https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/ RVG Discussion Board en-GB Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:09:45 +0000 wpForo 60 https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/unable-to-fix-game-controller-issue/ Mon, 23 May 2022 13:05:57 +0000 this article to resolve the issue? Please help]]> Sony Chat Juanduvall https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/unable-to-fix-game-controller-issue/ https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/playstation-1-link-up-cable/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:45:34 +0000 Sony Chat Sanddancer https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/playstation-1-link-up-cable/ https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/dirty-deeds-piracy-on-the-psx/ Sun, 27 Dec 2020 18:32:11 +0000

Piracy divides opinion, read this article https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/dirty-deeds-piracy-on-the-psx/ and tell us your thoughts and opinions on the subject?

]]> Sony Chat zapiy https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/dirty-deeds-piracy-on-the-psx/ https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/the-sony-playstation-2-thread/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 02:13:36 +0000
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The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on March 4, 2000, in North America on October 26, 2000, in Europe on November 24, 2000, and Australia on November 24, 2000. It is the successor to the original PlayStation, as well as the second installment in the PlayStation console line-up. A sixth-generation console, it competed with Sega's Dreamcast, Nintendo's GameCube, and Microsoft's original Xbox.

Announced in 1999, the PS2 offered backward-compatibility for its predecessor's DualShock controller, as well as its games. The PS2 is the best-selling video game console of all time, having sold over 155 million units worldwide. Over 3,800 game titles have been released for the PS2, with over 1.5 billion copies sold. Sony later manufactured several smaller, lighter revisions of the console known as Slimline models in 2004.

Even with the release of its successor, the PlayStation 3, the PS2 remained popular well into the seventh generation, and continued to be produced until 2013, when Sony finally announced it had been discontinued after over twelve years of production—one of the longest lifespans of a video game console. Despite the announcement, new games for the console continued to be produced until the end of 2013, including Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin for Japan, FIFA 13 for North America, and Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 for Europe. Repair services for the system in Japan ended on September 7, 2018.

Source:  Wikipedia

Here are two videos about the system.  One from Game Sack from 2016 reviewing the system and one from John Hancock with games he recommends that are relatively inexpensive to get for the system.

https://youtu.be/QPP8Wah0sqk

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Checking the threads I noticed that the Sony Play Station Portable (PSP) didn't have a dedicated thread so I figured I'd start one.  I've owned one since 2004 and I have tons of games for it.  This was the first "modern" system I purchased since the last system I had purchased by that year was the Atari Lynx.  This was the first time I felt the portable hardware could outperform the Lynx.  Here is some info and a couple of video reviews of Sony's first portable system. 

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The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PAL regions on September 1, 2005, and is the first handheld installment in the PlayStation line of consoles. As a seventh generation console, the PSP primarily competed with the Nintendo DS.

Development of the PSP was announced during E3 2003, and the console was unveiled at a Sony press conference on May 11, 2004. The system was the most powerful portable console when it was introduced, and was the first real competitor of Nintendo's handheld consoles after many challengers, such as Nokia's N-Gage, had failed. The PSP's advanced graphics capabilities made it a popular mobile entertainment device, which could connect to the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 consoles, any computer with USB interface, other PSP systems, and the Internet. The PSP also had a vast array of multimedia features such as video playback, and so has been considered a portable media player as well. The PSP is the only handheld console to use an optical disc format – Universal Media Disc (UMD) – as its primary storage medium; both games and movies have been released on the format.

The PSP was received positively by critics, and sold over 80 million units during its ten-year lifetime. Several models of the console were released, before the PSP line was succeeded by the PlayStation Vita, released in Japan in 2011 and worldwide a year later. The Vita has backward compatibility with PSP games that were released on the PlayStation Network through the PlayStation Store, which became the main method of purchasing PSP games after Sony shut down access to the store from the PSP on March 31, 2016. Hardware shipments of the PSP ended worldwide in 2014; production of UMDs ended when the last Japanese factory producing them closed in late 2016.

Source:  Wikipedia


This is a 2019 review by OSReviews.  It mostly focuses on the hardware.
https://youtu.be/vezYPH5Y3oU

This is a 2020 review by Game Sack.  It mostly focuses on games.
https://youtu.be/pzDPfCC-iPs


]]> Sony Chat TrekMD https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/the-sony-psp-thread-2/ https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/chameleon-ps-vita/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 14:43:43 +0000

Enviado do meu LM-G710 através do Tapatalk

]]> Sony Chat superpitao https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/chameleon-ps-vita/ https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/japanese-ps2/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:28:04 +0000
I got this for a few reasons.

Sega Ages Series - some of these are expensive now but they are very collectable and look great play value-wise.
2D shooters - my favourite genre - some superb games available and I thought it high time to dip in before prices go mad.
Japanese PS1 library - another rich seam

So far I have procured these:
Sega Ages : Fantasy Zone - one of my favourite hori-shooter series. I have the Saturn version but this adds in a nice updated version and a challenge mode.
Sega Ages : Tetris - last word in Sega Tetris - every conceivable version with every option and mode. With a New Century version with modern additions and features. Coded my M2 themselves - the meisters of ports. Tetris is minor obsession of mine - I have a good sized collection of Tetris games.
DoDonPachi DOJ - considered by many as "the best shooter ever". Gorgeous port by Arika with extra modes. TATE too. and a superplay DVD included
Espgaluda - another lovely job from Arika. Extra modes. Superplay DVD.

JP-PS1:
Gradius Gaiden - widely considered as the best entry in the series. Superb game.
Xevious 3D/G+ - lovely Xevious compilation with original, Super, Arrangement and a semi-3D remake which is actually good - using nice clean polys and textures meaning it has aged well.
Space Invaders 2000 - continuing my Space Invader collection. Just a nice basic port with a time attack mode and a 2 player versus mode.

On the lookout for more. Raiden DX, Castle Shikigami 2 in my sights next. :)
]]> Sony Chat davyk https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/japanese-ps2/ https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/how-i-got-my-ps1/ Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:56:52 +0000 My dad walked into my room and said he found a cable box/VCR or something sitting on the curb waiting for bulk trash on top of some old trash and furniture. He handed it to me, and little did we know, SCPH-1001 from November 1996. It was raining that night, so he said just open the lid and set it upside down for a few days. Did so, and plugged it in... and it booted up! I took some alcohol to the lens on a Q-tip, and now it's a fully working PS1. How incredible. I also obtained the world's first DVD player this way. You never know. If you see an electronic-looking box on the curb, take it! Where I'm at, all bulk trash goes to the curb, it might be different or even illegal where you are (like in NY). But here, it's legal and if I see tech, i take it! XD]]> Sony Chat guest6246 https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/how-i-got-my-ps1/ https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/final-fantasy-fanart-playstation-titles-2/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:45:24 +0000







































]]> Sony Chat Rain https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/final-fantasy-fanart-playstation-titles-2/ https://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk/community/sony-chat/broken-playstation-products/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:36:19 +0000 I can't tell you how many times I wanted to do what these images show to my PS2 from playing GTA San Andreas. lol Image #6 looks like it was stepped on by a Clydesdale.

































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