Into the Aether IX: The Sony PlayStation - Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game Podcast | Lyssna här

It's finally time for the NINTH season of Into the Aether, a low key video game podcast! To kick this one off, we played and discussed 40+ of the most important games from Sony's first home console: The PlayStation.

Thank you all so much for listening to and supporting the show throughout the years, and especially for your patience while we work on episodes like these.

Discussed: The Sony Playstation

The full PS1 Playlist

The games that won the community poll

Our episode with Chris Plante about Dreamcast history

Dom's interview with Tony Hawk

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Timecodes:

(00:00) - Into the Aether Season 9
(00:36) - Prepping for this ep and how it has changed over the years
(12:25) - The PlayStation is cool
(16:03) - Histories with the PlayStation
(39:41) - How the ep is gonna go
(44:06) - "Turtle Woods/The Pits/Night Fight" Josh Mancell, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
(44:41) - 1995
(45:02) - Tokimeki Memorial
(01:01:58) - 1996
(01:02:00) - Tomb Raider
(01:13:37) - 1997
(01:13:42) - PaRappa the Rapper
(01:21:23) - Wild Arms
(01:27:42) - Bushido Blade
(01:31:51) - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
(01:37:07) - Final Fantasy VII
(01:37:15) - "The Highwind Takes to the Skies" Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy VII
(01:37:43) - Final Fantasy VII
(01:44:25) - Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
(01:50:46) - Colony Wars
(02:01:39) - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
(02:12:09) - 1997 is OVER
(02:12:31) - "Title Screen" Stewart Copeland, Spyro the Dragon
(02:13:03) - Into the Eather
(02:18:53) - 1998
(02:19:01) - Einhänder
(02:26:26) - Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
(02:32:55) - Mega Man Legends
(02:40:52) - Tomba
(02:44:57) - Resident Evil 2
(02:54:45) - Xenogears
(03:04:04) - Tekken 3
(03:04:14) - "Heihachi Mishima Theme" Nobuyoshi Sano and Keiichi Okabe, Tekken 3
(03:04:35) - Tekken 3
(03:09:50) - Parasite Eve
(03:09:59) - "Arise Within You" Yoko Shimomura, Parasite Eve
(03:10:37) - Parasite Eve
(03:20:24) - Brave Fencer Musashi
(03:24:28) - Metal Gear Solid
(03:24:47) - "Main Theme" Tappi Iwase, Metal Gear Solid
(03:25:18) - Metal Gear Solid
(03:33:49) - Spyro the Dragon
(03:38:45) - Goin' out with a bang
(03:40:02) - "The Lost Land ~ Primordial Ooze" Soichi Terada, Ape Escape
(03:40:29) - 1999
(03:40:41) - Legend of Legaia
(03:44:52) - R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
(03:48:00) - Gran Turismo 2
(03:52:56) - Suikoden II
(03:59:59) - Silent Hill
(04:00:06) - "Silent Hill" Akira Yamaoka, Silent Hill
(04:00:36) - Silent Hill
(04:12:15) - Um Jammer Lammy
(04:17:26) - Ape Escape
(04:19:45) - Crash Team Racing
(04:19:56) - "Main Menu" Josh Mancell, Crash Team Racing
(04:20:24) - Crash Team Racing
(04:26:25) - Onto the new millenium
(04:27:09) - "Menu Theme" Dennis Martin and Takeo Miratsu, The Legend of Dragoon
(04:27:47) - 2000
(04:28:38) - Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
(04:35:07) - Incredible Crisis
(04:38:52) - Vagrant Story
(04:39:14) - "Recollections" Hitoshi Sakimoto, Vagrant Story
(04:39:45) - Vagrant Story
(04:52:26) - Vib-Ribbon
(04:55:01) - Threads of Fate
(04:59:00) - Chrono Cross
(04:59:07) - "Fields of Time ~ Home World" Yasunori Mitsuda, Chrono Cross
(04:59:39) - Chrono Cross
(05:06:39) - The Legend of Dragoon
(05:10:51) - Jackie Chan Stuntmaster
(05:14:21) - Breath of Fire IV
(05:23:13) - Final Fantasy IX
(05:33:08) - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
(05:41:01) - That's the PlayStation 1!
(05:42:18) - "A Place to Call Home" Nobuo Uematsu, Final Fantasy IX
(05:42:45) - Not *quite* the last console retrospective
(05:44:28) - The Community Picks
(05:45:35) - Making the Aether Top 5
(06:06:03) - The Into the Aether Top 5 Video Games for the Sony PlayStation 1
(06:07:06) - That's it!
(06:09:26) - Thank you so much for listening<3

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