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 PlaystationThe full PS1 PlaylistThe games that won the community pollOur episode with Chris Plante about Dreamcast historyDom's interview with Tony HawkFind us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineBuy some merch, if you'd like: https://shop.intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://bsky.app/profile/stephenhilger.bsky.socialFollow Brendon Bigley: https://bsky.app/profile/bb.wavelengths.onlineProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 8 cover art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://ghostdown.online/---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! (05:4