Archive EntryPreservation Record

Silent Hill

Shelf markLIB-0030

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

1999Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: サイレントヒル
Release: 1999 (North America) · 1999 (Japan)
Developer: Team Silent
Publisher: Konami
Platform: PlayStation
Region: NTSC-U/C · North America · SLUS-00707
Medium: Pressed optical disc · PlayStation retail edition
Subjects: Survival Horror · Silent Hill · Team Silent · Lineage · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Complete in box: case, pressed disc, manual, and original cover insert
Condition Report: Complete in box. Light shelf wear consistent with age. Preserved as a playable reference copy.
Acquisition: Private acquisition · August 2026
Filed: August 3, 2026

Curator Notes

Silent Hill is the work that made fog, radio static, and an ordinary American town into a durable vocabulary for survival horror on this generation. Team Silent’s first game arrived on PlayStation in early 1999 and fixed a tone that later sequels would inherit, argue with, and rebuild. The shelf keeps the North American black-label retail disc because that is the form in which the series began for this archive’s region — not a later Greatest Hits repress, and not a digital reissue tied to a storefront generation already in decline. What matters here is the original optical object and the lineage that starts from it. This filing is the first point, not the whole map. The PlayStation 2 numbered entries and later reimaginings now have their own places on the shelf; the archive still holds the beginning so the name on the spine is attached to a concrete disc rather than to reputation alone.

Collection Documentation

Acquired in August 2026 as a foundation title for the Original PlayStation collection. The retained copy is the North American PlayStation black-label edition published by Konami (SLUS-00707). It remains complete in box with manual and cover insert, and is kept as the reference copy for the opening of the Silent Hill lineage. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Sony PlayStation; compatible North American PlayStation hardware
Original Hardware: Sony PlayStation · NTSC-U/C
Playback Compatibility: Pressed for North American PlayStation consoles. The retained disc remains the primary access copy.
Preservation Concerns: Optical-disc aging and surface damage remain the principal risks. The disc is stored upright in its original case under stable, dry conditions; printed materials remain housed with the copy.
Edition History: North American PlayStation release published by Konami in February 1999 (SLUS-00707), preceding the Japanese release of March 4, 1999 (SLPM-86192). European territories followed in July 1999. Later North American Greatest Hits and regional budget reissues used revised packaging; this filing records the original black-label retail edition.
Access Status: The original physical edition is out of print and circulates through the secondary market. No current digital edition replaces this reference copy.

Connections

Archival Lineage: LIB-0030Silent Hill (1999)this filing
LIB-0044Silent Hill 2 (2001)
LIB-0043Silent Hill 3 (2003)
LIB-0042Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
LIB-0040Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (2010)
Series: Silent Hill
Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Aug 3, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Aug 3, 2026
Connections established
Silent Hill series recorded.
Aug 3, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Aug 3, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0030.
Aug 3, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Aug 3, 2026
Published to the public shelf
Aug 4, 2026
Editorial revision
Curator Notes updated after PlayStation 2 Silent Hill filings.