PlayStation

System PlayStation
CPU 33.8688 MHz MIPS R3000
Memory 2 MB RAM, 1 MB Video RAM
Graphics
  • GPU and Geometry Transformation Engine (GTE), with 2D rotation, scaling, transparency and fading, and 3D texture mapping and shading
  • Colors: 16.7 million
  • Sprites: 4,000
  • Polygons: 180,000 per second (textured), 360,000 per second (flat-shaded)
  • Resolution: 256×224 to 640×480 pixels
Sound 16-bit, 24 channel PCM
Description (from Wikipedia)

The PlayStation is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The console was released on 3 December 1994 in Japan, 9 September 1995 in North America, 29 September 1995 in Europe, 15 November 1995 in Australia, and for Korea in 1996. The console was the first of the PlayStation lineup of home video game consoles. It primarily competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn as part of the fifth generation of video game consoles.

The PlayStation is the first “computer entertainment platform” to ship 100 million units, which it had reached 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch. Reactions to the console upon launch were favorable; critics praised the console for the quality of its 3D graphics. Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates, preferred Sony’s console over the competition from Sega’s Saturn, saying “our game designer likes the Sony machine”. In 2000, a redesigned, slim version called the PSone was released, replacing the original grey console and named appropriately to avoid confusion with its successor, the PlayStation 2.


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