When we talk about PS1 tech demos, the mind immediately goes to the amazing T-Rex technical demo included on the legendary Demo 1 CD with the purple cover. Then there is the Manta demoequally beautiful, but in reality there are also other demos that Sony used to show the world the power of the first PlayStation.
Right away, three not-so-famous PS1 tech demos but equally interesting and certainly worthy of being remembered.
Fighting Demo
A fascinating, if crude, tech demo presented in 1994 to show the press PlayStation’s capabilities in managing 32-bit 3D graphics. Two fighters clash, creating a real three-dimensional show with animations absolutely noteworthy for the time.And if SEGA could count on Virtua Fighter for Saturn, However, Sony has had its say in the 3D fighting game genre thanks to the success of Namco’s Tekken.
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F1 Demo PS-X
This is an even older demo, dating back to 1993, when PlayStation was still known by the code name PS-X. A tech demo developed by Sony’s mysterious “Team Epic”. A Formula One car speeds around a street circuit, with certainly interesting graphics for a home console from the very early 90s.An image appeared in EDGE from 1993, unfortunately there are no videos on YouTube showing the tech demo in action.
A tech demo perhaps not accidental since Sony would have purchased it after the launch of the PlayStation F1 license for the production of video games dedicated to the top four-wheel track motor racing series.
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Labyrinth/Legend
This tech demo also dates back to the 1993/1994 period she was shown in many PlayStation television commercials until 1996including a short commercial included in the Jumanji video cassette, visible below in the Italian version thanks to the PlayStation Generation YouTube channel.We don’t know who developed this tech demo (known as Labyrinth and Legend) which showed a dungeon with a dragon waiting for us at the end of the corridor. Was Legend/Labyrinth really just a tech or should it have become a fantasy game, perhaps in first person? It’s difficult to say, but what we saw on screen was certainly very interesting considering the production period.
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