PlayStation

PlayStation (top), PSone (bottom).

The PlayStation (known early in development as the PlayStation EXperimental, or PSX) was Sony's first video-game console and it was launched in 1994. The system was widely popular and quickly became the best selling home console to date, only to be passed by its successor, the PlayStation 2.

It was initially set to be an add-on for Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System as an answer to Sega's Sega CD. When the prospect of releasing the system as an add-on dissolved, Sony transformed it into the PlayStation video game console. Ironically the game system that was supposed to help Nintendo hindered them instead since the Final Fantasy games from VII onwards were released on the Sony platform instead of the successor of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the Nintendo 64 due to space restraints and other technological hindrances.

The PSone (also PSone, or PS1) was a smaller and redesigned version, released in 2000. Sony also released a small LCD screen and an adapter to power the unit for use in cars. The PSone is fully compatible with all PlayStation software.

Final Fantasy titles for PlayStation

Game	Release Date			Metascore
	Japan	North America	Europe
Final Fantasy Origins	October 31, 2002	April 8, 2003	March 14, 2003	79
Final Fantasy IV	March 21, 1997	June 29, 2001	May 17, 2002	N/A
Final Fantasy V	March 19, 1998	September 30, 1999	May 17, 2002	80
Final Fantasy VI	March 11, 1999	September 30, 1999	March 1, 2002	80
Final Fantasy VII	January 31, 1997	September 7, 1997	November 14, 1997	92
Final Fantasy VIII	February 11, 1999	September 9, 1999	October 27, 1999	90
Final Fantasy IX	July 7, 2000	November 13, 2000	February 16, 2001	94
Final Fantasy Chronicles	N/A	June 29, 2001	N/A	89
Final Fantasy Anthology	N/A	September 30, 1999	May 17, 2002	80
Final Fantasy Tactics	June 20, 1997	January 28, 1998	N/A	83

Related titles for PlayStation

Game	Release Date			Metascore
	Japan	North America	Europe
Chocobo Stallion	December 22, 1999	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon	December 23, 1997	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chocobo's Dungeon 2	December 23, 1998	November 30, 1999	N/A	N/A
Chocobo Racing	March 18, 1999	August 10, 1999	October 11, 1999	N/A
Chocobo Collection	December 22, 1999	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dice de Chocobo	December 22, 1999	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vagrant Story	February 10, 2000	May 15, 2000	June 21, 2000	92
Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring	December 17, 1998	May 30, 1999	February 9, 2000	N/A

External Links

• Wikipedia: PlayStation
• PlayStation Official Site

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