Jupiter - Disc Based Playstation 1 Clone

A local seller had this for sale and I snagged it up immediately and I just wanted to share this amazing find with everyone.

It's called 'Jupiter'.



At first glance I thought it was a VCD player. And it is. What caught my attention however was the sticker on the console that claims compatibility with 700 PS1 games! It also says '32 Bit Compatible' on the box.



It's in brand new condition and seems barely used. The box has some shelf wear though.



It comes with 2 controllers and a remote control.

There's an infrared receiver on the front of the console and I thought the controllers might be wireless. After examining the console a bit more I was a bit disappointed to find the controller ports on the back. The ports are similar to those of Sega and Atari controllers. There are also a couple of USB ports.

This thing plays original and backups! I popped in some games and got mixed results. But overall, the game play quality is amazing for a clone. For example, Crash 3 was playing a bit slow and kind of laggy. Captain Commando played well until I reached the first boss. For some reason the sprite was glitching. I then played some Resident Evil and Dino Crisis. These two surprisingly played without any problems.

I snapped a few pictures for anyone interested in the hardware:







EDIT: Forgot to mention the awesome flashy controllers



Check out this unboxing video of the same unit (but with different name and branding) by @Gamemaster14XIV

 

Just from the QC Passed sticker and the plastic quality on that laser I'd be scared to even power that thing.

Try Spyro 3 and see if it triggers the anti-piracy measures

 

Neat. Does it say what year it was made? What does the main menu look like?

 

It powered on just fine and spent a good 30 minutes playing and testing

Doesn't feel durable though .

Dino Crisis has anti piracy and it played just fine .

 

Can't find anything on manufacturing date. Not mentioned anywhere.

Here's a pic of the main menu.

 

YOXI.com, huh? The latest relevant snapshot on archive.org is from 2003 (so the "0203" on the mainboard may very well mean week or month 2 of '03 - wether it's the design or manufacture date is anybody's guess). Not really much of anything on there, no mention of anything Playstation related, only a teeny tiny "game disc does not work?" in the FAQs...

Also, this thread may have been about a similar device('s controller) (Yoxi is mentioned, fwiw). Too bad all the images are dead.

 

The products page on that archived site mentions 32 bit game devices. I'm sure there wasn't any mention of Playstation because of copyright.

Heres an interesting find

http://ultimateconsoledatabase.com/famiclones/operaavstation.htm

Same exact console but different branding.

Need to look into 8bit games and see if I can launch them using the USB ports .

 

Does the menu - does it even deserve that name, since I can't make out anything selectable? - contain anything wrt NES/FC/8bit games? Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they just burned an 'imbnes' disc to claim compatibility... Speaking of discs - should be pretty obvious, but if USB doesn't work, also try throwing a bunch of roms, in as many formats as possible, onto a CD, see if it loads them from there.

 

Neat find! I guess it's some kind of old PS1 emulator? Any chance of a few close up shots of the CPU?

 

This looks really interesting, I love anything obscure and especially bootleg. Never ceases to amaze me the length people will go to clone something. Why do they always put controller ports on the reverse of these things?!?!?

The design sort of reminds me of the Amiga CD32.

Will be good to see if there are any menus or options built into the BIOS.

 

Tianli, who started off with officially licensed Sega MD VCD models, but later seem to have dropped the licensing had a couple of Playstation VCD/DVD players (also MD compatible). These also appeared around 2003, probably using the same (Winbond?) chipsets.

https://web.archive.org/web/2004021...tianli.com.cn/chinese/product/gamevcddvd.html

TL-320G
Compatible SONY PlayStation 1 VCD

* Compatible with PlayStation 1,SEGA game,SVCD,VCD,DVCD,CD-R,CD,MP3
*ALI 32bit 3D game
*Popular high-stability loader
*Wide-voltage power
*Eye-catching panel
*Multi-language,zoom and Karaoke function
*USB interface, can be connected to keyboard,mouse
*Easy operation

TL-D3200G
Compatible SONY PlayStation 1 DVD

* Compatible with PlayStation 1,SEGA game,DVD,SVCD,PIC-CD,VCD,DVCD,CD-R,CD,MP3
*Progressive DVD plus ALI 32bit 3D game
*Ripe MPEG II decoding solution
*Popular high-stability loader
*Wide-voltage power
*Eye-catching panel
*DOLBY DIGITAL(AC-3),DOLBY PRO LOGIC and DTS digital output enable outstanding sound quality
*Multi-subtitle,multi-language,multi-angel,zoom and Karaoke function
*USB interface, can be connected to keyboard,mouse
*Easy operation

Edit: From the screenshot above (yoxi.com), also from 2003. I guess this company manufactured them for various brands.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030808035915/http://www.yoxi.com/service.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20031008175738/http://www.yoxi.com/product.htm

YOXITM provides superior 3D media processors to China's leading DVD manufacturers and distributors. Please note that we do not sell any products directly to consumers, and we do not have any dedicated technical support staff. If you have any inquiries or questions about YOXI-based products, please contact our authorized distributors or platform manufacturers.

YOXI Systems, Inc., is dedicated to provide our customers with innovative products. Our business partners, T-Square and ALi Corporation, have made it possible for us to offer you YOXITM entertainment and education platform.

32-bit Game VCD Platform
32-bit Game SVCD Platform
32-bit Game DVD Platform
32-bit Game DVD/DivX® Platform

 

I suspect it reads everything from disc - that "无碟“ on the screen means "no disc"

 

This is super cool. Never knew something like this was out there! Thanks for the share!

 

OMG I NEED IT

 

That's totally what she said.

 

Thats fucking awesome! Most knock-offs are Nes-in-a-chips but this takes the cake! A PS1 Hardware clone!

 

I just realized this has USB ports

Any chances you know whether these are 1.1 or 2.0? Also what are they used for?

 

Nice score. Wish I could even fine a vcd player here in the states.

 

Any decent DVD or BluRay player should support VCD. Even some UHD Bluray players support it, four generations of backwards compatibility is pretty cool. Failing that you can just play them on PC. One advantage of better dedicated VCD players were that they supported multiple discs, so you didn't have to change disc half way through the movie. You can probably pick one up for next to nothing from South East Asia nowadays.

I've just tried an old VCD out on my PC, the quality really isn't so bad on still shots, but the compression isn't so great on busy fast moving shots. Still, it was a convenient and cheap (through bootlegs) movie format back in the day.