Sony announces PlayStation Classic, PS1 mini version for only $100

Sony is preparing to follow in the footsteps of Nintendo with its mini console: the PlayStation Classic, a new version of the first-generation PlayStation, so you can hold it in your hand and easily connect it to a modern TV.

Following in Nintendo’s footsteps

Like Nintendo’s NES Classic and SNES Classic, PlayStation Classic will include masterpieces from the original console’s game library. PlayStation Classic will have 20 games in total, but Sony has only announced five of them: Final Fantasy 7, Jumping Flash, R4: Ridge Racer Type 4, Tekken 3, and Wild Arms. “All available titles will be playable in their original format,” Sony said on the PlayStation Blog.

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Sony plans to launch the PlayStation Classic worldwide on December 3 – the 14th anniversary of the PlayStation’s release (the PS1 launched in Japan on December 3, 1994, and they were only released overseas in September 1995. ) The console will be priced at $99.99 in the US, £89.99 in the UK, €99.99 in Europe and 9,980 yen in Japan.

For that price, the buyer will receive the machine with two handles. Controllers are full versions of the original PS1 controllers, not DualShock, so they won’t come with analog sticks or vibrations. As you can see in the image above, the USB controller is plugged directly into the machine in the same position as the PS1 controller port.

You cannot insert a PS1 memory card into the PlayStation Classic – save files are stored on the virtual memory card. However, the buttons on the machine have the following features: Power button to open the power; disc open button to change virtual disk; and Reset button to pause the game. It is not clear whether the PlayStation Classic will have the same graphics filtering options or system configuration as Nintendo’s retro consoles.

Mini version of PlayStation 1

The PlayStation Classic is about 45% smaller than the original, according to Sony. Behind the machine there are only two ports: HDMI for audio and video transmission, and a micro-USB port for power. There will be wires for both, but the machine does not include an AC adapter, so buyers need to equip their own or plug the machine into a 5-volt, 1-amp USB port.

In addition, on the back of the machine there is a plastic cover, but we do not know what feature it is. (In the early PS1, it was the Parallel port). A common criticism of the NES Classic and SNES Classic is that users cannot download additional games for the mini consoles unless they are hacked. Is it an Ethernet port, so that Sony allows those who own PS1 Classic digital titles to play them on this machine? Or is this piece of plastic just for display?

according to Polygon