PlayStation 1 (PS1) - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Furst

With the upcoming release of the PlayStation Classic, Did You Know Gaming looks at some some obscure secrets, history and Easter eggs from the original Sony PlayStation 1 (PS1)!

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Video Editing by Luis Illingworth @HeyRaguio
Research/Writing by Seumidh MacDonald & Kiki McIntrye

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[GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Still possibly the best Start Up sound that any console has ever had. Only Nintendo's GameCube and Game Boy Advance could compare. (Also slight shout out to the great Dreamcast boot up screen).

[koteshima]

Sony sure showed them all.
The first and second Playstation were legendary.

[suppengroove]

ps1: praised for its superior cd player
ps4: can't play audio cds

wew

[alaskancurry]

“Sony was furious about the controller design”

Fast forward 25 years later where they refuse to change the design😂

[skywolfstalksyou]

I love how you guys flooded us with Tekken 3 music

[buchiklop]

Kind of hilarious that Sony execs were all "We don't belong in the games business!" when the Playstation is the main thing keeping Sony a thing right now.

[GreyWolfLeaderTW]

That's hilarious that Hiroshi Yamauchi foresaw the danger of letting Sony into their company to see how video game consoles are made. It was possibly the worst decision however to back out and humiliate Sony, as my generation grew up on the Sony PlayStation when they went ahead with it.

"One often meets one's destiny on the road to avoid it." ~Master Oogway, Kung Fu Panda

[SonOfAGlitch]

I ate an entire footlong Subway sandwich while watching this video and it was very very yummy

[NikkiRoesslerBFDIFan]

The PS1 was my first video game console that I played in my childhood and I grew up with playing Crash and Spyro :)

[silenceenigma]

When the PS1 can play music CD's with no problem but the PS4 can't. I still love you Sony

[AwpWilliams]

OOOH! It starts with Eddy Gordo's music.
This is gonna be good.

[Jyakotu]

I have so many fond memories of the original PlayStation growing up. While the original Game Boy helped to introduce me to video games, the PlayStation is what solidified me as the gamer that I am today. It’s why I’ve been so loyal to Sony in the gaming department, even if they have been making some questionable decisions lately. Their software line up cannot be beat!

[Wintertimexo]

The fact that you used Eddy Gordo theme from Tekken 3 just makes this whole video a lot better

[no-one]

Wow, I never knew the grips were for lower shoulder buttons. I always thought it just to feel more comfortable.

[wdcain]

I've always been fascinated by the Saturn since I really wanted one when they first came out but FF7 and MGS1 made me get the ps1 which worked out since I didn't know anyone who owned a Saturn growing up. It's amazing how much the ps1 supported 3rd party games.

[WhiteJarrah]

8:17 Just a clarification on that. ALL models of PlayStation support S-video worldwide. You can buy cables for it. The earliest Japanese models had physical S-video and RCA ports on the back. These were phased out in later releases, but the option to use S-video and even RGB remained, you just need to by a cable for it. Sony also sold an AV breakout adapter with S-video and RCA plugs built in.

[Narukami]

My favorite console of all-time! I love PlayStation!

[jamesgriffin]

I love that story about Nintendo and Sony that led to the PlayStation 1 also I got an advert for Spyro Reignited Trilogy

[classicafungus]

Ps1 is the first console i fell in love with. (First games i played on it was tomb raider and metal gear solid) good memories

[jonathanwilson]

There's not much in the world of gaming that still gives me chills. But the PS1's startup sound does just that.