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Being a staunch supporter of the Mega Drive and the Saturn, it took me a little while to warm to Sony’s first console and I didn’t pick one up until 1997, two years after the system’s UK launch. Our relationship didn’t have the greatest of starts, possibly due to the fact that the bundle I purchased from Currys included Fade To Black, Porsche Challenge, Rayman and Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos – all releases which didn’t live up to the hype promised by my friends and the gaming press. The only game I really loved on my Playstation was Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night (in fact, it was one of the main reasons I eventually decided to buy Sony’s console). If I’m honest, I just wasn’t in a rush to embrace 3D gaming.

Eventually, though, my thoughts began to change, and while I aligned myself with the N64 for a good part of that exciting generation I eventually picked up more and more Playstation games, after being wowed by the likes of Tekken 3, Resident Evil 2 and Gran Turismo. The sheer diversity of Sony’s console was bonkers and it’s easy to see why so many of us did fall in love with Sony’s 32-bit powerhouse. It’s equally easy to see why there’s so much excitement for the Playstation Classic at the moment (you can read our early hands-on on page 28). With that in mind our 16-page Playstation special report examines both the tech powering Sony’s console, as well as Spyro The Dragon.

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