You can keep your crisp clear emulators or your PlayStation 2 backward compatibility. The best way to enjoy original PlayStation classics is with the tiny PSone and Sony’s plucky little LCD attachment.
I was cleaning one of my cable drawers the other day, pulling out the massive tangle of wires and sighing sadly before stuffing them back inside, when I uncovered this beautiful gaming hardware combo. I was so inspired by the discovery that I pulled the cables back out, untangled the PSOne power cord and original Dual Shock controller, and re-stuffed them once more with feeling.
Watch me play.
Sony’s made smaller versions of the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, and there’s no doubt the current model will get similar treatment in the near future. But none of those were as beautiful as the PSone. Compared to the angular original, the 2000 redesign’s soft curves looked like they came from the future to help us play older games.
The five-inch display Sony made to compliment the PSone tied the whole console together. The rounded attachment looked as if it was born atop the console, even though in reality it was taking the PSone from behind. Its speakers were not the best in the world, but the combined package was so light and portable there was plenty of room in my backpack for headphones.
Sony’s left the display add-ons to third parties since the PSone, not counting the external display they made for the PlayStation 3 back when everything was going to be so 3D we couldn’t stand it. Probably for the best. It doesn’t get any better than this.
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16 responses to “The Perfect Way To Play Original PlayStation Games”
How much would that set you back these days?
Would be a pretty pricey item to pry away from the fanboies & collectors.
I’ve been trying for ages to get one, either people aren’t selling them or they want too much for them these days
Found a US model on eBay for $150 with screen but was $150 postage, so that’s a no.
Am sure you can get a screen in Akibahara or similar game otaku places in Japan but that would require going over there to do it.
I’m pretty sure that there was a battery pack available as well, making this truly the ultimate portable gaming experience.
Nah man. That would be the GameCube with portable battery pack and LCD screen 😛
Was there a 3rd party equivalent for the PS2? Mine is sitting in a box but it’d be great to be able to dig it up and get some Destroy All Humans! going…
I remember Ben Heck using the PSone and screen to make a portable console – pretty cool http://www.benheck.com/portable-playstation-1/
I always thought the PSP was the best way to play PS1 games.
The built in PS1 emulator on that is amazing.
Judging from your name, I actually had trouble running some things, such as Koudelka & Megaman Legends 2.
I had trouble running a lot of things on older firmware but on the newest ones most things just worked.
Have you tried it recently?
Nope, I was thinking of throwing some cash down & just grabbing the GPD Q9 PSV.
I spent so long modding & hacking & remodding & rebuilding (after I dropped it screen first) my psp. I’ve had enough of it & I don’t have the time anymore.
or you know, emulate them on pc or psp
Try re-reading the first line.
I skimmed straight to the comments
Am I the only one who is going to comment on the game disc being left face down?
Actually that’d be the right way to put it down, other than keeping it in it’s case.
http://www.worldstart.com/the-correct-way-to-lay-down-a-cd/
basically the data is just under the label so it that gets damaged it’s gone forever, but the shiny side has almost 2mm of plastic protecting it, and it can be cleaned etc.
I really dig strapping my phone to my PS4 controller and rocking a PSone emulator. So worth the small price of a tiny OTG cable (and equally tiny usb cable so it’s not super long)