Into the Aether IX: The Sony PlayStation

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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