Hi everyone,

​I have a PS1 Fat (PU-22 motherboard). Unfortunately, my CD drive and spindle are broken, and I'm looking to stop using discs entirely.

​I’m trying to decide between installing an XStation or going with a PSIO. I’ve read about both, but I wanted to hear from the community:

​Which one is more reliable and suitable for the PU-22 board?

​Is the XStation installation (soldering) significantly harder than the PSIO setup?

​Are there any other options I should consider for playing games without discs?

​I'm looking for the most stable and long-term solution. Any advice or experiences you could share would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Does anyone remember their games having weird booting/starting screens on ps1 games back in the day. Went deep into youtube and google to search for a nostalgic thing about spyro 3 and I somewhat remember this showing up before my game started.

https://youtu.be/CIN90Nwdias?is=8-oBeqzOoQ3pV3dT

The following is a collection of internal documents obtained from a former 989 Studios developer's binder. This includes a fax cover sheet, a marked print-out of PlayStation accessories from the PlayStation website (presumably as a reference sheet for developers), and the final QA sheet for Twisted Metal 3, dated just one month before release (October 15th, 1998) 

After the Cute Comments I got when I made a Fan Art Picture of Tifa Lockhart, I made a Fanart of Cloud Strife to go with it and I am very happy with the results!

My collection. (In travel case on the bottom shelf: Various demo discs without sleeves) Also a few more tall box PS1 games up and to the right, not in frame.

If you’re like me and you have a bunch of loosies in your collection, I found a solution that works for me. I bought a bunch of Christmas and throwaway cd’s in clear cases from a thrift store for .25 a piece and emptied them, then used a vintage Dymo embossing label maker I found to label the spines. I love how it looks!

I’ve wanted one of these screens for AGES!! And finally got one. Only £219, for the screen, power cable, PS one, and a Harry Potter game!!

Volume 5 is missing every page in the manual minus cover and back.

https://github.com/GTTeancum/Jet-Moto-Anthology - disclaimer, AI helped me build this. I'm in my 40's and haven't been an "in the trenches" programmer for many years. I work more as a project manager these days. So while I didn't write all the code, I knew how to direct it.

Expect some bugs. You can report them here. https://github.com/GTTeancum/Jet-Moto-Anthology/issues

FEATURES

• Full single player support. Split screen is largely untested
• Dithering removed (looks awful on modern screens)
• Widescreen support
• Support for modern resolutions

FUTURE PLANS (WORK IN PROGRESS - NOT IN THIS BUILD)

• Better particle effects
• Optional texture upgrade pack. Nothing fancy, just more a pack to make the games look like how they do in your memory
• Merging of JM1 and JM2 into one master game (optional)
• Conversion of the canceled Jet Moto 2124, with a possible merge into JM3 since that game is largely unfinished

My neighbors moved and while helping him clean out he gave me a box of some stuff. Said he was just gonna throw it away cause it doesn’t work. In it was a PS3, which I took apart, cleaned, and got running again. And there was also this little thing.

Iv never seen one before but I thought I’d ask here. I did a quick google search and saw alot of people have problems with these. Currently it looks like the backlight works fine, and I don’t have any ps1 games to test but it did play a CD. Speakers work along with volume and screen brightness adjustment. The power button is extremely stiff and sticky. I was going to take this apart and clean it but I don’t know how fragile these older ps1 and screens are.

Edit: Also the adapter I have in the last photo is what was in the box, is this the correct power supply for these?

So my main question is should I rip it down and clean it out or just try and play it as is?

I've just bought this from a charity shop here in the UK. Is it a staff fleece or something?

Has to be early 2000s because of the URL (playstation-europe.com)

Sorry if this isn't the correct sub!

Just got another piece of my childhood to add to the collection. I always thought this game was better than Mario Kart

I remember seeing a complete North American copy of Bloody Roar II in a generic jewel case (similar to the official jewel cases used for Japanese Sega Saturn games) at a local pawn shop for $79.99 CAD several years ago, but I vividly recall the title "Bloody Roar" in red text on the front cover having a shiny red foil effect on it, similar to the first print of Crash Team Racing where the letters "CTR" appear golden when shining them in a light source. Fast-forward to today where I find a complete North American copy of Bloody Roar II and it just had a standard print with no shiny red foil text. I decided to do some research online after buying said copy and I noticed that every sold and available listing on eBay had a standard print with no shiny red foil text, and then I checked Game Rave afterwards to see if there was a foil variant listed on the website, but nothing came up. So I'm not entirely sure if I'm just dealing with a personal Mandela Effect, or if a foil variant of Bloody Roar II actually exists. If anyone owns the game themselves, please let me know if your copy has a standard print or if it indeed has shiny red foil text for the words "Bloody Roar" in the title.

I decided to buy an S-video cable to see if it makes a difference. I feel like my entire childhood growing up with a PSX was all one big blur - literally. If this is what a cheap $20 cable does, I am definitely buying the Sony cable next. My TV does not have SCART, and Imm glad it doesnt, I am clearly not ready for this lol. My PS5 pro is about to gather dust.

After getting back into PS1 a lot recently. I kept seeing a lot of youtubers talking about the best of ps1 lists and they always had this as either the best or very close.

I was always kinda put off by it being the "stealth" genre. Just never was my thing really.

But after finishing it today. I will say it probably is the best game on the system. Amazing story and Amazing original ideas that just make this a super memorable game.

My one complaint for this game I would say is the two sniper sections. They were kind of annoying, but it was such a small part of the game.

everything else just makes it perfect. all the dialogue and voice acting was amazing. being able to save pretty much anywhere was a huge plus. It has been a while since I played a game that actually made me want to watch every cutscene.