#PLAYSTATION 1 2 3 4 5 PS2#
One particularly interesting PS2 variant was the Japan-only PSX, which combined a PS2 with DVR functionality (featuring a 160GB or 250GB hard drive) and DVD burning.Both accessories plugged into the back of the original PS2s, but this expansion bay was removed when the slimline PS2 launched. The company also launched a Broadband Adapter for online play as well as a hard drive too.This resulted in a lawsuit that was settled out of court. Some of the first few waves of PlayStation 2 consoles suffered from a so-called DRE (disc read error) hardware flaw, which saw some games and DVDs failing to read at all.One oft-cited but erroneous report claimed that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein bought thousands of consoles for use in weapons development. Sony reportedly had to apply for special export permits from the Japanese government over fears that the PS2 could be used for military applications.This was essentially a memory card with a screen, allowing you to play simple games on it. Sony later launched a Pocket Station accessory, similar to Sega’s VMUs for the Dreamcast.It was possible to remove some games (like Ridge Racer) from the disc drive and keep playing them, as the whole game was loaded into the console’s 2MB of RAM.The solution? Turn your PlayStation console upside down. Some PlayStation models suffered from a defect that would eventually affect the laser, leading to games failing to load and other technical issues.These are among the most sought-after PlayStation consoles these days for collectors. Sony also released a special developer-focused console dubbed the Net Yaroze PlayStation, allowing users to develop their own games.
This wouldn’t be the last time a PlayStation console underwent a controller change during its time on the market.
#PLAYSTATION 1 2 3 4 5 FULL#
Also residing within the main CPU, enables full screen, high quality FMV playback and is responsible for decompressing images and video into VRAM.90,000 with texture mapping, lighting and Gouraud shading.Polygons per second (rendered in hardware):.Coprocessor that resides inside the main CPU processor, giving it additional vector math instructions used for 3D graphics, lighting, geometry, polygon and coordinate transformations – GTE performs high-speed matrix multiplications.Initial feature size ( process node) was 0.5 micron (500 nm).The microprocessor was manufactured by LSI Logic Corp.MIPS R3000A-compatible 32-bit RISC CPU MIPS R3051 with 5 KB L1 cache, running at 33.8688 MHz.