PlayStation is celebrating in full the first 30 years of the brand. On the occasion of this event, we had the opportunity to learn several very interesting anecdotes, because the persons of this level Shawn Layden they remembered the beginnings of the PlayStation and how difficult they were. However, three decades later, we wanted to draw attention to another aspect that may be no less striking: specifications of the first PlayStation.
As noted Video gamesthe Japanese brand entered a market dominated by Nintendo and SEGA, but this situation does not mean that had a bad startbut quite the opposite. This was partly due to the console’s specifications, as the first PlayStation chose an innovative use CD-ROM to which we have to add a 32-bit processor 33 MHz based on RISC architecture. Thanks to this, he managed to process 30 million instructions per secondbut fortunately for the users of the brand, these were not its only advantages.
Memory limitations were a problem
With permission support 640 x 480 pixels and up to 16.7 million colors that the system was capable of handling 360,000 polygons per seconda differential aspect in the wave of 3D titles. However, the first PlayStation was only 2 MB main RAM and in turn 1 MB of video RAMthus forcing effective resource management to support a quality experience. Also, choosing CDs from The capacity is 650 MBSony allowed the inclusion of full-length video and high-quality soundtracks, thus attracting a more diverse audience.
According to the end of the previous paragraph, a console is offered 24 channels of sound quality of 44.1 kHzincluding effects such as reverb and loops for greater sound depth. In addition, DualShock It was a revolution by introduction analog sticks and vibration motors. It wasn’t all advantages, however, as CD loading times interrupted gameplay, and in turn the console was technically inferior to both Nintendo 64 I like it Dreamcast. Still, while Sony didn’t have revolutionary specs, it democratized 3D gaming and laid the foundations modern consoles.
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