Author Topic: What to do with an old, fat playstation 1 (Read 12733 times)

AcidArmitage · « **on:** January 25, 2009, 08:01:55 pm »

I just found my old playstation (not even the small ONE model hahah) and I don't wanna just throw it away. Anybody have any ideas what to do with this old thing? hows the homebrew on this system?

M.Lanza · « **Reply #1 on:** January 25, 2009, 09:14:38 pm »

IMBNES (NES) is fairly decent.
I think that there might be a gameboy emulator.

Blanka · « **Reply #2 on:** January 26, 2009, 01:26:20 am »

A PS one?

Just sell it as audiophile CD player. 100$ is no problem.

Blanka · « **Reply #3 on:** January 26, 2009, 01:30:03 am »

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15484873/

werejag · « **Reply #4 on:** January 26, 2009, 01:57:58 am »

just send me it

Loafmeister · « **Reply #5 on:** January 26, 2009, 08:37:23 am »

Flip it upside down and play some good games

edit: checked out the MSNBC link, great story

Mauzy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:21:44 am »

Quote from: Blanka on January 26, 2009, 01:30:03 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15484873/

If its a SCPH-1001 I'd probably sell it unless you're really into sound. I couldn't see myself using that over any other quality sound deck, but I'm really an audio guy. As long as it isn't scratchy I'm fine...

AcidArmitage · « **Reply #7 on:** January 26, 2009, 12:09:01 pm »

its not even the good audiophile one

its a SCPH 5501 with A/V multi out

Mauzy · « **Reply #8 on:** January 26, 2009, 04:26:43 pm »

Quote from: AcidArmitage on January 26, 2009, 12:09:01 pm

its not even the good audiophile one

its a SCPH 5501 with A/V multi out

yeah I dont know how I managed that. SCPH-1001 is one of the bios bins... i have too much video game crap in my head.

werejag · « **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2009, 09:51:12 pm »

im looking for ps1 with the parallel port on it. i have a vcd player attachment.

so if it has this send me it

SavannahLion · « **Reply #10 on:** January 27, 2009, 01:40:09 am »

There's an old ass schematic that floated around for years. Pull an IC out of the PSX and build your own Macrovision stripper box using Sony's own technology.

I still have the schematic on some old hard drive or another. No idea where it can be found online.

Not like it's of any use nowadays, but hey, you asked.

AcidArmitage · « **Reply #11 on:** January 27, 2009, 12:48:18 pm »

GIMME!

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #12 on:** January 27, 2009, 01:25:30 pm »

Quote from: pinballjim on January 27, 2009, 09:31:45 am

Quote from: werejag on January 26, 2009, 09:51:12 pm
im looking for ps1 with the parallel port on it. i have a vcd player attachment.

so if it has this send me it

This toad sent me a private message asking me to 'give' him a PS1.

werejag · « **Reply #13 on:** January 27, 2009, 01:40:53 pm »

i dont see how its funny.

knave · « **Reply #14 on:** January 27, 2009, 04:54:45 pm »

I really still like my old PS1. I dust it off and play a few games now and then. Still really fun. Last was Nectarus (Military madness) boy I used to love that game on the Turbographics...It holds up rather well I think.

So I vote that you play games on it.

ahofle · « **Reply #15 on:** January 27, 2009, 04:59:54 pm »

Is the audio quality really that much better on a PS1 than your average DVD/CD player?
Sometimes I'm glad I'm not an 'audiophile'.

AcidArmitage · « **Reply #16 on:** January 28, 2009, 12:00:24 am »

me too!

i cant tell the difference between a cd and the radio!

lucca · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2009, 09:09:07 am »

Quote from: ahofle on January 27, 2009, 04:59:54 pm

Is the audio quality really that much better on a PS1 than your average DVD/CD player?
Sometimes I'm glad I'm not an 'audiophile'.

Must have been something related to the times. Remember when the PS2 came out at the verge of DVD's popularity? Maybe there was a similar situation with the early days of Playstation.

pmc · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2009, 02:50:49 pm »

It was a fad a while ago and a topic of big discussion on all the audio boards. I guess SONY used high quality parts in the original PSX and someone recently discovered that it's an audiophile performer. I've seen lots of photos on the net of cutting edge tube systems costing many, many thousands of dollars, and there's this little Playstation 1 sitting in the cherry rack along with the rest of the gear. Here's an article on the subject.

This is kinda like the $30 Sonic Sense T-Amp craze that happened a couple of years ago. People were replacing their $6,000 amps with this $30 digital jobby.

To the OP: I still use mine for 3 things:

1) Playing PSX games. It's still good for that. I usually play via ePSXe on my cabinet now, but I still use the real hardware for the games that demand an original controller (MGS, Siphon Filter, etc.). I never bought a PS2 or PS3 so the PS1 is useful to me.

2) IMBNES which is a really nice emulator. It's nice to have to have a full CD-R of NES ROMs on demand

3) CD Player. Hey, it's audiophile baby.

-pmc

Jack Burton · « **Reply #19 on:** February 03, 2009, 10:09:52 pm »

imdbnes is great. The video quality is very close to that of the original console, NTSC artifacts and all. Plus the controls have virtually no lag, which is an issue sometimes with NES emulators on PC.

foleykoontz · « **Reply #20 on:** February 26, 2009, 06:44:49 pm »

Quote from: werejag on January 26, 2009, 09:51:12 pm

im looking for ps1 with the parallel port on it. i have a vcd player attachment.

so if it has this send me it

Are those ones with the parallel port supposed to be rare or something cuz I have 3 of them. Also I have a SCPH-1001 if anyone was actually interested in getting one.

werejag · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2009, 01:27:34 pm »

they removed the port later to stop the parallel port mod devices like mod chips.

i just have a gamar vcd attachment id like to use again

foleykoontz · « **Reply #22 on:** February 27, 2009, 02:24:50 pm »

Quote from: werejag on February 27, 2009, 01:27:34 pm

they removed the port later to stop the parallel port mod devices like mod chips.

i just have a gamar vcd attachment id like to use again

I pmed you let me know if you didn't get it cuz I didn't get a confirmation thing


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