Sony Patent May Reveal Big PS1 Games Coming to PS Plus Premium

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Sony's proprietary gaming subscription service, known as PlayStation Plus, has recently gotten a big overhaul. While it normally gives fans access to online modes of many games on the platform, this existing service has converted into three tiers that gamers can choose from. These tiers offer all different benefits such as exclusive deals, content and more enticingly, a catalog of classic PlayStation games from the PS1, PS2 and PS3 generations.

These classic games are only available for subscribers of the PlayStation Plus Premium tier. Some of these games include Jumping Flash, Resident Evil, Tekken 2, and even the first Ape Escape game. These PS Plus versions of the games are also superior to the PAL versions, being the 60 Hz NTSC versions of the games. A recent patent from Sony notes that even more classic games from its library could be coming to the catalog as well.

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This patent involves Sony's emulation method for its legacy video games for PS Plus. The code explains that it receives a player's input during the emulation, which then determines if it needs a certain amount of blocks cached. It also then compiles one or more blocks based on the legacy console's code, and executes them to display in a virtual environment. The patent also lists a number of example games that could be emulated using this method, including Castlevania Chronicles, Resident Evil 2, and Street Figher Alpha 3.

Some of these are acclaimed PS1 games that are still beloved to this day. Resident Evil 2 was the sequel that cemented Capcom as the king of survival horror, as well as codify the genre itself. Street Fighter Alpha 3 was a critical hit, with this prequel fighting game