PlayStation

Classic PlayStation Title Appears In Vita Store, But Isn’t Playable Yet

A classic PlayStation title appeared in the PS Vita store overnight, kindling hopes that players would now be able to enjoy their classic games on the go. Alas, the game is not actually playable, but its appearance does indicate that perhaps the anticipated feature is nearly ready for prime time.


February 28, 2012
PlayStation

Triumphantly Hideous Dialogue Makes Evil Zone One Of The Funniest Games Ever

Crafted by Yuke’s and published by Titus Software in North America for the original PlayStation, Evil Zone is a fighting game that uses only two buttons for battle. I’m guessing they couldn’t afford more buttons after shelling out big bucks for this amazing voiceover work. “I’m gibbering nonsense!”


May 20, 2011
News

Atlus Travels Back In Time To Tease Persona 2: Innocent Sin

Atlus Faithful fan club members received a bizarre mailing today in the form of a newsletter dated June 23, 1999. What’s significant about that date? Why that’s when the only Persona game not to hit North America was released in Japan. How odd.


February 17, 2011
PlayStation

First Details On Sony’s Weird PlayStation Tablet

Sony has another PlayStation-powered product coming in the form of an unusual Android-based tablet device, currently dubbed the “S1″. Like the recently (and finally) confirmed Xperia Play phone from Sony Ericsson, the rumoured gaming tablet will also play PSone games.


December 30, 2010
News

ESRB Lists Xenogears, Three Other PS1 Classics

Four classic titles from Squaresoft (now Square Enix) have been rated by the ESRB for release on the PSP and PS3, indicating an imminent release to the North American PlayStation Store.


September 10, 2010
News

15 Years Of PlayStation Domination

Fifteen years ago, Phillips, Sega and 3DO were struggling to get North American consumers to accept CD-based gaming. On September 9, 1995, Sony came along and showed them how it’s done, changing the face of gaming as we knew it.


August 31, 2010
In Real Life

Look At (Almost) All The Light Guns

One of the experiences that unites gamers is that so many of us have picked up a plastic gun and pointed it at our TV. History has given us dozens of light guns. Here, a gallery of greats and not-so-greats…


July 13, 2010
News

Homoerotic Shooter Re-release ‘Cho Aniki’ Outed For PS3

Muscle-bound side-scrolling shooter Cho Aniki is coming to the PlayStation 3, according to a new rating from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. That’s good news for fans of Speedo-wearing studs who fight similarly ripped, nearly naked dudes.


May 24, 2010
In Real Life

Collector Who Wanted Crappy Demo No One Wanted Speaks

Isn’t $US710 a bit much for a crummy PSOne demo – seemingly worthless when it was handed out 12 years ago? The collector who won the bidding for NBA 2-Ball thinks he got a steal on the price.


May 13, 2010
News

Crappy Demo No One Wanted Sells For $710

It didn’t come close to breaking records set recently by other rare titles, but NBA 2-Ball, a freebie PSOne disc given out at the 1998 NBA All-Star game, probably set a mark for demos.