Already on the market for 11 years, PlayStation is definitely one of the biggest success stories of the video game industry. Production came to an end on March 23 in 2006.
The PlayStation had a number of different variants throughout its production run. Each variant included a change in the part number. If you look at it from the outside, the biggest change was the reduction in the number of connectors on the outside of the unit.
The PS one was based on substantially the same hardware as the SCPH-900x and 750x models, but had no serial port and the memory card ports were moved to the main PC Board. The power supply was replaced with a DC to DC converter that was also situated on the main PCB.
With these early units, some gamers had problems with skipping full-motion video or heard physical “ticking” noises coming from inside their PlayStations. This problem was caused by the vents that were situated poorly and caused the machine to overheat. What then happened was that the console’s plastic mouldings warped very slightly and started to create knock-on effects with the laser assembly.
Sony then released a “Dual Shock” version, that had a console which included a controller that had 2 analogue sticks with a built in force-feedback feature. Some coloured versions then began to appear including blue ones, green ones and white ones.
The PS1 (model number of SCPH-1001) had an extra advantage of having incredibly good sound that rivalled CD players from audio manufacturers.
