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6 votes
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What are some of your favorite PlayStation 1 games? Any odd or unique ones worth playing?
Hi y'all, I owned a PlaySation as a kid, but I don't remember playing it much. I was much more stuck to my Nintendo 64 playing Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and MegaMan 64. Well, I got it in my...
Hi y'all,
I owned a PlaySation as a kid, but I don't remember playing it much. I was much more stuck to my Nintendo 64 playing Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and MegaMan 64.
Well, I got it in my head that I wanted to play MegaMan Legends 2, which only came out on PlaySation as far as I can tell. I've started playing through MegaMan Legends again before I get to the sequel, and I'm having a really good time.
I was hoping I could hear form y'all about some of your favorite games so I could dip my toes deeper into the PS1 library. What are some of your favorites? Anything particularly odd, unique, or with a very specific point of view? I'll try any genre. Some games I've dabbled with or had my eye on to play: Parasite Eve, Vagrant Saga, Xenogears, Koudelka, and most notably perhaps, Metal Gear Solid. I've never played any Metal Gear games, but the story and world building is so interesting from what I know about it that I really want to give it a try. Also, if anyone knows of some cool Japanese only fan-translate games, would really love to hear about those.
tldr: favorite ps1 game? any weirdo shit i should play?
edit 03/31: the love for ps1 is HUGE. thanks to everyone for all of the great responses. will respond in time. been taking time to sample a bunch of these. my experience with tildes's gaming community has been awesome.
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"PS5 has no games"
This is what everyone always says. It's the big punchline of this console generation. They say it as if they meant "Sony hasn't made or published any games worth playing since November 2020."...
This is what everyone always says. It's the big punchline of this console generation.
They say it as if they meant "Sony hasn't made or published any games worth playing since November 2020." That's definitely not true. Sony's released several great, critically acclaimed games on PS5: Returnal, Horizon 2, God of War Ragnarok, and just recently they had Helldivers 2. They've had a PS5 game get nominated for Game of the Year every year.
What people have really complaining about is "Sony doesn't keep their games solely on the PS5, instead they've also been bringing them to PS4 and/or PC when able." Isn't that... good?
I remember during the PS3 and PS4 generations, it sucked that you'd have to buy a whole console for that 1 exclusive you were interested in. I had a friend who got a PS4 solely to play Bloodborne. I saw a lot of people back then interested in these exclusives coming to PC. For convenience, for better graphics and frame rates, for the novelty, for game preservation, for any number of reasons.
Now it's finally happened, Sony's big IPs are pretty much all on PC. You can go buy God of War or Ratchet and Clank on Steam. That's awesome! 15-years-ago me would've never believed that could happen in a million years.
And how did people react? "Why would I buy a PS5? It has no games!" It has games, they're just not keeping the games locked up there serving a life sentence, maybe getting a remaster 20 years later if they're lucky. I also find it odd how the Series X has even less exclusives, releasing games day-and-date on PC, but nobody jokes about that.
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PlayStation Portal sales continue to impress despite skepticism
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On Bleem v. Sony and the legality of emulators
The Bleem v. Sony case is often brought up whenever legal action against emulators happens, and I got curious, so I dug a bit deeper. It's quite hard, as most of the actual source material is not...
The Bleem v. Sony case is often brought up whenever legal action against emulators happens, and I got curious, so I dug a bit deeper. It's quite hard, as most of the actual source material is not publicly available for free, only the appeal decision by the ninth court. But from what I've gathered from secondary sources, this is what actually happened.
- Sony sues Bleem on one count of unfair competition and one count of copyright violation for the use of Sony game screenshots in Bleem advertising.
- A judge dismisses the unfair competition claim. Sony wins the copyright violation.
- Bleem appeals, and the Ninth Court reverses the decision on copyright violation for advertisement material.
- Sony sues again, this time for unfair competition and also patent infringement for using their BIOS.
- Sony and Bleem settle for an undisclosed amount. Bleem declares bankruptcy.
As far as I can tell, the only precedent was on whether or not you can use a competitor's screenshots in your advertisement, and indeed that's all I've ever seen the case referred to in future cases. The first unfair competition claim was dismissed (so cannot be a precedent) and the second case was settled. I see a lot of people say that this case set a "precedent" that "emulation is legal", but I don't see how?
Is this just another case where through a game of telephone and rumors people just take it for assumed fact that somehow or another this case "set a precedent that emulation is legal"? For over 20 years?
On whether or not emulation is legal, generally things are legal unless they are made to be illegal; there is certainly no specific law that says that emulation is legal. The question, then, is whether or not emulation is inadvertently made illegal by an existing law.
In that respect, Bleem v. Sony is a useful indicator in that Sony's lawyers couldn't really find anything concrete to nail Bleem on. But not really more than that, unless you really care about whether or not an emulator can use screenshots in their advertisements.
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Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is coming to PC on May 16
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Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition PC specifications revealed, out March 21
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Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees
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PSVR2 to add PC support in 2024
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Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection | Announce trailer | PS5 & PS4 games
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PS5 entering 'the latter stage of its life cycle,' Sony says
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Silent Hill: The Short Message | Launch trailer
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Playstation users will soon no longer be able to watch any Discovery shows they purchased
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Help fixing an old Sony TV
Hi Tildestrians! I recently acquired a broken Sony TV from work. Its older, but its 4K, and would be a substantial upgrade over my current TV, so I am hoping to fix it. My usual willingness to...
Hi Tildestrians! I recently acquired a broken Sony TV from work. Its older, but its 4K, and would be a substantial upgrade over my current TV, so I am hoping to fix it. My usual willingness to tinker and google prowess has failed me. I am hoping one of you can provide some guidance.
Its a Sony XBR-55X850B. It is showing an error code of 7 flashing red lights. I tracked down the service manual (Sony, you should really have this available to customers and not locked behind an "authorized service center" certification), and it says the motherboard needs to be replaced. I found a replacement motherboard on ebay (it was for the 65 inch version, but that should not make a difference). I installed, and it gave a different error code. I think it was flashing green and orange. Based on my research, that means it needs new firmware to be flashed. Sony's website doesn't still have the firmware file for that TV (should be illegal in my opinion), and tells you to contact support. Support seemingly can't give out the firmware file either. I found a firmware file on Softpedia, but I have no idea if it is legitimate or even still a working file. Threw that on a fat32 drive, and couldn't manage to get it to update. I tried multiple drives and all usb ports over the course of 2 weeks. I ended up pulling the new motherboard and returning it (thankfully I was able to return it for full price). Now I am stuck with a TV panel that works perfectly, except for the motherboard, and I seemingly can't replace the motherboard.
This got me thinking: I don't need anything fancy. I want a display with an HDMI input that takes 4K signal and puts it on the screen. I truly don't need anything more than that. Even an IR remote for power is optional, because I could plug it into a smart outlet. I don't need the speakers because I have a receiver. I know you can get bypass boards to turn laptop screens into monitors. They take the place of the support circuitry on the laptop motherboard and give you a display input, and nothing more. Is there anything like that I can get for this TV? I don't know where to start on that search.
Or are there any other routes I should explore before junking this TV? It feels really bad to throw out a perfectly good 4k panel just because the motherboard is broken.
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The Last of Us Part II Remastered coming to PS5 on January 19, 2024
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Sony announces a9 III: World's first full-frame global shutter camera
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 reviews
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PS5 cloud streaming launches this month for PlayStation Plus Premium members
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Sony announces smaller PlayStation 5 design with option to add a disc drive to the Digital Edition console
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Unity publishes new FAQ implying digital store owners such as Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo will pay its new fees on behalf of developers
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Sony a7C II and a7CR hands-on: Entry-level no longer
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Leaked Wipeout source code leads to near-total rewrite and remaster
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PlayStation’s first Remote Play dedicated device, PlayStation Portal remote player, to launch later this year at $199.99 USD
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From prototypes to future tech: How PS VR2 was built. New insight into the multi-year development process behind the PlayStation VR2 hardware.
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Sony’s confidential PlayStation secrets just spilled because of a Sharpie
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A gallery of Sony product design going back decades
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Returnal, the PS5 hit, is a master class in porting a console game to PC
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Here’s the electric car that Sony is going to build with Honda
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Sony releases its first over-the-counter hearing aids
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Bloodborne PSX: Recreating Bloodborne as a PlayStation One game
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Sony releases wearable air conditioners to keep you cool for hours on the go
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All-new PlayStation Plus tiers launches in June
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Ghostwire: Tokyo | Official gameplay deep dive
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PlayStation has acquired Bungie for $3.6 billion
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California lawsuit against PlayStation alleges gender discrimination
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So I wanna talk about Klonoa 2
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PlayStation Showcase 2021
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Crash Bandicoot dev on optimizing for the PlayStation | War Stories
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