Hey Dunno if anyone will find this interesting but I found this while digging through old stacks of phamplets looking for N64 stuff http://temp.64scener.com/psx.jpg
Thanks nesworld. I laughed about the specs though. 16 megabit RAM, 8 megabit VideoRAM, 400 mips, 360.000 texturized polygons/sec... hmmm. NO! :lol:
A rough translation... Playstation Now it's here! Sony's 32-bit CD-based next generation gameconsole, which provides the arcade games standard in your livingroom. Sony's special designed microprocessors and groundbreaking construction provides Playstation with a sofar unseen speed and realistic graphics. When we look at performance, software backup and the selection of games, neither of the competitors are able to compete. (this absolutely doesn't make any sense to me, not even in danish - there's also two and's "og og" in the text) Hardware features: Double Speed CD-ROM 32 bits special developed RISC microprocessor 3D graphics and CD stereo sound full motion picture with 30 frames per second and 16.9 million colors. Draws 360.000 polygons per second 16megabit RAM, 8 megabit videoRAM. Total disccapacity 400 MIPS Suggested retail price 2595,- The conversion rate back then was roughly 8:1, so the price in dollars would be around $325
Look about right, as at the time the policy was mask the numbers so they appear to be more than what they really mean... lol @ megabits, indeed Who remembers SNK of america's claims of the Neo Geo being 24 bits ? IMHO that was forcing things a little bit...
Oh, now it all makes sense. They planned the ease of backup usage to outperform the competition. Clever... :lol: Double swap ftw!
