Earlier this month, Cyberpunk 2077 released on current and next generation consoles, but what if the game was released on a much older platform? Game developer Anders Lundbjork imagined just that, with a vision of the game that looks like it would stay at home on Sony’s original PlayStation! Lundbjork works for mobile game developer Dreamon Studios, and the video was created using Unity along with “a shader that adjusts vertices to the closest pixel to any low resolution of my choice, to simulate the unstable appearance of PS1 games.” The result perfectly mimics the console and will certainly give old guard fans some flashbacks from the original PlayStation.
The video can be found in the embedded Tweet below.
I finally got a copy of # Cyberpunk2077 for the PS1! pic.twitter.com/h6PfCggVi7
– Anders Lundbjörk (@alundbjork) December 21, 2020
Lundbjork’s design received much acclaim on Twitter, given how close the video looks to the games released on PS1. Of course, some respondents could not help but compare the graphics with the version of the Cyberpunk 2077 that appeared on PS4 and Xbox One. While these comments are made for fun, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the current generation versions of the game. Some players claimed that the developer CD Projekt Red intentionally hid these versions from the public, opting to show exclusively the game’s graphics on the PC. As a result of the outcry, many retailers offered full refunds for Cyberpunk 2077, and PlayStation even removed the game from its Store. It seems that even fun projects like this do not escape the controversy surrounding Cyberpunk 2077 since its launch!
Interestingly, Lundbjork is not the first person to reimagine Cyberpunk 2077 like a PS1 game. Earlier this year, YouTuber Bearly Regal recreated the game in Dreams with a similar style. Apparently, the idea of recreating the unique game world on an old school platform has a lot of appeal to players!
Cyberpunk 2077 is now available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PC and Google Stadia. You can check out all of our previous coverage of the game here.
What do you think of Lundbjork’s PS1 style Cyberpunk 2077? Does this remind you of games that appeared on the old guard console? Let us know in the comments or share your thoughts directly on Twitter at @Marcdachamp to talk about all things about games!