The Story of the Playstation (Complete Series) [feat. Drunk Metroid]

We're coming up on the one year anniversary of this series so I thought I would share a little information about how I made this series. If there was ever a series that pushed me to my limits, it was this one. For two months I spent all of my energy on crafting these videos. The first month was spent writing, filming, and recording and then I spent the second month editing and cleaning up. A lot of the videos were released on self imposed deadlines as I tried to push myself to commit to weekly releases (a personal goal of mine for the year). This was a huge detriment to my health as the two months I spent working on this ended up causing more stress than I could handle. A few months later, after I made a few more videos, I was hospitalized after not eating for 3 or 4 days. I was later diagnosed with Gastroparesis and I've been dealing with it since. It's not a fun disease and much of the production of this series was marked by intense GI pain. It was truly a series that felt like I was trying to get blood from a stone. But I'm so happy with the final result. I hate my voice and the voice over immensely so I'm unable to rewatch it, but I love the level of detail I threw in about the PS1. After crafting a more narrative focused series with the great console war, it was nice to come back to a singular system and just do a deep dive without worrying about story beats. There's still a narrative through line focusing on the console, but there's less of a focus on the actual people who made the system. It's closer in style to the story of the Xbox which I think makes for a nice dicotomy between the two brands. The story of the PlayStation is also the gateway to my next "phase" of videos. As it stands, I've got plans for at least three more seasons of DD and the story of the PlayStation was the most necessary to cover before tackling the giants left. Thank you so much for the support and love for this series! I can't wait to weave a new tale for all again, very soon.

I still remember the day I bought my first Playstation. I turned on the TV that morning to see the announcement of a price drop to $199, within 20 minutes I had my new Playstation in hand. Within the next hour and a half everyone one of my mates had crammed themselves into my small flat for Tekken winner stays on. 😁😁😁 Good Memories!

I will NEVER forget that PS1 startup intro and the years I spent with that console. Truly AMAZING times!

How I wish I could go back in time and feel the excitement of the 90s console era.

Man the Crash Bandicoot trilogy (and CTR) the Spyro trilogy and MGS were all time classics, what great times.

The ps start up screen is so iconic, brings back so much nostalgia

FFVII was the reason I bought the PS. Syphon Filter, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid and countless RPGs were a wonderful part of my life. Thanks for putting this video documentary together.

Man the 90s era of gaming was so epic, I remember every week getting demos & magazines and being excited about a new release which was pretty much every other week.

I've been looking for good historical videos on consoles for a little while. Those are the best I've seen. Very good work. Your voice is great by the way. Very professional. Don't change it. I hope you'll keep doing videos (if you still enjoy doing it) We had a PS at home when I was a kid. Also a N64. I did play more at the N64 because I was too young to enjoy the great titles on the PS. Your video made me realize how much great games there was on the console. And especially how many great franchises were born on that platform. Incredible. Thanks!

Probably the most iconic start up sound of a console ever. Fucking great games Tomb Raider, Crash, Spyro, Tekken, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy. Holy Shit!

Being 13 and getting demo discs w magazines and whatnot...those were the days! Great soundtrack choices for your vid and nicely done overall!

Every time I hear that original PlayStation intro, I get a little teary-eyed. (So many memories man.) And the fact that you actually spoke about Tenchu and Legend of Dragoon, MAN, those were my games! I still have my original copy of Dragoon. And I managed to download it to my PS3 and PSP. Both of which I still have and fully functional.

I bought my PSX in 1997 from a friend. It came with Soul Blade, Suikoden, Twisted Metal 2 and Final Fantasy VII. I eventually had over 50 games for it.

Great documentary man. Well narrated. I remember being in line at Circuit City. It was cold. It was raining. But it was worth it.

I have to say, I really like this content. I have been watching bits and pieces of this every day. This reminds me of old school youtube back before it was filled with "influencers" and actually consisted really interesting unique content. Great stuff.

Dang, you answered a decades old question for me. When I was a wee lad back in the 60's my grandfather had a TTK radio and I always wondered why I never ever saw that brand somewhere else or where it came from.

Don't remember watching such a thorough documentary. Thank You for the content👍

This was an EXTREMELY exciting time for gaming. The paradigm shift the CD-based games from cartridges was fascinating enough (save for the N64)… the types and depths of the games were also fascinating. I also knew that driving/racing games (huge fan of the genre, as with shoot-em-ups) would soon start to be taken quite a bit more seriously. I also remember games started to have an even more ‘adult’ tone… as if games were growing with the gamers. I’m REALLY lucky to have lived through this era as a young adult. Awesome video; THANK you. Cheers, all!

Double Dog makes the best video game videos on the internet…solid work, it’s clear he fully understands what was going on in the gaming realm during the time periods he covers. Amazing.

Oh man, Wild Arms. I loved that game.