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Rare Sony PlayStation images you have never seen [PIC]

GB : We have some amazing rare original Playstation 1 images for you, that most of you may not have seen.

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blaaah4517d ago ShowReplies(9)
dvfaa4517d ago

apparently (just for me?) the site is down.. but judging from the thumbnail that sure looks like some sort of super nintendo hybrid

Bounkass4517d ago

Same here. I'm SO happy Nintendo dropped Sony.

Blacksand14517d ago

They was going to join, but Nintendo drop Sony because they didn't won't to change from cart to disc.

na-no-nai4517d ago

If Nintendo and Sony had gone thru with the deal; Sony would of gotten all the rights of games made on cd and such. Nintendo was smart to drop them

3GenGames4517d ago (Edited 4517d ago )

That ones a fake image, but at one point in time there was a really early mock up made, although I doubt the hardware was anything near the middle of prototyping or even remotely functional. More than likely just a demo unit to test ideas on for parts of it, maybe early software, etc. It'd be interesting to think about Nintendo going for an optical SNES add on that was much different from the main system and not just a FDS device. :)

LeftPawedFox4517d ago

No its not fake. well that maybe but they did have around 500 or so Nintendo playstation made and sold in 94 i think in japan. It was on a playstation special on G4.

3GenGames4517d ago

I meant fake as in it didn't do anything, it was just there to show off what it was supposed to work like and show how users could more than likely function with it. :)

-Superman-4516d ago

Sony killed Sega
Nintendo dropped Sony

Sony revange to Nintendo, and ps1 and ps2 both most selling consoles and both consoles were in their gen top.

Funny how new company who comes into video game market takes winning crown 2 time row.

rhap4517d ago

Compared to PSX, this one looks 50 years older.

BiggCMan4517d ago (Edited 4517d ago )

You know PSX isn't the PS1? PSX is a separate system that consists of a PS2, combined with a DVR, that was only released in Japan. PSX is not PS1, and I don't know why people think so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

rhap4517d ago

Never heard about that, I've always thought PSX was a nickname or something the industry gave to PS1. Thanks for sharing the info.

Urrakia344517d ago

Probably people who are fairly new to gaming are the ones that make that mistake.

PlayStation is the original while PSOne is the "slim" revised model.

Oner4517d ago (Edited 4517d ago )

Actually you are both right!

Early on when the PS1 (not the PS2 or it's later DVR Japanese model) was launched here in the US, it was unofficially referred to as the PSX. I remember it quite well (as I was working for FuncoLand in the Bronx back then) when it was about to be released...here is some info/proof that shows it has merit

From the Wiki ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

"The PlayStation, (officially abbreviated as PS; unofficially referred to as the ***PSX*** or PS1) is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, 1994."

From the References ~

"PS-X (PlayStation Experimental) was an internal code name for the PlayStation during development. The popular use of the "PSX" abbreviation outside Sony became a source of confusion when Sony introduced its PSX digital video recorder in 2003."

And the PSX DVR (PS2 based) ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

"PSX (also known as PlayStation X) was a Sony digital video recorder with fully integrated PlayStation and PlayStation 2 video game consoles."

GribbleGrunger4517d ago

the original PS brand was going to be called PSX but it never got the green light and it became the PS1. the PSX indeed released in Japan only, as you've pointed out, and i believe it was the tester for the PS3, as the PSP was the tester for the Vita

llMurcielagoll4517d ago

Sir, you have answered a question I always had "What is PSX?" I do see on the internet people saying PSX PSX PSX and picture of a PS1 is above the discussion a longtime ago.

Thank you, BiggCMan + Intelligent bubble for you

Baka-akaB4517d ago

al i know is we always called the ps1 either playstation or psx around here . Mostly because it was the initial used in most games magazines at the time , and it only stopped when the ps2 and psx appeared

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xtremexx4517d ago (Edited 4517d ago )

are ps1's worth money now? i still have one. and this doesnt look that rare

Megaman_nerd4517d ago (Edited 4517d ago )

a lot of its games are expensive as *** (like Suikoden II or MegaMan Legends) but the console itself is really cheap.

Soldierone4516d ago

If its opened its not worth anything, same with the games for the most part. If its still new in the box, go hit ebay and make some bank, but the longer you wait the more you will make.

TBONEJF4517d ago

That last pic looks like it was done by a fan boy or some one but the others look real enough to be a prototype.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2658d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905102d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5102d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905102d ago (Edited 5102d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5102d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5102d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5102d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495102d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5102d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5102d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2693d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One