Always interesting to revisit this period of gaming as I was becoming even more invested in the hobby and thanks to the rise of AOL could participate in wider discussions.Īs I was in retail management at the time purchased the PS1 day 1 although at the time my heart belonged to Sega…I moved into journalism and became an Editor at a fledgling publishing company.
I had the N64 and wasn't about to beg my parents for another console after what they went through to get me the 64 but I did get to play a lot of the PS1 classics at friends' houses and others I missed out on when I got a PS2. Twisted Metal, Resident Evil, Destruction Derby, Ridge Racer are some of the games that convinced me the console was legit, but it didn't seem like it really took off until Fall 1997 with the launch Final Fantasy VII. Not only 3D, but also the fact they targeted the older audience Sega so effectively went after the gen prior. I was 12 at the time when it launched and having grown up on Nintendo and Sega the games intrigued me a lot because they were so different. Here in North America I wasn't sure what PlayStation would turn into. I also like Majora's Mask a lot, although I'd never opt to play the N64 version with the superior 3DS release out there. Nintendo still hasn't figured out a way to surpass it. I will say, though, Star Fox 64 was, and remains, pretty dope. And I've always found MK64 to be almost unplayable. Unfortunately, it's miserable to return to without the benefit of childhood nostalgia. Judged from a historical context, it's almost certainly the single most important 3D video game ever released.
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Most of the N64's major games have also aged more poorly compared to a lot of the classic PS1 titles thanks to their focus on full 3D graphics and bright color schemes, which make the hideously polygonal visuals stand out I imagine Mario 64 was probably massively impressive back in the day. It has the worst third party support I've ever seen for a major console, and was hugely lacking in multiple different genres as a result. So glad to see it get a nod in Astro's Playroom. So there was a lot of aiming PlayStation at an adult demographic through both marketing and games.Īnd it was hard not to be floored when you saw that dinosaur demo. Just as Sega has realised that Nintendo kids weren't kids anymore, Sony realised Sega teenagers were now adults. Well, an incompetent Sega, an arrogant Nintendo behind schedule certainly helped, but you can't understate Sony's brilliant marketing strategy at the time of launch. So there was an air of "What makes Sony any different?"
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Nintendo and Sega were kings, but you had companies like Atari, Commodore, and Panasonic all having a crack and not doing well in the console space. I think people need to remember that when the PlayStation came out that there were a lot of players in the market. Or sometimes was too young to really grasp - like one where they were going over the Amiga and multitasking. It's a huge nostalgia trip for me about things I'd kind of forgotten about. A couple of times she says it more like Sonny.Īnyway, I love these kind of things. How am I meant to say it? Because I'm still saying it like in that video.ĮDIT: Oh, I see. We were being overcharged though as they say, Street Fighter 2 on the Mega Drive was £60 at retail back then, I think, I remember seeing Virtua Racing for £70, in the mid 90s! Was an interesting period of gaming, no doubt. I was importing Metal Slug and SNK and Capcom Fighters on my Saturn, but stuff like Resident Evil 2 was ground breaking over on PlayStation. PlayStation truely had captured essence of the 90s, the PlayStation felt like the true sucessor to the Mega Drive. I was a Saturn owner myself (still have my collection), but by the time SEGA got great ports of SEGA Rally and Virtua Fighter 2 out (I have fond memories of playing the arcade versions in the London Trocadero), it was already too late. When Psygnosis games came to Saturn, they looked far worst. Seeing Daytona on the Saturn next to Ridge Racer or Destruction Derby, or Virtua Fighter next to Tekken, the PlayStation looked far superior. From a UK perspective looking back, those early PlayStation games made a big difference.
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