Japanese PSN updates with six more PS1 titles

Posted Jun 11th 2008 7:00PM by Majed Athab
Filed under: Imports

Japan is getting more PS1 classics added to the PSN. Among the new titles are: Jade Cocoon, an RPG; Crash Team Racing, obviously it's Crash Bandicoot plus go-karts; and lastly, Acid which is ... er, we don't know. It's said to be an action title -- if that helps. There are also three slot machine games at ¥300. That's half price off the normal ¥600 the other games are going for.

News of six new PS1 games for Japan is quite a huge contrast to North America's ... zero. While it would certainly be ideal to have more vintage games on our side of the earth, we still need to remember that a tangled web of legalities are what's keeping things from moving further. Rights and ownership to digital content ... is there any program that can be implemented to speed up such processes?

[Via PSP GadgetZ]

Tags: ps1, psn

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-11-2008 @ 8:28PM

Jay said...

More salt poured in the American PSN wounds. At this point I am tempted to learn how to hack my PSP to play Ps1 games.

6-11-2008 @ 9:31PM

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) said...

dude do a google search. youll learn in no time. i did lol. but i am now reformed since i went back to official firmware from custom firmware.

6-11-2008 @ 9:15PM

darkpolaris said...

OH COME ON!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT KIND OF **** IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
WHERES OUR PS1 TITLES?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

6-11-2008 @ 9:44PM

StalkingSilence said...

We are getting an espionage-related PSone download (for PS3/PSP) this week in North America. Hold your complaining or you will look dumb.

6-12-2008 @ 4:39AM

Necro_Deadite said...

this would be so awesome today, please let this be!

6-11-2008 @ 9:46PM

darkpolaris said...

they better or i might do something i regret

6-11-2008 @ 11:53PM

Dave said...

GAH I want Crash Team Racing... I played that like a mad man back in the day. I've always been a Sony only console owner, so it's my Mario Kart substitute.

6-12-2008 @ 2:48AM

Jonathan said...

what else is new... japan gets more ps1 titles, we get shafted. maybe its our crap economy...

6-12-2008 @ 4:24AM

strike said...

Give Sony some time, like Majed said, there are licenses on games. Final Fantasy 7 cant just be thrust up there, they need to 'rent' it from Square Enix. Also, if they put all their ps1 titles (which Sony made) up there at once, then we will have nothing after that. I say in a few months, the store may have a few better games.

6-12-2008 @ 7:59AM

koehler83 said...

If they don't want to sell them, then just buy the PS1 disc on ebay or in a bargain bin and learn to rip them and play them on your PSP.

Its seriously not worth getting in a huff about. Chances are you'll save some cash anyway. (Except on FF7, which is worth its weight in gold)

6-13-2008 @ 1:00AM

Reuben said...

Good thing I picked up FFVII 5 years ago before everyone got the hots for it.

6-12-2008 @ 12:29PM

nomad said...

sony can shove a hard boiled egg up where the sun don't shine. :(

6-12-2008 @ 4:22PM

Arturo Olivo said...

Can we please get a PS1 game today, Sony?! Six games for the Japanese store and none for US since Super R-Types was released last month. I am hoping that MGS1 comes today since Konami has a surprise or maybe it can be Syphon Filter 3? Any game I would take.

6-13-2008 @ 12:59AM

Reuben said...

Seriously, if Sony doesn't step it up I'm switching to custom firmware so I can at least play the PS games I own (Oddworld FTW!)

6-19-2008 @ 12:11AM

rockeranimefreak said...

they should put this game on the psn store:

I think this is the real acid game on ps1 lol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD_(video_game)

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