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Sean Seanson: A Look At EVERY Psygnosis PS1 Game
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saturnalian
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AGRacing
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I just played WipEout Fusion for the first time in years. I always wonder if I missed something and it was my fault that I didn't like that game.
It wasn't my fault.
Kagey K
Banned
The publisher Sony bought. Controlled a giant marketshare.Literally who?
Edit for those who may not have gamed in the 90s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psygnosis
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Knightime_X
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I know them best for DOS and PS1 games.
Good times.
Good times.
The development system they developed for the PS1 is perhaps one of the most underappreciated and important pieces of software they provided Sony. This helped kicked start a mass amount of cheap development in Europe and North America. If I recall at the the time it used standard PC hardware with their software/interface. Part of the reason PS1 was so easy to develop for, compared to the mess that was Saturn. Although they may have been using the same system for Amiga and Genesis already, which was odd.
Their reputation for ST and Amiga, won them many fans in the UK. This can't be understated.
Their reputation for ST and Amiga, won them many fans in the UK. This can't be understated.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Colony War games on PS1. Fantastic games. Yeah they can get repetitive, but they played sweet, 60 fps, with good production values.
I guess they sold poorly, since the entire franchise was capped on PS1.
I guess they sold poorly, since the entire franchise was capped on PS1.
Duchess
Member
Loved Red Sun. There were hints of a darker threat to come in the story (think it was aliens?). But since the series ended, we never saw it.
Would've been epic to see that series continue on PS2 and PS3. Oh well.
Was that the PSY-Q system? They did a version for the Saturn at some point.
The PS2 era was disappointing, they just became a Wipeout/F1 studio after that.
Kagey K
Banned
It's fair to say that they were the biggest publisher on Earth at that time.
Very similar to Activision in 2008 or so.
Lysandros
Member
Are we supposing that they didn't do the same for Saturn? As the to 'PS1 being so easy to develop for compared to mess that was Saturn' a former Saturn developer recently posted that by 1997 making 3D games was actually easier on Saturn (Sega after 1994 thread).
Seems by then it was far too late. I know Sega themselves released better 3D libraries to help with Saturn development. But far as I know Psygnosis didn't provide Saturn third parties with any development environment in 1994 or the early years or provide Sega with the kit. Correct me if I am wrong. And are you suggesting that by 1997 Saturn 3D was easier then the PS1, or it was just easier to make 3D in 1997 versus 1994 on Saturn only.
Lysandros
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Not me, the former Saturn developer.
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sega...1994-then-wtf-happened.1631998/post-266394859
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If this is genuine the fact you used the owls is gold.Literally who?
Krathoon
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Ooooooh. The irony.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Wow never knew this. Wiki says they used that name for a handful of games.Firesprite Studios is the spiritual successor to Psygnosis.
Early days of Psygnosis they called themselves:
They made some of the greatest games on Commodore 64 and Amiga. An absolute legendary studio in the 80's and 90's.
Used it a lot for their early C64 stuff, especially in North America (Baal and Menace for example). I used to think it was their lower budget label or their distribution label for non internal developed games. It's a bit confusing actually. But neat concept. It wasn't until I got an Amiga, did I see the true Psygnosis branding and their abilities with Shadow of the Beast and maybe Blood Money?
8BiTw0LF
Consoomer
Yes and Lee Carus-Wescott - executive producer at Firesprite, has been with Psygnosis since 1990.
bitbydeath
Member
And Sony rebought them to fix their past mistakes, they just need Evolution Studios back.Firesprite Studios is the spiritual successor to Psygnosis.
Early days of Psygnosis they called themselves:
They made some of the greatest games on Commodore 64 and Amiga. An absolute legendary studio in the 80's and 90's.
skit_data
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I remember Lomax, it was good. I bet it’s one of those games that hold up pretty well today due to it’s art style. But damn was it hard.
Edit: I remember my dad accidentaly buying it when I asked him to buy Abe’s Oddysee per my description of the main characters look. Don’t know how Abe = Lomax but yeah.
Edit: I remember my dad accidentaly buying it when I asked him to buy Abe’s Oddysee per my description of the main characters look. Don’t know how Abe = Lomax but yeah.
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CliffyB's Cock Holster
Really good video, seeing every release listed sequentially really shows how dependent on independent contractors Psygnosis was for the overwhelming majority of its successes.
The only complaint I have really is that the PS1 era is basically only half the story, in many respects the most important and formative influences/relationships were forged in the 16-bit home computer era with Ian Hetherington making hand-shake deals with what turned out to be a whole generation of UK talent. Bizarre Creations, DMA design, Reflections, Travellers Tales, all started here pre-Playstation.
The key thing is to remember that all these guys only got their hands on Playstation dev-kits so early thanks to Ian H.
In retrospect this was huge for UK dev because prior to that most of their output had been confined to the local and European markets. Finally they had a springboard into the global gaming scene, crucially one without all the logistical difficulty and manufacturing convolution of the 16-bit cartridge console scene.
The only complaint I have really is that the PS1 era is basically only half the story, in many respects the most important and formative influences/relationships were forged in the 16-bit home computer era with Ian Hetherington making hand-shake deals with what turned out to be a whole generation of UK talent. Bizarre Creations, DMA design, Reflections, Travellers Tales, all started here pre-Playstation.
The key thing is to remember that all these guys only got their hands on Playstation dev-kits so early thanks to Ian H.
In retrospect this was huge for UK dev because prior to that most of their output had been confined to the local and European markets. Finally they had a springboard into the global gaming scene, crucially one without all the logistical difficulty and manufacturing convolution of the 16-bit cartridge console scene.
Apocryphon
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The Wipeout, G-Police, and Colony Wars games on PS1 were my jam. I'd take remakes or remasters of them in a heartbeat.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
So many good games.
(Imho)
Fess
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The Psygnosis owl used to be a seal of visual quality on the Amiga. Iirc they had graphics artists that moved from project to project while the coding and game design could be outsiders, it’s not like all games were great to play but no matter what you always knew that a Psygnosis game would be a step up above most other games visually.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
amazing publisher , so many great games
blastprocessor
The Amiga Brotherhood
They also had great output on Amiga. Superb art, music, coding, not bad to OK gameplay.
Eddie-Griffin
Banned
I know this is old because the thread was bumped, but what happened is most of those games listed were underperforming or flopped.
It's not the only studio that had seen it's high output end when the finances finally came to roost either.
jezhumphrey75
Banned
i adored formula 1 97 and g police
diffusionx
Gold Member
Love watching videos like this on slow work days, it is how I got through that 8 hour Bomberman video.
transformer
Member
F1 and destruction derby games were groundbreaking. Some of the best racing games of the era.