Mascots Japan Redesign likely refers to Crash Bandicoot, who was redesignes to be cuter on Japanese Covers and comercials. Fun fact: the Crash Dance originates from Crash 1 commercials from japan, and naughty dog liked it so much they put it in Crash 2 onward.

"there were a ton of unnecessarily creepy ads for the playstation. Just check a few of these out!" And then I immediately got an actual ad. Terrifying.

Polygon Man also appeared in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012) being the main antagonist forcing other mascots to fight each other.

Man, this video was really well made and enjoyable. Keep up the good work man.

37:00 Actually, Sony did it 3 times, with the PS3 being about half the price of contemporary Blu-Ray players, which allowed it to still sell decently well in its earlier days before the price drop.

Great video!! Love that you took the time to correct yourself a few times which definitely shows you care about what you're doing, so many do these with such minimal effort. I would love if you did another video like this, maybe add some music in the back for next time with each descending tier? Definitely subscribed :)

I really enjoy your reading voice! They are perfect for explaining icebergs. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for making this iceberg! The editing is really good :)

This was such a wonderfully made video. Lots of cool info I never knew presented incredibly well. Can't wait for more my friend.

Great video bro! I'm from Brazil and only saw one original black PS1 disc in my entire life (if I remember correctly, it was a Tony Hawk Pro Skater game back in 1999). All PS1 consoles that people buy around here, including the smaller PSone ones, had the capability to run pirated games. This was a big deal since an original N64 cartridge could have the price equivalent to the minimun wage here on those years. A pirated disc was more than 20 times cheaper. Even memory cards and joysticks had cheaper alternatives for people to be able to buy them. These modifications also allow the console to be able to play VCDs, and this created a weird market of PS1 compatible pornography... Some of these pirated games got an unofficial translation too. i remember playing Castlevania SOTN with Portuguese text. In the 90s, only some PC games had Portuguese text. There was also Winning Eleven games (a japanese football/soccer franchise from Konami, that came before to PES) with brazillian clubs and players instead of National teams (similar to Ronaldinho Soccer on the SNES and N64). These was very popular.

Fantastic work! Keep it up 👍

good stuff man, keep it up

I don't remember if Blockbuster had the PS1 before release, PS2 MAYBE, but it was definitely a thing. Especially when the PS2 dropped and you couldn't find any anywhere so the only way to play the PS2 was to go to Blockbuster everyday to try and catch a new rental, this could be the reason why I don't remember too clearly

Amazing and well put video. Thank you for your dedication! One day people will stop telling us what an iceberg video is...

Mascots Japan Redesign is most likely referring to the multiple mascot characters who had different designs in marketing and on box art in Japan. Crash Bandicoot was given a simple redesign where his hair tufts were orange like his fur and his eyes had Pac-an shaped pupils, and characters like Spyro the Dragon and Jak & Daxter were given more cute, chibi-esque box art while remaining identical in game. 1999 Concert may be referring to the 1999 dual release of the obscure games "Le Concert: Fortissimo" and "Le Concert: Pianissimo", two game that would get single disc compilation in titled "Le Concert" in 2000.

God I’m so old. I definitely had PS1 with controllers without DualShock. It was a BIG DEAL when they came out.

"299" That was the most inspirational quote

I think the 1999 concert entry has to do with Sony hosting a "Milk Can" concert to promote Um Jammer Lammy. It's covered in the Event Center of PlayStation Underground Issue 3.4.

Love your videos. Keep up the good work ❤️👍

I love the videos, it's very underrated keep it up!

how come u have so many good quality videos with so little views haha is this re uploads or have u had another channel before i like it its just odd such nice mic quality and so on u dont often see in so small channel just curious i like it =)

need more subs fr, this is good content. good work man

15 seconds in and that sound...wow does it bring back memories.

Really really great video! Keep up the great work!

A bit of a correction at 13:00, only the later "psone" models would actually check for the regional text on the boot screen. The original Playstations (as well as psones, as a secondary security measure) would get the regional information from a specific groove printed onto the game disk that couldn't be replicated by retail CD burners. This is why solutions such as the swap-disc method work in order to play backups, you put in a legit disc with the groove so the console can get the regional information, then swap it out with your backup disc.

Spyro is my favorite mascot.

Great video bro 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Cooorrr the intro noise took me back.

12:10 Willy the Wombat has a SEGA Saturn game by Hudson Soft. They got the brand before, forcing Naughty Dog to change the name!!

At 20:30 when you said that about the original ps1 controller I had to pause the video. I'm like bruh you making me feel old. Those are the og controllers before the daulshock 😂 I remember those being light af

ps2 iceberg when

I think the 1999 concert might have been a concert for the game um jammer lammy released in 1999

I’ve been looking for more Ps1 icebergs idk how I didn’t find this. There’s a Ps1 game obscurity iceberg I think would be interesting for somebody to cover

We never had the money to buy a PSX during its runtime, so I was still using my SEGA Mega Drive 2 until the late '90s. Then I got my first PC, which was also a really old machine. Anyway, this video is amazing for me because I'm just rediscovering this incredible console via an emulator on my Steam Deck... And I'm commenting on this video even though it's already a year old :)

10:58 their modern mascot is a little robot i forget the name of

“Do you like to be humiliated by women?” Bro 😭 really hittin the nail on the head aren’t they?

I miss those cryptic game commercials. It was so much cooler than these shitty montages of games I probably won't play with music that I don't like. All with mediocre transitions between the footage that I could make in davinci resolve

I downloaded the crash 2 mod level snow no like three years ago, it's a level that's extremely difficult and fun and it has modified soundtracks,I never got all the crates in the level And i was surprised how this mod was deep in the ps1 iceberg 😅

Awesome iceberg!

OHHHHHHH THAT SOUND GAVE ME CHILLS

Idea: have the ps2 run on ps1 games, ps3 for ps2 & 1, so on and so forth so you can just buy the discs.

My life in gaming - if I recall the channel name - shows off how they played PS1 before NA release

13:27 it's Kutaragi my dude

The PS release videos is a red E lol The O and X difference is because in Japan O or circle means yes or selection and X meaning no or cancel so definitely a Japanese thing for sure.

yooo yes it is fearful Harmony

$299 was a lot in the 90's, it's equivalent to $600 - 700 in today's money

15:14 just look up japanese Crash or Spyro covers

Late to this party. I also want to know how a red e stands for ready??

I like, but the likes are at 69. I mustn't ruin it for the cultured ones.

Com-pill-ay-shun = compilation 🤣

I think the Japanese redesign could be referring to Crash Bandicoot because he has a slightly different design in Japan.

35:00 same reason you should put old used microwaves in a bag before you unplug them to throw them out. Bugs LOVE hiding in unmoved electronics.

"E" meant ready because the e was the colour red

17:45 saturn

Any tips for doing videos like this

24:33 Sega does what Nintendon't ?

26:18 what was on it????

epic

31:34

UEFA is pronounced Youayfa

even if Sega did the deal with Sony, judging by how poor their business skills were at the time they probably would have failed just as bad without Sony. if it weren't for Yakuza then Sega would be worthless to me.

They were right. I was not e

Black Disc Werent Nothing Rare. i Used to Use A black Cdr to Burn Music & data on & I Still have about 40 That I Never Used.

You’re p good for a small fry

I hate Crash Bandicoot too