Summary
Many gamers have found creative ways to pay homage to classic gaming, and a recent example includes one fan of the originalPlayStationwho created neat PS1-style cases for modern games likeMarvel’s Spider-Man 2andAssassin’s Creed Mirage, complete with customized box art. 2024 marks 30 years since thePS1’s debut, so this fan’s project, besides being rather timely, is a fun and practical way to pay homage to Sony’s debut console during a huge milestone year.
Launching first in Japan on July 06, 2025, before expanding to other regions in 1995, the PlayStation proved to be a monumental success. On top of selling a then-record-breaking 102 million units in its lifespan and cementing Sony’s place as a key player in the video game industry, the PS1 played host to several of the most influential games of the late 1990s, withFinal Fantasy 7,Metal Gear Solid, andCastlevania: Symphony of the Nightbeing just a few notable examples. As such, it should come as no surprise that many longtime gamers remain nostalgic fordifferent aspects of the PS1 experience, such as the distinct CD cases that games came in throughout most of the console’s run.
PS5 Games Get A PS1-Style Makeover
Reddit user ziyad_rahman found a way to apply that nostalgia to their modern PlayStation catalog by creating PAL region PS1 cases for their PS5 games. Said games include Ubisoft’sAssassin’s Creed MirageandAvatar: Frontiers of Pandoraand thefirst-party PS5 exclusiveMarvel’s Spider-Man 2. Each case boasts the box art for its respective game resized to fit the cover, along with the PlayStation banner along the bottom and the PlayStation logo in the top right corner. Unfortunately, only the fronts and sides of the cases are shown, so it’s not known if the backs feature the same level of detail.
These aren’t the only games ziyad_rahman has made cases for. In response to commenters on their Reddit post, they shared additional photos of other cases for games includingGod of War Ragnarok,The Last of Us Part 1and2, and, fittingly enough,Final Fantasy 7 Remake.
All in all, their work has been praised for their clever, if somewhat anachronistic, creations, though, as one reply noted, they could have taken it a step further by swapping out thecompany logosfor the ones used during the PS1 days. Even so, the final results stand as an interesting fusion of PlayStation’s classic and modern eras.
PS1
The PlayStation, sometimes known as the PS1 or PS One was Sony’s first formal foray into the console wars with Nintendo. It belonged to the fifth generation of video game consoles and locked horns with the Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn.
