| Sony's PlayStation was the first video game system for many kids back in the 1990s. It turned out to be the first successful system that used CDs instead of large cartridges. This set the standard for all major video game systems to come in the future. The only exception for this are handhelds, but even those are starting to use small disks. Since CDs are a cheaper media for |
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gaming, the PlayStation beat out
Nintendo's N64, whose games at one point cost a whopping $70. The PlayStation began to set the standard for nearly every single game to come in the future. People preferred the PlayStation because of the cost of its games. Because of this, more game developers came over to the system. |
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PlayStation a huge variety of games and the developers a chance to make
themselves a name that would remain immortal.
The PlayStation is obviously now a piece of history. In late September of 1995, Sony released the PlayStation to stores all across of America. It turned out to not only be a massive |
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success
in just America, but also Japan and the rest of the world as well.
Millions of people preferred it over the N64. In its beginning, it
also had some amazing specifications, although none of us would think much
of them these days.
For video game systems, the PlayStation was very advanced when it was released. Its graphics engine had 16.7 |
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| million colors and a resolution of 256x224 - 740x480. This sounds impressive even now to those that don't know much about the subject. Running at 300,000 polygons was also impressive in its day. The main CPU ran at 33.8 MHz. That definitely isn't much now, but back in the day it was very fast. |
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In the beginning, there were only three accessories; a memory card, a controller, and a multi-tap for more than two players. As time went on, though, a lot more things were developed. The DualShock was a gateway to more gaming possibilities with its two joysticks. There were also |
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| multiple variations of those controllers. The PlayStation is now just a figment of the past. |
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