PSoXide, A New Demo Disc for PlayStation

An unexpected side effect of the rise of agentic coding has been a surge in activity within the PlayStation 1 homebrew community—a level of engagement unseen since the days of Net Yaroze for the iconic 32-bit console of the 90s. New SDKs, development tools, and games are appearing almost annually. One of the latest (and most polished) projects is PSoXide, a collection of six programs contained on a single disc image:

• Quake Shareware — arguably the most compelling project: a port of the original Quake. It was always a shame that id Software never brought the legendary shooter to the PlayStation (only Quake 2 received a port). Thanks to the efforts of dedicated enthusiasts, this oversight has now been—at least partially—rectified. The port includes the entire first episode, as well as its secret level.
• Cortex Ignition — a demo of an original soulslike game set in a grim, industrial city.
• VoXide — a Minecraft-style voxel sandbox where the landscape loads dynamically as you move through the world.
• NitroXide — a vehicular soccer game featuring rocket-powered cars, a clone of Rocket League. It supports both single-player (against the computer) and local split-screen multiplayer.
• PSoXide Arcade — a collection of arcade-style games, including Breakout, Space Invaders, and Magikaaaaarp Pong.
• PSXcel — a spreadsheet application controlled via the game controller. It supports formulas, charts, and the ability to save data to a memory card.

PSoXide is available for free on itch.io: https://bonnie-studios.itch.io/psoxide-demo-dis. All the games can also be downloaded individually. The source code is available on GitHub.