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An image shared by a fan of Sony’s originalPlayStationconsole is likely to be nostalgia fuel for those who experienced the console back in the ’90s. The original PlayStation was part of the fifth generation of home consoles alongside the Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, as well as several other less successful home consoles such as the Atari Jaguar and Amiga CD32. While modern consoles have become much more sophisticated and powerful over the years, manyPlayStation fans fondly remember the original consoleand its many memorable games. Some examples areCroc, Ape Escape,andGex: Enter the Gecko.
Back in the ’90s the game console market was not as well-defined as it is today and there were many companies hoping to capitalize on this growing industry.Sony’s PlayStation emerged as a dominant forcein the fifth generation and is often a source of nostalgia. Now nearly 30 years after the original PlayStation launched, it is one of the 3 biggest manufacturers that dominate the home console space.
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A Reddit user by the name of sworedmagic shared a nostalgic graphic that displays the save file icons for various popular games as they would have been seen from the original PlayStation’s very limited onboard save file manager. The small 16x16 pixel icons were often depictions of the game main character or logo. For example,Tomb Raiderhad a stylized “TR” symbol, whileCrash Bandicootfeatured the titular character’s face. Gamers who played on the originalPlayStationwill likely remember them since the average 8MB memory card that was sold separately could only hold a limited amount of saves, especially on the base 1MB card which could only hold 15; this was further limited by the fact that many games used up multiple save slots.
These diminutive pixel artworks are certainly nostalgic, but the age of having to buy an extra peripheral just to use the save feature in games is likely not. ThePlayStation 2 also featured external memoryfor save games, but the icons were small 3D models in a similar style to the PS1 save icons.
While Sony has just unveiled its mid-generationrefresh of the PlayStation 5 hardware, it is interesting to look back and see how far the brand has come in terms of features and technology. In modern times, players are blessed with things like cloud saves and large internal storage devices to manage theirPlayStationsave data.
