Kotaku: Psone

The Contents of Resident Evil's 15th Anniversary Deluxe, Japan-Only Box Set Exposed

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:30:00 EDT

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Japanese Resident Evil fans received a very posh box set for the PlayStation 3 earlier this month, stuffing 15 years' worth of zombie horror history—across five core Resident Evil games—in very slick packaging. See its horrors unboxed in the video above, for getting your hands on it might be a challenge. More »

Atlus Travels Back in Time to Tease Persona 2: Innocent Sin

Mike Fahey — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:00:00 EDT

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Atlus Faithful fan club members received a bizarre mailing today in the form of a newsletter dated June 23, 1999. What's significant about that date? Why that's when the only Persona game not to hit North America was released in Japan. How odd. More »

Someone Tell This Guy How Good Chrono Cross Is

Mike Fahey — Tue, 10 May 2011 11:20:00 EDT

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In today's Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter SecretMoblin openly admits to never having played the PlayStation classic Chrono Cross, and wonders if it's even worth playing. It's education time! More »

First Details On Sony's Weird PlayStation Tablet

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:10:00 EST

Sony has another PlayStation-powered product coming in the form of an unusual Android-based tablet device, reportedly dubbed the "S1." Like the recently (and finally) confirmed Xperia Play phone from Sony Ericsson, the rumored gaming tablet will also play PSone games. More »

ESRB Lists Xenogears, Three Other PS1 Classics

Owen Good — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:30:00 EST

Four classic titles from Squaresoft (now Square Enix) have been rated by the ESRB for release on the PSP and PS3, indicating an imminent release to the North American PlayStation Store. More »

Fifteen Years Of PlayStation Domination

Mike Fahey — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:20:00 EDT

Fifteen years ago Phillips, Sega, and 3DO were struggling to get North American consumers to accept CD-based gaming. On September 9, 1995, Sony came along and showed them how it's done, changing the face of gaming as we knew it. More »

Look At (Almost) All The Light Guns

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:00:00 EDT

One of the experiences that unites gamers is that so many of us have picked up a plastic gun and pointed it at our TV. History has given us dozens of light guns. Here, a gallery of greats and not-so-greats... More »

Homoerotic Shooter Re-release 'Cho Aniki' Outed For PS3

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:40:00 EDT

Muscle-bound side-scrolling shooter Cho Aniki is coming to the PlayStation 3, according to a new rating from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. That's good news for fans of Speedo-wearing studs who fight similarly ripped, nearly naked dudes. More »

Collector Who Wanted Crappy Demo No One Wanted Speaks

Owen Good — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Isn't $710 a bit much for a crummy PSOne demo - seemingly worthless when it was handed out 12 years ago? The collector who won the bidding for NBA 2-Ball thinks he got a steal on the price. More »

Crappy Demo No One Wanted Sells for $710

Owen Good — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:30:00 EDT

It didn't come close to breaking records set recently by other rare titles, but NBA 2-Ball, a freebie PSOne disc given out at the 1998 NBA All-Star game, probably set a mark for demos. More »

Crappy Demo No One Wanted May Be Worth a Ton Now [Update]

Owen Good — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:00:00 EDT

At the 1998 NBA All-Star Game, fans received discs with the demo for a PlayStation game called NBA 2-Ball. The game was pretty bad - possibly defective - but it's extremely rare. So a surviving copy may be extremely valuable. More »

Digital Re-Releases Deal Damage to Collections' Value

Owen Good — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:40:00 EST

Who doesn't love it when golden oldies get a re-release over the PlayStation Network or Virtual Console? Game collector, that's who. MTV Multiplayer examined collectible game values and saw many nosediving after getting a reboot on the current generation. More »

The Making And Death Of Pac-Man Ghost Zone

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:00:00 EST

Namco's Pac-Man Ghost Zone never made it to retail, never saw the inside of the more than 100 million original PlayStations that Sony eventually sold over the console's lifespan. But it was playable, at least by a select group. More »

Policenauts English Localization Completed

Owen Good — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:00:00 EDT

The fan-engineered English localization of Hideo Kojima's PSOne cult classic Policenauts is finally complete. The project's page today announced that the patch is live. More »

This Michael Jackson Signed PlayStation Can Be Yours (For $1.5 Million)

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:20:56 EDT

It's no secret that Michael Jackson had a thing for video games. His Neverland Ranch arcade collection highlighted his penchant for spending big, but maintaining a respectable level of quality. Oh, and he signed a PlayStation once. More »

The Top-Selling PS1 Games In The PlayStation Store

Mike Fahey — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Since the launch of the PlayStation 3, Sony has published nearly 30 original PlayStation Classics on the North American PlayStation Store. Which have sold the best? More »

Spite Bowl and Taco Bell: Ruminations on a More Social Madden

Owen Good — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

It’s odd to talk about EA Sports’ Madden franchise, with the features it's touting in the 09 release, now making itself more of a social gaming experience. For the better part of two decades it’s been one of the top titles to play with friends, offline or, lately, online. But the pattern of features that were added, upgraded or unchanged from last year points to a major push that’ll expand the game’s social appeal, especially to demographics well outside the paunchy, balding thirtysomething. In other words, EA is going where the growth is, and its marketing of this game absolutely tips that hand. More »

R-Types Rated For PlayStation Network Re-release....

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:40:16 EDT

R-Types Rated For PlayStation Network Re-release. You're certainly not going to be lacking in the various ways to play R-Type soon, as the ESRB has rated R-Types (again) for the PlayStation 3 and PSP, meaning that a PlayStation Store release is likely, if not imminent. The PS One "classic" was originally released by Irem in 1999, collecting both R-Type and R-Type II, a pair of extremely challenging arcade side-scrolling shmups. More please! *cough* Thunder Force V *cough* More »

Sony Planned A PSOne "Facebook", PS2 "YouTube"

Mark Wilson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Former Sony Entertainment President Chris Deering has recently dished out two pieces of fascinating gossip about Sony development for those interested in the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" points in the company's history. The first such program was a social networking platform for the PSOne ala Facebook or MySpace.

We had a secret test program in Europe back in 1997 on PSOne, running a black and white text-based, moderator-led community chat group with a special box called 'Net-Station' that hooked up PCs to the TV. Nick Parker ran it. The project codename was 'Moccasin 5'. I have no idea where it came from.

The second was a YouTube-esque video service for the PS2. More »

More PS One Games Rated For PlayStation Network Re-Release

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:20:53 EDT

The ESRB has (re-)rated both Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Pandemonium! for an upcoming PlayStation 3 and PSP release. That doesn't mean they're getting the next-gen and portable remake treatment, but that they're good candidates for a PlayStation Network release. The North American PlayStation Store continues to be a PS One wasteland, so anything we can get, we'll take. Surely, Eidos Interactive and crew have more marketable titles, like Tomb Raider and Fighting Force (LOL) planned, but they're off to a good enough start. More »

Should Video Game Patents Be Legal?

Mark Wilson — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:40:53 EST

Over on Gamasutra, designer Ernest Adams has posted an interesting piece on video game software patents. He argues that not only are such patents morally gray, but that they are too encompassing—citing an example from Namco's PSOne version of Ridge Racer in which they patented, we kid you not, load-time minigames. He explains:

The US Patent and Trademark Office has taken a much more vague approach to determining what may or may not be patented. Its guidelines for patent examiners requires that the invention produce a concrete, useful, and tangible result, and gameplay patents are being allowed.

Then he later continues: More »

25 Games Leaked For PAL PlayStation Store?

Mark Wilson — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:40:58 EST

According to the Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) website—think of it as Europe's ESRB—Sony has quite a few PS One classics in PSN's hopper. Because not only does PEGI rate titles; they also place said titles on their website for all to see. A simple search of the PSN platform reveals at least 25 titles that haven't been announced for PAL territories at this time. And even our North American contingent will appreciate the list, as it reveals a few games that even we haven't heard are coming to downloadable form yet. More »

New PSone Classics Rated By ESRB

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:40:00 EST

A pair of PSone classics that my be coming soon to the PlayStation Store—then ultimately to PSP and PlayStation 3—have been rated by the ESRB. Capcom's Street Fighter Alpha and Ubisoft's Rayman were recently added to the software ratings board's database. Unlike some of the ratings for Wii Virtual Console games, the turnaround time for ESRB ratings to become additions to the PlayStation Store is generally fairly quick, but we have no details yet on when these games will see re-release. More »

Japanese PlayStation Store Kicks Every Other Store's Ass

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:20:36 EST

A new batch of original PlayStation games has been added to the Japanese version of the PlayStation Store which features plenty of enviously available big names amid the Japan-only fare. The biggest PSone Classics to make their way to PSPs and PlayStation 3s are Biohazard 2 (aka Resident Evil 2) and Intelligent Qube, both of which would be welcome additions to the North American and European stores. Just sayin', SCEA. The full list of newbies is below. More »

PSOne Discs Playable on PSP Via Remote Play

Brian Crecente — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:00:49 EST

Rumor has it that the latest firmware updates for the PSP and PS3 have allowed playing of all PSOne discs on the Playstation Portable via the PS3 using remote play. More »

psx4all PS Emulator for iPhone Is Almost Complete

Mark Wilson — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:20:51 EST

iPhone owners will soon have more to look forward to than their standard, day-to-day walking around like they're better than everyone else. Because psx4all, a PlayStation emulator for the iPhone, will be entering beta testing any day now. Promising to play around 75% of PSOne titles, there is definitely some work to be done on the touch controls (as seen in this photo), but from what the developer says, those nasty-looking outlines are quite different than what we'll see in the final product. More »

An Extensive Look At Resident Evil 1.5

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:20:00 EDT

We've seen screen shots and video of Capcom's aborted Resident Evil 2 before, but nothing this extensive, and certainly not this long. The PlayStation Museum's walk through of many of the shelved sequel's areas provide a better look at what we could have been given instead of the proper, and arguably much better, final version of Resident Evil 2. Ten minutes of Leon S. Kennedy and Elza Walker await you above, with a proper preview of the prototype at the link below. More »

Sony Doubling PlayStation Store Archive Updates

Mark Wilson — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:20:50 EDT

It looks like Sony finally stoked the fires hot enough to boil the water to make the steam to run the engine that is PSN. Because starting this October, Sony is doubling their monthly PSOne game updates in Japan. That means users will be getting two updates a month—hopefully not with just half the games each. While the effect has yet to trickle down to the US market, we'll be waiting. Right here. More »

PS3 Vs PSOne Prices As Measured in Beer

Brian Crecente — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:00:22 EDT

Attendees at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival were witness to a prime example of spin control and knowing your audience. More »

PlayStation Store Update: Symphony of the Night

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:40:02 EDT

What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! I'll tell you what isn't a miserable little pile of secrets—this week's PlayStation Store update. (Worst post intro ever.) The library of PSone games playable on the PLAYSTATION 3 and PSP has been increased by one, with Konami's Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. A fine addition, to be sure, but at the non-standard price of $9.99 (all other PSone titles are $5.99), it's slightly tarnished. More »

Final Fantasy VII Remake Rumors Nixed

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:20:52 EDT

With the PS one defining role-playing game Final Fantasy VII now celebrating its tenth anniversary, it seems like a perfect opportunity for the kings of cashing in, Square-Enix, to release a remake. It's been two years since the company showed its Final Fantasy VII Tech Demo for the PLAYSTATION 3, so it has to be pretty far along... right? More »

Downloadable PSone Games Playable On PS3 In May

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:40:57 EDT

Following last night's PLAYSTATION 3 firmware update, which added support for downloadable PSone games to be played on the PS3, that we'd see such games appear on the PlayStation Store. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. More »

PS3 1.70 Firmware Out, Adds Downloadable PSone Game Support

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:00:09 EDT

The PLAYSTATION 3 firmware has been updated to version 1.70 and includes a handful of changes, mostly related to PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games. Here is the full changelog embedded in the installation process. More »

Japan Got Some New PSone Games For PSP, World Shrugs

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:40:54 EST

Those very lucky Japanese PLAYSTATION 3 owners armed with internet connections can now download a half-dozen new PlayStation games to play on their PSP. They can also remember how crappy Rally Cross looks, like we've been doing for weeks now. More »

Latest PS3 Firmware Hits, Fixes BC Graphical Issues

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:40:54 EST

The latest PlayStation 3 update has hit for North American users, bringing PS3 firmware to version 1.50. The full change log is, sadly, noticeably absent—please make this available with each update, Sony—but the most noticeable change comes in the form of fixed display of PSone and PS2 games not running in progressive scan mode. That's right. Former eye-poisoning backward compatable games are now fixed. I just popped in Okami and Metal Gear Solid 3, with both displaying on par with their original hardware platforms. In fact, they look pretty fantastic. Amen! More »

What's On Deck For The PlayStation Store? This!

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:40:31 EST

Sony just shot us a press release, letting us know about Rally Cross and the Genji Days of the Blade costume pack additions to the PlayStation Store. Thanks, guys, but we knew this last Friday! Old news! More »

PS3 Launch Outsells Xbox 360 Launch

Brian Crecente — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:02:47 EST

Sony today announced that they have sold 1 million Playstation 3s in North America since the launch of the console six weeks ago. More »

MediEvil Hits PlayStation Store

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:30:25 EST

I guess SCEA didn't want to leave North Americans out in the cold following the robust 9-game addition of PSone titles for the PSP to the PlayStation Store in Japan. So they threw us a bone in the form of the original MediEvil—an odd choice, considering the PSP already has a native MediEvil game for it. More »

Japanese Get New PSone Games For PSP

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:20:00 EST

New PSone titles for the PSP hit the PlayStation Store in Japan right about... now. While it's not a stellar list, the inclusion of R-Types and Dino Crisis are at least recognizable to some Western gamers. More »

Clip: PS3 BC Issues Popping Up

Brian Crecente — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:00:14 EST

A Playstation 3 owner put together a little video to show what happens to Playstation 2 games when they are played on the PS3. The end result, he says the video appears to show, is that you get more jaggies and artifacts when playing a PS2 or PSone game on the new console than if you were to play it on the PS2. More »