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PlayStation Classic €36.99 @ Argos

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  • #2
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    It can be easily modded to play any PSX games as well, so it's really an excellent deal. I bought one when they were reduced to €60 and it's a cool little thing, if a little flawed.


  • #3
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,416 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    ordered one, thanks OP


  • #4
    dave1982
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    Says power supply not supplied in description?


  • #5
    dave1982
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭dave1982


    sugarman wrote: »
    It's not, it's usb powered. You can power it off most TVs with a usb socket, or else use a phone charger.

    Ah cool get you now


  • #6
    carq
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭carq


    Metal gear solid included as it says on the argos link ?


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  • #7
    you2008
    Registered Users Posts: 695 ✭✭✭you2008


    ordered one, thanks OP

    https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8842071?clickOrigin=searchbar:home:sku:8842071

    great view on UK side


  • #8
    magentis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭magentis


    Hoors! wrote: »
    Make sure to read the description. This is a mini version and no proper power supply.

    It's nothing more than a fancy USB stick with an old PS1 controller.


    The NES and snes minis didn't come with a USB power supply either.They can be powered off the TV or a phone charger.


  • #9
    Kimbot
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,416 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    magentis wrote: »
    The NES and snes minis didn't come with a USB power supply either.They can be powered off the TV or a phone charger.

    The USB cable is actually included in this just not the Plug end included :)


  • #10
    pah
    Registered Users Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭pah


    Hoors! wrote: »
    Make sure to read the description. This is a mini version and no proper power supply.

    It's nothing more than a fancy USB stick with an old PS1 controller.

    As opposed to??? A full sized functioning PS1?

    I don't think anyone is under that impression


  • #11
    pah
    Registered Users Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭pah


    you2008 wrote: »
    ordered one, thanks OP

    https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8842071?clickOrigin=searchbar:home:sku:8842071

    great view on UK side

    As an aside.......

    Why is the Irish site such muck compared to the UK one


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  • #12
    you2008
    Registered Users Posts: 695 ✭✭✭you2008


    pah wrote: »
    As an aside.......

    Why is the Irish site such muck compared to the UK one

    until we get amazon.ie:D:D:D


  • #13
    steves2
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭steves2


    I read a review and someone was complaining about the graphics being worse than the original?? Think some people have rose tinted graphics. Think I'll buy this, just for metal gear solid and resident evil alone.


  • #14
    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Peatys


    steves2 wrote: »
    I read a review and someone was complaining about the graphics being worse than the original?? Think some people have rose tinted graphics. Think I'll buy this, just for metal gear solid and resident evil alone.

    Resident evil graphics are so bad you won't last 15min.
    Don't know why the graphics are so bad compared to my original ps1 on the same telly


  • #15
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users Posts: 14,963 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Is everyone seeing that there's no stock available and it won't be until next week?


  • #16
    you2008
    Registered Users Posts: 695 ✭✭✭you2008


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    Is everyone seeing that there's no stock available and it won't be until next week?


    2 @Jervis Street (Dublin)


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Ordered one through a previous deal that fell through (Smartoys for €34 shipped).

    In the meantime I decided I wouldn't bother if it came back at a similar price. I concluded i'd spend more time hacking it than using it, then it would go in the back of a cupboard. If I really want to play some old PS1 games I have any number of ways of doing it - most of them better than this.

    It's a good price so each to his own.


  • #18
    rizzee
    Registered Users Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭rizzee


    Just reserved one. Nostalgia factor and a bit of craic. Thanks OP.


  • #19
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Are these decent when hacked?

    Are the built in games fine too, or a bit sluggish? Heard the implementation wasn't as great as the SNES classic?

    I was never a PS owner (SNES was my last console before I went PC), so this will be my first PS1 ;)


  • #20
    BASHIR
    Registered Users Posts: 553 ✭✭✭BASHIR


    Ordered and have a 5 euro voucher. Thanks OP
    Pure nostalgia


  • #21
    Pique
    Registered Users Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭Pique


    BASHIR wrote: »
    Ordered and have a 5 euro voucher. Thanks OP
    Pure nostalgia
    Now if only the ZX Spectrum remakes got off the ground. That's the retro release I'm waiting for!


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  • #22
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Hoors! wrote: »
    This is not a PS1.

    eh... yeah it is

    Same as NES Classic was a NES .. SNES Classic was a SNES ... once they're hacked you can add games to them


  • #23
    Cryptopagan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭Cryptopagan


    steves2 wrote: »
    I read a review and someone was complaining about the graphics being worse than the original?? Think some people have rose tinted graphics. Think I'll buy this, just for metal gear solid and resident evil alone.

    Read up about it. It was universally panned on release, has poor emulation, and includes inferior PAL versions of some games. It’s not worth this.

    https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-playstation-classic-review


  • #24
    ongarite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,198 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Cryptopagan wrote: »
    Read up about it. It was universally panned on release, has poor emulation, and includes inferior PAL versions of some games. It’s not worth this.

    https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-playstation-classic-review

    Yes, that is true of original retail product but the whole point of buying it now is that it’s been hacked so you can modify the emulator and load any PS1 game you want on it.


  • #25
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Cryptopagan wrote: »
    Read up about it. It was universally panned on release, has poor emulation, and includes inferior PAL versions of some games. It’s not worth this.

    https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-playstation-classic-review

    Once hacked you can put up NTSC versions of the games which run at a better framerate.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaystationClassic/comments/aa4d3w/question_ps_classic_performance_when_modded/


  • #26
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Hoors! wrote: »
    Playstation 1 release date: 1995

    Playstation Classic release date: 2018

    and both are identical once hacked :)


  • #27
    recyclops
    Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭recyclops


    36 euro for the ability ( with very little technical knowledge) of being able to play the entire ps1 back catalogue is a bargain if you ask me.

    i was given a ps1 classic for xmas and since its been hackable its a great little device.


  • #28
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,215 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    I'm sure you could buy a PS2 for less than that price, and play PS1 and PS2 games through it. Still have one set up under t.v. here


  • #29
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,358 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    I think people are missing the point of this bargain alert. Sure there are other ways to play ps1 games, for free even, but the bargain is regarding this particular device. You won't get it much cheaper brand new at this time, so yeah, it is a bargain. Whether you think its worth the money is not really the point


  • #30
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,614 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Kolido wrote: »
    so yeah, it is a bargain. Whether you think its worth the money is not really the point

    :confused:

    Surely throwing away money on rubbish isn't a "bargain" ?

    The point of Bargain Alerts is to alert people to good prices on good things. Otherwise the forum would be filled with crap from dealextreme.


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  • #31
    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,358 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    mrcheez wrote: »
    :confused:

    Surely throwing away money on rubbish isn't a "bargain" ?

    The point of Bargain Alerts is to alert people to good prices on good things. Otherwise the forum would be filled with crap from dealextreme.

    Whos to say its not a good thing, you?

    Anyone interested in getting this, wont find it much cheaper, hence the bargain.


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