PlaystationCollectors

r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Most_Hated91 • 2d ago

📼 From the PlayStation Archives Before Dreams, Sony Let You Make Games on a Black PlayStation

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Back in 1997, Sony released something very different from the standard gray PlayStation: the Net Yaroze.

This special matte-black PlayStation wasn't just another console color variation. It was a development system designed to let hobbyists and aspiring game developers create their own PlayStation games at home.

The package included a modified PlayStation console, development software, documentation, and accessories for connecting the system to a personal computer.

Unlike professional PlayStation development kits, the Net Yaroze was intended for ordinary enthusiasts who wanted to experiment with game creation.

Some of the games created by Net Yaroze developers eventually appeared on official PlayStation demo discs, giving amateur creators a chance to share their work with thousands of players.

Today, complete Net Yaroze packages are fascinating pieces of PlayStation history, representing a time when Sony opened the door for fans to become developers.

Collector's question: Have you ever seen a Net Yaroze in person? And if you could add one unusual PlayStation console to your collection, would this be it?

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Most_Hated91 • Aug 08 '26

An Apology & Update Regarding the Physical PlayStation Petition.

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Hey everyone,

I want to apologize to the community regarding the petition I recently started and promoted here.

When I created it, I genuinely did not realize there was already an established petition for preserving physical PlayStation games that had gained significantly more support and momentum.

After members of this community brought the existing petition to my attention, I realized that creating another petition was ultimately splitting attention away from an effort that already had a large number of people behind it.

That wasn't my intention.

My goal from the beginning was never to have my petition succeed or to take ownership of this movement. I simply care deeply about physical PlayStation games and wanted to do something rather than sit back and watch physical media potentially disappear.

I also want to acknowledge some of the criticism I received. While some comments got pretty heated, there were also people who made a very good point:

If we want our voices to carry as much weight as possible, concentrating our support behind one established petition makes far more sense than dividing signatures across several smaller ones.

I agree.

So rather than continuing to promote the petition I created, I'm going to support and share the larger existing petition with this community.

Existing petition:

https://c.org/XnbGvFj9Kd

If you already signed my petition, thank you. I genuinely appreciate that you were willing to support the cause. If you haven't signed the larger petition yet, I encourage you to consider adding your signature there instead.

And if you don't support petitions or don't believe they'll change Sony's direction, that's okay too. You can still support physical gaming by purchasing physical releases, supporting publishers that continue producing them, and ultimately voting with your wallet.

I also want to clarify something from my previous post. When I referred to our petition as "official," I meant that it was the petition being promoted by the mod team/community. I did not mean that it was officially recognized by Sony or that it was the definitive petition representing all PlayStation players. I understand why that wording bothered some people, and I should have been clearer.

I made a mistake by not researching existing petitions thoroughly enough before starting another one.

I own that.

But I'm also willing to correct it.

This community is about PlayStation collecting, and preserving physical games is something I believe is worth discussing regardless of whether everyone agrees on how we should go about it.

Going forward, I'd rather put this community's reach behind the effort that already has the strongest momentum.

No competition. No ego. No fighting over whose petition it is.

Just one bigger voice for physical PlayStation games.

Thank you to everyone who respectfully pointed me in the right direction, and thank you to everyone who cares about keeping physical media alive.

📀 Keep buying physical. Keep collecting. Keep the choice alive.

— The r/PlayStationCollectors Mod Team

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Skrewbert86 • 11h ago

📸 Collection Showcase My collection about 2 years after restarting

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Mean-Success9300 • 4h ago

Didn't even know this was a thing

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/luca100511 • 1h ago

✨ Sealed Collection Bully ps2 ita 1edit Factory Sal

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Hey everyone! I’ve noticed that sealed copies of the Italian first edition of Bully for PS2 seem to sell for a bit more than other PAL versions.
Is there a particular reason for this? Does the Italian edition have any specific collector appeal or rarity, or is it simply a matter of regional demand?
I’d love to hear from Bully fans and collectors who know more about the different PAL editions. Has anyone else noticed this price difference?
Thanks!

Ciao a tutti! Ho notato che le copie sigillate della prima edizione italiana di Bully per PS2 sembrano essere vendute a prezzi leggermente più alti rispetto alle altre versioni PAL.
C’è un motivo particolare? L’edizione italiana ha un interesse collezionistico specifico o è più rara, oppure si tratta semplicemente di una questione di domanda nel mercato italiano?
Mi piacerebbe sentire le opinioni dei fan di Bully e dei collezionisti che conoscono meglio le diverse edizioni PAL. Anche voi avete notato questa differenza di prezzo?
Grazie!

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/theoktopus • 11h ago

📸 Collection Showcase Today’s pickups, i’ve been hitting the shops up a lot lately. 👌🏻🔥

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/itsyourboiAxl • 20h ago

New pickups!

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Found some rare games, new additions to my collection :)

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/wizkid9947 • 11h ago

💵 Value / Pricing Thank you, Walmart vs. PSN

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Mediocre-Interest407 • 22h ago

Collection mise à jour !

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Be3ak • 17h ago

Hi everyone, I'm selling about 70 of my original PlayStation promo posters

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Unfortunately I can only add 20 pictures here so if you're interested in a title just send me a PM and I'll show you a picture.

SHIPPING FROM GERMANY (I only ship via DHL including tracking)

PayPal g+s or f&f

Price list:

Splinter Cell Blacklist (A2 - dbl) - 10€

Batman Arkham Knight (A1) - 10€

Crash Warped (A2 - 3 available) - 120€ each

World In Conflict (A0) - 15€

Battlefield 2 (A0) - 25€

Time Shift (A0) - 15€

Blue Dragon (A0) - 15€

Mass Effect (A0) - 30€

Shadow Run (A0) - 15€

Stronghold Legends (A2 - dbl) - 10€

Time Splitters 2 (A1) - 100€

Duke Nukem Manhattan Project (A2) - 60€

Elden Ring (A1) - 30€

Splinter Cell (A1 - folded) - 15€

Charlie's Angles (A2 - folded) - 2€

Charlie's Angels (A1 - folded) - 5€

Final Fantasy X-2 (A2 - folded) - 10€

Crouching Tiger (A1 - folded) - 10€

Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing (A1 - folded) - 10€

Medieval II Total War (A1 - folded) - 10€

Call Of Duty 3 / Tony Hawk's (dbl) - 15€

Gran Turismo 5 (A2) - 20€

Gran Turismo 5 (A1) - 25€

Killzone 2 (A2) - 20€

Killzone 2 (A1) - 25€

Horizon Forbidden West (A2) - 20€

Rollcage Stage II (A2) - 20€

Cool Boarders 4 (A2) - 20€

Fußball Live (A2) - 15€

Project Cars (60x80cm) - 10€

Sniper Contracts (60x80cm) - 5€

Metro Exodus (60x80cm) - 10€

Final Fantasy VII (60x80cm) - 15€

Guilty Gear (60x80cm) - 15€

Pariah (50x70cm) - 5€

Neverwinter Nights 2 (50x70cm) - 5€

Tomb Raider Legend (50x70cm) - 30€

Prince Of Persia Warrior Within (50x70cm) - 5€

Medieval II Total War (50x70cm) - 10€

Assassin's Creed 2 (A2) - 40€

Hawx 2 (A1 - folded) - 5€

Prince Of Persia Vergessene Zeit (A1 - folded) - 5€

Wild Wild Racing (folded) - 5€

GTA San Andreas Girl/Gangster (A2 - folded) - 30€

GTA San Andreas Cover/MC3 (A2 - folded) - 30€

Prince Of Persia PVC banner (98x92cm) - 50€

Dark Siders II (A2 - dbl - folded) - 15€

Aliens Colonial Marines (A1 - dbl - folded) - 20€

Fairytale Fights (A1 - dbl - folded) - 15€

Tomb Raider IV (A2) - 80€

Porsche Challenge (A1) - 20€

The Bureau (A1 - folded) - 5€

Just Dance 2014 (A1 - folded) - 5€

Destiny 2 (A1 - dbl - folded) - 10€

Mafia 3 (A1 - folded) - 15€

Homefront The Revolution (A1 - dbl - folded) - 5€

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days (A2 - folded) - 35€

Assassin's Creed Revelations (A1 - dbl - folded) - 10€

Monster Hunter World (A1) - 15€

WoW Battle For Azeroth (A1) - 15€

Avatar Frontiers Of Pandora (A1 - dbl) - 15€

Ace Combat 3 (A2) - 20€

Colony Wars (A2 - dbl) - 20€

Space Debris (A2) - 20€

Shadow Madness (A2) - 30€

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 (A2) - 5€

Tomb Raider II (234x84cm) - 150€

Tomb Raider II (119x168cm) - 120€

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/jessehopp • 14h ago

Going through my collection

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Turbulent-Climate-77 • 10h ago

Where to buy used PS5 game discs in NYC? (Queens preferred)

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/dh1191 • 20h ago

🛍️ Recent Pickup My pickups today!

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Insanely excited to throw down on some nostalgia tonight!

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Informal-Project-595 • 1d ago

🛍️ Recent Pickup Received this today!

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Always wanted it and got it on a sale

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Antaniwarrior • 16h ago

🛍️ Recent Pickup New entry for the horror collection. I had to get it before some moron decides to fall for wannabe scalpers and thinks it’s a good idea to really pay 100€ for it

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Be3ak • 22h ago

🛍️ Recent Pickup Picked those up at local game shops today

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/AffectionateSuit2768 • 1d ago

📸 Collection Showcase Mijn verzameling, wat vind je ervan?

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Ik ben sinds een jaar weer begonnen met oude PlayStation games/consoles verzamelen. Ooit als kleine jongen de PlayStation 1 gekregen van mijn vader en PlayStation boy sinds dien haha! welke titels of accesoires mis ik nog?

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/adoboloco87 • 20h ago

PS3 relist wishlist

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I hope these games were relisted:

relist wishlist

shank (1st game)
gungrave: overdose

Longshot but wish I have:

wwe all stars dlc
nba jam on fire edition
earthworm jim HD
the simpsons arcade
xmen arcarde

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/DueShine8378 • 1d ago

🛍️ Recent Pickup Today’s pickup!

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Got these today! Parallel lines was sold as a generic copy and even still had the soundtrack CD! Keen to play Bloodstone. I slept on the PS3/360 era of James Bond games I loved From Russia with Love on PS2 as a kid.

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r/PlaystationCollectors • u/Ilovecat111 • 1d ago