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Disruptor may not seem like a catalyst release on Sony PlayStation today. The place in history this game holds is due to the developer, not the game itself. This is the first game that Insomniac Games developed. Maybe you recognize them for their work on Spyro the Dragon on PlayStation. Maybe you are more familiar […]
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Disruptor Disrupts Sony PlayStation – November 30th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 29th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
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Tags: Disruptor, first person shooter, fps, Insomniac Games, sci-fi, Universal Interactive 
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Tomb Raider The Last Revelation Goes Multiplatform – November 22nd, 1999 – Today in Video Game History
November 21st, 2020 Carl Williams Tomb Raider The Last Revelation is the first entry in the franchise to go multiplatform since the original. Much like the first Tomb Raider game, the other platform was a Sega one – the Sega Dreamcast in this case. Sony, smartly, locked up this franchise as a PlayStation console exclusive after the first game was […]
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider Makes Her Professional PlayStation Sega Saturn and PC Debut – November 14th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 13th, 2020 Carl Williams Lara Croft made her debut in Tomb Raider and what a debut it was. This was the start of a franchise that is still going today. This game also represents the media savviness of, then, new to gaming Sony. Core Design, based in the United Kingdom at the time of development, were responsible for bringing […]
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Posted in Comp, News, PSOne, Saturn, Sega, Sony, Windows Tags: 3d, action, adventure, core design, female lead, indiana jones, lara croft, Tank Girl, tomb raider 1 Comment »
Final Fantasy IX Returns Series to Fantasy Era on PlayStation – November 13th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
November 12th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fantasy IX was one of my favorite role-playing games (RPG) on the Sony PlayStation console. It was such a great game, one that returned the franchise to its roots in the fantasy era. Previous entries had a heavy futuristic/science fiction slant to their stories. While those were fun, there is just something about the […]
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Revelations: Persona Makes PlayStation Debut – November 4th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 4th, 2020 Carl Williams Revelations: Persona is a franchise that I personally never expected to see release in North America. The setting, a high school, the subject matter, demons, and more just seemed to be too much for gamers here. I remember reading gaming magazines in the mid 1990’s and seeing that this game was indeed coming. That was […]
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Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage Continues Dragon Romp on PlayStation – November 2nd, 1999 – Today in Video Game History
November 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage, as the name implies, was the second entry in the popular Insomniac developed series. Sony was onto something with Spyro and they were not going to let the character be a single entry on their console. The Spyro franchise was also a console exclusive so Sony had that going for them […]
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Twisted Metal 2 Gives PlayStation Fans More Destruction – October 31st, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
October 31st, 2020 Carl Williams Twisted Metal 2 was, for me, the title that put SingleTrac on the radar. Sure, they did the first Twisted Metal game, also on PlayStation, I somehow missed it upon release. At the time of release, there was simply not much competition in the vehicular combat genre in gaming. At least not on this level. […]
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Spyro Year of the Dragon Sees Insomniac Say Goodbye on PlayStation – October 24th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
October 25th, 2020 Carl Williams Spyro Year of the Dragon on the Sony PlayStation was the end of a fantastic trilogy. One that many gamers would argue that should have staid a trilogy. What Insomniac did on the PS One is simply astounding. Each entry was better than the previous and set a new high watermark for the competition. A […]
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Novastorm Brings Futuristic Rail Shooting to PlayStation – October 10th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
October 10th, 2020 Carl Williams Novastorm is a rail shooter. You are either a fan of them or hate them. This futuristic shooter was developed by Psygnosis and released on various platforms such as Sony PlayStation, FM Towns Marty, and 3DO. While technology allows this level of graphics in real time, back in the mid 1990’s this was, at least […]
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Sony Introduces PS One Effectively Outsells Own PlayStation 2 – September 19th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
September 19th, 2020 Carl Williams When the Sony PlayStation was launched it was an anomaly. Gamers were not quite sure what to expect from this newcomer. Sony had plenty of experience in gaming prior though. They worked with both Sega and Nintendo during the 16-bit era for instance. The first Sony console would go on to devastate the old school […]
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