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55-673: The PlayStation Classic is a dedicated video game console by Sony Interactive Entertainment that emulates games originally released on its 1994 PlayStation console. It was announced in September 2018 at the Tokyo Game Show , and released on December 3, 2018, the 24th anniversary of the release of the original. The console has been compared to competitor Nintendo 's prior releases of the NES Classic Edition and Super NES Classic Edition mini consoles. Despite this,

110-654: A Game Boy Color version later that year. A version for the WonderSwan Color was released exclusively in Japan on April 5, 2001. A mobile phone port was distributed in 2005. The PlayStation port was digitally re-released onto the PlayStation Store on February 18, 2014 under the "PSOne Classic" brand, which was delisted from the North American storefront on April 4, 2019. The PlayStation version

165-539: A USB Micro-A to standard USB-A cable. An AC adapter for the console is sold separately. The console weighs about 170 grams (0.37 lb) and is about 149 mm × 33 mm × 105 mm (5.9 in × 1.3 in × 4.1 in) in size, approximately 80% smaller in volume than the original PlayStation and 45% smaller in width and length. It includes ports for both controllers, HDMI output, and power via USB. The controller's cords measure approximately 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long. The controllers use

220-534: A "short-lived" experience, while AllGame disliked the poor amount of content and presentation, unfavorably comparing it to Puzzle Bobble . GameSpot also criticized the PlayStation version for not having a multiplayer mode, although noted that the $ 20 price point made this somewhat forgivable. The Game Boy Color version was nominated for "Best Puzzle Game" at GameSpot ' s Best and Worst of 2000 Awards, which went to Samba de Amigo . Mr. Driller

275-417: A USB interface. The console has 2 USB ports in the front for the 2 controllers that are included. It cannot use PlayStation memory cards . Internally, the console uses a MediaTek MT8167a Quad A35 system on a chip with four central processing cores clocked at @ 1.5 GHz and a Power VR GE8300 graphics processing unit. It includes 16 GB of eMMC flash storage and 1 GB of DDR3 memory . The Classic uses

330-424: A collection or built-in games, dedicated handhelds tend to employ simple VFD or LCD screens although older models often utilized even more primitive arrays of small light bulbs or LED lights to produce calculator-like alphanumerical screens. Dedicated handheld systems typically comprise a screen, a number of control buttons, and a compact body that houses the game engine. Nintendo's Game and Watch series increased

385-445: A crowded home console market. Several changes were made when Yoshizawa joined the project, which included a faster pace, a new player character, and the game being renamed to Mr. Driller . The characters and graphical style were designed by Namco artist Kaori Shinozaki, who had previously assisted in production of Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and LiberoGrande . Shinozaki wanted the characters and look of Mr. Driller to appeal to

440-466: A dedicated arcade console are usually housed in a stand-up cabinet that holds a video screen, a control deck or attachments for more complex control devices, and a computer or console hidden within that runs the games. First released in the mid-1970s by games such as Mattel Electronics' Mattel Auto Race and Mattel Electronic Football , dedicated handheld video games are considered the precursors of modern handheld game consoles . Devoted to one game or

495-632: A few wires that connect electrically a few parts of the intern console hardware that a game appears on the screen. Examples for this technique are the Magnavox Odyssey , the Coleco Telstar Arcade and the Philips Tele-Game ES 2201 . Developing from earlier non-video electronic game cabinets such as pinball machines , arcade-style video games (whether coin-operated or individually owned) are usually dedicated to

550-492: A life if he is under them. Susumu has an oxygen meter at the right-hand side of the screen, which constantly depletes as the game progresses — Susumu can replenish part of his oxygen meter by collecting air capsules found throughout the game. Susumu will lose a portion of his oxygen if he drills brown "X-Blocks", which take five hits to destroy, and will lose a life if his meter reaches 0%. A skull-and-crossbones symbol will appear over Susumu's head if his oxygen dips under 30% as

605-476: A line of their classic arcade games, including Frogger , on "plug and play" dedicated systems. The Pelican VG Pocket was an attempt to make a TV game with a backlit color LCD . Dedicated consoles and handheld electronic games with LCD screens that only have one game are rather distinct devices, but the release of the Pelican VG Pocket has blurred the categorization between the two. Beginning with

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660-551: A portable Mega Drive with the firecore firmware, with LCD screen and several games built in, but it has no cartridge port and instead has a SD card slot. In 2004, a miniaturized version of the Atari 7800 home consoles was released with 20 built-in games and no cartridge support called Atari Flashback . The dedicated console is actually based on a clone of the NES hardware, but running Atari software. A newer version, Atari Flashback 2 ,

715-614: A save state by pressing the console's "reset" button. Nine games use the PAL release (favored in most European countries) regardless of the console's release platform, which means they run at a slower framerate of 50 Hz as opposed to the NTSC standard of 60 Hz (favored in North American , Japan , and additional Asian countries ), and may respond slower than players from NTSC regions would expect. The North American version of

770-462: A single game or a small selection of built-in games and do not allow for external input in the form of ROM cartridges. Although modern arcade games such as Dance Dance Revolution X and Half-Life 2: Survivor do allow external input in the form of memory cards or USB sticks, this functionality usually only allows for saving progress or for providing modified level-data, and does not allow the dedicated machine to access new games. The game or games in

825-663: A sure-fire hit in arcades. The game was released in Japan October 1999, running on the Namco System 12 arcade system board and sold only as a conversion kit for other arcade units. Namco released the game in North America the same month, and in Europe later that year. A PlayStation conversion of the game was released on May 10, 2000, followed by a Dreamcast version on June 23, a Microsoft Windows version and

880-494: A warning sign. The home console versions of the game add two new game modes, a "Time Attack" mode where Susumu must constantly collect clocks to reduce his elapsed time, and a "Survival Mode" where the player must drill as much as they can before dying. Mr. Driller was designed by Yasuhito Nagaoka and produced by Hideo Yoshizawa , the latter being known for his work on the Ninja Gaiden series for Tecmo . Nagaoka based

935-414: A wide audience. She used bright, pastel colors like pink and blue to create a bright, colorful world, and designed Susumu to be cute and marketable. The development staff for Mr. Driller designed the game before they ever pitched it to Namco executives, and planned out a location test without any idea how well the game would perform. The game's development cycle, which Yoshizawa described as "the opposite of

990-555: Is also one of the 20 built-in games in the PlayStation Classic dedicated console. The PlayStation, Dreamcast, PC and mobile versions received favorable reviews, while the Game Boy Color and iOS versions received mixed reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings . In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 32 out of 40 for the PlayStation and Dreamcast versions, and 30 out of 40 for

1045-531: Is based on actual Atari hardware, and includes some new built-in games developed by modern hobbyist Atari 2600 programmers, as well as old favorite games. While the new console has no cartridge slot, it is designed so that one can be added, and multiple online tutorials exist detailing this process. In the late 2010s, Nintendo, Konami, Sony, Sega, and SNK released dedicated consoles with built-in games that had been released earlier for their historic video game consoles. Examples of these dedicated consoles include

1100-478: The Ninja Gaiden series. It was intended as the third entry in Namco's Dig Dug series, tentatively titled Dig Dug 3 . Originally meant to be exclusive to home consoles, it was instead made an arcade game to help increase sales. The game was completed before it was ever pitched, leading to a lengthy process that ended with the game being presented to company president Masaya Nakamura . Upon release, Mr. Driller

1155-556: The Fairchild Channel F , had risen to prominence during the second generation of video game consoles due to the success of the Atari 2600 , though stand-alone systems such as Coleco 's Mini-Arcade series continued to have a smaller presence in the home video game console market until the video game crash of 1983 . Since the Nintendo Entertainment System , ROM cartridge-based consoles had dominated

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1210-548: The NES Classic Edition , Super NES Classic Edition , PlayStation Classic , Neo Geo Mini , TurboGrafx-16 Mini , and the Sega Genesis Mini , which usually are miniaturized replicas of their historic consoles. Mr. Driller (video game) Mr. Driller is a 1999 puzzle video game developed and published by Namco , originally released as an arcade game on System 12 hardware before being ported to various home and portable systems. Controlling Susumu Hori,

1265-777: The 2001 release by Toymax (and later Jakk's Pacific) of the Activision TV Games, there has been a revival of interest in dedicated consoles by nostalgia-driven retrogamers. The subsequent 2002 release of the Atari 10-in-1 system prompted speculation of an Atari revival. In 2002, the Brazilian Sega distributor Tectoy re-released the Master System with numerous games built in. These are not, strictly-speaking, dedicated consoles, however, as they also support cartridge-based games. As of 2006, no new official cartridges were available for sale. Tectoy also released

1320-508: The Game Boy Color version. The game was praised for its visuals, addictiveness and soundtrack. The arcade version had exceeded Namco's expectations, selling over 3,000 arcade units shortly after its release. Reviewing the PlayStation version, IGN stated that it is "quirky, different, and speedy arcade fun", praising its simplistic gameplay and "quirky" graphical style. IGN also praised its soundtrack, comparing it favorably to music composed by Capcom and Konami . NextGen commended

1375-635: The Night , The Legend of Dragoon , Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver , MediEvil , and Silent Hill . Tristan Ogilive of IGN criticised the console's lack of popular titles, the basic user-interface and pointing out that "almost half of the games included in the PlayStation Classic's library are the PAL versions" which caused consistency problems in NTSC regions. Sam Loveridge of GamesRadar+ praised

1430-473: The PSOne Classics series in 2014, and was also included as one of the 20 games in the PlayStation Classic mini console. Mr. Driller is a puzzle video game, commonly described as a mix between Dig Dug and Columns . The player controls Susumu Hori, the titular "Mr. Driller", who must destroy all of the piling-up blocks before they take over the city of Downtown. The objective is to make it to

1485-596: The ReARMed branch of the free and open source emulator PCSX to play its games. The PlayStation Classic comes preloaded with 20 games, running off the open source emulator , PCSX ReARMed. Five games were revealed when the console was announced, and the full roster was revealed a month later. Some games vary between regions. The device does not interface with the PlayStation Network , and games will not be added post-launch. Each game can be suspended in

1540-428: The bottom of the stage by destroying, or "drilling", colored blocks that litter the playfield. Susumu can move left and right to drill surrounding blocks, and can also jump up a block next to him by moving against it. Blocks can also be cleared if four or more touch each other, which can be used to cause chain reactions. Blocks will also fall if there is nothing underneath to support them, which can crush Susumu and lose

1595-428: The concept of Mr. Driller on a Japanese children's game, where at a beach players had to stand a piece of wood in the middle of the sand and carve away the sand without knocking down the wood. The idea of a person being in the sand pile instead of the wood intrigued Nagaoka, who believed it made for an interesting game idea. He also based Mr. Driller on Dig Dug , a classic Namco arcade game from 1982. The prototype

1650-661: The console as low as US$ 60 in several major U.S. retailers. Reasons for the price drop at this time suggested a combination of overproduction of the unit, over-pricing on the original cost of the unit, or disinterest in the unit, which had been panned by journalists. Just over two months after its release, the console was further discounted by Walmart to US$ 40 . Another price drop to US$ 29.99 , € 29.99 and £ 26.99 in all U.S., European and U.K. retailers respectively followed in June 2019, as part of PlayStation's "Days of Play" sale events. In July 2019, Best Buy and Amazon began selling

1705-414: The console as low as US$ 20 . Dedicated console Most of the earliest home video game systems were dedicated consoles, most popularly Pong and its many imitators. Unlike almost all later consoles, these systems were typically not computers (in which a CPU is running a piece of software ), but contained a hardwired game logic. In the mid-1970s, ROM cartridge-based systems, beginning with

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1760-450: The console received negative reviews from critics, with criticism for its weak game library, inclusion of the original PlayStation controller instead of later, upgraded revisions, use of PAL versions for certain games, and high price tag, though the console's design did attract praise. The PlayStation Classic ships with two replica PlayStation controllers (the original model without the analog sticks and vibration), an HDMI cable, and

1815-428: The console so any amount of game ROMs can be added to the console via external storage, essentially turning the console into a dedicated emulator, similar to software such as Retropie . The PlayStation Classic had sold 120,000 units during its first week in Japan. Its sales were noticeably low in the U.S. (within the first four weeks over Christmas) with many retailers and websites, such as Amazon , giving discounts for

1870-429: The console's subpar emulation, poor image quality, lack of enhancements and use of PAL game releases on North American units, though he did praise the user interface. Chris Carter of Destructoid shares a similar opinion, citing that the emulation on the classic console is at times, "worse than the original", but praised the instant-state recovery and the size of the internal storage. Joe Juba of Game Informer lamented on

1925-722: The dedicated console received a M for Mature rating from the ESRB due to the inclusion of Grand Theft Auto , Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil: Director's Cut . Likewise, the European version received an 18 rating from the PEGI group; European package also displays German USK 16 (PEGI ratings are not formally recognized in Germany) and Australian MA 15+ ratings as it is also sold in Australia (another PAL territory ). Although

1980-425: The game's layer of strategy and controls. GameSpot applauded the PlayStation port for its "refreshing" gameplay, colorful graphics and catchy music, while AllGame praised its pick-up-and-play gameplay and "clean" character graphics. GameSpot liked the mobile phone version's portability and addictiveness, calling it "a stellar mobile port of a great game", and praised the Game Boy Color port's faithfulness to

2035-683: The game's style. He originally made the music sound like "pretty normal puzzle game music", which Yoshizawa rejected and encouraged him to do whatever he pleased for the music. When the finished product was presented to the sales department of Namco, executives estimated that 3,000 units had to be sold in order for the game to turn a profit. Namco demonstrated Mr. Driller at the 1999 Amusement Machine Show (AMO) in Tokyo , alongside Crisis Zone and Sweet Land 4 . The game attracted attention for its colorful graphics and original concept; Game Machine in particular believed that its simplicity would make it

2090-710: The hardware and software of the entire game to be within a single controller, with no separate console at all. Some of these are clones of old games, and are produced in China or Southeast Asia (i.e. Power Player Super Joy III ), while others contain licensed games and are distributed in mainstream stores in the West. Of the latter, Jakks Pacific 's line of TV Games is among the most famous, which includes re-releases of many vintage games, from arcade classics to Atari 2600 games, as well as games based on currently-popular characters, such as SpongeBob SquarePants . Konami has also released

2145-465: The home market until CD-based consoles such as the PlayStation gained prominence in the mid and late 1990s . All home video game consoles from the first generation of video game consoles are dedicated to one or a few games, and they can usually be selected with a game switch on the console. Less common, the games can be selected with a cartridge. On these cartridges isn't a program; there are just

2200-513: The island. The PlayStation Portable version of Pac-Man World Rally adds Susumu and his dog Puchi as playable characters, alongside Mappy . Susumu is also an unlockable character in the Game Boy Advance game Family Tennis Advance and as part of the "Namco Stars" baseball team in the iOS title Famista Dream Match . Susumu also appears in the now-defunct browser game Namco High , simply known as "Mr. Driller". In 2022, Mr. Driller

2255-410: The lack of analog sticks on the controller, along with the lacking selection of titles and a barebones menu, which makes the system a good fit only for an "extremely specific audience". However, Twisted Metal , Jumping Flash! , Tekken 3 , Final Fantasy VII , and Metal Gear Solid were hailed as the best of the genre. In response to the console's perceived weak game selection, many users have modded

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2310-400: The look of the console, but criticized the selection of games, the weak presentation of the games due to the black bars on the side of the screen, and the short length of the controller cables. The lower frame rates during gameplay, poor emulation quality, and the user interface were also criticized. John Linneman of Eurogamer 's Digital Foundry also gave it a similarly negative review, noting

2365-525: The original. IGN highly praised the Dreamcast version for its fresh gameplay idea, addictive gameplay and cute visuals. Criticism was drawn towards the game's lack of replay value and low amount of content. IGN noted that the game was not a "long-term kinda game", saying that it was only best played in short bursts. GameSpot echoed a similar response, criticizing the PlayStation and Game Boy Color versions for lacking any sort of replay value and being

2420-401: The overall look of the game. The soundtrack for Mr. Driller was composed by Go Shiina , a then-new hire for Namco. As the company's other composers were more interested in working on larger franchises, Shiina was assigned to be the composer for Mr. Driller as nobody else signed on. Shiina is known for his strange and unusual-sounding soundtracks, which Yoshizawa felt was a perfect fit for

2475-410: The popularity of dedicated handheld games during 1980s. Dedicated consoles have appeared for fishing games, where the unit's body itself becomes a specialized controller in the form of a rod and reel . Other dedicated consoles have been released with light guns , for hunting, shooting, and even archery games. Rising to popularity in the early 1980s, game watches are electronic wristwatches that allow

2530-435: The system box recommends the system for ages 6 and up, and some individual titles such as Mr. Driller and Rayman have suitable ratings for that age group, the console provides access to all 20 games with no parental controls or settings to restrict available games. The PlayStation Classic received generally negative reviews from critics overall, with criticism being directed at the game line up, lack of popular titles,

2585-514: The titular "Mr. Driller", the player must dig their way to the bottom of the screen by destroying colored blocks that litter the playfield. Blocks will be cleared if four or more are touching each other, which can be used to cause chain reactions. Susumu has a constantly-depleting oxygen meter that can be refilled by collecting air capsules found throughout stages. Mr. Driller was designed by Yasuhito Nagaoka and produced by Hideo Yoshizawa , best known for his work on Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and

2640-406: The typical game development and sales pitch", lead to a lengthy process that ended with the game being pitched directly to Masaya Nakamura , the president and executive chairman of Namco. His approval of the game lead to him being mentioned in the end credits. Minoru Sashida, a graphic designer for games such as Techno Drive and Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere , designed the graphical interface and

2695-574: The use of PAL versions for certain titles, the use of the original controller, which lacked analog sticks and vibration, and the $ 100 price tag, although its design received praise. Most reviewers criticized the exclusion of many popular PlayStation titles, such as Wipeout , Crash Bandicoot , Spyro the Dragon , Tony Hawk's Pro Skater , Tomb Raider , PaRappa the Rapper , Klonoa: Door to Phantomile , Gran Turismo , Castlevania: Symphony of

2750-554: The wearer to access an included video game that uses the display in the watch's face as its screen. Game watch buttons which originally may have been used for setting hour and minute gain secondary functions in relation to the needs of the game. A dedicated console differs from a handheld TV game (or a "plug and play game") in that the latter integrates the video game console with the game controller . Most modern dedicated home game systems are popularly referred to as "plug and play" because they are based on modern technology which enables

2805-487: Was met with a long series of sequels and spin-offs for several platforms. The first of these, aptly titled Mr. Driller 2 , was released for arcades in 2000 and followed by a Game Boy Advance port a year later, adding multiplayer and new gameplay mechanics. Mr. Driller G was released for both arcades and the PlayStation in 2001 for Japan only, adding a story mode and new characters, including Dig Dug series protagonist Taizo Hori. A Game Boy Advance game, Mr. Driller A ,

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2860-411: Was met with mostly positive reviews from critics — reviewers praised its "refreshing" gameplay premise, colorful visuals and soundtrack, although criticized its low replay value and lack of extra content. It was met with a long series of sequels and spin-offs for multiple platforms, beginning with Mr. Driller 2 in 2000. The PlayStation version of the game was released for the PlayStation Store under

2915-476: Was named Dig Dug 3 and starred Dig Jr., a tall and lanky character intended as the son of Dig Dug protagonist Taizo Hori. Nagaoka was designing Dig Dug 3 as a title for home consoles, as arcades at the time were dominated by fighting games . When Nagaoka showed the prototype game to Yoshizawa, he became immediately interested and joined the project as its producer. Yoshizawa convinced Nagaoka to make Dig Dug 3 an arcade game, believing it would become lost in

2970-473: Was released in 2008. Two digital-only sequels, Mr. Driller W and Mr. Driller: Drill Till You Drop , were released in 2009. Protagonist Susumu Hori would make multiple cameos in later Namco video games. He appears as a playable character in the arcade game Star Trigon , and as a supporting character in Dig Dug: Digging Strike , where he would assist the player in sinking parts of

3025-658: Was released in Japan in 2002, featuring support for the GameCube - Game Boy Advance link cable peripheral, which could be used for Mr. Driller: Drill Land for the GameCube, also released in 2002. Mr. Driller Drill Spirits was released as a launch title for the Nintendo DS in Japan and North America in 2004, and in Europe in 2005. Mr. Driller Aqua , an aquatic-themed spin-off, was released for Japanese mobile phones in 2006. An Xbox 360 sequel, Mr. Driller Online ,

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