Playstation Classic to launch in December

Roar

20 games, Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms the only 5 announced.

$99 USD, no word on European release or pricing.

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2018/09/18/introducing-playstation-classic-with-20-pre-loaded-games/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl2h8LDq_oI

Looks fantastic, but I'd want to see the other 15 games first. I've no doubt it'll be jailbroken and you could add your own titles to it, though.

RocketRaccoon

The possibilities for this are ridiculous, I need it!

Now where can I pre order because this is going to be impossible to get hold of on release.

TrustedApple

Can't wait for this.

One thing I noticed is that no analog controllers?.

Due to this I say could be a issue in getting quite a lot of later ps1 games but other then that I can't wait!!

baldshin

Roar wrote: »

$99 USD, no word on European release or pricing.

€99.99, it shows it at the end of the video.

Gunmonkey

Well, looks like they have SquareEnix and BandaiNamco onboard given they own 4 of the announced titles. They really need Capcom to get the likes of Resi and Dino Crisis, and since Sony bought out Psygnosis could hope for Destruction Derby, Rollcage, Colony Wars, G-Police, Team Buddies, etc.

JaMarcus

Gunmonkey wrote: »

Well, looks like they have SquareEnix and BandaiNamco onboard given they own 4 of the announced titles. They really need Capcom to get the likes of Resi and Dino Crisis, and since Sony bought out Psygnosis could hope for Destruction Derby, Rollcage, Colony Wars, G-Police, Team Buddies, etc.

Now that you mention it, is there any games similar to Destruction Derby for the PS4? Last one I remember is Dirt Showdown on the PS3 which was such a fun game.

It's an odd one. PS1 games tend to not hold up as well visually as say compared to something like the SNES Classic edition.
Depends on how the video output is handled and what are the scaling options as I only recently played a couple of PS1 games on a HDMI TV and they look dreadful.

Rossi IRL

JaMarcus wrote: »

Now that you mention it, is there any games similar to Destruction Derby for the PS4? Last one I remember is Dirt Showdown on the PS3 which was such a fun game.

Have a look at wreckfest

RocketRaccoon

Just thinking of games I'd like. Surely THPS and Twisted Metal will be on there. MGS, Crash, Spyro, Wipeout, Gran Turismo, Parappa all possibilities too.

CastorTroy

Tomb Raider is another game associated with PS1.

I'd say if it's hacked, there'll be a way to use other PS controllers

Roar

I would imagine that the music in Tony Hawks/Wipeout would cost a fair bit to licence, which would see some/a lot of tracks taken out and replaced with generic crap. Which would change the feeling of the games tbh - Imagine Wipeout 2097 without Fluke's Atom Bomb for example. Wouldn't seem right.

recyclops

That add has european pricing in it as €99.99 so imagine it to be €149.99 here :(:(

correction

Will buy this for Ridge Racer alone tbh

Sabre0001

If it comes with Jonah Lomu Rugby it's an insta-buy for me!

pleasant Co.

recyclops wrote: »

That add has european pricing in it as €99.99 so imagine it to be €149.99 here :(:(

why do you imagine the european price of €99.99 to be anything other than €99.99 here in Ireland, part of Europe?

Retr0gamer

It will all depend on the games. Square, Konami and Capcom are shoe ins and hopefully Sony will put their weirder games on rather than the other rubbish they put out. Wild Arms while decent isn't exactly a stellar title.

Might miss out on MGS, Resi and Silent Hill if they keep it family friendly.

Will also depend on the emulation. PS1 emulation on the PSP is pretty excellent so hopefully it's the same quality. If it's PC emulator quality then no thanks.

listermint

Does no one still have theirs I have it with a heap of games .

recyclops

pleasant Co. wrote: »

why do you imagine the european price of €99.99 to be anything other than €99.99 here in Ireland, part of Europe?

Because a lot of irish people would pay the €149.99 if shops charged it and complain about it instead of actually looking to get it elsewhere

i myself will not be paying over the odds as i hate the prices B & M shops charge

correction

This gem has to be a shoe in?

Retr0gamer

It will depend on Licensing.

This will live or die on licensing. Unlike Sega and Nintendo, the playstation 1 relied on it's library of third party titles. Sony produced quite a few good PS1 titles but they aren't the games the system is remembered for.

Also I hope Sony aren't stupid enough to load the European version of this with the awful European versions of these games.

KillerShamrock

Pre orders on Smyth's already done and done 😂

EltonJohn69

Pre orders done/finished ?
I’m not ordering anything till I see the full game list.... very suspect that they show only 5.... the rest are probably garbage juice

RobertFoster

listermint wrote: »

Does no one still have theirs I have it with a heap of games .

I still have mine, but it has to be upside down to read discs

.G.

Pre ordered mine. Always gutted I never kept my original playstation and playstation 2.

Adamcp898

Going to wait and see the full list of games but even at that €100 is very steep for this. As others have mentioned it won't be the top 20 PS1 games for various reasons like third party licensing, recent remakes, or keeping it PG friendly.

Hope Gran Turismo 1 or 2 would be on there and perhaps MediEvil as an unlikely tip.

Skerries

pre order up on Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071G84NHX/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=pa0a-21&linkId=2d42a5bdf8f4766e17974c6a7b131c09&language=en_GB

Preloaded with 20 of the best PlayStation games, including Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash!, Ride Racer Type 4, Tekken 3 and Wild Arms

Skerries

Skerries wrote: »

pre order up on Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071G84NHX/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=pa0a-21&linkId=2d42a5bdf8f4766e17974c6a7b131c09&language=en_GB

Preloaded with 20 of the best PlayStation games, including Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash!, Ride Racer Type 4, Tekken 3 and Wild Arms

I can't remember but didn't the SNES classic indicate all the games available once it went up for pre-order?

I'd like to wait to know what else is going to be on it.

RocketRaccoon

Skerries wrote: »

pre order up on Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B071G84NHX/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=pa0a-21&linkId=2d42a5bdf8f4766e17974c6a7b131c09&language=en_GB

Preloaded with 20 of the best PlayStation games, including Final Fantasy VII, Jumping Flash!, Ride Racer Type 4, Tekken 3 and Wild Arms

If I preorder it through that link, when will the money be taken?

Exclamation Marc

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

If I preorder it through that link, when will the money be taken?

Just before dispatch, same as Smyths.

RocketRaccoon

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Just before dispatch, same as Smyths.

Wonderful, just ordered.

CastorTroy

More expensive in sterling. Is there a link for Smyths?

RocketRaccoon

CastorTroy wrote: »

More expensive in sterling. Is there a link for Smyths?

Not up yet, I would imagine it's not far away though.

Nyum Nyum

KillerShamrock wrote: »

Pre orders on Smyth's already done and done 😂

Just done it too, thanks to your post

mooseknunkle

CastorTroy wrote: »

More expensive in sterling. Is there a link for Smyths?

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Not up yet, I would imagine it's not far away though.

Its been on Smyths all morning

https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/retro-gaming/playstation-classic/p/169572

Retr0gamer

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It will all depend on the games. Square, Konami and Capcom are shoe ins and hopefully Sony will put their weirder games on rather than the other rubbish they put out. Wild Arms while decent isn't exactly a stellar title.

Might miss out on MGS, Resi and Silent Hill if they keep it family friendly.

Will also depend on the emulation. PS1 emulation on the PSP is pretty excellent so hopefully it's the same quality. If it's PC emulator quality then no thanks.

I think they'd be mad to keep it family friendly. Anyone who has fond memories of the ps1 is an adult at this stage. Physically anyway, cant't vouch for mentally:pac:
Sony put a lot of work into POPS so I'd say it's a safe bet thats what they'll use.

RocketRaccoon

mooseknunkle wrote: »

Its been on Smyths all morning

https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/retro-gaming/playstation-classic/p/169572

Had a look earlier and couldn't find it on there, thanks a million.

fmul9798

Don't think it's family friendly - picture of the box has an 18 rating :-)

dan786

On Gamestop:

https://www.gamestop.ie/Other%20Products/Games/69495/playstation-classic-console

EltonJohn69

Resident evil, twisted metal 2 and quake 2 are the ones I want..... feels like I’m forgetting something

dan786

dan786 wrote: »

On Gamestop:

https://www.gamestop.ie/Other%20Products/Games/69495/playstation-classic-console

Must be a problem with Gamestop's website, its showing the recommended retail price:)

Manning3000

Pre-Ordered.

Worth it for Final Fantasy vii alone.

Stone Deaf 4evr

off the top of my head, Id need to at least see:

Metal Gear Solid
Ape Escape
Gran Turismo 2
Resident Evil 2
Dino Crisis
Soul reaver
G-Police
and ideally Colin Mc Rae Rally

otherwise, I've no interest. PS1 graphics have aged like milk.

No chance of Ape Escape sadly, it needed the analogue controller to work and its digital only with the mini.

Varik

Be nice if you could use PS4 controllers, and I've got an old PS2 to USB adaptor.

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

Resident evil, twisted metal 2 and quake 2 are the ones I want..... feels like I’m forgetting something

Funny thing is most actual kids today wouldn't blink at the adult/horror stuff from that far back.

Personally could barley play Resi then, and even a far more recent game I replayed a while ago (vampire masquerade built on HL2 engine) that had a few horror sections looked quaint.

J. Marston

Bit mad pre-ordering when we don't know 75% of what's gonna be on it yet, no?

shanec1928

smyths not taking any more pre orders? just went to checkout and would let me

Varik

J. Marston wrote: »

Bit mad pre-ordering when we don't know 75% of what's gonna be on it yet, no?

Can cancel pre-orders, and payments not taken until then.

Will likely be the same as the Nintendo and be scarce especially releasing in December.

shanec1928 wrote: »

smyths not taking any more pre orders? just went to checkout and would let me

Put mine in a short while ago and confirmation email is 12 minutes old. So you really just missed it ( or we both did and I'm getting another email soon )

Exclamation Marc

J. Marston wrote: »

Bit mad pre-ordering when we don't know 75% of what's gonna be on it yet, no?

The 'Electric Picnic' approach as I believe it's called!

jenno86

Went to preorder on Smyths and it is out of stock?

Manning3000

J. Marston wrote: »

Bit mad pre-ordering when we don't know 75% of what's gonna be on it yet, no?

Fully OK with pre-ordering things like this.

Ill play FFvii (and most ps1 ff) forever.

Good fighthing game for couch co-op, brought the snes mini to a poker night few weeks ago and was great craic playing street fighter and mario kart after a few drinks with the lads.

If the other 15 games are'nt even the best I'm OK with it.

Also just for the collector in me always nice to have things like this.

Will still never pre-order a game though.

RocketRaccoon

J. Marston wrote: »

Bit mad pre-ordering when we don't know 75% of what's gonna be on it yet, no?

I have it pre ordered with Smyths and I'm delighted now considering they are already closed. I'd rather have the option to cancel my order(which I 100% won't) instead of searching for one in December.