PS1 Demo 1

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

The instrumental demonstration. It’s brilliant. Sony packed in with prospective PlayStation owners a disc that, sure, didn’t contain a full game like prior consoles did, but took a page from shareware CD’s that were popular at the time. It gave a vertical slice of the console as a whole, demonstrating its polygonal capabilities, its video playback capabilities, and its overall aesthetic and mission statement to create something with a club based electronic vibe.



It was a brilliant move. I can’t speak for anybody but myself, but I must say: it’s still impressive. It poises the PlayStation as leaps and bounds ahead of the aging last Gen hardware and into the world of an advanced computer. It makes you believe the system is more capable than it actually is, while also showing off the reality of how flexible the hardware can be. I love the Saturn, that much should be obvious from how much I’ve talked about it. That said: Saturn doesn’t have Demo 1. It doesn’t have a neat, vertical slice that combines all the most impressive elements of the console together into a smooth package that leaves a lasting impression.

It’s one of the most important pieces to PlayStation’s early dominance. While the race may have been closer in Japan, Sony knew how to leverage the European market in a way no console manufacturer had ever done. This was not a video game console. This was an experience. And you were about to plunge into the digital age.

1 question remains:
Are you ready?

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

I used to love Demo Disks as a kid and was always so excited to get one. I can't remember which one exactly was packed in with my PS1, but I remember it had MGS, Spyro, Midevil, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Wild 9.

 

[oxyhime]

I never knew Broken Sword got "top billing" of sorts. That's neat, it's one of my favorite series. That action-thriller trailer is questionable, though; Broken Sword is mostly about being a tourist with a history of arts minor.

You're doing something right with marketing when a demo disk remains somewhat relevant in gaming culture, or at least talked about.

 

[Samatonic Samatonic]

I've only seen or heard of Demo Disks of PS1 from a youtuber "Caddicarus". He Showcases all the demo disks and seeing them I was visually stunned by them.

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I used to love Demo Disks as a kid and was always so excited to get one. I can't remember which one exactly was packed in with my PS1, but I remember it had MGS, Spyro, Midevil, Brave Fencer Musashi, and Wild 9.

Perhaps this disk? It doesn’t have all the games listed, but it has many of them.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

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Perhaps this disk? It doesn’t have all the games listed, but it has many of them.

That's the one! Thank you!

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

I never knew Broken Sword got "top billing" of sorts. That's neat, it's one of my favorite series. That action-thriller trailer is questionable, though; Broken Sword is mostly about being a tourist with a history of arts minor.

You're doing something right with marketing when a demo disk remains somewhat relevant in gaming culture, or at least talked about.

That game was one I was happy to see get top billing, though not because I had ever heard of it. It showcases beautifully rotoscoped animation and storytelling, like an evolution of the seminal “Flashback” that was popular earlier that decade.

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That's the one! Thank you!

That’s good! I wanted to reunite you with it somehow!

The PlayStation is less of a console and more of a culture. Like a variable sea of things we all saw. And the demo disks are key to that. They allowed people to grow up with slices of games, remembering them when they get older, even if they never had the actual game.

 

[oxyhime]

That game was one I was happy to see get top billing, though not because I had ever heard of it. It showcases beautifully rotoscoped animation and storytelling, like an evolution of the seminal “Flashback” that was popular earlier that decade.

Wait. Was Broken Sword 1 rotoscoped? I always thought it was hand-drawn, and I can't find anything about rotoscopy on Wikipedia. I might be going crazy over this.

 

[cjl8336]

This was the disc that came with the PS1 when I first got it, and this music occasionally enters my thoughts

 

[TamagotchiTamaHero24's icon TamagotchiTamaHero24 TamagotchiTamaHero24]

Wait. Was Broken Sword 1 rotoscoped? I always thought it was hand-drawn, and I can't find anything about rotoscopy on Wikipedia. I might be going crazy over this.

I have to apologize, as this was a mistake from my end. It is just hand drawn and not rotoscoped. Some shots and some smooth animation led me to make a false assertion.

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This was the disc that came with the PS1 when I first got it, and this music occasionally enters my thoughts

A world apart from the European efforts I’ve seen! Very “ITS TRUCK MONTH!” style music.

 

[OPT1MUS]

Oooh maaan... so many memories
I still treasure it (like all the consoles and the related stuff I've owned in my gamer life)

Thanks a lot, mate!

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

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The instrumental demonstration. It’s brilliant. Sony packed in with prospective PlayStation owners a disc that, sure, didn’t contain a full game like prior consoles did, but took a page from shareware CD’s that were popular at the time. It gave a vertical slice of the console as a whole, demonstrating its polygonal capabilities, its video playback capabilities, and its overall aesthetic and mission statement to create something with a club based electronic vibe.

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It was a brilliant move. I can’t speak for anybody but myself, but I must say: it’s still impressive. It poises the PlayStation as leaps and bounds ahead of the aging last Gen hardware and into the world of an advanced computer. It makes you believe the system is more capable than it actually is, while also showing off the reality of how flexible the hardware can be. I love the Saturn, that much should be obvious from how much I’ve talked about it. That said: Saturn doesn’t have Demo 1. It doesn’t have a neat, vertical slice that combines all the most impressive elements of the console together into a smooth package that leaves a lasting impression.
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It’s one of the most important pieces to PlayStation’s early dominance. While the race may have been closer in Japan, Sony knew how to leverage the European market in a way no console manufacturer had ever done. This was not a video game console. This was an experience. And you were about to plunge into the digital age.

1 question remains:
Are you ready?

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So this is what all them jungle/d&b/breakcore albums be based on

 

[oxyhime]

So this is what all them jungle/d&b/breakcore albums be based on

It didn't take retro-gaming for all these to exist and thrive, but it certainly helped.

 

[Edward]

Amazing time. An unknown but exciting reality. The future was within reach.

 

[AkiraSO4]

Sorry in advance.