Dec 12 2024 80 mins 10
Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! Trev and Al celebrate the 30th birthday of the PlayStation with a discussion on its chaotic origins, its astonishing rise and how it became the all conquering gaming giant that it is today!
- The PlayStation starting life as a Super NES add-on
- Nintendo’s betrayal, and the creation of the PS1 console as an act of Sony revenge!
- Ridge Racer, Wipeout and their impact on the PS1 launch.
- What did the early 32-Bit systems (Jaguar, 3DO, 32X etc…) offer before Sony joined the race?
- CD-ROMs and how they kept the PS1 ahead of the N64.
- The quirky reason why PS1 graphics looked ‘wobbly’.
- How do PS1 games hold up on a modern TV?
- Which region had the best PS1 game box design?
Check out Trev and Al’s other podcast where they reminisce about a different episode of Star Trek every month! : https://longrangesensors.com/episodes Intro/Outro Music – Attract Mode Theme – Ridge Racer Revolution (1995) – Sony Playstation – Composer(s): Hiroshi Okubo, Nobuhide Isayama
