Paul the sparky wrote:

Yup, it was excellent. Sends shivers down my spine even now.

Yep, gives me the tingles too!!!!

Do any of you guys know what the deal is with the 20th Anniversary PS4?  I may try to grab one, but I've got no idea at all where to even begin.  Are they getting sold online?

I didn't pirate games on the PS, I just acquired them for cheap because they "fell off a truck".

I remember getting my Playstation for Christmas on the year they launched in the UK. I feel all materialistic for saying this now, but it was one of the best days of my life. My parents have always been poor, and so i dared not even mention to them that i would have loved to own one. I didn't want them to feel bad for not being able to afford it. So i kept my Christmas wishes pretty modest. I can't remember what it is i actually asked for (it might have been a megadrive game), but i remember thinking that the largish box under the tree with my name on it wasn't the right size for them to have got me what i ideally wanted. I was prepared for disappointment. I had not even acknowledged any hope that it might be a Playstation. The thought had not crossed my mind even once. I screamed like a little girl when i saw what it was. Really could not believe it. It came with two controllers, a memory card, Tekken and Wipeout. I have no idea how they afforded it all. 

Anyway, lots of awesome games. Highlights being Tekken 3, Twisted Metal 2, X-Com, Colin Mcrae 2, Music 2000, Wipeout 2097, Driver, FFVII, Wip3out, Road Rash 3D, Tomb Raider, Worms.

retroking1981 wrote:

I always wondered how much the pirating contributed to its success. Its especailly intersting when looking at its sales and how they exploded in 98, Saturn and 64 both put up decent fights in the early years in Japan and the West respectively.

I don't know anyone who didn't pirate games on it by the end.

I never pirated games on mine, or any other console I've owned. I'm guessing price was the main reason why people did so? Never really found any games out of my reach price wise. (Until they became rare and collectible anyway.)

I got my launch PS for Christmas.

I managed to bag Ridge Racer, Teken and a memory card; the worst bit?

My folks had recently split and from my Mam got the games and memory card and my Dad got me the PS.  I didn't go to my Dad's until 7pm on Christmas day.....was the longest day EVER!!

I must have spend 10 hours looking at the black backs of the game disks!!

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This is probably in the PS4 thread but I like the look of this. The pic doesn't look as nice as the vid I saw.

Aren't there only 12,394 for sale.

To do with the date of launch. Month. Day. Year.

they're not

Timeslip was an excellent Net Yaroze game

It's better than the PS3 one and miles better than the risible 360 one which shouldn't even count.

They all pale in comparison to the might Nintendo d-pad

I really need to figure out where the PS1/PS4 is going to be sold......I need one in my life!!!!

My collector gene kicked in (again) today. Spotted a complete version of Metal Gear Solid for PS1 in very good condition. I have the Platinum version but couldn't resist picking this up. I will merge the two copies to create the best version I can and dispense with the Platinum packaging. Has a playable demo of Silent Hill on a 3rd disc.

I find this particularly pleasing as I also have a pristine copy of the extra VR mission disc to complete the set.

I would like to point out that I have played MGS for around 30mins.....

MGS still works well.  If anything, it's probably more playable to people who missed the series than its sequels are. It knows its limits and sticks to them.