PlayStation celebrates 15th birthday

On this day, 15 years ago, the Japanese saw the launch of the first PlayStation. Ahh yes, December 3rd, 1994, huge day for gaming. While the younger generation wouldn’t know how gaming was back then, there was a time when all you’ve got were two games and no memory card, and you’d still have a blast. Really.

On this day, 15 years ago, the Japanese saw the launch of the first PlayStation. Ahh yes, December 3rd, 1994, huge day for gaming. While the younger generation wouldn’t know how gaming was back then, there was a time when all you’ve got were two games and no memory card, and you’d still have a blast. Really.

Remember the good old days when you only had a few mild-juggling Tekken characters and hilarious ring-outs in Toh Shin Den? I think it took me two months playing the first Resident Evil before asking my folks for a memory card. They were like, “A what? Memory card? For that thing?” Back then, I couldn’t properly explain that games needed a memory card, especially since I’ve had SNES games that were perfectly capable of saving on their own. Those were the days.

Don’t worry, I’m not gonna go PlayStation History 101 on you guys. For that, SCEI has this cool site up to celebrate the milestone, and it comes with a timeline of all the big dates in the life of the brand. It’s mostly in Japanese, but you can still make some sense out of it all.

Anyway, forgive this writer for going all nostalgic on you, but I’m sure a lot of you have your own PSone memories, share as you please.