PlayStation

PlayStation
Developer: Sony
Released: 1994

PlayStation Specifications

Processor: LSI Logic Corp LR333x0-based Core
Processor Speed: 33.8688 MHz
RAM: 88 MB
Video RAM: 1 MB
Colors Available: 16.7 million (24-bit)
Resolution: 256 x 225 to 640 x 480 pixels

The PlayStation, which is sometimes refereed to as the PS, PS1 and PSX was Son’y first real foray into the video game console market. Releasing in 1994 in Japan and then 1995 in North America and the rest of the world, the PlayStation went on to become the biggest selling console of the fifth generation of video game consoles, and the first ever video game console to sell over 100 million units. It was the PlayStations and Sony’s jump start into becoming one of the most formidable opponents in the gaming world.

The PlayStation’s biggest competitors during the fifth generation of video game consoles was the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn. Despite going up against incredibly stiff competition with video game giants Nintendo and Sega dominating the market, the PlayStation managed to overcome both of them, overtaking that of the Nintendo 64 and leaving the Sega Saturn in distant third place. One of the biggest advantages of the PlayStation was that it relied on discs, though cartridges were an awful lot faster and didn’t suffer as many durability issues, they just didn’t have the same storage space that a CD could provide. CD’s were an awful lot cheaper to produce, something that appealed heavily to publishers as there wasn’t as significant of a risk to produce large quantities of a game.

PlayStation (PSX) emulation is fairly complete, with the vast majority of games able to run flawlessly with no major issues, the focus of most PSX emulators have now turned to focus on increasing the accuracy and speed of their emulation over trying to increase compatibility. This is alongside increasing features such as being able to successfully render PSX games at higher internal resolutions. There is several great PlayStation emulators, though most are plugin based, ePXSE, PCSX-R are both highly capable emulators.

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PlayStation Emulators

ePSXe
ePSXe
Popular

ePSXe is regarded as one of the best PS1 Emulators around thanks to its high compatibility and fast emulation speed. ePSXe manages to emulate almost every PSX Game available successfully.

no$psx
no$psx
Popular

no$psx is a popular open-source PSX emulator. PCSX Reloaded’s compatibility is on par with that of no$psx and offers similar performance.

AndriPSX
AndriPSX

AndriPSX is an early PlayStation emulator for Windows that can play only a few commercial games. AndriPSX was one of the first emulators to prove that PlayStation emulation was possible.

Bleem
Bleem

Bleem! was one of the first commercial emulators for the PlayStation 1. While a promising PSX emulator, the Bleem! team eventually went bankrupt after a prolonged lawsuit with Sony.

PCXS Reloaded
PCXS Reloaded

PCXS Reloaded is a popular open-source PSX emulator. PCSX Reloaded’s compatibility is on par with that of PCXS Reloaded and offers similar performance.

pSX
pSX

pSX is a PlayStation 1 emulator that claims to emulate the PSX hardware fully. While not as developed as ePSXe or PCSX reloaded, it should offer decent compatibility.

PSXeven
PSXeven

PSXeven is a speedy emulator for the PlayStation 1. It features a simple user interface and a decent set of features such as a memory card manager.

SSSPSX
SSSPSX

SSSPSX is a PlayStation 1 emulator that features a fast and highly compatible recompiler core. What SSSPSX has in speed and compatibility it lacks in extra functionality.