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The Sony PlayStation began life as the SNES PlayStation, an add-on peripheral for the Nintendo SNES, but after a dispute between Sony and Nintendo over control of licences, Sony was dropped from the project. In order to use some of the technology developed during this period Sony Computer Entertainment Division was formed. The result of which was the PlayStation One.

Sony PlayStation - 1995

PlayStation Console
The original PlayStation design.

Sony PSOne

Sony PSOne
Exactly the same as PlayStation one but in a new smaller white case. A monitor is also available for this model, though without power its portability was limited.

Sony PS2 - 2000

Sony PS2
The PS2 was the 1st mass selling 128 bit system.

Specs

CPU CPU: 32-bit R3000A RISC running at 33.8688 MHz, 30 MIPS, bus bandwidth 132 Mb/sec C
Memory
  • RAM: 16 Mbits
  • VRAM: 8 Mbits
  • Operating System ROM: 4 Mbits
Display
  • Colour Palette: 16.7 million colours.
  • Resolution: 256 x 224 - 640 x 480.
  • Geometry Engine: 3D Geometric Transfer Engine 1.5 million flat-shaded polygons per second, 500 000 texture-mapped/light-sourced polygons per second.
  • Sprites: 4,000 8 x 8 pixel sprites with individual scaling and rotation
Sound
  • ADPCM
  • 24 channels
  • 4 Mbits Sound RAM
  • 44.1 KHz sampling frequency
Features
  • CD-ROM: XA2 double speed
  • 256K CD-ROM buffer
  • 128 Kbyte flash-memory cards

Accessories

Dualshock controller
The dual shock controller became pretty standard.
Multitap
Multi-taps allowed for up to 8 players on a single game.
Dance mat
Dance Mats were popular arcade spin-offs towards the end of the PlayStation shelf life.
Memory Card
Memory Card

Games

Ridge Racer
Near acade perfect Ridge Racer was the first of many driving based games, and an early PlayStation success. Eventually far surpassed by the Gran Turismo series.
Tekken
Tekken was for many the first decent 3D beat em up
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy was for many the first game to touch on deep emotion.
Tony Hawks
Tony Hawks skateboarding, one of the best games to come from the PlayStation era.