Nostalgia for retro consoles has been growing over the last several years. Nintendo kicked off a wave of plug-and-play style systems with 2016’s NES Classic Edition, and followed up with last year’s equally popular SNES Classic. Now Sony is throwing its hat into the ring with the PlayStation Classic, a small console that includes a collection of 20 original PlayStation games, set for launch on December 3. We spent some time with the system and have early impressions of the hardware, the menu system, and of the included library of games. If you own an NES or SNES Classic, the PlayStation Classic will be very familiar to you. It’s a miniature version of the original 1994 system, featuring an HDMI port and Micro-USB for power in the back, and a slot for two controllers in the front. The back of the console even features a nod to the first system’s back panel with a non-functioning parallel port cover. The system also features the standard three physical buttons, some of which have been given slightly different uses. The power button does what you’d expect; it turns the system on and off. Just like Nintendo’s systems, the reset button brings you back to the main menu. However, the open disc button is where things get interesting. The original button on the PlayStation would open the optical disc tray, but it’s now used for games that have multiple discs, allowing you to swap to the next one when prompted to by the game…. [Read full story]
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