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I lied, they’re not perfect games, and they’re certainly not perfect ports. Still, the PC had some absolute bangers over the years and, the PlayStation being the most popular console out there, Sony’s machine got itself some ports of said bangers. PC to PS1 ports, eh? What’s the worst that could happen?
Well you know what, some of these are terrible, but a lot of them are actually interesting lessons in learning design for a console, and I’d wager a big reason why games work as well as they do - controls and UI-wise - on consoles these days. Just my two pence. And here’s 12 PC ports on PlayStation, too. Huzzah.
SOURCES:
Warcraft II PC footage - StrategyGameVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7VOU3Z10g
Broken Sword The Shadow of the Templars PC footage - TheSteelStallion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMHIu2zKcE
Diablo PC footage - Stu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOAmHwNTpQo
MDK PC footage - Kain Prime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE6zv5hLqBs
Mechwarrior 2 PC footage - The Examined Life (of Gaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-dHxDh8bTk
Baldur’s Gate PS1 footage - bframe2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY0abDtvaHU
Baldur’s Gate PC footage - FirstPlays HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WYOH5PmoaE
Border photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels
Thumbnail photo by Simon Trappe from Pexels
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Check out the rest of the channel: https://www.youtube.com/bransfield2000
PS1 demo discs, eh? https://youtu.be/Jo5bl-byqzQ
PES is dead, then: https://youtu.be/YP2Y4B0mbFQ
Was 1996 gaming’s best year? https://youtu.be/UgZag4sNltI
Please do like, share and subscribe if you enjoy. Don’t if you don’t, it’s all good.
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Music: Quake II OST
0:00 INTRO
1:00 WARCRAFT II
2:45 DIABLO
4:35 THE X-COMS
6:48 DOOM
9:35 QUAKE II
11:56 MDK
13:45 BROKEN SWORD
15:19 MECHWARRIOR 2
17:06 SYNDICATE WARS
19:13 CARMAGEDDON
20:27 BALDUR'S GATE
22:39 PATREON THANKS AND OUTRO
I lied, they’re not perfect games, and they’re certainly not perfect ports. Still, the PC had some absolute bangers over the years and, the PlayStation being the most popular console out there, Sony’s machine got itself some ports of said bangers. PC to PS1 ports, eh? What’s the worst that could happen?
Well you know what, some of these are terrible, but a lot of them are actually interesting lessons in learning design for a console, and I’d wager a big reason why games work as well as they do - controls and UI-wise - on consoles these days. Just my two pence. And here’s 12 PC ports on PlayStation, too. Huzzah.
SOURCES:
Warcraft II PC footage - StrategyGameVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7VOU3Z10g
Broken Sword The Shadow of the Templars PC footage - TheSteelStallion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMHIu2zKcE
Diablo PC footage - Stu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOAmHwNTpQo
MDK PC footage - Kain Prime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE6zv5hLqBs
Mechwarrior 2 PC footage - The Examined Life (of Gaming): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-dHxDh8bTk
Baldur’s Gate PS1 footage - bframe2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY0abDtvaHU
Baldur’s Gate PC footage - FirstPlays HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WYOH5PmoaE
Border photo by Karolina Grabowska from Pexels
Thumbnail photo by Simon Trappe from Pexels
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Check out the rest of the channel: https://www.youtube.com/bransfield2000
PS1 demo discs, eh? https://youtu.be/Jo5bl-byqzQ
PES is dead, then: https://youtu.be/YP2Y4B0mbFQ
Was 1996 gaming’s best year? https://youtu.be/UgZag4sNltI
Please do like, share and subscribe if you enjoy. Don’t if you don’t, it’s all good.
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Music: Quake II OST
0:00 INTRO
1:00 WARCRAFT II
2:45 DIABLO
4:35 THE X-COMS
6:48 DOOM
9:35 QUAKE II
11:56 MDK
13:45 BROKEN SWORD
15:19 MECHWARRIOR 2
17:06 SYNDICATE WARS
19:13 CARMAGEDDON
20:27 BALDUR'S GATE
22:39 PATREON THANKS AND OUTRO
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