Sony Playstation (9002 Series)

Firstly, I'll try to offer a review thats written in good english..

Its amazing to think that for over 10 years, this thing has been stuck in my bedroom, and connected to my portable t.v. Why? Quite simply, because it offers the gameplay, the imagination, and offers "fun" in games that modern games and consoles totally lack.

On a personal note, the Playstation offers me a route back to the 90's. I was still a kid back then, and i'll always say they were the best years of my life more hundreds of reasons. My Playsation is always their for me if I just want a bit of escapism from the modern world!

First game I played? The classic Crash Bandicoot, and I was hooked ever since. The colourful surroundings and humour surrounding the game was just start of an era for myself, and friends who got one when the console/game came out. And since then, nothing has changed. I still play on my original Playstation with mates, and we have such a laugh and a good time. You just cant do this with modern consoles (apart from the Wii). Instead, companies battle out to produce the best graphics, and forget about the most important thing that made this console popular - gameplay.

For anyone who's never see/held/played on the original Playstation (no doubt their are people, thats why i'm writing the review), its approx the size of 2 and half DVD cases together, and the thickness of a good sized novel/book. Indeed, with its rather dirty looking grey colour, its not much to look at, but I think this reflects the era it was made in, because this was the Playstations signature colour - a brushed metal look. I'm a real 90's person, and whenever I glance at it, It brings back so many memories, many of staring into the Blockbuster video shop window and seeing the Playstation box, as everywhere was mad about it at the time.

Technically, the loading times are average, but the thing i've noticed over the years most is the Memory Card loading/saving times, which now seem so, so slow. The graphics are obviously now dated. At just 32 bit, they're blocky, but who cares? Even as time went on the graphics imprived immensely! But I dont care anymore. And I dont think I ever did - I was too busy having fin! I think these dated graphics add character to the games/console very much, in a way the Nintendo 64 can't, because the 64bit chip offered such perfect polygons.
If people come out with "it keeps crashing, therfore its rubbish" crap, then what they don't realise is that the console will actually crash more now than it did in 1994! This is because of a design fault - their is no fan. Over the 12 years the console has survived, the plastic strut that holds the laser head in a horizontal position warps with the heat, and this causes the laser to move out of alignment... thus it crashes because it can't read the disc properly. One common fix everyone I know we used to do was to tilt the console on its side, but not all consoles have become this bad.. so I hope that clears up a few mindless opinions. In fact I remember being at my friends one day, and to play "Tenchu", we had to stack it with just the right number of books! Incredible.

So, why is it better than ever? Simply because of the state of games today, where companies rely on the graphics to sell the games. But I dont remember 'Pong' being a big hit for just 2 white squares, a dot and a line. Worth getting? Everytime! The Playstation is timeless. I'm fed up of people saying ridiculous things like "Its not powerful enough!" or "Its got rubbish". People forget this was made in 1994 - not 2007! This is far better than any of the next gen consoles I've owned simply because of the things that made gaming worth while - cheap games, simple controls, great multi-players, and most importantly, fantastic gameplay!

In fact, you'd be stupid not to buy it at these prices! Unless you find one in a charity shop for a couple quid like I've seen hundreds of times....

This console pushed gaming onto the 3D playing field. No other console has done so much, or carried such a burden for so long. The basis of anything ^th era or nextgen lies here.

I first played the PS1 back in 1997 after one of my friend bought one along with Tekken and a few other games.

Up until then I'd only really played the Master System, Megadrive and SNES and was more used to 2d sidescrollers like Sonic and Mario.

So when I started playing the PS1 I was totally amazed at the awesome graphics and sound and the brand new gameplay experience.

The thing I like most about the PS1 is how many great games there are for it. Some of my favourites are Crash Bandicoot, Klonoa, Tekken 2, Die Hard and Rage Racer but there are **** loads more games for the PS1 that make this console the best ever!

I still get more fun out of this now than I do with the newer consoles simply because this console has the best selection of games.

If you haven't played a PS1 then you should get one now!