Note: The 30th Anniversary release of Rayman apparently has a different soundtrack to the original in 1995. Rémi Gazel, who passed away in 2019, was a key figure in composing the original soundtrack. Many fans are currently speculating that the new music is due to unfortunate licensing issues.

Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition releases tomorrow and collects five versions of the original game, and a "never-before-playable" SNES prototype. gameinformer.com/2026/02/12/r...

"I Hardly Ever Went Home" - Behind The Herculean Effort To Bring Xenogears To The US.

To celebrate the anniversary of the PS1's release in Japan, check out Issue 3 of Next Generation via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive. The issue was published not long after the release of the console. A pic of the launch and some info from the issue below. #playstation #psx

Final Fantasy VII on the cover of EGM, May 1997. Still my favourite game! (Via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive.) #playstation #ps1 #psx

A question for the PS1 fan community! I sometimes recall seeing clips of a PS1 game (Japanese I think) set on some kind of space station or ship, and between missions you could visit a small bar area. I believe someone here or on Twitter posted about it. Any idea what the game is? It looked neat!

Rayman apparently outsold all other PS1 games in the UK! Do you remember playing it? (Advert pic comes from Next Generation, via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive.) #psx #playstation

Trying to catch an annoying character in the original Spyro the Dragon. #psx #playstation #ps1

The introduction of Zorn and Thorn in Final Fantasy IX. #ps1 #playstation #psx

Harry Mason watching snow in Silent Hill (1999) #ps1 #psx #playstation

Cult PS1 Fighting Trilogy Battle Arena Toshinden Coming to PS5.

Wipeout 2097 / Wipeout XL (1996) #ps1 #psx #playstation

Happy Anniversary to Xenogears on PS1 (American release). Europe is still waiting for this game! Here is a superb scene from Xenogears. (Source: Square Enix Music channel, YT.) #psx #playstation www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QfE...

Chrono Cross (Radical Dreamers Edition) #playstation

Tekken 3 hits PS5 for the first time thanks to PlayStation Plus

Jill Valentine plays 'Moonlight Sonata' in Resident Evil (1996). #ps1 #psx #playstation

Cloud meets Aeris (aka Aerith) in Final Fantasy VII (1997). #psx #ps1 #playstation

Some stealth in Metal Gear Solid. #psx #ps1 #playstation

Nina Williams and her superb theme tune in Tekken 3, PS1 (1998). #psx #playstation

Opening menu for Tomb Raider (1996) on PS1. Great music! #psx #playstation

Fantastic promo vid for PS1 in the UK, via @scully1888.bsky.social YT channel, 'Tired Old Hack'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXGD... #psx #playstation

Ape Escape on PS1 (1999) opening menu. #psx #playstation

Okay... one more. The US top 20 best-selling video games on the PS1. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

The original PlayStation arrived in the US 30 years ago today, but which PS1 games are the greatest? Here are the 25 best PS1 games of all time.

Fear Effect in Game Informer (March, 2000), via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive. #psx #ps1 #playstation

There was a very rare and gorgeous midnight blue PS1 model released in honour of ten million PS1 sales. Only 100 American models were made. Others were apparently made for Japan and Europe, but it's hard to verify exact numbers. (Image via Coleka website.) #playstation #psx

Advert for the PlayStation version of Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, seen in Electronic Gaming Monthly. (Via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive.) #ps1 #psx #playstation

Such an intriguing topic!

The U.S. cover for ReBoot (1998) a game based on the popular television series. (Image via MobyGames.) #playstation #psx #ps1

Lara Croft on the cover of Next Generation in 1996. (Via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive.) #ps1 #psx #tombraider #playstation

The Japanese cover for Street Fighter Zero on the PS1 (the game was released as Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams in English). Image via MobyGames. #psx #playstation

🕹️ Bytes of Gaming History ⌛ From the pages of Gamest magazine: a photographic glimpse into the heart of Squaresoft's offices in Japan during the development of Final Fantasy VII in 1996. That's one helluva multi-monitor setup they've got there!

Part of an advert for Tekken 2 in Electronic Gaming Monthly, focusing on the assassin Nina Williams. (Via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive.) #ps1 #psx #playstation

Art included with U.S. release of Xenogears. (Image via MobyGames.) #psx #playstation #ps1

Part of an advert for the American release of Chrono Cross (2000) in PSM. (Via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive.) #playstation #psx #ps1

Tekken 3 on the cover of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (May 1998), via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive. #psx #ps1

Here's a big one... Craig Stitt allowed us to scan the original concept art for Spyro the Dragon. The Insomniac artists matched heads and bodies together until they found the right design. We scanned this at high resolution so you can see all the detail. archive.gamehistory.org/item/86406ba...

'Superman' by Goldfinger was featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (1999) on PS1. #playstation #psx www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvzi...

When I say Final Fantasy Tactics is one of the most important games ever made, this is why. I'm beyond excited Yasumi Matsuno is returning to this game, and a new generation gets a chance to experience it.

Final Fantasy IX, Alexandria. (Via Square Enix Music Channel.) #psx #playstation #ps1

A fun GDC surprises: A PS1-in-a-briefcase that PlayStation’s in-house preservation team believes may have been used to market the system in Europe the 90s Sony’s @somecronzaguy.bsky.social brought it to his talk about how PlayStation is saving its history. More to come in Game File next week

Art included in the US release for The Legend of Dragoon on PS1. (Via MobyGames.) #playstation #psx

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver on the cover of Electronic Gaming Monthly (Feb 1999), via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive. #playstation #ps1 #psx

Final Fantasy VIII, Deling City (screenshot via Square Enix Music Channel) #ps1 #psx #playstation

Advert for Vagrant Story (2000) in Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. (Via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive.) #psx #ps1

A pre-release 1999 ad from Japan for Valkyrie Profile on the Sony PlayStation, an RPG by tri-Ace and published by Enix It would also get a North American release in 2000 introducing a new audience to the story of Lenneth (represented here by a model in costume) and her mysterious quest for souls.

The cover for Aconcagua (2000) a PS1 game that only released in Japan, but included English voice acting. (Image via MobyGames.) #psx #playstation

Advert for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (1999), in Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. (Via @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive.) #ps1 #psx

Front cover for Boku no Natsuyasumi (2000) on PS1. The game has never been released outside of Japan. (Image via MobyGames) #playstation #psx

Newly scanned from us: an ad from the trade magazine Videogame Advisor (November 1995), which has Sega vainly telling retailers not to support PlayStation, right after the PS1 famously undercut the Sega Saturn Basically the game industry version of "please don't put in the newspaper that I got mad"