PlayStation Classic

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PlayStation Classic
Developer: Sony Interactive Entertainment Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform: Plug & Play Released internationally: December 3, 2018 This game has regional differences.

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The PlayStation Classic is Sony's take on what Nintendo had already done to great success with the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition. The results were... mixed, to put it mildly.

The game list resulted in some backlash due to not including several of the PS1's heavy-hitters (although exploits were later discovered that allowed the addition of your own games); the controllers are the original iteration released for the system, not including the analog sticks that PlayStation-series controllers have had ever since (which may explain the game selection); several games use their PAL versions even on NTSC consoles (see below); the hardware isn't as good as the SNES Classic, resulting in Nintendo's effort actually being better at running PS1 games if modified; and Sony caught some flak for using an open-source PS1 emulator (although they were at least honest about it by crediting the developers).

Regional Differences

Game Selection

Eight titles are exclusive to the Japanese release, while nine are only present in other releases.

Exclusive to the international versions:

• Cool Boarders 2
• Destruction Derby
• Grand Theft Auto
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
• Revelations: Persona
• Rayman
• Syphon Filter
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
• Twisted Metal

Exclusive to the Japanese version:

• Arc the Lad
• Arc the Lad II
• Armored Core
• G-Darius
• Gradius Gaiden
• Parasite Eve
• SaGa Frontier
• XI

Battle Arena Toshiden, Cool Boarders 2, Destruction Derby, Jumping Flash!, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Tekken 3, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six use their PAL versions in all regions. This is believed to be so the system could be sold in Quebec, which requires the French version of a video game to be included if it exists, as this had previously blocked the sale of the SNES Classic.