Nostalgic Animation Shows What It Was Like to Play PS1 as a Kid in the 90s
Video games are a relatively young art form and although the first examples of video games were created in the 1950s and 60s, it was only from the 1970s onward that they were a culturally prevalent form of entertainment. This means that the oldest gamers that can't remember a world without video games have only just begun hitting the age of 50.
Video games also have clearly defined console generations that are representative of the technological advances that were seen during that time. Everyone that has grown up playing console games will now relate previous generations to previous stages of their life, from the console they played as a teenager, to the console that first fascinated them with games as a child.
PlayStation Fan Shares Neat PS1 Blueprint Art
The original PlayStation first released in 1995, which means the people that were first exposed to it as young children are now currently in their 20s or 30s. Now an animation has been created in blender by a YouTuber named Distorted Reality, which is meant to stir up feelings of nostalgia specifically for these former PS1 owning kids. The animation is named “POV: You Are a Child In 90s and Playing PS1.” The «POV: You Are…» meme format is popular for conveying a perspective or feeling that many people are likely to have convergent memories of seeing.
Distorted Reality’s animation is no exception to this, as it shows a low childlike angle sitting on the ground and looking up at a CRT screen television with a PS1 set up in front of it. This nostalgic perspective is likely familiar to everyone that grew up playing games, but things get especially 90s specific after a few seconds when the PlayStation boots up with its familiar booming synth base notes. The clip then shows
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