Why it matters: Preserving retro games and hardware becomes increasingly difficult as the years pass and essential components grow rarer. Reverse engineering allows modders and repair shops to create ...

The Playstation arrived on the scene in North America 30 years ago this week, and somehow, in all of that time, not all of the games for the system that deserve a second chance have been rereleased.

Tiago has a bachelor's degree in Political Science and nearly a decade's worth of experience reporting on video games, movies, deadly real-life cults, and TV shows. The original PlayStation was not ...

TL;DR: A console hacker has built the world's smallest original PlayStation motherboard using genuine hardware. The pint-size PCB measures just a quarter the size of the board found in the PS One, the ...

The original PlayStation was at the forefront of the video game industry switching to the third dimension. On top of that, the disc-based console gave developers more room to work, as discs could hold ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. The PS1 catered to audiences of all kinds, offering a library with ...

The original PlayStation came out in 1994. Developers were doing a lot of experimenting as we started to move beyond 2D graphics and take advantage of more powerful hardware. That led to quite a few ...