THE GOOD: - Has tons of games
- Has tons of accessories
- Can be easily chipped
- Controllers are excellent
Read on for more.
THE BAD:
- Can be easily chipped (no, it's not a mistake, it's on both for a reason)
- Games can be played on the PS2
SUMMARY:
The PlayStation. For some, this gray boxy console has died in our memories. We may remember the days on Gran Turismo (the original), or Tony Hawk's Skateboarding, but a lot of people now are playing their PS3s or Xbox 360s.
But for some, i.e collectors and classic games enthusiasts, the original PlayStations (slim and fat) aren't worthless items. This gray box provided people in the mid-to-late 90s some great gaming, from a console that was considered a powerhouse back then.
It has even more love inside it with it's original box. I should know this, I'm a collector of classic consoles, and collectors should get the box too.
The PlayStation has a ton of games, whatever you're style. Tekken for the fighting gamer, Medal of Honor for the first person shooter enthusiast, Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, both definitive excellent RPG titles for the PS1, driving games like Gran Turismo and TOCA: Touring Cars etc. The list can go on forever.
If you include imports, especially Japanese games, you have a load of games. All of them in boxes would probably fill your house.
So that's just one of the great things about the PlayStation. You have an armada of games released for the console, which means you can go out and find a stack of games you've never even heard of for the console, and you can buy them. Every one is different (pretty much), and you'll never run out. Until you do. But at that time, you'll probably need a bigger game room.
Another great thing about the games is because about 4/5 of them are plentiful and fairly common, and because they aren't in high demand, they are extremely cheap. You can pick up a game like Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, or Gran Turismo for around 50 pence / 60 cents to £2 at the most, in mint condition.
The rarest games for the system are quite expensive, and unless you're rich or are a hardcore collector and are willing to splurge your cash on something extremely rare, the rarest go up to $/£200.
The controllers are really something of a gem. If you think about it, The PS3 controllers are almost identical to the first DualShock pads. And people still love it.
The first controllers for the system didn't have analog thumbsticks, or vibration, but are still extremely good.
They then later changed the controllers to "DualShock", referring to the double analog thumbsticks for driving games. They also added in vibration capabilities. Due to this, this controller is heavier, but it really doesn't affect you when playing games. The analog sticks are used as you would expect, and it really provided the milestone in driving games. Throttle with the right thumbstick, steering with the left. Certainly better than "you're either going or you're not, you're either steering or you're not."
The controversy about the PS1 controllers (the first ones) is that they copied the Super Nintendo's controller, but other than the button placement, I really don't see much of a resemblence.
There are lots of different aftermarket third party controllers, like fighting pads, steering wheels, arcade sticks and even the Namco NegCon controllers.
And if you want to plug in four controllers, you can buy a cheap multitap (get these in their boxes!)
The console is very well built, a lot of them still work to this day.
If you're a collector, again, you can get a couple of different models. The first model, the console's buttons say "POWER", "RESET" and "OPEN". Later models have the I/O instead of POWER, and other styled buttons.
There are also two different dashboards.
The PSOne (the slim version of the original) has higher build quality.
It also uses it's own power supply (it's own DC adapter), whereas you can buy an original fat PS1 with no power lead if you have an AC power lead, because it runs off AC power.
You can even buy the slightly rare Japanese memory card-VMU-like PocketStation. Check that out on Wikipedia.
So to sum this review up, if you're a collector, buy one of these in it's box. Buy both the fat and slim.
But if you're someone who' just into classic games, the PS2 can play both PS2 and PS1 games, but if you really want one, they're cheap from Amazon and eBay.
Buy one! It really is a great system. The games are really the best bit about the console.
Thanks for reading.
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