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97 unusual facts about Playstation


Alex Perelson

He then qualified for the AST Dew Tour on his first attempt at the Panasonic Open, and secured a nomination for the "PlayStation Trick of the Week" at the Right Guard Open that same season which was, according to an article in The San Diego Union-Tribune, a "breakout summer" for the young athlete.

Andrew House

Five years later in 1995, House transferred to SCEI's marketing and communications to contribute to the launch of the PlayStation gaming system.

Asterix: Mega Madness

Asterix: Mega Madness (known as Asterix: Maximum Gaudium in Germany) is an action adventure video game released on 30 May 2001 for the PlayStation and PC.

Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold

Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold is an adventure game designed for PlayStation.

Blue Submarine No. 6

The OVA had also received two video games for the PlayStation and Dreamcast.

Brian Allgeier

In 1999, he joined Insomniac Games as a level designer on the Spyro the Dragon series for the PlayStation and later became design director on the Ratchet & Clank series for the PlayStation 2.

Burn:Cycle

The coupling of this with CD-i's technological limits have led some commentators to lament the fact that this was not a game made two years later, when arguably 3D had its true birth (given the rise of PlayStation and Saturn in that year).

Caleb Norkus

Caleb, who was nicknamed PlayStation by the Puerto Rico Islanders supporters for his tireless work rate, grew up playing youth soccer for the Capital Area Soccer League and was North Carolina High School player of the year in 1996 when he helped lead Sanderson High School to the North Carolina State title.

Carisa Bianchi

In 1989, she joined Chiat\Day Los Angeles, where she spent eight years working with clients such as Energizer Batteries, Sony PlayStation, Cherry Coke and Sparkletts bottled water.

Chaos Wars

On a negative note, PlayStation: The Official Magazine gave it a 4, saying that "Chaos Wars might draw in some--like fans of the obscure games it's based on, especially those who long for the days of hand-drawn characters and tiny battlefields--but its old-school aesthetic isn't enough to make up for the lackluster production values and uninspired game play".

Component video

Sony is a big proponent of SoG, and most of their monitors (and their PlayStation line of video game consoles) use it.

Crest of the Stars

Roughly a year after the Anime finished airing, at the end of May 2000 Bandai Visual released a video game adaptation for the PlayStation.

Dropzone

It is available for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (titled 'Super Dropzone' on all packaging, but only 'Dropzone' on the title screen), Game Boy Advance and PlayStation.

Dru Masters

He has also composed music for the television channel ITV4, and a number of advertisements (including PlayStation, Morrisons, Barclaycard and Martini).

Dune II

Dune II also led to direct sequels: Westwood released a semi-remake for Windows in 1998 as Dune 2000, along with a PlayStation port in the same year.

Electronic Entertainment Expo

It coincided with the start of a new generation of consoles, with the release of the Sega Saturn, and the announcements of upcoming releases of the PlayStation, Virtual Boy and Neo-Geo CD.

Flema

There is a very persistent urban myth that says that he was drunk playing a Winning Eleven match with a PlayStation when he said to his friend Luichy "If I lose, I'm gonna jump through the window" - He lost and did it, but you will not find reliable sources with direct confirmation of this incident.

Galcon

A PlayStation minis version wasdeveloped and published in October 2011 by Beatshapers.

Ganba no Bōken

On March 4, 2003 Bandai released a puzzle and action PlayStation game called Ganba no Bōken: The Puzzle Action.

Gekibo: Gekisha Boy

In 2002, the Japanese version of Gekibo was re-released on the PlayStation as Volume 94 of the Simple 1500 Series under the title The Cameraman: Gekisha Boy Omakefu.

Graham Fink

His award winning photography has been used in many advertising campaigns including PlayStation's 'Blood' and 'Mental Wealth' poster campaigns.

Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James

Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James is a Shooter video game developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation.

Hammerin' Harry

Others were various Japan-only, pachinko machines, as well as home ports of them for Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Windows-operated PCs and Game Boy.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade

The signature PlayStation buttons, cross, circle, square and triangle are now the 4 large buttons on the machine's panel, and players push those buttons to play the games.

Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy

Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy (Hello Kitty's Cube de Cute in Japan) is a puzzle game featuring Hello Kitty for the PlayStation, Game Boy Color gaming systems.

Hugo: Black Diamond Fever

Hugo: Black Diamond Fever is a 3D platform game in the Hugo series that was developed by ITE Media and published by Electronic Arts in 2001 for the PC and PlayStation.

Hugo: The Evil Mirror

Hugo: The Evil Mirror (Danish: Hugo: Det Afskyelige Spejl) is a video game in the Hugo franchise developed by ITE Media for the PC, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color and mobile phones.

Igromania

If the first issue carried reviews of only a few PlayStation games, the following issue was entirely dedicated to games on this platform.

International Cricket Captain

Although there had been attempts cricket games in the recent past, ranging from International Cricket on the NES and Brian Lara Cricket on the PC, Mega Drive and later the PlayStation, ICC was groundbreaking in that it was the first cricket based game to move away from the traditional arcade format.

Jack Tretton

After joining the Sony Corporation in March 1995, Tretton was a member of the team that founded PlayStation in September of that year.

Jann Mardenborough

The entrants initially compete through racing on the Gran Turismo series of PlayStation driving games.

Journey to Silius

rʌf World was re-released in Japan in a two-in-one compilation for the PlayStation titled Memorial Series: Sunsoft Vol. 5, which also included Hebereke.

Kaga Create

It later released titles for a wide array of gaming systems, including the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Dreamcast, the 3DO, the PlayStation, the Sega Saturn, and the PC-FX.

Kane Roberts

Roberts took a long hiatus from music after his second solo album, but returned in 1999 with a band called Phoenix Down, named for a life potion in the PlayStation video game Final Fantasy VII, one of Roberts' favorite games.

Katsuya Kondō

He is best known for his character design work on the Studio Ghibli films Kiki's Delivery Service and Ocean Waves, as well as the PlayStation game Jade Cocoon.

Keep case

Before the standard, commonly used DVD case was invented, early CD-ROM based video games such as Sega CD and early PlayStation titles, would often come in thicker and taller jewel case.

Koei

Croc series (Japanese version of all Croc games distributed by Koei) released for the PlayStation.

Kula World

Kula World (also known as Roll Away in the USA or Kula Quest in Japan) is a 3D platform-based puzzle game created for the Sony PlayStation, which places the player in control of a Kula beach ball.

Lissa Endriga

As a model, she has been featured in several modeling and commercial campaigns including Samsung, Mazda, Circuit City Stores, BF Goodrich Tires, Karla G, Ed Hardy, Nike Shoes, Project 2011, Kawasaki, PlayStation and different products internationally.

Loading screen

Examples include variations of their old arcade games (Galaxian or Rally-X for example) as loading screens when first booting up many of their early PlayStation releases.

Lobotomy Software

PowerSlave received enough success to help Lobotomy secure a contract to port the game over to the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation.

Loops of Fury

It was used in the PlayStation game Wipeout 2097 and appeared on the accompanying soundtrack.

Make It Sweet!

It acted as the soundtrack to the PlayStation video game UmJammer Lammy (a spin-off title of the revolutionary music game PaRappa the Rapper.) Instead of featuring music taken directly from the game, the album features music performed by MilkCan with vocals by Michele Burks as Katy Kat.

Mark Walden

He was a senior producer in charge of developing PlayStation games for Sony before taking up writing full-time.

Martin Cilia

The Atlantics have gone on to record many of Cilia's songs, which have appeared on various Atlantics records, in feature film soundtracks, surf movies, and PlayStation games.

Master of Monsters

Master of Monsters is a turn-based strategy game created by Japanese software developer System Soft (now System Soft Alpha) for the MSX and NEC PC8801 later ported to a variety of consoles and PCs including the PC Engine, NEC PC9801, Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), Sega Saturn and PlayStation.

Millennium Soldier: Expendable

Millennium Soldier: Expendable (known as Expendable in the U.S.A. and Seitai Heiki Expendable in Japan) is the title of a shoot 'em up video game that was released by British developer Rage Software for Microsoft Windows in 1998, the Sega Dreamcast in 1999, and the PlayStation in 2000. The remake of the game for Android based devices was released in late 2012 as Expendable: Rearmed.

Monster Rancher Battle Card Game

It was followed by Monster Rancher Battle Card: Episode II for the Sony PlayStation entertainment system which featured additional monsters.

Moose Hunters

Moose Hunters was also the basis for, and title of the third level in the game, Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (for Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Sega CD and PlayStation (as Mickey's Wild Adventure).

Mystic Ark

A sequel for the Sony PlayStation, Mystic Ark: Maboroshi Gekijo, was released in 1999.

NBA Fastbreak '98

NBA Fastbreak '98 was a basketball simulator released for the Sony PlayStation in 1997.

NES Max

Like many later controllers (such as those for the PlayStation and N64), it has "wings": handles that extend from the edges of the pad.

Nicklas Nygren

Knytt Underground combines the features of Knytt and Within a Deep Forest and was released on PC, Mac and Linux platforms in late 2012, with the PlayStation platforms seeing the first launch.

Nigel McCulloch

In June 2007, McCulloch considered taking legal action against Sony because of their PlayStation game Resistance: Fall of Man.

Offcutts

From this release the band received international recognition, chosen as the theme music behind Sony PlayStation games and included in a major ad campaign screening during the American Super Bowl.

Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson

During his six-year tenure, he directed the worldwide operations of Sony’s entertainment software and hardware divisions and was responsible for the introduction of the acclaimed PlayStation.

Peter Drury

He has also written for The Independent newspaper and several sporting publications, as well as being the voice of the Sony PlayStation game 'This is Football'.

Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

It is the sequel to Star Gladiator and runs on the ZN-2 hardware, an improved version of PlayStation-based ZN-1 hardware its predecessor ran on.

Playstation Magazine

PlayStation: The Official Magazine, an American video game magazine, originally known as PlayStation Magazine (PSM)

Premier Manager: Ninety Nine

Premier Manager: Ninety Nine – Total Football Management is a soccer management simulation game, for PC, PlayStation and Nintendo 64 (with the N64 version known as Premier Manager 64).

Primedia Broadcasting

The division responsible for the management, marketing and distribution of electronic gaming software and hardware such as PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Wii.

PSXLinux

PSXLinux (also known as Runix) is a Linux kernel and development kit for the PlayStation (MIPS-NOMMU).

Rage Racer

Rage Racer (レイジレーサー) is the third title in the Ridge Racer series of racing games on the Sony PlayStation.

Ralph the Werewolf

Rampage World Tour was released in 1997 for newer consoles such as PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn, and Game Boy Color.

Rick Raymer

However, Hasbro Interactive was shut down soon after hiring Raymer, who was designing several games, including an updated version of the Atari classic Combat! for the PlayStation.

Rocket Knight Adventures

He also has recognisable cameos in Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu for the SNES, Snatcher for the Mega-CD, Jikkyō Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltage for the SNES, Mitsumete Knight for the PlayStation, and a figure resembling him also appears in an alternate ending to Contra: Shattered Soldier for the PlayStation 2.

Runabout 2

Runabout 2 is a racing game released for the PlayStation.

Scratch Track

A tour which had Scratch Track headlining small venues and open as a special guest to the band O.A.R., which was inspired by their appearance on Sony PlayStation’s MLB 06: The Show for the song Hands Together.

Shaun Butler

Butler has been riding professionally since 1993, and is one of ten professionals featured in the Dave Mirra games on PlayStation and PlayStation 2.

Shootyz Groove

Some of their tracks, including "Blow Your Top" and "Mad For It", were included in the PlayStation game, Street Skater 2.

Sim RPG Maker

The first was a console version released on September 17, 1998, for the Sega Saturn, the second for the Sony PlayStation in Japan only by ASCII.

Sled Storm

The first game in the Sled Storm series was released on the PlayStation 1 video game console.

Smart Ball

The last Game Freak game published by Sony was Click Medic for PlayStation, which was published in 1999.

Spot Goes To Hollywood

A Sega Saturn and PlayStation version was later released, featuring different levels but similar gameplay to the original version.

Star Luster

In 1998, the game was also included on a compilation made for the PlayStation known as Namco Anthology 1 where, like all of the Famicom games presented on the disc, an enhanced arrange mode was provided alongside the unaltered original game.

Starwinder

Starwinder is a sci-fi racing game for the PS1.

Steel Harbinger

Steel Harbinger is a videogame for the PlayStation game system, first released on September 30, 1996.

Steve Linsdell

Steve features on the latest TT Superbike Legends PlayStation 2 game, which was released in November 2008.

Steve Mardenborough

Steve Mardenborough's son Jann Mardenborough is a professional racing driver, after winning the 2011 GT Academy on the Gran Turismo series of PlayStation driving games.

Tekken Tag Tournament

These graphics ran using the Tekken 3 PCB board, based on the PlayStation hardware.

Test Drive Off-Road

GameSpot said for the PlayStation version, "Test Drive: Off Road is an acceptable entry in the suddenly crowded field of off-road racing games."

The Hanson Brothers

In 2000, the songs "Rink Rat", "Third Man In", "Stick Boy", and "Danielle", were featured in the NHL Rock The Rink game for the Sony PlayStation.

The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime

In addition, the title was released in Japan for the Apple Pippin and PlayStation.

The Mermen

They were featured in the soundtrack of the popular Sony PlayStation video game Road Rash 3-D and have contributed music for films as well.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy

All the songs were included in their original versions with the exception of the "Gurugu Volcano" from the first Final Fantasy which is based on the PlayStation release since the original version was shorter.

Thrill Kill

Thrill Kill was developed in the late 1990s for the Sony PlayStation by Paradox Development, later Midway Studios - Los Angeles.

Thrill Kill is a cancelled and unpublished 1998 fighting video game for the Sony PlayStation.

Discs and downloads containing near-final versions of the game are easy to obtain via the internet and are playable on PlayStation emulators and modded consoles.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Plucky's Big Adventure

Tiny Toon Adventures: Plucky's Big Adventure is the third Tiny Toon Adventures-based game, released on the PlayStation, released on September 21, 2001 in North America, and developed by Warthog and published by Conspiracy Games.

Tommykaira

According to the information spot provided by the PlayStation video game Gran Turismo 2 about the Kyoto-based company, "in 1988 Tommykaira succeeded in introducing Tommy Kaira M30, Japan's first fully modified high performance car ...while in 1997, it manufactured and marketed its original sports car, the ZZ".

Top Gear Rally

The game's graphics were considered quite advanced for a home console system, being better than the PlayStation's then-available offerings.

Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll

Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll, known as Trinity: Zill O'll Zero in Japan, is an action fantasy RPG video game set in part of the Zill O'll series, which had previously appeared on PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

Tusken Raiders

A Tusken Raider named Hoar appears as a playable character in the PlayStation fighting game Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi.

Ultimate Soccer

While similar in name, it has no relations with the Ultimate Soccer Manager series, but was followed by Striker still for the Mega Drive/Genesis, Striker '96, released for DOS, Sega Saturn and the PlayStation, and Striker Pro 2000, released for PlayStation and the Dreamcast.

Video CD

Disc playback is also available both natively and as an option on some CD- and DVD-based video game consoles, including PC-FX, Sega Saturn (pictured right), Sega Dreamcast, and Sony PlayStation.

Waraire Boswell

In 2005, Boswell was showcased alongside Diane von Furstenberg, JLo, Simmons Jewelry Company, and Marc Jacobs for the "Pret a PSP" show for the much-anticipated PlayStation Portable.

Zarch

In 1998, ten years after Zarch was released, a sequel, V2000 (also known as Virus 2000), was released for the PC and PlayStation.


Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

Koji Igarashi produced Harmony of Dissonance with the intent of "creating a game that was similar to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night", the critically acclaimed PlayStation game that he had worked on.

Chris Buncombe

Chris' brother, Alex is currently driving for RJN Motorsport Nissan Team in the PlayStation GT Academy Nissan 370Z in GT4 European Cup.

Christy Marx

She wrote the game bible and most dialogue for The Legend of Alon D'ar for the PlayStation 2 console, and has worked on PC, console and MMO games.

Code Breakers

Code Breaker, a video game cheat devices for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2

Formula One Arcade

Formula One Arcade is a racing video game developed by Studio 33 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.

Gekido

Gekido (known as Gekido: Urban Fighters in Europe) is a beat 'em up for the PlayStation game console. The game uses a fast paced beat 'em up system, with many bosses and a colorful design in terms of graphics. The game features the music of Fatboy Slim and Apartment 26. Marvel comic book artist Joe Madureira also contributed. A version of Gekido was also released on the Game Boy Color in Europe.

Ghostly Trio

In the PlayStation video game Casper, Fatso was supposedly legendary baseball player Babe Ruth (revealed when Casper observed the portrait in the main hall).

GOW2

God of War II, the sequel to the PlayStation 2 exclusive game God of War

Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer

Various LZO implementations are reported to work under Win32, AIX, ConvexOS, IRIX, Mac OS, Palm OS, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Wii, Solaris, SunOS, TOS (Atari ST), Linux and VxWorks.

Light in Darkness

The song has received many positive reviews and became the main menu song on NASCAR The Game: Inside Line for Xbox, PlayStation and Wii.

Loot

Loot, a group of developers from Sony Pictures Entertainment that creates products and experiences for PlayStation Home

Low-definition television

The PlayStation 2 generates 240p/288p if a PlayStation game calls for this mode, as do many Virtual Console emulated games on Wii.

Marc Heal

During the 1990s he was also involved in game music with contributions to Command & Conquer, Wing Commander V and the best selling Sony PlayStation console game Gran Turismo.

Meredith Molinari

On February 18, 2010, Meredith Molinari's first reality series, The Tester, aired, which can be downloaded from the PlayStation Network on the PlayStation 3 and PSP.

MGO

Metal Gear Online, a PlayStation 3 online multiplayer spin-off of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

PlayStation 4 system software

The PlayStation 4 runs "Orbis OS", which is based on a branch of FreeBSD.

PlayStation 4 technical specifications

The PlayStation 4 uses a semi-custom accelerated processing unit (APU) developed by AMD in cooperation with Sony and is manufactured on the TSMC 28 nm process node.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is a crossover fighting video game which was released on November 20, 2012 in North America, November 21, 2012 in Europe, November 22, 2012 in Australia, November 23, 2012 in the UK and January 31, 2013 in Japan.

PlayStation Eye

LittleBigPlanet (used to create levels; also compatible with PlayStation 2 EyeToy)

Psy-S

Frontman Masaya Matsuura went on to create several famous video games for the Sony PlayStation.

Segagaga

The game also references things associated with Sony's PlayStation and PlayStation 2 and there is as a strange cameo appearance from Ralph Macchio of Karate Kid fame, who in various mecha-forms,can be fought in one of the R&D departments and persuaded to join your team.

The Idolmaster

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon as well as the Ridge Racer series on PlayStaion 3, PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360 also include DLC for The Idolmaster series.

The King of Braves GaoGaiGar

Examples include Renais Kerdif-Shishioh (main character of the aforementioned novel) and Rose Approval (secretary general of the United Nations as seen in the aforementioned PlayStation game).

Tiger Woods PGA Tour

Although most games in the series have been developed internally at EA studios, some SKUs have come from outside developers including the very first one, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '99, which was developed by Adrenalin Entertainment in conjunction with EA for the PlayStation, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 for the PlayStation, which was developed by Stormfront Studios.

Tom and Jerry in House Trap

The Playstation version is an example of the trap-em-up genre, which also includes games like Heiankyo Alien, Space Panic, and Lode Runner.

Tusken Raiders

In Xenogears from Squaresoft, for Playstation One the enemy Dune Man / Freelancers resemble Tusken Raiders' clothes and their attacks.

What's New

What's New, a PlayStation Network feature that displays news related to Sony's software and events