Sony stops making original PS

With the PS3 launch looming, Japanese electronics giant shuts down production of the console that brought it to the industry in the first place.

Sony entered the global gaming industry with the Japanese release of the original PlayStation in December of 1994. More than 11 years and two more consoles later, the electronics giant has pulled the plug on its first console, ceasing all production of PS units. Last September, Sony announced that the original PlayStation and its PSOne redesign had surpassed the 100 million units sold milestone.

Despite the news, Sony representatives noted today that the end of production does not necessarily mean the end of availability. PS hardware and software are still selling in countries around the world.

Even if original PlayStation systems and games are becoming slim pickings in the US, gamers likely won't be going without for long. As part of its PlayStation Business Briefing 2006, Sony last week announced that it is working on an emulator that would allow gamers to play PS titles on the PSP. Details haven't been released yet, but Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi said the games would be digitally distributed.

While the PlayStation's decade-plus production run is certainly impressive, it isn't the longest life span for a gaming console. Atari released its Video Computer System (more popularly known as the Atari 2600) in 1977 and didn't officially pull the plug on it until 1991.

- Gamespot

For one, I didn't know they still made PSones. Yes, 2 days old, stfu. Oblivion runs on my computer. Take a guess what I'm doing most of the time now.

The latest DS emulator project has been closed due to France cowering to corporation demands, and implementing new tough copyright laws.

DeSmuMe project is over.

You may don’t know but there are a new law in France that could put me in big trouble.

With DeSmuMe, I have closed the doors of game company but I can not offer to pay for it.

 

The worst thing is that I have found the bad coded instructions.

For those how have download the sources you have to look in sbc, rsbc instructions the Carry flag updating is wrong.

Sorry for the home brew programmers.

 

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Credit: AEP emulation

No English changelog. Get it HERE.

It appears that the Nintedo Rev is going to allow you to play Sega Genesis/Mega Drive console and the TurboGrafx 16 games according to Usa Today's Article.

Nintendo announced a partnership with former rivals Thursday intended to boost the library of downloadable classic video games for the company's upcoming Revolution console.

The agreement covers some of the more than 1,000 games made by Sega and Hudson Soft for the now defunct Sega Genesis console and the TurboGrafx 16 system, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said.

 

The Revolution's planned Virtual Console download service was already expected to also play older Nintendo-made games like Mario Bros and Zelda.

 

"No one else can match the environment we're creating for expanding the game experience to everyone," said Iwata, speaking at the Game Developer's Conference in San Jose. "Our path is not linear, but dynamic."

 

He did not discuss pricing, availability or other details.

 

Long before Microsoft and Sony entered the console business, the Genesis and TurboGrafx 16 systems competed with Nintendo's Super NES for video game dominance in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

 

Sega eventually dropped hardware in favor of software. Hudson and NEC jointly developed the TurboGrafx 16, which had a strong showing in Japan but poor sales in the United States.

 

Sony unveiled its online strategy for its upcoming PlayStation 3 console Wednesday, saying it would offer new features ranging from video chat and voice communications over the Internet to the ability to purchase and download game or other entertainment content directly to the machine.