I bought a for parts PSone and got something interesting.

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That's the currency symbol for Chinese Yuan, right? Maybe it was modded to be used as a cheap Arcade kiosk. You know, with one of those timer circuits. That would explain the quality of the mod (probably done by someone who would do this as a business).

Wonder what the "password" is all about...

 

Sort of - it's not actually the currency symbol (that's ￥just like Japan, although people sometimes use ¥ to reduce confusion), but 元 is used in the same way 円 is in Japanese， as a counter for currency units. Strangely, despite the fact that we use HK $, that 元 symbol turns up on a lot of price labels here now - I guess it's just that Chinese label printers are cheaper

From the wiring, that glob top is just a mod chip - by the time the PSone came out, people were making them like that simply for cost reduction. That "VCD + Password" thing most likely just indicates that it has cheat cart functions in addition to being able to play VCDs.

 

Wow that a great pick up I wonder if it boots up diffrent?

 

Very unique find ! This is also the first time I have seen something like this.

 

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Looking at the wiring, it's using the old "3 wires + link" approach, but with an extra reset connection. You can use any mod that's designed for SCPH-750x or later in a PSone - the reason a lot of them were 8 pin is that they were also implementing a patch to the boot ROM to bypass the territory check, but this doesn't seem to be the case here. It's possible that the cheat cartridge function is capable of booting out of region discs, or it might just be Japanese only.

 

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Never seen anything like this before... Thanks for sharing it. Also I love LSD Dream Emulator. That is one of the most bizarre games I've ever experienced before.

 

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When hooked up to the TV, are you using Composite Video, S-Video, or RGBS? I heard that VCDs only support Composite Video so that may be why the screen isn't working as it uses RGBS instead of Composite Video.

 

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If you can, try an RGB SCART/JP-21 cable. It might be that VCDs don't work with RGB.

Try plugging the composite cable from the PSOne screen's multi-out into the A/V in jack on the PSOne screen. If you get a picture, VCDs won't work with RGB.

 

VCD will work via RGB or at least they do when played on a Saturn.

 

If that's the case then I'm not sure what could be causing it to not work on the PSOne LCD.

 

What a great find.

 

Looks like it's a Caetla hack.

 

I want it

 

Oh its like this one!

I want it too!