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| From: Sony
Category: Video Games
Buy Used: $29.99
New (3) Used (35) Collectible (5) from $29.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  259 reviews
Sales Rank: 3858
Platform: Playstation
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Electronics
Age: 6 - 17 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 6.7 x 2.7
UPC: 711719401506
EAN: 0711719401506
ASIN: B00004XOWT
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 A living legend, a solid gaming system!!! December 17, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you want a great gaming system with a ton of games, and low prices for the unit and games, then this is it. It has excellent graphics, and the ease of playability for even me (a technologically challenged person) is right there. This is a great gaming system for young kids to learn how to use and treat gaming systems before they upgrade to more expensive units. It's amazing what happened to gaming since this unit was launched, but this unit should not be overlooked because it is old.
Great fun October 29, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love the PSone. i use to own the origainl one but gave it up. i wanted to get it again when they made the lcd screen for it to make it easier to travel.
 Get your facts straight August 16, 2006
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
From a Kid's Review -"Also the PlayStation 1 is the FIRST CONSOLE to use discs rather then cartridges and to be able to play C.D.s(PCs may have used discs but PS1 is the first console)."
3D0 is the first disc-based console, by about 3 years. And it could easily play CDs as well. I know, I tried it. Actually when it came down to it, perhaps PlayStation had better quality discs, but as far as reliability went, 3DO far outstripped the PlayStations. PlayStation 2 on average, will quit after a few months. PlayStation One may be better, since they don't take their customers for granted as much. However, this is yet another example of how crummy products outshine decent ones. 3DO went out of business because the stuff was too expensive to make for what they were making from the games, and because PlayStation beat it at sales.
the game system of all systems July 19, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I never would have believed it 10 years ago, but today I think the Playstation One is the best video game system. For years I made a promise to myself that NOTHING would ever surpass the Super Nintendo. Well, after years of owning and enjoying a Playstation, I change my mind.
When I received a Playstation One as a birthday present in 1996, Sony was *very* quickly becoming popular and ready to take the world of video gaming by STORM. Back then many people were surprised to see Nintendo take a backseat to Sony. I was a HUGE Nintendo fan at the time and I simply refused to believe Sony was going to come out of nowhere and push Nintendo around. Well, they VERY effectively pushed Nintendo around BIG time. It was a pretty big shocker at the time because everyone thought the war between Nintendo and Sega was going to stick around for a long time.
The Nintendo 64 turned out to be a disappointment with its small selection of games and clunky controller design, and that forced video game fans to look elsewhere. They looked at Sega. The Sega Saturn was Sega's darling at the time. Unfortunately the Saturn had its share of problems too. Just like Nintendo, the Saturn didn't provide a good selection of games because game companies found it difficult to create games for the Saturn.
It turned out to be VERY easy to make games for the Playstation. That led to game companies making TONS of games. Video game fans were delightfully going crazy. With such a large selection of games, video game fans basically didn't have a CHOICE but to look into the Playstation. Now, with a big selection of games comes a lot of crappy ones, right? Well, yes. But when it comes down to it, the amount of crappy games on the Playstation is rather small. Nintendo and Sega fans will tell you differently, though.
I admit, in 1996 I thought I MAY have made a mistake owning a Playstation because its release didn't immediately bring many classic games. In 1996 the Playstation mostly had above-average games to choose from, and didn't really feature that ONE special game to officially show gaming fans that the Playstation was here to stay. That soon changed.
In comes Crash Bandicoot, Sony's attempt at a mascot (much like Mario is the mascot for Nintendo and Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega). While Sony hyped the game like CRAZY (I remember the thousands of Crash Bandicoot commercials on TV at the time showing some guy wearing a Crash Bandicoot costume and walking around saying stupid things) Crash didn't really EXPLODE in worldwide sales like Sony thought it would. Crash Bandicoot just did "okay" at first.
Soon however, Crash gained ground and more people started getting into it, which led to a sequel and a Crash Bandicoot racing game. I think Sony's attempt to force a mascot on video game fans didn't work as well as Sony had originally hoped. I say this because today, in 2006, I don't hear anyone talking about Crash Bandicoot anymore. People still talk about Mario all the time. Despite that, Crash went on to do very well for the Playstation One.
What other games did Sony have in 1996? Well, I enjoyed WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game, Road Rash and Loaded. But those games didn't really deliver what the Playstation was capable of. Even though everyone was making a big deal about the things the Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn were capable of, the Sony Playstation had a lot of underrated power itself. It's just that, in 1996, the system didn't start off with a BANG. I find it interesting that despite not having a whole lot of classic games to choose from in 1996, everyone fell in love with the Playstation anyway. It just goes to show how important it is to have a good-size selection of games.
In 1997 Sony began to realize they were number one and that's when they REALLY started to crank out classic games. This especially made ME happy because I originally feared I may have wasted my time with the Playstation. Good thing I kept it!
It turns out some Playstation games didn't go down as classics after all (such as Tomb Raider- BOY do I remember Lara Croft's undeserved popularity!) Other games did REALLY well, such as Final Fantasy 7 which may STILL be the number one game ever made. Final Fantasy 7 is a perfect example of a video game taking the world by storm. It was SO groundbreaking in the world of RPGs at the time, and I can remember news stations and even the stock market mentioning the game and letting people know "THIS game is the way of the future". That turned out to be true. The game was graphically extraordinary and people on the news stations were amazed themselves.
If 1997 was a spectacular year for the Playstation, 1998 and 1999 were the years the Playstation was simply the KING of video game systems. Those three years produced so many awesome games that it simply STUNNED Nintendo and Sega. The period from 97-99 will always be known as one HECK of a wild ride for Sony fans. Resident Evil 2, Silent Hill, Dino Crisis 2, Mega Man Legends, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night... those are just SOME of the brilliant games the Playstation was responsible for back then.
One thing I want you to know is that I think the Playstation rules so much because the system gives you a nice blend of 2D and 3D games. The Playstation One is where many of the revolutionary steps in video gaming first happened.
I think the Playstation was such a success because it was known as a COOL system. Teens and adults liked the nice selection of games that featured violence and fighting, and children liked the large selection of RPGs because those games told really good stories.
The war between the Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn, and Playstation. I think we know who won.
Greatest March 27, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This system is VERY durable, it's tiny, and has a HUGE library of games. Overall, if you want a great system for no money, get this one.
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