ICO Playstation 1 Version [PSX Prototype - CANCELLED!]

[jordypufff]

You can see the game going through certain stages throughout the video. I'm pretty sure 1:30 onwards is while it was transitioning to the PS2 cause the bloom and several other effects wouldn't have been possible on the PS1.

[jjvictor66]

DEM GRAPHICS

[AlexMitchel11]

PS1 game with PS2 graphics, omg, Team ICO is show *-*

[Neonpremesis2]

@AlexMitchel11 Definitely not PS2 level graphics, but still quite an impressive level of detail for a PSOne game. Though, depending on how far this had actually made it in to development before shifting over to the PS2, this could just be running on a devkit and not actual PSOne hardware, which is what it looks like.

[MisterPikol]

if it came out, i'd be probably the best looking 3D psx game.

[NeroDark]

It could be a great game,but I prefer PS2 version

[SammEater]

0:48 Wait the soldiers were enemies back then? Hmm, what about the shadows dudes...?

[SammEater]

@SammEater

Also, beta Yorda is more "sexy".

[SammEater]

@SammEater

Also, beta Yorda is more "sexy".

[Fontraider2]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooow!

[almhim]

this looks pretty epic

[madsli]

Great looking for the PSX, but there seems to be several versions of the game showed: one version where ico is normal and yorda has horns and another wher ico has horns.

[kairen5443]

i like the song , the animation skills are great

[SOR4]

(addition) Even if some of the scenes are real-time 3d and INTENDED for PSX, they were ran on PC hardware at higher resolution (be it either emulator or Dev-kit).

[SOR4]

Half of the content is pre-rendered, and some of the rest "real-time" scenes are definitely fake. PSX's graphic chip is well known for the massive texture distortion it creates in any 3d game for the console, a common defect which I can't see here. Instead, I see perfectly proper Z-buffer and filtered smooth textures (both of them impossible to be done on PSX) + some intentional pixelization to make us believe it's the native graphics of PSX.

[steelzaru]

@SOR4 Hasn't anyone ever told you that graphics don't matter?

[SOR4]

@steelzaru I perfectly know that and I don't complain about graphics at all. My point was a reply to some people below who though that the video shows real-time rendering on PSX hardware which is completely not true for half of the video. By the way, my favourite games are all old-gen: SOR, SOR2, SOR3, Alien soldier, Zelda: Link's awakening, Zelda: Ocarina of time, ShenMue, Alundra 2, SEGA Rally 1995, Tomb raider, Tomb raider 2. Nothing new was able to take my attention, despite the graphics.

[steelzaru]

@SOR4 Oh, I like older games too!

[bub777]

The moment I saw the water at the beginning, I thought, this was an actual PlayStation beta???

[karelpipa]

i think that some cuts from this video was used on official Demo CD as a Rolling demo...am i right?

[RenatoUrbanoGomes]

This version of Ico for PSone is fantastic! Look at the details of the graphics!

#0:49 One effect that simulates the sunlight reflected on objects

[numafan101]

This like how Shenmue was going to be on Saturn but ended up on Dreamcast. They both look amazing both 32 bit systems.

[SpiritofWander1]

Fumito is an awesome creatoor of games.This I have to say.He makes a game of 1998 looks like a game of 2001.

In the case of sotc,a game of 2005 look like a game of 2008.

Well,in the case of TLG.It will be the first ps3 game that have the possible graphics for ps4!

[gyromancy2]

PS1 was a graphical beast. Kutaragi was a genius.

[eedobaba7727]

Probably would have been considered the best looking ps1 game ever.

[WhiteLycanXII]

It's kinda cool that they didn't change much in the end product. Roughly the same game they started with.

[absiliomundus]

Team Ico always seems to push graphics to limits u thought were impossible.. I would've expected the PS1 to explode from this XD and for instance, Shadow of the Colossus has graphics that are really good for even PS2 even if there's huge enemies and environments.. and then now look at The Last Guardian

[BillieCoss]

@absiliomundus you like blowjob?

[SeizureBassist]

This explains why ico's textures are so shitty.

[Gum2Gum]

@SeizureBassist lol i was thinking the same thing.lol

[SeizureBassist]

@Gum2Gum Seriously I can't be the only one who noticed how bad some of them looked.

[Gum2Gum]

@SeizureBassist trust me your not, like how it seemed like i was the only one who can see all smackdown games looks the same. from 2008 to 2011.lol it just looks bland to me and rubbery.

[SammEater]

OMG looks really good for a PS1 game. :D

[narshial1]

I'm glad Ico is the way it is.

[mikebart70]

@narshial1 yeah me too!

[DudyMetal]

no it's not a ps1 prototype

Some scenes is of ps2 ico and some scenes is only prototype of ps2 game when in desevelopment

[MagusX1]

@DudyMetal You really donot know what your talking about. Ico was originally going to be made for the PSONE, if you knew your graphics, these look like PSONE graphics clearly, and that the PSONE version of ICO was scrapped and it was developed for the PS2. Actually know what your talking about next time son!

[TeamReptileStudios]

@MagusX1 but some scenes looks like the ps2 version indeed...

[TheSleazySaint]

@MagusX1 Some of these scenes look pretty modern actually.

I've seen PS3 games with similar lighting, it's just some of the models that were wanky.

[SianaGearz]

@TheSleazySaint Some of the scenes are completely pre-rendered here and would have probably been FMV in PS1 version. In particular each and every scene which has character shadows.

[gyromancy2]

@DudyMetal

Some PS1 games look like they have PS2-quality graphics. (i.e. Omega Boost, Parasite Eve 2, Threads of Fate)

[santoyo85]

If ico had been released for the PSone it would be even more awesome by the limitations of the system; few days ago i read that Sony is making a PS3 adaptation of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus just like the god of war collection, its a must have

[Sheikerooni]

I'm actually glad that they held out for the PS2 release to develop Ico.

[SpankSandwitch99]

They really pushed the PS2's capabilities to get this stuff looking as good as it did. I'll bet they were thrilled when the PS2 was announced.

[Abaloodie]

That game looks pretty advanced, looks as if it were running on a ps2

[theREALico]

Hey! It's Ico. NONE OF THIS HAPPENED! But I looked so young! That was funny.

[M1XART]

ICO on PS2 runs on PSone -resolution, but it still looks pretty good as it fits to the atmostphere.

[elchanta64]

i I also know, is a very good story,

Shadow of the Colossus & ICO my favorite games :D

[SpiritofWander]

Who know how Ico got horns?I know

[fareedbakhit]

if the ps1 version have ever released i think it will be on at least 2~3 disc but man i miss that song i wish if my copy of ico was still working T_T i throw it away after it's cracked in some places and stop working.

[bigbossluna]

i love the ico game

[o000oo0oo000o]

that cape is tightness

[o000oo0oo000o]

wow never know this might hav been even more epic than the ps2 ver.

[absiliomundus]

Woah.. I already thought that the original game on the PS2's graphics were good but this on PS1?? wow!

[meetajhu]

Fumito Yuda and team always do the best animations ever seen unlike other games using motion capture. Hats off to these people even having awesome animations on PS1!

[SpiritofWander]

@meetajhu

Its Fumito Ueda not Yuda

I think he can make a ps2 have grafics of a prototipe of ps3

[CesarTakezoNomura1]

2:24.That hand is of Yorda?

Ummmmm.....That stranges marks make me thing

[AbbiXIII]

ICO! for PS1

cool!

and I love the song...

I remember when I 1st heard it... it was Ico's credit song and I was like OMG this is beautifull!

[CesarTakezoNomura1]

um....

Ico ps1

Nico ps2

Trico ps3

1

2

3

All made in a specific order

[SinisterSally]

I heard the move to the ps2 was so they could make bigger stages with almost no load time. i'm amazed at teh polish of the game though. it's almost like the old rotoscope game like prince of persia. i wish i had passed it when i rented it along time ago, but the shadow's were giving me nightmares.

[CesarTakezoNomura1]

The bad is that the game so endure 4 hours.But to be in 2002 is incredible

[CesarTakezoNomura1]

Of Ico or SOTC?

I had a fusion of gossebump and epic dream

I fighting the 15 colossus,not Wander,I by myself

[faizfuck]

This Is "BEAUTIFULL"

[WILLTHECANADIAN]

It looked gorgeous for a PSX game.

[SakraRO]

This remembers me Zelda:Ocarina of Time

[kavan4]

What was that soundtrack?

[wardkoek]

search youtube: ico soundtrack you were there

[tuberjovi]

okay lmao thats just gay

[CesarTakezoNomura1]

Like SOTC.The grafics are awesome for a videogame like this

[RHjam65]

I was so glad I got the PS2 game when it came out; such an underrated game when it came out now people are finally giving the attention this game deserves, just EPIC.

[CesarTakezoNomura1]

If you want a game epic but similar beatiful like Ico try Shadow of the colossus is of the same creator

[wafer96]

@CesarTakezoNomura1 ico is SOTC 2 _ _'

[kevinxmamama]

it's a good thing they didn't cancel the hole thing

[TargetRender]

i love the ps2 game, but this looks like it might have been equally spectacular. The song is so beautiful.

[FishDK]

It does look great indeed, and it's really not a surprise if you take the earliest games for ps1 and compare them to the latest. Compare Tekken to Tekken 3 and Wipeut to Wip3out. Huge difference in graphics. These graphics also remind me of Vagrant Story (as someone else pointed out earlier)

The developers just get better and better at using the systems capabilities.

[AlexCharlier805]

damn, this looks pretty great for a ps1 game

[CesarTakezoNomura1]

Hu.Ico was original to ps1.SOTC to ps2(Nico or Ico 2).And now Trico to ps3

[Freesoulx1]

i hate when they cancell games the sould do the two vercions one for ps1 and the other for ps2

[ermac210]

there are too many shadows and highlights effects to be a psx game.

They tested it on the psx hardware?

Anyway, I think the video is like a transition stage of Ico between PSX and PS2

[Ralkila]

i remember when dinosaur planet n64 version and then was canceled to be rebulded for gamecube as starfox adventures the same whit resident evil zero first for n64 and then rebuild for game cube its kinda rare to see the translation

[Daragral2]

esa es la musica del juego o se la pusieron?

[inspirationmagnus]

Para Daragral2, !Hola! mi nombre es Ezequiel y soy de Buenos Aires Argentina y te comento que esa es la musica del juego; Y que lastima que no lo sacaron a la venta. Me hubiera gustado jugarlo mas en la Play uno, que en la nueva vercion que salio despues para la dos.

Ya que estoy mas habituado a esta, y aprecio mas los graficos.

[prulcan]

I got ICO limited edition art cards included realeasd only in PAL region europe.

[natedavis82]

Wow! I never knew it was originally supposed to be made for the PS1. The graphics look incredible for a PS1 game. Good thing they were able to make it 10x better on the PS2!

[MrVitold]

What is the exact name of the song?

[Shifty989]

the song is called "you were there" by steven geraghty i think and it's the part of ost

[MrVitold]

Incredible song.

[M1Garamnt]

Kinda weird... No offence! I don't care with the graphics so much and I think the "new" Ico is nice. I liked his horns!

[BackstrokeOfTheWest]

This reminds me of Tomb Raider.

[kawesh13]

SotC was taking place before ICO. Which means that Wander was the beginning of boys with horns. Boys with horns are a piece of Dormin and in ICO, that little boys has a piece of Dormin n they put him there too. The black witch was collecting them to get stronger. But he defeated her. And Dormin can never die because every time he gets defeated, he gets splited in pieces and put into some animal or human or something. In the new game "The Last Gaurdian" we might get to fight Dormin. Can't wait!

[kawesh13]

whats the name of this song? by the way really cool game, love it, love their work :D

[gusiskirby]

Yeah, I'd really like to know the name of this song too. Maybe it's on the OST...

[mcrazza]

It's amazing how CO PSX looks so much like the final version of ICO on PS2.

[gliptitude]

I read that with Ico they began trying to reduce the game as much as possable and then with SofC they tried to be less reductive bc Ico turned out a little too simple. It would be so cool of they redeveloped Ico along its earlier model like in this video and released it, to appease the ppl patiently awaiting the ICO3. ... at about 2:00 in this video it looks like he has a parachute kind of like the "cloth of desperation" that you get in SotC after you beat 14 colossi in hard mode time attack.

[ShadowsOfColossus17]

Ico and SotC r both cool but i still hav to try Ico.....it looks very good and challenging......but in this...no offence....but he kinda walked like an old guy......lolz

[o0Wedjat0o]

Can't wait for the NNICO (Next-next Ico) lol :D

This epic story can only get better and better!! :p

[Chradnev]

That nico means 'Next Ico' is a lie for non-Japanese, I think. The real reason it was called 'Nico' is that 'Ni' means two in Japanese. Thus, Ico 2 is Nico, and they continued the pattern with 'Trico' for Ico 3.

[PdubthePatriot]

Hard to believe that's on PS1 hardware lol

[p1k4x]

@PdubthePatriot Agrees, i liked the waterfall and the fake(texture shadows) i adds some atmosphere...

[MewPudding2006]

i believe their making another game but going to make it about the time between the sotc and ico. to fill in some holes i hope.

[katmannsson]

Honestly I think they should make SotC online, because well I would pay to play that. SotC is the most intense epic game I have ever played in my life.

[SPRLDR]

If Team ICO can get SotC's graphics out of o PS2, imagine what they'll be able to get out of PS3...it will be breathtaking, for sure...

[AllAboutAnimeGirl180]

I think Shadow of the Colossus was breathtaking itself! Ico was too, but I have yet to play it myself... anyone know where I can get Ico? I've been looking all over the place!

[MRxMADxMONKEY]

Can't wait to see how amazing their new game will be.

All I know right now is that it alone will be enough to make my PS3 purchase worthwhile. =)

[MGSRAIDENfuckyouup]

The next ICO game for the PS3 is going to be an orgasm of art for my mind.

[Kukijiro]

love the music

[AceOfDiamonds29]

To this day, I still consider ICO one of the most beautiful games the PS2 has to offer, and it was made so early...

[badboy707sick]

wow. looks looks like they made a huge change in the story and characters for the ps2

[blackbirdi]

this demo is not for ps1..i think it was on dev kit for ps2...just look to the lightning..anti-aliasing and physic clothes...defenitively not for ps1..it s ps2 early version....

[pugnaciousboxer2]

It's definitely pushing the ps1 to its limits...

[MolestedChimps]

is this the first version of shadow of the colosuss

[zookeeper20]

no, its the ico development video.

[opieduckworth]

Shadow of the Colossus is a prequel to Ico

[AllAboutAnimeGirl180]

Well, they did come out with Ico first, but it's not really a prequel to SOTC. It's actually the sequel to it, because at the end of SOTC Wander (the person you play) turns into a horned baby and that's why Ico has horns, because he is one of Wanders descendants. At least that's what I think, but in SOTC the people who created it wanted you to fill in the holes and make up your own meaning to the story.

[babljot]

o_O It's even better then some PS2 games!

[Lemuzaurio]

yeah it looks pretty good for a PS1 game...it was good that the PS2 came in time for the team to dont give up

[rich8606]

Sure this is PS1? how come it had anti-aliasing and cloth physics?

[Jerry4050]

the animation looks very fluid for a PSX game

[cheapbutfast]

i owned every consoles and played many games and this is the only game that i ever completed for ps2 very nice story line and also graphic

[blacklanton]

ico the best game ever made on ps2

[Lammetjonsson]

Wow, incredible for a PS1. This graphics can actually match with what is normal for PS2.

[guisoneka]

but you should difference the CG scenes and the real gameplay graphics... then there is no match for ps2

[Hunter725R]

WOW Awesome for a PS1 wow that was to cool for its time

[Markolore]

For some reason this game appears much more beautiful on the PS1, or at least in this incarnation. Perhaps its the accompanying song that makes it much more engaging.

[Madnam]

Pretty amzing for a ps1

[akoair]

hey 1:30 looks like SotC ending

[sidar87]

Exactly what i was thinking...

Some parts do look like from a PS2 alpha-demo or something...some things just look way to good for a PS1 game.

[moncikoma]

wow ps 1 is awesome!

[iutubuollas]

VIVA ico!

[MisterTownsend]

does anyone know the name of this song? yeah i like it so what?!!?!?!? lol

[Silarias]

it is an awesome song! ^^ it's called "ICO - You Were There", sung by Steven Geraghty when he was only 9ish years old - he's part of a boy's choir called Libera - their music is pretty awesome ^^ *stops rambling*

[mrjubjub521]

i wanna play ico!!

[ILikeShinny]

That is some really good late era PSO graphics.

[mechababy]

0:51? can someone what i'm seeing there?

[mechababy]

can someone explain what i'm seeing there*

[Silarias]

i think it's just a fight scene

[VerolRider]

Instead of the shadows there were two creatures that are trying to kidnap the kids.

[Xiphion]

wow cool! me want!

[MartinUK1]

It's not all PSone footage. The first half of the trailer mostly is (the stuff where the girl has the horns), but the latter half is mostly early PS2 footage. Still, the PSone stuff was mightily impressive!

[WolfHenkx]

That music is horrible! But I like it :)

[pwnedTAS]

Seriously, these are PS1 graphics? They look almost as good as PS2 launch games!

[Smaejdah]

is this ps1 game available?

[salazarmark]

It was canceled for the PS1 idiot, it IS a PS2 game.

[Smaejdah]

no shit sherlock.. i meant if i can get it somehow.. the prototpype, download or something

[kanancom]

I'm so glad they changed Yorda, she's kind of ugly in the prototype, but in the final game she's so pretty (if not a little brain-dead sometimes)

[4chan4evar]

Lol. "Sometimes"?

[BigBoss157]

i love this theme

[jackart011]

thats not ps1

[kowa1985]

WOW! impressive graphic!

[RForce33]

Man, I love ICO! :)

[derdingobaron]

I believe only the first minute shows graphics from the actual PS1 version...

Everything after that looks like it's already ported to the PS2, but still in beta stage

[lightskinboi06]

Would have been the best lookin PS1 game!

[franchiski]

Como va a ser de psx ?

Pedazo graficos.

[roydragoon]

pon mas atencion, veras que los graficos son de psx, se ve como los tomb raider

[sebass316]

me parese que hay escenas cinematicas mezcladas con escenas del juego en tiempo real, no creo que la vieja y querida psx pueda manejar esas sombras y texturas amigo...

[roydragoon]

si puede, mira fear effect y simpson wrestling por ejemplo

[MurlocRaider]

from what i saw it reminds me of zelda

[erickguize]

good graphics Oo

[elmacbee]

Very impressive PS1 graphics.

[Joskun]

Can someone please tell me that song.

Please anyone.

[Devourande]

It's called 'You Were There', and I believe by Steven Geraghty (yup, think choirboy). Beautiful, haunting little melody......

Hope this helps~ take care!

[FreedomGotAnAK]

Great music.

[DrButler]

0:40 "Eggs in the sun's bright rays" :D

[bluefire6888]

lol

[palkia19]

spacecoke1 you son of bitch

[Imimabouki]

but... Is the story of ico for PlayStation 1 the same of that for Playstation two? Ico without horns...and the girl with the horns!?! What does it mean?! (sorry about my english! )

[jackbuerer]

I just finished playing ico. Beautiful game, but it makes me feel sad for Wander, he tried so hard to bring his love back to life and gets screwed hard, and then this is what happens to his ancestors. Messed up. (poor guy)

[KH2freak2014]

I just finished this game too. Does anyone notice how at the beginning of Ico the knight's have horns that curl back or are the horns just part of the helmet?

[bluefire6888]

probaly part of the helmet but if they were horns they're hipacrits cause they took you ico there when he had horns. Hipacrits! lol

[byzuri]

Did you play the whole game?!

Did you see the whole credit?!

=} See it! And... WALK ON BEACH!

[gyro3]

PS1 was an engineering marvel. Kutaragi was a genius in 1994, man. Was that chandelier part in-game or FMV?