In October 2011, PlayStation launched for its first generation console The Game of Life, a Hasbro board game brought to the world of video games.
The story of The Game of Life is even closely linked to the origin of the Compact Disc (CD) in the 80s. There was a plan for the Atari 2600 to serve as a platform, but The technology of the time did not allow the programmed 700 MB to fit into a cartridge.
Hasbro wanted to wait for the technology to catch up. Meanwhile, Philips and Sony, spurred by the idea of an optical disc with a higher capacity, They released the 640-700 MB CD in 1982 in Japan.
Finally, The Game Of Life appeared in video games, but in 2011 and for the PlayStation 1 console. It was not very successful, but something curious remained for the museums: their control.
For many, the strangest in history.
The Game of Life controller for PlayStation 1 had A built-in 8-color roulette wheel to emulate that of the board game.
When the user finished the shift, I passed control to someone else, as R. Márquez remembers well for Vida Extra.
Furthermore, he brought the classic buttons of the normal control: the cross, the triangle, the circle, the X and the square, also select and start, along with L1 and L2, R1 and R2.
Friends of the Continue portal point out that the game was released for both Sony’s PlayStation 1 and PC, but it was “mostly ignored at the time of its release.”
“IGN’s review for the game gave it a score of 4.8/10″, experts add.
The DK Oldies portal sold one for $54.99, but it is already sold out. We leave you the link here so you can see it.