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Sony PlayStation

Sony · 1994

The console that took gaming mainstream and ended Sega and Nintendo's duopoly. Cheap CD media, hardware built for 3D from the start, and a developer relationship that let smaller studios ship. It sold over a hundred million. The early SCPH-1001 boards have the RCA audio output that audiophiles prefer, and the laser sled is the usual failure.

As catalogued

Maker
Sony
CPU
LSI CW33300-33
Memory
2MiB
Board issues
PU-7, PU-8, PU-16, PU-18, PU-20, PU-22, PU-23, PM-41, PM-41(2)
Styles
SCPH-1000 (Japan), SCPH-1001 (US), SCPH-1002 (PAL), SCPH-5502, SCPH-7502, SCPH-9002, Net Yaroze (black)
Regions
NTSC-J (Japan), NTSC (US), PAL (Europe)
Chassis
grey console with a lid over the disc
OS
none -- games boot from the disc

Chips

3
CPU
LSI CW33300, Sony CXD8530BQ, Sony CXD8530CQ
GPU
Sony CXD8514Q, Sony CXD8561Q, Sony CXD8561BQ, Sony CXD8561CQ
Sound
Sony CXD2922Q, Sony CXD2925Q, Sony CXD2938Q

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