teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[xelement5x]

Very cool grab on the PSX.  I saw them for sale when I was in Japan back in 2005 or so and they look really sleek.

[vestcoat]

Valis I SCD.

[FiftyQuid]

Bought this today off a co-worker for a fiver.  I opened it up when I got home and there wasn't an ounce of crud on it.  No grungy sweaty build up, no dust, no marks, no pubes, not even any seminal fluid.  I'm guessing this unit was bought, connected and then put back in the box until now.  I can even see the factory bends in the cabling still.  Also included was a trashy Euro music CD by EIFFEL 65.  I'll be putting that one up for raffle. 



I've never owned a PS1.  Without using Google, anyone care to fill me in on which model this is and where it fits in the different versions of the PS1 out there?  Any notable games I should not miss out on that are PS1 specific?  Keep in mine I like my games linear. 

I won't be a PS1 collector, but I am a large PS3 fan.  It's nice to have this in my little gameroom. 

[roflmao]

I've never owned a PS1.  Without using Google, anyone care to fill me in on which model this is and where it fits in the different versions of the PS1 out there?  Any notable games I should not miss out on that are PS1 specific?  Keep in mine I like my games linear. 

I won't be a PS1 collector, but I am a large PS3 fan.  It's nice to have this in my little gameroom. 

Congrats!  I can't tell which model you have (maybe someone else here can).  Is there a port on the back-right side?  I think they removed that from later models.  If there is a port there, you may be able to hunt down a device that will allow you to play cd-rs and other region games, though I don't know how easy those devices are to come by these days.  Honestly, I play all my PS1 games on my PS2, so my PS1 just sits in storage these days.

Off the top of my head, Castlevania: SotN, the Jumping Flash games, Parappa the Rapper, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy IX and The Raiden Project still get a fair amount of gameplay from me. I never had a very large library for the PS1, though.

[storino03]

Dual Shock PS1's came out a year or two after the original PS1 came out. Basically adding in the dual joysticks on the controllers. Kind of strange remembering when the PS1 came out with the nub-less controllers!

[Mathius]

What is your model number, Fifty?

[ElSeven]

picked up this mini-saturn shaped game case the other day.  are these common?  i haven't seen these before.

and prikura daisakusen as well.

[bob]

I've never owned a PS1.  Without using Google, anyone care to fill me in on which model this is and where it fits in the different versions of the PS1 out there?  Any notable games I should not miss out on that are PS1 specific?  Keep in mine I like my games linear. 

I won't be a PS1 collector, but I am a large PS3 fan.  It's nice to have this in my little gameroom. 

Congrats!  I can't tell which model you have (maybe someone else here can).  Is there a port on the back-right side?  I think they removed that from later models.  If there is a port there, you may be able to hunt down a device that will allow you to play cd-rs and other region games, though I don't know how easy those devices are to come by these days.  Honestly, I play all my PS1 games on my PS2, so my PS1 just sits in storage these days.

Off the top of my head, Castlevania: SotN, the Jumping Flash games, Parappa the Rapper, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy IX and The Raiden Project still get a fair amount of gameplay from me. I never had a very large library for the PS1, though.

Right. Also there is a model that uses standard A/V inputs in the back, but you have the one where the A/ V uses the propriety connector like the PS2 models. Not sure which one was first.  I think the standard A/V was the first run.

[FiftyQuid]

What is your model number, Fifty?

I'll check tonight and report back.

Right. Also there is a model that uses standard A/V inputs in the back, but you have the one where the A/ V uses the propriety connector like the PS2 models. Not sure which one was first.  I think the standard A/V was the first run.

Yes, it has the proprietary connector.  Looks similar to the PS3 actually.

[xelement5x]

Yes, it has the proprietary connector.  Looks similar to the PS3 actually.

It's actually the same connector, you can use the same AV cables on any PS device.  I swap mine back and forth all the time when testing systems. 



I also got these yesterday evening:

2013-10-21 Pickups by xelement5x, on Flickr

Lethal Enforcers II: The Western, Mega CD Box Set (also comes with massive registration sheet)
Sonic The Hedgehog
Mortal Kombat
Shadow Blaster
Burning Force
Columns
Arnold Palmer: Tournament Golf
SHOVE IT!
Altered Beast

Lethal Enforcers was thankfully a domestic pickup so I didn't have to pay crazy shipping from Japan.  It's complete with all the stuff as far as I can tell and I love the box art on it.  The sly coquettish look of that female gunslinger just draws you in.

The Genesis games were a bundle pickup from ebay, all are complete with instructions.  I actually grabbed everything because of Burning Force, but Shadow Blasters and SHOVE IT! look pretty interesting too. 

[DragonmasterDan]

Dual Shock PS1's came out a year or two after the original PS1 came out. Basically adding in the dual joysticks on the controllers. Kind of strange remembering when the PS1 came out with the nub-less controllers!

They came out around 3 or 4 years after the Playstation came out.

The dual shock pad itself didn't arrive until either very late 1997 or early 1998 (three years later). I think the bundle came out in 1998, so 3 or 4 years later depending on where you live.

Added in edit: That's a later in lifespan original Playstation design model. After that came the smaller and slimmer PSone which launced around 2000 if I recall correctly.

[jeffhlewis]

Shadow Blasters is awesome - great soundtrack.

[Opethian]

lol shove it

[Necromancer]

The mailman handed me copies of Seiya Monogatari and its mook yesterday.  Sexy!

[SuperPlay]

I may have gone a little overboard with my recent Amiga magazine purchases (with some copies of games master thrown in!).  However they were bargains ;-)