PS One Archive

  • I’m pretty sure no one thought Psygnosis would be Sony’s ace in the hole when they made the leap to console manufacturer.  Not to downplay the many great games they’ve...

    Wipeout

    I’m pretty sure no one thought Psygnosis would be Sony’s ace in the hole when they made the leap to console manufacturer.  Not to downplay the many great games they’ve...

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  • When you think about the King of Fighters was such a great idea I’m surprised no one else had attempted before.  The idea of an inter-company crossover is the stuff...

    King of Fighters ’95

    When you think about the King of Fighters was such a great idea I’m surprised no one else had attempted before.  The idea of an inter-company crossover is the stuff...

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  • Coming of the success of Tomb Raider Core Design and Eidos could do no wrong.  Flush with Lara Croft money they began an aggressive marketing campaign for nearly all of...

    Fighting Force

    Coming of the success of Tomb Raider Core Design and Eidos could do no wrong.  Flush with Lara Croft money they began an aggressive marketing campaign for nearly all of...

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  • I remember Rage software as a developer who was all style with little substance.  Quick to jump on any new piece of technology chances are if a new console or...

    Millennium Soldier: Expendable

    I remember Rage software as a developer who was all style with little substance.  Quick to jump on any new piece of technology chances are if a new console or...

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  • For any Neo Geo fan during the mid-90s unless you absolutely loved fighting games there was little else to spend your money on.  Dear God SNK must have had a...

    Metal Slug X

    For any Neo Geo fan during the mid-90s unless you absolutely loved fighting games there was little else to spend your money on.  Dear God SNK must have had a...

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  • Where is the PlayStation mascot?  It’s hard to believe but in the mid-90s there was still the prevailing myth that every console needed a wise ass animal to be the...

    Crash Bandicoot

    Where is the PlayStation mascot?  It’s hard to believe but in the mid-90s there was still the prevailing myth that every console needed a wise ass animal to be the...

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  • It never fails.  At every system launch there’s always that one game.  You know the one.  The game that attempts to use every hardware feature of a console in a...

    Philosoma

    It never fails.  At every system launch there’s always that one game.  You know the one.  The game that attempts to use every hardware feature of a console in a...

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  • I wonder just how many remember the insane hype among the press for Battle Arena Toshinden.  If you were to base your impressions of the game off what the press...

    Battle Arena Toshinden

    I wonder just how many remember the insane hype among the press for Battle Arena Toshinden.  If you were to base your impressions of the game off what the press...

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  • Who remembers Bomberman Act Zero?  Oh I’m sure Konami/Hudson wishes everyone would forget but it stands as a perfect example of how not to update a franchise for modern audiences. ...

    Silent Bomber

    Who remembers Bomberman Act Zero?  Oh I’m sure Konami/Hudson wishes everyone would forget but it stands as a perfect example of how not to update a franchise for modern audiences. ...

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  • Many genres in the 32-bit era went through a terrible birthing process, for lack of a better term.  While the gameplay of platformers, shooters, and action games had been more...

    One

    Many genres in the 32-bit era went through a terrible birthing process, for lack of a better term.  While the gameplay of platformers, shooters, and action games had been more...

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