The curious case of the PlayStation game released twice in the UK

As the humble PlayStation entered its twilight years, Sony made the surprise decision to scrap licensing fees. This allowed publishers to release smaller budget games on the system, commonly found for £9.99. It also likely helped that developers were well versed with the console by this point, with most studios having dozens of games to …

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The PSone’s best budget buys

Sony enforced tight quality control during the PSone’s early years. 2D games in particular were in the firing line, with Sony cherry-picking only those that showed off the system such as Rayman, Rapid Reload and Mortal Kombat 3. It’s often stated that Sony didn’t want any 2D games on the system, believing they didn’t show …

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