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Shipwreckers! Demo CD SLUS-90013. Silent Hill (Trade Demo) SLUS-80707. Silent Hill Demo SLUS-90050. Sled Storm / Medal of Honor Demo SLUS-90072. Speed Punks / Hot Shots Golf 2: Demo CD SCUS-94572 / SCUS-94495. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! SCUS-94460. Spyro the Dragon Demo (Foil) SCUS-94439. Spyro the Dragon Demo (Tabloid) SCUS-94290. Spyro: Year of the Dragon SCUS-94615. Squaresoft on PlayStation: Collector's CD SCUS-94256. Star Wars Episode 1: TPM (Trade Demo) SLUS-80884. Star Wars: Demolition Demo SLUS-90088. SuperCross Circuit SCUS-94396. Syphon Filter 2 Demo Disc SCUS-94393. Syphon Filter 3 Demo SCUS-94661. Syphon Filter: Demo Disc SCUS-94362. Tail Concerto Demo CD SLUS-90060. Take Immediate Action Sampler SCUS-94232. Note: the contents of this disc are the same as Interactive CD Sampler Vol. 5. The <strong>Best</strong> of the Playstation Underground Year One SCUS-94261. The Unholy War Demo SLUS-90030. Thousand Arms: Demo CD SLUS-90059. Thrasher: Skate and Destroy Demo SLUS-90067. Titan A.E.: Demo CD SLUS-90082. Titan A.E. was never released in final game form. Tomba! SCUS-94255. Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return: Demo CD SCUS-94464. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 SLUS-90086. Toys "R" Us Interactive CD Sampler Disc SCUS-94371. Toys "R" Us: Attack of the Killer Demos SCUS-94397. Twisted Metal 3 Demo SCUS-94378. Twisted Metal 4 Demo SCUS-94389. Tyco R/C: Demo CD SLUS-90085. UmJammer Lammy: Demo CD SCUS-94398. Vigilante 8 Demo CD SLUS-90022. Walmart Playstation Demo Disc SCUS-94595. Wild Arms 2: Demo Disc SCUS-94592. Wipeout 3 SLUS-90063. X-360: Surrounding Your World With Sound SLUS-90021. Sound demos from Sony's Advanced Digital Systems Group. X-Men Mutant Academy (Trade Demo) SLUS-81223. You Don't Know Jack: Demo CD SLUS-90061.
TALKING Chris Charla CHRIS CHARLA WAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of Next Generation magazine during the heyday of the Playstation era, and was launch editor for ign.com. He currently works for developer Digital Eclipse. Next Generation was first published the year the Playstation was released - what made 1995 such an exciting time in the videogame world? 1995 saw a huge generational shift in videogames. Just on the hardware side, we went from these two dominant 16bit, sprite-based 2D systems to having literally a huge amount of choices for next generation hardware - Playstation, Saturn, CD-i, Jaguar, 3DO, Neo-Geo CD, Pippin, 32X, N64 was on the horizon, etc. On the PC, you had 3D cards starting to come into their own. So, suddenly we had hardware that was poised to do a lot more than we had ever been able to do before, and you saw the start of the change in public perceptions from thinking of videogames as something for kids to a legitimate form of entertainment for all ages. I think people in the game industry had known that for a long time, but 1995 was when you saw the first hints of that in the popular press, after the success of Myst. Further, Night Trap created a huge amount of controversy because it was “violent” but aimed at kids, and when the response from DP was “no, its for adults” it totally changed the debate about games. We went from this kind of “this is hurting our kids” debate to one that was more “if these are for adults and kids, we need a ratings system.” And that was a huge step in the development of the game industry. Why was the Playstation able to become so successful with the public? Two reasons. Ken Kutaragi nailed the hardware. It was easy to develop for, and made the transition to 3D really easy for developers. So developers were able to create these awesome new experiences we’d never had before in the home (or even the arcades). Second, Sony totally nailed the marketing. They saw that the base for games was growing, and rather than targeting the tradition 12 - 16 demographic, they aimed at a much older demographic. Not only did this older demographic have more money to spend on games and game systems, but they also established the entire zeitgeist of what was “cool” for the rest of popular culture. The Playstation was the first major console to tackle adult themes, such as rave culture (WipEout, N2O), homosexuality (Fear Effect), etc. Why was that, and did videogames lose anything from this new emphasis? The Playstation being the platform for games that dealt with more adult themes was a direct result of Sony aiming it at an older demographic, and the presence of a ratings system that enabled developers to create “M” titles without having to worry about offending younger players or their parents. I don’t think games lost anything when this happened at all. I think it just enabled a broader spectrum of stories and topics to come into games, and that’s one of the reasons videogames are so huge today. Once developers were enabled to create games for ages beyond 12, games suddenly starting appealing to a wide audience that was older than 12. What games were created for the Playstation that had not been possible in the past? There’s a huge spectrum of games that Playstation enabled, but the easiest to identify is the 3D platformer, whether that’s Crash Bandicoot or Spyro, or Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. While the best 3D platformer, Mario 64, wasn’t on Playstation, the whole notion of the 3rd person 3D action game was ultimately realized most completely on the Playstation. The Survival Horror genre was really enabled by the ratings system, so that was less a function of Playstation than it was the general changes going on in the industry at that time, but again, it was most welcomed by consumers on PlayStation. What opportunities were missed during the 32-bit era? Not many. Just about everything was tried in 32-bit that could be. FMV, classic 2D adventures, RTS, 3D adventures, action, platformers, sports, extreme sports, rhythm action, racing, experimental games like Carnage Heart or Tail of the Sun, etc. There may have been some implementation issues, but by and large, the game industry threw everything it had at the 32-bit era, saw what stuck, and made a lot of it. You can decry a lack of innovation at the tail end, but I’d say on balance 1995-2000 clearly ranks as one of the game industry’s most golden times. Talking: Chris Charla [092 | 093]
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