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This marked Sony's debut in the world of Video Games and what a great debut it was with the Playstation. I review in five different categories, Design, Controller, Graphics, Multiplayer, and Game... more

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Rating Summary based on 291 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		176
  • 4 Stars
    		94
  • 3 Stars
    		15
  • 2 Stars
    		4
  • 1 Star
    		2

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  • Ease of use
  • Graphics capability
  • Instruction manual
  • Manufacturer Support
  • Range of Extra Features (I.e. email)
  		• 4.6
  		• 4.1
  		• 4.0
  		• 3.8
  		• 2.6
  • 42 of 42 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    china_wolf

    5 Stars Za Sony PSOne, she iz beautiful! Review with images 04/10/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Classic champion of consoles, has loads of great games, amazing value for money at the moment

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Dated graphics and audio by today's standards, loading times

    It's a darn shame that I am writing this review in this day and age - when next generation consoles are already out and chewing up the masses with their amazing graphics and sound capabilities. But before they came to fruitation there was the console that set the standards of how to be a winning games machine. The famous 32bit Sony Playstation console. How was the Sony Playstation conceived? Well according to legend Nintendo of Japan wanted to develop a CD drive add-on for their 16bit Super Nintendo console to compete with the Sega Mega Drive's CD add-on. They decided to work with Sony and ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    little_fat_pad

    5 Stars Buy a PlayStation and sign your life away 30/08/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fantastically addictive

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Fantastically addictive

    In the beginning there was Pong. It didn't smell (boom-boom) but it was highly addictive, if a little boring after a while. Then there was Atari, and then Nintendo and Sega, and it was good. Then it wasn't so good, and wasn't really going anywhere, and needed a good kick up the jacksie. So God's computer-games specialist angels assigned Sony, the world's biggest electronics company and inventors of the walkman, to, in 1994, make the PlayStation. It revamped the gaming world, turned the gaming industry into bigger bucks than the film industry, and made thumb-tapping at home cool again. And it ... more
  • 32 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    zarniwoop

    5 Stars How it All Started - The History of the Console 21/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The playstaion is still one of the best consoles even with the PS2 out

    Disadvantages Disadvantages even the old games are addictive, hours fly by

    HISTORY OF PLAYSTATION The little grey box was first created on December 3rd 1994. This was the day when the Playstation first hit the market by storm and spreaded worldwide. Many other experienced companies have tried to hit the markets by storm with their next generation consoles but have failed. Just as the world thought that the gaming console dream was doomed, Sony was the last chance and with the right attitude, the right product and the right marketing plans, Sony released the Playstation to hit the world by storm. Thanks to them, the videogaming world has taken its next step up the ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    arcadionseyes

    3 Stars Magnet for the Mediocre 19/05/2001
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages perfect for the casual gamer, who only expects to spend a few sessions a month on it

    Disadvantages Disadvantages masses of unoriginal, mediocre games, poor control pad, most games can only deliver average graphics

    The exceptional success of the PSX would suggest that there was some kind of exceptional force behind it. This is true. The PSX was the first games machine to appeal to more than the hardcore gamer with a huge variety of titles spanning across every genre all for relatively low prices(about £30-35 is the most expensive you'll see a PSX game going for) and with the added bonus that with it being a console rather than a PC, every game you bought for it would play on it(provdided you bought a PSX game, d'oh!). The PSX has a huge amount of backing from respected game companies such as EA, Square ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jd99

    5 Stars Say farewell to the king 21/05/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent console, Brilliant range of games, Best ever

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    With the arrival of the Playstation 2 in the UK late last year and the imminent arrival of the new Nintendo console and Microsoft's X-box the original Playstation seems doomed to the yesteryear of gaming. Sure all the usual promises of developers carrying on making games for this magnificent machine have been trawled out as with any new console launch. So can we really believe that the Playstation 1 will be a feasible alternative to the next generation consoles...of course we can't. Sony have tried their utmost to maintain the view that the games will keep on coming in Playstation 1 format for ... more

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Product Details

Type Home Console
Console Type PlayStation
Long Name PlayStation
Production Year 1995
Media Format CD-ROM

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