PSX

Nineties gaming system

PSX is shorthand for the original Sony PlayStation, released in 1994.

The X comes from the console's experimental codename during development.

Gamers use PSX to distinguish the first PlayStation from later models: I still have my old PSX games, PSX-era graphics.

The term carries nostalgia for 1990s gaming culture.

console

PlayStation

Sony's gaming hardware brand

  • SonyJapanese electronics and entertainment corporation
  • DualShockSony console controller
  • CD-ROMOptical storage medium

controller · hardware · joystick · processor · graphics · sound · cartridge · adapter · lid · spindle

brand

Sony

Japanese electronics and entertainment corporation

1994 · mainstream · living-room · entertainment

retro

nostalgia

Longing for the past

old-school · collectible · memorabilia · throwback · timeless · historical · bygone · heritage · emulation · preservation

gaming

Tekken

Fighting game franchise

polygons · cutscenes · rendering · textures · real-time

Opposites
gaming platform rivalry

PSXNintendo 64

Cartridge-based home console

Sega Saturn · N64 · Xbox · Nintendo · Sega

media format

PSXNintendo 64

Cartridge-based home console

N64 · Super Nintendo · SNES · Sega Genesis · Game Boy

gaming platform type

PSXPC gaming

Video entertainment via desktop

Game Boy · handheld console · arcade cabinet · mobile gaming · Game Gear

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