About PSX PAL Database

I’ve been collecting PlayStation games for years and was lucky to get myself a launch console for Christmas. Over the years a specific obsession took hold: not just which games I owned, but which version of those games. The PAL region is a genuinely fascinating corner of PS1 collecting. The same title could appear in a dozen different forms across its lifespan — a UK first pressing with no hologram, a French Platinum reprint with the second Hologram design, a German budget release under a completely different label, a later pressing with a revised barcode as a case sticker over the original. Each is a distinct physical object with its own production history. There was never a central place to document all of this properly, and as games are modified, with swapped cases, discs, or even binned, verifying exactly how these games looked and what they came with when launched becomes harder every year. This site is my attempt to change that, while it’s still possible.

Mission

My goal is to preserve and document the complete physical history of PAL PlayStation releases — every pressing, every variant, every label programme — with accurate image documentation and verified physical details.

What I Document

Game Releases

PAL PS1 games went through multiple release cycles across the platform’s life. I document all of them:

In total, the database currently documents 29 distinct release types across 4,000+ variants.

Physical Details

Each variant entry records:

Visual Documentation

Regional Coverage

The PAL region is broader than most people realise. This database covers releases from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Australia, and more — 22 countries in total. Many games received separate pressings for individual markets, with different language text, different barcodes, and sometimes entirely different case configurations. Tracking which variant belongs to which country, and how those differ, is one of the more satisfying parts of the research.

Database Statistics

The database currently documents:

This is constantly growing as new documentation and images are added.

Content Sources

This database thanks and stands on the shoulders of other amazing sites and work over the last 30 years.

How to Contribute

This database only gets better with help from other collectors, and there are a few ways to contribute.

If you’re browsing a variant page and spot something missing or incorrect — wrong release date, missing country, incomplete paperwork list, no images — every variant page has a Submit data for this release button that opens a form directly. You can attach images and add notes, and it goes straight to me.

If you have a release that isn’t in the database at all, you can use the submission page to send details through.

Or if you’d rather just drop me a line directly, get in touch by email. Especially useful if you have something unusual or want to discuss a variant in more detail before submitting.

Technology

This site is built with:

All data is maintained in a structured database and exported to this static website for fast, reliable access.

All game covers, disc art, and related materials are property of their respective publishers and copyright holders. This database exists for preservation and documentation purposes.