This PS1 Secret Feature remained hidden for 26 years... Until now

The original Playstation 1 had a secret feature that not many people knew about, until now. You probably played PS1 way back in the day & wish you found out about this.. It's absolutely top secret.

[JohnGlasscock]

I know a lot of secrets about older consoles too, so let me know if you want to see them 😁

[CZsWorld]

You're too late... 26 years too late...

[BobtheExile]

I did this by accident when I was a kid. I never knew how I did it, my friends thought I was lying, and when I failed to recreate this, I gave up and just accepted that I must have dreamed it. Here 20 years later, I finally get to see this video and find out how I did it...but haven't had a PS1 or been in contact with those friends in 20 years lmao

Update: I never thought I would be making this update...I had forgotten I shared this and had moved on, but one of my friends from back then that didn't believe me apparently saw this video and remembered from way back then...I can't believe he even remembered, but even more, I can't believe he not only found me (I don't have social media because I want to keep my personal life private), but reached out to me to apologize for not believing me. I have little hope the other four will do the same, but, well, this happened, so who knows?

[PrimmsHoodCinema]

All my Tekken characters... Gone for Funny how it still hurts...

[boshnigity]

I worked for a local video game store when the PS1 launched. When Sony sent us displays we got a few little swag items and they included a debug and diagnostic manual. I remember this was one feature but had forgot all about it until now.

[jchysteria]

No one:

YouTube recommendations:
- remember that save file you cried over 26 years ago?

[cloudyOso]

I remember accidentally Deleting a save file on Spyro after beating Gnasty Gnorc on a school night. I screamed so loud and cried bc it took me forever to beat him. My dad came in the with belt after finding me up so late. This video *literally* could’ve saved me an ass beating.

[soberirish]

This sounds like the kind of thing a kid would tell you at school that he had learned from his older brother, but when you got home and tried it, it wouldn't work.

[andresinchausti]

the beginning of the ps1 gives me goosebumps, it takes me back to those times, when having a ps1 was something exclusive, something serious, a dream come true

[Absolutepower]

This video would have saved my friends life when he deleted my resident evil save data. May he rest in peace 😭

[dominic]

If I knew this before, my neighbor who accidentally deleted my save file would still be alive today.

[CydonianKnights]

1st time it’s not just click bait of a commonly known fact I’m shocked and learned something new.

[dragonchr]

For those that don't know, data on any storage medium is never "deleted"

It is simply made available by the drive to be overwritten. As long as the "deleted" data is not overwritten, you can always retrieve provided you have the tools.

[carachamadofinger]

The guy that discovered this probably discovered in a rage where he was pressing all the buttons for it to come back, and it actually came

[jcwade]

Click on delete
“Are you sure u want to delete?”
Yes
“Deletes”
Oh damn. I didn’t want to delete that

[DanyFairuzFirdaus]

2:01 That's the most satisfying sound ever made in the world.

[vamuse]

Game developer here.

Usually with esoteric button combinations like this (Hit all the shoulder buttons on the controller at the same time) these are usually something you would see as a developer command. Like a shortcut for developers or testers to perform actions that make testing easier.

They often use complicated button combinations and very specific timing (a lot like old school cheat codes) on the off chance that they need to take a dev build to a public event like a conference, or if they forget to remove it, it's unlikely that someone would trigger it by accident.

I would hazard to guess the reason this feature wasnt advertised is because its not a feature, but in fact a dev command that they neglected to remove before manufacturing.

[milfbangaable]

Actually did this once by accident but could never recreate the sequence on my controller and now I know why 24 years LATER. RIP LOST STREET FIGHTER SCORES.

[RozpYlacZ]

If I knew that, I wouldn't bite my big brother for removing my Final Fantasy VII and Jade Cocoon saves...

[rafaelsantosx]

Wonder how one could possibly discover this: by just pressing all the controller buttons, angry for deleting the wrong game file.