PlayStation Emulation Area   . .



About the Sony Playstation unit:
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The PlayStation

The Playstation is the product of Sony's desire to gain a foot in the video game market and a business deal with Nintendo gone bad. Way back in 1992, Nintendo revealed to gamers it's intentions for making a Snes CD add-on. The Snes Cd boasted FMV, digitized video and audio, and bigger and brighter games (for those of you that had Nintendo Powers, check out the April '92 NP.) In order to make the Snes CD, Nintendo struck a deal with Sony. Halfway through development Nintendo pulled out. Not wanting to waste all their work, Sony decided to use their research from the Snes CD to make a new system. After a lot of changes, such as the addition of real-time 3d graphics, a midi music chip, new controllers, etc., Sony had the Playstation.

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    PlayStation Emulation Sections . .



    Accessories - Neat little gizmos for the PSX: a listing of add-ons available.
     
    Emulators - A section that reviews each emulator and discusses the pros and cons of each emulator from A to Z
     
    Emulator Operation Tips - Having trouble running the latest and greatest emulator? Read this document of tips and advise. It contains answers to the questions I get asked the most. (It could even save you some headache.)
     
    GD&L - Games, game sites, translations, utilities, you name it. If it deals with the Playstation and it can be downloaded, then it's in here.
     
    PC equivilents - A listing of quality console based games ported to the PC.
     
    Technical Resource Information - Are you an emulator author looking for technical related information concerning this unit? Look no further!
     
    Utilities - A listing of all known utilities for the PlayStation.
     
    Game Walkthroughs - Stuck somewhere in a game? Have no fear. Just check this section to get a game walkthrough to help you out.


    Here are some screenshots Lorsua made while playing Twisted Metal III (Pic 1 and Pic 2 ).These JPG files are a little on the large side(~120K) because he made the screenshot of his whole desktop with bleem in a window.

    Here is a quick listing of most of the Playstation's major features: Multiple independent custom processors with a 32-bit RISC CPU CD-ROM drive Renders up to 360,000 polygons per second Full-frame video at 30 frames per second 360-degree camera movement CD-quality sound Digital lighting and texture mapping capabilities Displays 16.8 million colors simultaneously