The Sony Playstation was the first main console game to come out with CD games, and the ability to play audio CDs. This gave it the ability to hold more information than a normal cartridge game ... and many games came in multiple CD packs. This equalled longer gameplay and more complexity than the N64 or Sega systems.
The Playstation One is a smaller version of the same unit - portable and soon to come out with a portable LCD screen. Both play any game from the Playstation One library. While CDs do hold more data than cartridges, they load a bit more slowly, so often there is a second lag between scenes as the new scene loads into memory.
While Nintendo games tend to be pixel based, most Playstation games are polygon based, taking advantage of the Playstation's 360,000 polygons/sec speed. This tends to make images sharper and scaleable. When something moves towards you it's easy to calculate polygons, compared to expanding pixels.
There is a good sized library of games for the Playstation - quite a few racing games, plus the Tomb Raider series, the Final Fantasy series, Abe, Spyro the Dragon, and more. The games for the Playstation tend to be for teenagers and adults.
We've had a Playstation since it first came out, and for racing and sports games it is incredible. We find we use the N64 far more often when kids are around wanting to play something.
Specifications: CPU: 32-bit RISC Clock Speed: 34 Mhz Sound: CD quality, 24-channel stereo Connector: standard 3-plug video/audio connector 640 x 480 (256 x 224 TV units) resolution
The Sony Playstation was the first main console game to come out with CD games, and the ability to play audio CDs. This gave it the ability to hold more information than a normal cartridge game... and many games came in multiple CD packs. This equalled longer gameplay and more complexity than the N64 or Sega systems. The Playstation One is a smaller version of the same unit - portable and soon to come out with a portable LCD screen. Both play any game from the Playstation One library. While CDs do hold more data than cartridges, they load a bit more slowly, so often there is a second lag between scenes as the new scene loads into memory. While Nintendo games tend to be pixel based, most Playstation games are polygon based, taking advantage of the Playstation's 360,000 polygons/sec speed. This tends to make images sharper and scaleable. When something moves towards you it's easy to calculate polygons, compared to expanding pixels. There is a good sized library of games for the Playstation - quite a few racing games, plus the Tomb Raider series, the Final Fantasy series, Abe, Spyro the Dragon, and more. The games for the Playstation tend to be for teenagers and adults. We've had a Playstation since it first came out, and for racing and sports games it is incredible. We find we use the N64 far more often when kids are around wanting to play something. Specifications: CPU: 32-bit RISC Clock Speed: 34 Mhz Sound: CD quality, 24-channel stereo Connector: standard 3-plug video/audio connector 640 x 480 (256 x 224 TV units) resolution