It’s a happy time to remember memes, frustrations, first times, twisted sexual fantasies, and virtual triumphs we cherish for real.
Everyone woke up this morning to find #PlayStationMemories trending on Twitter — and #PlayStationMemory not far behind for those with iffy powers of recall. It’s brought out a sentimental streak in cynical game journalists and super-busy game developers alike. And as we tick off the minutes before Sony pulls back the curtain on their latest — and possibly last — console, we collected a bunch of those funny, thoughtful, and occasionally thoughtless memories created during PlayStation’s 18-year history.
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spiking a controller for the first time in a decade because i was dumb enough to put god of war II on hard #playstationmemories
— Arthur Gies (@aegies) February 20, 2013
Deleting PlayStation Home from my hard drive and even taking a picture of the act and posting it on Twitter. #PlayStationMemories
— Drew Leachman (@DMLFury) February 20, 2013
If you were at the PS2 launch at the Metreon, I was the skinny guy in the TechTV shirt handing out coffee & donuts. #PlayStationMemories
— Miguel Concepcion (@NormalMode) February 20, 2013
I remember the RAGEGATE that happened when CGW ran a 2 (maybe more?) page story about the original PSX. #Playstationmemory
— Thierry Nguyen (@ThierryNguyen) February 20, 2013
Seeing Sofia do that 2.5D sidestep-dodge thing for the first time in Battle Arena Toshinden. Mind blown. #PlayStationMemory
— francesca (@tomobiki) February 20, 2013
Late nights with PSone, beating JRPG after JRPG as a new, great game in the genre seemed to come out every month. #PlayStationMemory
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) February 20, 2013
Forcing myself to believe that Command & Conquer was better with a Playstation controller because my PC couldn’t run it #PlaystationMemories
— Dan Ryckert (@DanRyckert) February 20, 2013
My mom buying me a PlayStation 2 on launch day in return for it being my birthday AND Christmas present. #PlayStationMemory
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) February 20, 2013
Breaking down and buying the hint book so I could find every last secret for Final Fantasy Tactics. #PlayStationMemory
— jason_wilson (@jason_wilson) February 20, 2013
Remembering the time I remembered the time when I remembered thinking The Last Guardian was coming out soon. #playstationmemory
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) February 20, 2013
My last credit card number #PlayStationMemories
— thekevindent (@TheKevinDent) February 20, 2013
my first E3 #PlayStationMemories twitter.com/ShaneWatch/sta…
— Shane Bettenhausen (@ShaneWatch) February 20, 2013
Jack Tretton fingerbanging me in a shed in the woods. Kaz Hirai just watching. #playstationmemory
— Jim Sterling (@JimSterling) February 20, 2013
Serious one: Playing Abe’s Oddysee so much I actually mentally tried quicksaving before crossing the road in real life. #playstationmemory
— Jim Sterling (@JimSterling) February 20, 2013
Another #PlayStationMemory, Sony announcing the PlayStation at E3 in 1995! bit.ly/ZrFvyx
— E3 Expo (@e3expo) February 20, 2013
1997 – 2000 The Codemasters Timeline #PlayStationMemory twitter.com/Codemasters/st…
— Codemasters (@Codemasters) February 20, 2013
Five left into three right, over crest #PlayStationMemory twitter.com/dirtgame/statu…
— DiRT (@dirtgame) February 20, 2013
#playstationmemory psycho mantis telling me i like castlevania
— Steve Haske (@afraidtomerge) February 20, 2013
I bought my PS2 for Grand Theft Auto III. That game was a killer app in every sense of the word. It changed everything. #PlayStationMemory
— Ryan McCaffrey (@DMC_Ryan) February 20, 2013
Being one of 1st dozen to play MGS4 in Japan with @louiethecat, @shanewatch, @jeffhaynes99, @sidshuman, and others. #PlayStationMemories
— Sterling McGarvey (@sterling_m) February 20, 2013
Last one before work grind: Hanging in a Morehouse dorm room playing the JPN import of Tekken 3, 6 mos before US launch #PlayStationMemories
— Sterling McGarvey (@sterling_m) February 20, 2013
Time to break it open! MT: “@gameovergreggy: 12 years later, and I still keep this at my desk. #PlayStationMemory twitter.com/GameOverGreggy…”
— Shoe (@DanShoeHsu) February 20, 2013
Alucard: “As you can see, this is a PlayStation black disc.Cut #1 contains computer data. So please, don’t play it.” #PlayStationMemory
— Job J Stauffer (@jobjstauffer) February 20, 2013
When I worked at Electronics Boutique, we once made a throne out of broken PS2 units. It was the original red ring.
— BenKuchera (@BenKuchera) February 20, 2013
Checking every game save on my PS2 memory card for different images/animations when selecting copy and delete #PlayStationMemory
— Alex Quan-Madrid (@Aquma) February 20, 2013
“OH MY GOD GOD OF WAR HAS BOOBZ!!” #PlaystationMemories
— Mike Minotti (@Tolkoto) February 20, 2013
Being asked to write Punky Skunk reviews for 3 magazines because I wrote a preview in PSM. BOY I LOVE PUNKY SKUNK. #PlayStationMemory
— Craig Harris (@crankycraig) February 20, 2013
Hotel Monaco, Summer 2001, a preview event where Konami continued their Metal Gear Solid 2 hoodwinking scheme. #PlaystationMemories
— Miguel Concepcion (@NormalMode) February 20, 2013
“You play real guitar — why are you so bad at Guitar Hero?” #PlayStationMemory
— Dan Amrich [1oS] (@OneOfSwords) February 20, 2013
Trading in any 2 PlayStation 1 sports games to Blockbuster to pre-order every 360 launch year title for $10 each. #PlayStationMemory
— Robert Goode (@Shipwreck) February 20, 2013
I must have had a #PlayStationMemory wipe because all I remember is playing awesome Nintendo 64 and GameCube games
— Samuel_IGN (@Samuel_IGN) February 20, 2013
The pleasant surprise that was Board Game: Top Shop, the best $10 boxed game ever. #PlayStationMemory (Needs a PSN/XBLA version badly!)
— Chris Baker (@cbake76) February 20, 2013
Getting pulled out of test by @davidscottjaffe for my 1st design job on Twisted Metal: Black. #PlayStationMemory
— Adam Orth (@adam_orth) February 20, 2013
That time I read #playstationmemories and realized how much younger everyone else on my Twitter feed is. #playstationmemories
— JC Fletcher (@jcfletcher) February 20, 2013
That one time everyone did the “playstationmemory” hash tag. #playstationmemory
— Nick Chester (@nickchester) February 20, 2013
Getting so good at Dance Dance Revolution that I didn’t realize how cripplingly alone I was! #PlaystationMemories
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) February 20, 2013
I was about 12 years old when PS2 launched. FFX was the first game I played, and it’s still one of my favorites. #playstationmemories
— Megan Farokhmanesh (@Megan_Nicolett) February 20, 2013
“I need a MEMORY CARD to play video games?” – Vita buyers RT @jasonschreier “I need a MEMORY CARD to play video games?” #PlaystationMemories
— Chris Kohler (@kobunheat) February 20, 2013
Dad convincing Mom they should get a PS3 because “It plays Blu-rays” and not because “Dad plays Call of Duty.” #PlayStationMemories
— Rus McLaughlin (@rusmclaughlin) February 20, 2013
youtu.be/-VXVhN7JD-4 #PlayStationMemories
— Greg Miller (@GameOverGreggy) February 20, 2013
That time Sony Europe tried to reject our PS2 game because it looked too good. The quote was “like an Xbox game” #PlayStationMemories
— Dan Teasdale (@deliciousbees) February 20, 2013
The TRC that says your game will be rejected if you have “excessive vibration”, without detailing what that means.#PlayStationMemories
— Dan Teasdale (@deliciousbees) February 20, 2013
Brought my PS1 back to the states right after Japan launch, my dev friend Kevin screaming “OH MY GOD 3DO IS SO DEAD” #playstationmemories
— Jake Kazdal (@Jkooza) February 20, 2013
Being trapped on a boat in Japan Harbor with four functioning Vitas, three games, and ~30 journalists. #playstationmemories #neverforget
— Ben Gilbert (@RealBenGilbert) February 20, 2013
Took that very copy to Japan in Nov. 1997 and met superfriend IGA for the first time: sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn… #PlayStationMemories
— John Ricciardi (@johntv) February 20, 2013
Buying a refurbished PS3 the day I put in my two weeks’ notice at GameStop to get that discount. #playstationmemories
— Sarah LeBoeuf (@sarahthebeef) February 20, 2013
Metal Gear Solid. All of it. Every bit. #PlayStationMemories
— Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) February 20, 2013
“Kick, punch, it’s all in the mind” #PlayStationMemories
— Kyle Orland (@KyleOrl) February 20, 2013
FF7, NHL 98, and Tekken 3 in the dorms freshman year. (Academic probation freshman year). #PlayStationMemories
— Andrew Pfister (@andrewpfister) February 20, 2013
Fooling half the games press into thinking PS2 was to be called PlayStation Wonderful the day of the PS2 reveal. #PlayStationMemories
— John Ricciardi (@johntv) February 20, 2013
Xenosaga Episode I was so terrible it caused my PS2’s disc drive to commit suicide and I was out $100 for repairs. #PlayStationMemories
— Jeremy Parish (@gamespite) February 20, 2013
Working at #SEGA in mid 90s – listening to everybody say “Play… wha?What does Sony know about video games?”#PlaystationMemories
— Scott Rohde (@RohdeScott) February 20, 2013
Rumble is a “last generation feature”.-Phil Harrison#PlayStationMemories #lastonebeforebed
— David Abrams (@CheapyD) February 20, 2013
j.mp/155axLT #PlayStationMemories
— Kyle Orland (@KyleOrl) February 20, 2013
Arguing that Earthworm Jim 3D would redeem my purchase of an N64 before realizing I was an idiot. #PlayStationMemories
— Kyle Orland (@KyleOrl) February 20, 2013
Winning the Gran Turismo 5 E3 fastest lap competition with a single try. #PlayStationMemories
— Greg Sewart (@sewart) February 20, 2013
Getting my first game design opportunity with @naughty_dog. #playstationmemories
— Warren Price (@WarrenPrice) February 20, 2013
Turning my PlayStation upside-down to make it work. #PlayStationMemories
— Tim Turi (@timturi) February 20, 2013
Getting really excited to play Uncharted 2, and then having to wait 2 hours to download and install a system update. #PlayStationMemories
— Scott W. Bradford (@ScottWBradford) February 20, 2013
Buying a PS1 to play a borrowed FFVII, renting a bunch of games, selling PS1 w/o buying a single piece of software #playstationmemories
— Matt Morgan (@MattMorganMDP) February 20, 2013
Trying to dive off a damn fountain in Tomb Raider because Colin Cardwell told me in 7th grade that it made Lara naked #PlaystationMemories
— Dan Ryckert (@DanRyckert) February 20, 2013
Playing Dino Crisis when T-Rex rammed it’s head through wall & 7 year old Trev screaming, “SHOOT THE ****** SHOOT IT!” #PlayStationMemories
— Joshua Hughes (@ZookeyTK) February 20, 2013
Grand Theft Auto 3 for the first time. Even better: GTA Vice City for the first time.#PlayStationMemories
— atomicgamer (@atomicgamer) February 20, 2013
All those lost and confused hours spent with friends, trying to find our way through Tomb Raider II’s opera house. #PlayStationMemories
— Carolyn Petit (@carolynmichelle) February 20, 2013
That time I spent the PlayStation 4 announcement day alternately huddled under blankets and violently dry heaving. #PlayStationMemories
— Alex Navarro (@alex_navarro) February 20, 2013
The first time @bigc_33 and @essfive took me to Network Video in Burlingame. It was basically PSX import game heaven. #PlayStationMemories
— Cory Stockton (@mumper) February 20, 2013
Realizing I had become a PS Plus member ENTIRELY for the automatic updates…#PlaystationMemories
— Josh Hamrick (@Josh_Hamrick) February 20, 2013
what I’m enjoying about #playstationmemories is a lot of the talk is about the games, not consoles or specs/features.
— Larry Frum (@lfrum) February 20, 2013
Deleting PlayStation Home from my hard drive and even taking a picture of the act and posting it on Twitter. #PlayStationMemories
— Drew Leachman (@DMLFury) February 20, 2013
“System Update Installing… Do not turn off the system.” #PlayStationMemories
— Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) February 20, 2013
Forget these #PlaystationMemories It’s the 20th anniversary of Starfox tomorrow. Share your #StarfoxMemories – bit.ly/W3Gzre
— Official Nintendo Mg (@onm_uk) February 20, 2013