I gathered up my Playstation 1 & 2, a handful of games (including one I accidentally ordered recently) and laid them in front of an old TV.
Summary: Man, I can definitely see why I prefer my PC.
I pulled out Final Fantasy VII and realized I was missing disc #1. I had two of #2, but no #1. Figures.
I popped in my memory card labeled with FFVII, inserted disc 2 and expected to see my old save games there. Nope. The PS1 claimed it and my backup card were empty. Ok, that figures too.
Perhaps loaning my PS1 out to family/friends wasn’t such a good idea.
I pop in Final Fantasy VIII and watch the credits and then after launching a new game (yep, no save game files for this game either) I watch the opening CG cinematic. Hmm, a decade later and it doesn’t look too shabby.
For comparison, here is a trailer for Final Fantasy XII, released seven years later:
and here is a trailer for the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII:
… and completely unrelated, here is another really cool trailer (used as an opening cinematic) from The Witcher:
I continued to swap out what few PS1 games I had left and eventually got around to connecting the PS2. I bought this used from a niece a year ago as I didn’t have one yet and she was looking for some extra money. My wife connected it a week or so later and played for a bit. It sat unused until today.
I played Soul Reaver 2: Legacy of Kain for about an hour until I remembered that there was a game-stopping bug in the level I made it to.
*sigh*
I was reminded quickly that I prefer PC games to console games, for just that reason. To be fair though, modern consoles do offer patches, so this wouldn’t be a problem if it were a PS3 or XBox 360.
That said, I likely won’t invest anything else into a console as I like being able to port my game collection to new systems.
All in all, it was an interesting bit of nostalgia and I’ve added the Legacy of Kain series to my wishlist (PC versions). 
