@Mackaber]

If I was the designer of this, I would have put the Memory Card Slot in the back and the Controller slot in the front

[@InfiniteRhombus]

That's a terrible idea and probably one of the reasons you aren't a designer

[@WhereIComment]

awful idea

[@FiyasbroGaming]

midas touch I would have put them all on the front! There was clearly enough room. If not, controllers or the memory card slots could go on the side slightly.

[@jackjeff1339]

FiyasbroGaming They probably wanted people to use wireless controllers.

[@xLithiumFlower1]

How is this exactly a bad idea? We don't switch out memory cards for the most part, if we had to have 2 slots in the back it'd make sense to keep the memory cards safely concealed in the back at the system and it wouldn't be too bad since we barely switch those things out.

[@TheTruthDragonNJ09]

@Gamester81 The controller ports are in the back so the cords won't be dangling in the front. It prevents some from walking into the controller cord and pulling the PSX off of where it's sitting. DS2 cords are kinda long enough anyway so I don't think it would matter that much.

[@Zevil]

My God! It's an Xbox one! Sony made an Xbox one! IT ALL MAKES SENSE! Xbox one was released in 2013 and the PSX was released in 2003! Holy God that is amazing!

[@Zevil]

+Daniel Gutierrez Exactly!

[@WTFax]

cause Sony is the BEST

[@Zevil]

+WTF! Personally I amn't a fanboy, I own both a Playstation and an Xbox. They're two great platforms. If you like Sony, that's your opinion and I'm not going to force you :)

[@ROADSTER29]

same

[@MrApplewine]

5:44 I think that is a D-Terminal connection. It was a video connection used in Japan before HDMI.

[@GenuflectingRotation]

+MrApplewine Correct. D-Terminal is actually an Apple Attachment Unit Interface (AAUI) re-purposed as a 1080i component/digital video interface with an approximate bit-rate of 10 megabits per second for Japanese media playback devices and other consumer electronics. Unlike HDMI (which barely looks similar), D-Terminal does not support audio, and its connector resembles a cross between an IEEE-1394 and a D-Subminiature (both of which were heavily used by Apple Inc. on their early computers and peripherals).

[@MrApplewine]

+Wal Dengs I made a D-terminal to vga cable back in the days of the gamecube in order to get vga out of my gamecube.

[@GenuflectingRotation]

+MrApplewine Aside from the 1-pin difference between the two (VGA having 15th pin used for PC DDC data), they're practically identical. Did you crimp the connectors yourself, or did you splice together the wires of two separate pre-assembled cables? More importantly, why not just get a simple male-to-male D-Terminal to VGA adapter instead?

[@MrApplewine]

+Wal Dengus I modified the chip in the D-terminal to component cable to output RGB and then attached a d-sub vga plug on the end. I soldered the wires to the vga d-sub. I don't think there was a d-terminal to VGA adapter.

[@BARULICK]

So that's where they stole Xbox One design!

[@MrRobarino]

So what? They both looks like a bluray player.

[@taylor1212eminem]

MrRobarino just read all your comments and love all the negativity on every single one keep one being you its really working for ya!

[@Vans3151]

Don't you mean Xbox one stole psx (sony) design

[@3rd-Wave_Rebel]

this came b4 xbone! so xbone copied psx!

[@bemery1979]

Each IO port is actually labeled under the system. That's a VGA port that he was not sure about. Very standard port.

[@MrRobarino]

+Bryan Emery. Wrong. That is NOT a standard VGA port. It's labeled Digital I/O expansion and is a non-standard Sub-D port. It's physically smaller then a standard VGA port and has a completely different pin configuration. It was never used by any peripheral. Also, all the port labels on his unit are in Japanese so it's understandable he had trouble reading them. If you need proof, there are several people on e-bay selling PSX units and several have close-up photos of the back ports. You can clearly tell it's not a VGA port.

[@BodoqueHavelange6483]

This thing 11 years ago was a REALLY all in ONE, In your face Xbox One here is your father

[@R83TV]

@Trey Lorenzini the psx is actually a different playstation system that was only sold in japan or china (can't remember) and was also a dvr system at the same time :)

[@thahalofan4516]

Microsoft: MOTHER FUC**R

[@shkwave99]

truth ^^^

[@NickBFTD]

@zexx psx was the original code name for the playstation, they used the name officially for the machine in this video and the small playstation is called the PSone (by the same token the slim Playstation2 is called PStwo), PS1 is a correct term for the first gen playstation.

[@taylor1212eminem]

Looks like xbox straight up stole the psx concept

[@MrRobarino]

The Xbox one looks like a bluray player. What exactly is so wrong about that? .. never mind. You're just another stupid fanboy gloating over petty details. It's pointless to reason with people like you.

[@taylor1212eminem]

MrRobarino what are you talking about ? haha and you are just talking to yourself, people like me? we have never talked so your auto delusional but keep being you because its hilarious

[@commentmachine1]

The funky 'modem' connector is called 'D-Sub', and it is popular in Japan as an alternative to HDMI. (kinda like how SCART is only popular in Europe)

[@EcksGamer]

Gamester81 well back in the days the PS1 was called the PSX just when they released the PS2 no one called it a PSX anymore they just called it a PS1 from then on

[@Bartholamue]

That second game at 6:45, that game is call The Conveni III: Ano Machi wo Dokusen Seyo. It's a convenience store simulator.

[@irregular1430]

dont ps2s have backwards compatibility?

[@irregular1430]

+Hallucinogenichusky I know it was a joke because he made a big deal of the psx playing ps1 and 2 games

[@THEGAME-dl5fb]

+The IrRegular Show i think he meant that even if psx can only play japanese game still it has ps1 compatibility..so there is a decent library of games...

[@JPROP-vb7sv]

Yes

[@paulstrout3658]

Bought one of these at todo ashy camera about 10 years ago and it's still working fine. Never had a problem

[@TheXboxSux]

This is the epitome of Sony's logic back then. Make huge feats of technologic advancements that almost no one will want to be buy due to price. Im almost sad they stopped doing these kinds of consumer electronics. It was far more hilarious looking at things like the PSX and PS3 launch then the conservative direction they went in with PS4. Sonys trying to appeal the average consumer by making an affordable machine to dig itself out of the financial pit its in? BOOOOORINGGGG!

[@TheXboxSux]

***** and apparently nemesis doesn't count too well or follow corporate finance. *slow clap*

[@TheXboxSux]

***** I'll just assume you're trolling and can't read the operating loss category. In any case you're clearly not an investor and shouldn't waste my time. If you're too blind to see that sony is operating in the red for the past 7 years then it might be time to see an optometrist

[@TheXboxSux]

Good to know you like to look at videos about consoles considering you "don't give a squirt" about them. ahahaha

[@DukeNukem2020]

@CWCandMRSAFETYRULES You had an earlier model then. The PS1 did have analog sticks about half way in it's life. There are 3 models of Playstation(each with a different controller). The launch playstation didn't have any analog sticks, the second major revision had the "Dual Analog" controller(slightly different, no shock and the sticks sink in like the 360's analog sticks), and the last major revision was "Dual Shock"(It said Dual Shock right on the box). If you don't believe me, research it.

[@cosmickatamari]

Man you get some cool stuff

[@darksakul]

That connector Gamester81 did not know what it was, its a D Terminal Connector. D Terminal is essentially Component video (YUV/YPbPr) connector that popular in Japan.

[@FizziSodas]

The PS3 is basically a PSX2, lol

[@90sNath]

Fizzi Soda somebody said in magazines they called the ps2 the psx2

[@90sNath]

Fizzi Soda wait. That also means that PS3 is just an updated verison of the PSX released for America And Europe. In fact the PS3 was a more reliable verison of the PSX

[@DannyCD]

The port to the left of the red RCA cable is for RGB video output

[@jamiemarchant]

Is that a "D-terminal" connector? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Terminal

[@Daan03]

jamie marchant yes

[@daisydraws8289]

xbox one copied psx :p

[@matsv201]

Kind of... the really interesting part is that the PSX was a total failure.... and that was back in the days people actually watched TV.... Microsoft must have known about it... ... its almost like they just wanted a gimmick to take away attention from the pore performance and the horrible price.

[@semplew]

Before an Internet service can compete with traditional television (Netflix getting close), it won't be going nowhere.

[@matsv201]

Where i live its practically no network you cant stream in real time. If you have a 10Mbit/s+ landline connection you basilcy have no need for a TV at all.

[@swagmastergreen1074]

Shit, it even looks like an xbox one

[@max_955]

matsv201 the market wasnt ready for this kind of products, but sony got a innovative idea as you see today all console copied this..... This gave me more consideration about Sony

[@TheBomber15]

Winning Eleven is known as Pro Evolution Soccer in the rest of the world, an amazing game back in those day, and back to it's best nowadays as well.

[@televisionandcheese]

*Play station 6 real proof hd 100% legit 4G real 240p Sony free 4K Windows Vista ps5 kek Real 3D*

[@theMONSTERaddict423]

Top kek

[@ki11bunny]

They seemed to have had thought of everything apart from the controller ports location and from what you say the fact that it over heats easily.

[@xXULTR4]

Wow amazing shitbox copied sony. I figured it out, this is where Microsoft got the idea for the xbox one, with the tv stuff. They tought that know one will know they copyed psx since its old.

[@DoctorBenderTheGamer]

The port is D Terminal and is used for HD TV's in Japan

[@batmanishere2093]

I'll be honest, I don't know why I keep watching his videos, they're not terrible or anything but not spectacular.... just hypnotic....

[@rantsandraves117]

you just earned yourself a subscriber , your rare consoles are awesome :D

[@ReplayRetro]

Hi John, is there any chance you could show me the settings for your PSX? i can't even get snow on my channels bit and i'm trying to play an atari 5200 through it (im in the uk so NTSC tuners aren't easy to come by) thanks in advance

[@juggawest]

yes lets record some snow and white noise, as for the wire hookups buried in the back, if there was a faceplate that could reduce wire snagging pending it had a hole ir slit for each wire that comes out.

[@SuperTechAngel00]

In case people want to know what video port that is at 5:40. It is a D-Terminal port to component port.

[@TheGhostInMyScreen]

@TheGamingPegasus187 Controllerports at the back gives it a cleaner look. Especially when you're using wireless controllers, there is no need to have the ports on the front.

[@BallisticFaceGuy]

For the people who couldn't understand this incredibly vague post, the Playstation's code name while being developed was called Playstation Experimental, which was often abbreviated to PSX. Its official name was announced, however for some odd reason countries outside of Japan had a stupid fascination with continuing its original nick-name.

[@ATCRyderX]

I've known about these forever and -still- want one even though it's too old for PS3 games. I still have a Sony PSX Demonstration video somewhere too.

[@AbbasKhan9364]

160-250 gigs back in 2003 was freaking INSANE. It really was ahead of the time there.

[@ShinNisse]

oh really? I thought it still was 2010! thx for your comment to tell me that! i'm so glad smart and original people helps me with remembering the years!

[@BartechTV]

The PlayStation was always called the PSX, from it's inception. Sony refers to the PS as PSX throughout the developer documentation and libraries. "A flexible and powerful operating system is part of the PS-X." -from official Sony PS1 SDK OS manual PSXart, PSXgraph, PSX, PSXsound - default folder names in official SDK. ccPSX.exe - Official Sony-supplied 'C' compiler asmPSX.exe - Official Sony-supplied assembler PSXICON.ICO - default icon filename C:\PSX - default SDK install folder etc...

[@Razorblade1812]

6:44 The Katakana writing on this particular game is "The Company 3"

[@carlosg3273]

wow i didnt know the psx was the first to actually have the xmedia bar menu!! Thats so awesome!!! Subscribed

[@hitman01psn]

I'm video game and console collector and I got the PSX DERS-7700 a couple of weeks ago and its cool system, little pit different than yours, 05:40 this is where you connect a D-terminal cable to use on HDTV I think it only supports 480i/p. Nice review btw :) Greetings from Saudi Arabia

[@KingBat]

I remember reading about this in a Game Informer back in middle school. I probably have the magazine for it somewhere.

[@tknjin]

hey gamester, just to let you know that is not for a computer. That input on 5:48, in japanese they call it D端子/ D-Terminal cable. That cable in essence is what they use to get HD, so thus it is very similar to component cables here. Just that it is one plug and 2 audio cables, whereas ours is 3 video and 2 audio. Just to let ya know :D

[@Drumblanket]

I saw pics when this was in circulation but thought it was a myth! Thanks for the video!

[@xcornmuffinx]

The Japanese that is displayed on the screen there says something along the lines of "Please wait a moment while the game starts up". I'm sure someone has answered that question already though.

[@gaiustrollius9920]

It's actually a nice console, but it was way too expensive back then.....but I love the x.m.b. interface. Do you guys know any way to make a ps2 have an x.m.b. launcher?

[@gaiustrollius9920]

By the way, why is he calling the psx "unreliable"? Just out of curiosity.

[@TKIvanov]

Dante Nemo Obviously because of the really poor cooling hence very easy overheating.

[@VideoQuestEx]

I have never heard of this system before this video: a very rare find indeed! Thanks for sharing!

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

It is interesting when I was looking at the region rating on the back of the machine, it might be able to also play games bought from Hong Kong since it says NTSC-J.

[@chrisg2207]

I vaguely remember something like this in PSX magazine, which I think I might have in the loft! The magazine in particular had a big feature on FF7 which is why it got saved :D

[@tfbuyer4lif]

Only thing you said wrong was back in 2003, the yen 100 = to about $1. I was a buyer and seller of products directly from Japan back then. I wanted one of these in 2005, but I was told the PS3 would be similar. This was supposed to be an adult system. Sort of a one stop shop for those who had a nice home theater system. For me I would rather get the Debug PSX unit, and maybe a PS2 test unit because I have many PAL and Japanese games for both systems.

[@Zippy_Zolton]

I wish that the Mem Card slots and the Controller Ports were able to switch places...

[@CobraTheSpacePirate]

The port that you didn't know about is the D-tanshi ...it is component out for Japanese TV's....supports like 1080i on Hi-Vision TV's...

[@Adam420Dreadz]

for someone who records an uploads footage online whould the dvr work to the leval of hdpvr or serve its function , cause if soo, it whould be a very smart idea for the next gen consoles people who easilly pay a extra 150 -200 bucks for the convinience , as they do with double internal memmoryy etc .

[@MeatPopsycle]

I just found your channel. It's great. You have a ton of different gaming memorabilia. You would be able to start your own gaming museum some day. lol. Keep up the great vids.

[@R83TV]

@Trey Lorenzini thats what I mean..... PsOne...... ps1 is the first playstation..... the grey one and PsOne is the white slim model

[@grayfox1471]

@JDCollins4 Pocketstation is Playstation 1's answer to the Dreamcast's VMU (Virtual Memory Unit)... I have one with a few games on it, but it also never took off.

[@KillaKlan513]

They have the PSX 5100, PSX 5700, PSX 7000, PSX 7100, PSX 7500 and they are all for sale on eBay as of today from Japan. :)

[@maverickbna]

When the PlayStation 1 originally debuted, there were abbreviations for all the consoles, and many retailers and publishers would use the abbreviation PSX to stand for the PlayStation. PS was used in other contexts, including the PostScript printer language, commonly used in laser printers, and probably is trademarked. After the PSX was released, people stopped using the PSX abbreviation, and started using PlayStation One, unofficially having a number in the title, and being abbreviated PS1.

[@TreeFiddy350]

Okay, this makes more sense. People were definitely throwing around the term PSX frequently, and now that I think about it they were generally referring to the PS1.

[@DukeNukem2020]

@CWCandMRSAFETYRULES I know, I had the very first model of the Playstation 1(The one that had all the A/V outs and had overheating/disc read errors) with the standard d-pad.

[@okamichamploo]

ok the loading screen you asked for translation for. It just says, "Please wait a moment until the game starts"

[@Bright12ful]

Damn it still looks really good after all these years wow the design still holds up

[@TreeFiddy350]

Funny, I've always heard tale of the PSX but never really knew what people were referring to when they talked about it. Thanks for sharing!

[@mocthezuma]

Winning Eleven is the Japanese name for the Pro Evolution Soccer series. One thing I am wondering about though. The screen says Playstation 2 when you are loading the game and I noticed all the games you showed had the Playstation 2 name on the covers. Does that mean that the system is compatible with all PS2 games? Or is it only compatible with the ones that you showed in the video? If it's compatible with all PS2 games it would be a great system as long as it works.

[@tknjin]

@Hakudo2VisualKei you would need a japanese tv that has this particular input because American TVs will not have this in any way shape, or form. You will need a japanese monitor of some sort to be able to utilize that D tanshi/ D terminal input.

[@WOSArchives]

@Rehan Syed There are two kinds of NTSC. NTSC Japan and NTSC America.

[@jamiemarchant]

The thing at 5:47 looks too me like a... hold on let me look it up... 'D-terminal', a Japanese hi-resolution video connector. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Terminal. It can supposedly do up too 1080p but I only know a few games PS2 that can output higher than 480p. Funny enough I learned about this from my "Star Ocean Till The End of Time" US mannual. 'D-terminal' is not poplar outside of Japan, in North America component video is used instead.(it can also do 1080p).

[@JakeMR2]

Would this be the system in beta testing for the PS3 firmware? It looks quite nice to me that Sony had something up their sleeves.

[@Xedhadeaus]

No psx boot sound? That's like the best part.

[@NickBFTD]

@zexx you are correct, the original PlayStation was not given a number officially but the small later model IS called "PSone", i just meant that PS1 is a widely accepted term for the original PlayStation. I wouldn't call the PSone the successor to the PlayStation 2 though it was released after the PlayStation 2 as it was still just a PlayStation and not a new console.

[@stephblackcat]

Japan is NTSC(J) and america is NTSC(A). What this means is that our TVs are infact at the same resolution and frequency. But it also means that they are recognized as seperate regions. If the console is region locked (as all early playstations were) then it will block NTSC(A) games. Also, the term is region lock not tech lock. There is an invisible code that tells the system what systems the game works on.

[@taragwendolyn]

za konbini 3. konbini is a word meaning a convenience store, and "za" is probably their way of saying "the", as I've heard that a lot from Japanese friends. Unfortunately, the picture's a little fuzzy on my screen and I can't read the characters across the top, but hopefully that's enough to get you started on Google if you want to find out more about that game. :) That's the name of the 2nd game whose name you can't read because it's in Japanese.

[@REAPER0D]

also this was the test bed for the PS3 if anybody knew anything and if you knew anything which you dont. this was the testbed wor the linux xmb system we now see in the PS3. so heres the explination for you on this about the controllers. they are in the back cause it was never meant to be a game system. was meant to be a dvr dvd player. not a gaming system

[@dan23osu]

@Gamester81 I read that you can uses this in conjunction with a LocationFree base station and actually play PS2 titles on your PSP without any issues (in addition to watching TV/DVD, etc). Do you happen to have a LocationFree base station that you could test this out with to verify? I was just curious... It may be useful knowledge for those who want to get a hold of one. Too bad there was no US version (wonder if it can be modded)...

[@rehmteasacam3877]

Make another Review again about this console PLEEEASE!!!

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@taiwanlong The PSX was released in 2003 and the PS3 was released in 2006...

[@mclaine33]

Oh wow okay thanks for the info. I never knew that. I was only like 10 years old when this PSX system was released.

[@MarkNESStarFox]

Would a cooling fan help extend the life of and cool down the PSX? Or would the PSX still overheat within a couple non-interrupted hours?

[@LovelyAlanna]

there are to versions of the original play station, the first one is the PSX, the bigger one (with the reset button), the ps1 is the smaller and rounder one, it's not a nickname, they're different versions of the same stuff

[@LOLZpersonok]

This PSX kind of reminds me of Apple's design language in the early to mid 2000s when they had the iMac G4, G5, early Core 2 Duo, late iBook G3s and iBook G4 systems because they're all glossy white too.

[@DukeNukem2020]

@DGMRuadeil Nope, the PS1 also had analog sticks. The only real difference was that the PS2 controller was black.

[@DukeNukem2020]

@DGMRuadeil you never heard the term PSX describing the first Playstation? It was plastered all over GamePro and other gaming mags.

[@JohnnyP1776]

The second of your three games shown is called; "The Conveni 3: Ano Machi wo Dokusen Seyo", or "The Convenience Store 3" in English.