PLEASE NOTE: I am currently in the process of going back and updating my old game sets with newly discovered games, prototypes, and English translations. They will be better organized, and a Language Pack will be available for all systems. Follow my socials or join the Discord channel to watch for updates as I complete them Fall of 2022!

Sony was first working with Nintendo to create a CD add-on for the SNES. It's a long story, but Nintendo eventually scrapped the idea and Sony developed the PlayStation instead. Wise choice!

This gorgeous little light gray box was at the forefront of pushing 3D gaming to its limit during this era, and stood the test of time against all of its competitors worldwide for years, regardless if the other machines were more powerful... and did so until Sony followed it with the mighty, mighty PlayStation 2.

The entire PlayStation collection I've gathered together is massive and in 4 parts. This archive is part 1 of 4, featuring titles that start with numbers 0-5 and the letters A-G. It only contains single disc titles or the occasional multi-disc titles that did not require swapping.

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Special items included:
Unreleased prototypes, games not in English (but only if they were easy enough to play without being fluent in another language), English-patched translations, plus these extras: "Action Replay 2 (Disc 2: Bonus PSone Codes! - Version 2.30)," Action Replay Ultimate Codes for Final Fantasy Compilation Pack," "Aging Disk," "Analog Controller Service Disc," "Arc the Lad Collection: The Making of Arc the Lad," "Blockbuster PlayStation Challenge," "Blockbuster Presents: GameShark Top 50 - Summer / Fall 2001," "Breaker Pro Version 1.1," "Bust a Move: Dance & Rhythm Action (Genteiban - Disc 2: Premium CD-ROM)," "Cheat Factory for Final Fantasy IX," "Cheat Master Volume 1: Fighting Master," "Cheat Master Volume 2: Sports Master," "Cheat Master Volume 3: Race Master," "Cheat Master Volume 4: Strategy Master," "Cheats 'n Codes Volume 1," "Codebreaker DJ," "Deco Pure 2 '99 Taikenban," "Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibouken 2 - Fushigi no Dungeon (Tentou You Movie Disc)," "DSP Music Revelation," "Equalizer CDX Version 3.6," "Equalizer Game Wizard for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," "Equalizer Xtreme Version 4.2," "Every Child Can Succeed" 1-7, "Feeding Frenzy Screensaver," "Game Guru 6," "GamePro Action Disc" 1-2, "GameShark: Metal Gear Solid 2 - Sons of Liberty Strategy in Action," "GameShark 2 Version 2 Code Archive Disc," "GameShark CDX Version 4.11B," "GameShark Lite," "GameShark Video Game Enhancer Version 5," "Glay: Complete Works," "Golgo 13 Vol. 1: Carlyle no Yabou," "Golgo 13 Vol. 2: Mienai Guntai," "GRV 2000," and "Gundress Data-shuu." None of these extras are "games" in the typical sense - They contain multimedia programs, PlayStation applications, and game-altering software that I believe is important to preserve. If you're only after the actual games in this set, feel free to delete those titles named above.

Items removed:
Non-working dumps, duplicates, versions not in English when English was available, Japanese and European versions of titles when a North American version was available, hacks, homebrew games, and titles not in English that require proficiency in another language to play - Those can be found in my "Sony PlayStation Language Pack" here: archive.org/details/language-pack-sony-playstation-champion-collection.

Release notes:
This is a complete re-work of my previous Sony PlayStation set, which I did a couple years back. It was a bit messy and lots of new rips have been found out in the wild since then. I've hand-tested these new additions, added 407 more titles overall, upgraded several others to newer revisions, and organized the files much, much cleaner than last time - They can even be placed all together in one folder and nothing will get mixed up! There are some rhythm games that have append discs found in the multi disc collection that also have the key (or first) disc included (just to be thorough), but you're welcome to overwrite any of the key discs found in the multi disc set with the ones included here or vice versa - The .cue files are set up to work just the same for both versions of the game regardless.

However, I strongly suggest storing the single disc collection in a separate folder instead, for ease of use. You'll want to import the m3u (playlist) files into your emulator rather than the individual .cue files for the multi discs, or they will not load / swap discs properly. Keeping these in a separate folder will make it much easier to import the titles in two different batches - The multi disc set (via .m3u) and single disc set (via .cue).

You should notice a couple games that look like duplicates - "Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku" is the same game as "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night," but it has been altered to include the original Japanese voiceovers alongside newly translated English subtitles to give you a much more serious and awesome experience than playing the often silly English dubbed version. "Ace Combat 3" exists here in single disc form as the official NA release, but tons of content and cutscenes were removed from the JP version when it was localized. For an English translated version of the full game, please check the version out in the multi disc set. "Bust a Groove 2" is not present here because the Japanese version ("Bust a Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix") is the only version that is uncensored and contains ending cutscenes for each character, so I included that version instead. "Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix" and "Dance Dance Revolution Disney's Rave" both have different collections of music, as do the NA and JP versions of the vanilla "Dance Dance Revolution."

Looking for the other PlayStation discs? Those can be found in the other parts of my "Sony PlayStation Champion Collection" here: Single Discs H-P / Single Discs Q-Z / Multi Discs

Stats for nerds:

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Want to learn more about how I put my collections together, discover my other vintage content, or join the Retro Game Champion community on Discord, Twitch, and your socials? Head to retrogamechampion.com! I would love to welcome you to the project. <3

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Titles in this archive: 836

Archive.org's torrent feature wasn't designed with large collections like this in mind, so if you're wanting to help preserve this set, you can use the links below to download each chunk individually. That will make sure you get everything saved without trouble! Also, I highly recommend using a download manager such as JDownloader2 or Free Download Manager to make sure you get the most quick and reliable connections possible. Each chunk is an average size of 13.53 GB: