SONY PLAYSTATION PAGE
SONY PLAYSTATION PAGE
| SONY PLAYSTATION STATS (SCPH-5501) Based on information from the box: Double speed CD-Rom 30+ frames per second CD sound, and CD-quailty sound (surround) 16.8million simultaneous colors (24 bit) 360,000 polygons per second 32-bit CPU, 33 mhz 2MB RAM 1MB VRAM CD player built in |
SONY PLAYSTATION 2 EXPECTED/RUMORED STATS (due out in North America Sept. 2000) Based on information from the Sony website & others: 24X speed CD-ROM/4X speed DVD-ROM Supports PSX CD/DVD ROM, CD audio, DVD video Backwards compatible with existing PSX software Compatible with existing PSX hardware 8MB memory card and Dual Shock 2 controller included in box (8MB memory card transfers data 250 times faster than original) 2 control ports & 2 memory card ports (some sources say 4 control ports, but Sony says 2) AV Multi cable port and Optical Digital output port USB port and type III PCMCIA port 128-bit CPU, 294.912 mhz, 32MB memory 147.456 mhz graphics engine, 4MB embedded cache VRAM Expected price about $375 PCMCIA modem optional (later versions may include modem) 60 frames per second, 24 bit color Max 75 million polygons/second (small polygons) 66 million polygons/sec geometry calculations 16 million polygons/sec curved surface generation (Even the lowest poly/sec performance is 70 times faster than Playstation 1) 2MB sound memory 48 channel sound + CD sound (both surround sound) DVD-movie and CD-audio players built in [It should be obvious by now that this list is VERY outdated.] |
| Playstation 2 stats sources: HauntedTower.com Sony (click the second PSX2 window that comes up) PSX.IGN.COM Absolute Playstation International (this seems to be the latest information) |
| VGStrategies at MININGCO | Video Game Strategies at Miningco. The biggest and best collection of Playstation game cheats, hints, and walkthroughs on the web. More titles listed than any place else I've seen (approximately 1200 titles at last count! to be updated), and cheats for new titles come out here sooner than any place else. Great! |
| LIST OF ALL COMPUTER/GAME SYSTEMS SUPPORTED
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| YAHOO PSX Directory | A good list of links to Playstation sites, from Yahoo. Much more can be found in different categories on Yahoo and by using the search bar. |
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Absolute Playstation International. A great source for reviews, previews, info, and cheats for Playstation and Playstation 2 software and hardware. |
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Playstation Planet from www.cheatplanet.com. Another good source for cheat codes, hints, walkthroughs, strategy guides, and other info. Also has reviews/previews. Visit Cheat Planet for info on other game systems. |
MY GAMES: all highly recommended
These are the games that I have bought so far. I only buy the games that are, in my mind, the best of the best, and just plain fun. Many of these (if not all) require you to think ahead and form your own strategies to get through well, especially to have minimum loss of health and minimum ammo use.
BUSHIDO BLADE--An excellent one-on-one swordfighting game. Superb animation and graphics.
BUSHIDO BLAD FAQ BUSHIDO BLADE PLAYER'S GUIDE
CRASH BANDICOOT--A fun-for-all-ages game of level running and enemy stomping. Collect crystals and find secret areas. Corrected walkthrough is on the way!
CRASH BANDICOOT 2: CORTEX STRIKES BACK--Part 2 of the Crash series.
CRASH BANDICOOT 3: WARPED--Part 3 of the series. More fun, with new moves and new characters, along with Crash Bandicoot.
DOOM--The popular 3-D shooter with excellent graphics, sound effects, and CD-quality music. 59 great levels!
Cheats and passwords in text format: DOOM.TXT Passwords in Excel spreadsheet format: DOOM.XLS
DRIVER--An EXCELLENT game! I haven't played a driving game this fun in a long time. You're an undercover cop with the job as a getaway driver for an organized crime group. When not running from the cops, you can drive through and explore the cities, which have real working traffic systems of stop lights and other cars.
DRIVER 2--The sequel to the previous title, this game has 4 new cities with great detail and realistic traffic systems, plus driver Tanner is able to get out of one vehicle and steal another. On foot you can also find secret buttons that reveal secret cars, parking garages, and game cheats. The plotline is similar to the first; you're working undercover as the driver for drug lords in a complicated plot to capture a man who is critical to the operation of two drug cartels. Police in foreign countries speak their native language over the radio too. One problem is that the "take a ride" mode is very buggy, especially when driving in one area of a city for a long time. In my opinion, the game should not have been released until these bugs were fixed, but it's still a very fun game that I've been playing nearly every day for 7 months now (mostly take a ride mode; the undercover missions are done as they don't take 7 months).
DUKE NUKEM: TIME TO KILL--The sequel to Duke Nukem Total Meltdown, now in a third-person perspective. Has 2-player split-screen dukematch games! Excellent!
DUKE NUKEM: TOTAL MELTDOWN--Fun 3-D shooter from the PC to the Playstation. Now has good stereo music and great sound effects. No known cheat codes. See my review.
FINAL DOOM--The sequel to DOOM, has the same great graphics and sound, with 30 new levels. Info on the way.
MDK--This game is great fun, with excellent soundtracks on each level and very good graphics. You are in a super-high-tech protection suit with built-in reusable parachute and sniper gun. Aliens have taken over Earth, so you must erradicate them with many silly-but-effective weapons and power-ups.
Walkthrough here Cheat codes here
MEDAL OF HONOR--As a lone soldier in World War 2, you have to go behind enemy lines to infiltrate nazi operations and put a stop to their evil plans. Pick off a few nazis while you're at it, too.
ODDWORLD: ABE'S ODDYSEE
ODDWORLD: ABE'S EXODDUS
POWERSLAVE (also EXHUMED)--Alien forces have taken over the Egyptian city of Karnak, and are using the power drained from the mummified King Ramses. Collect weapons and mystical artifacts to destroy them. [CONTINUED--COMPLETE GAME WALKTHROUGH]
RIDGE RACER--The original and best of the Ridge Racer series. I say it's the best because it has the best car handling of any racing game I've tried yet. MORE...
SILENT HILL
SKULLMONKEYS
SPYRO THE DRAGON
SPYRO 2: RIPTO'S RAGE
SPYRO 3: YEAR OF THE DRAGON
SYPHON FILTER
SYPHON FILTER 2
TOMB RAIDER--This game is just enchanting! The ambience of the locations and the orchestrated soundtrack are superb. Wonderful all-around feel to the game. I have two walkthroughs, from two sources, which I have corrected and added to where needed. Because of poor formatting of the text versions, I also include the .DOC versions for use in MS Word or wordpad.
TombRaider-a.txt TombRaider-b.txt
TombRaider-a.doc TombRaider-b.doc
TOMB RAIDER II: DAGGER OF XION
TOMB RAIDER III: ADVENTURES OF LARA CROFT
TOMB RAIDER IV: THE LAST REVELATION
WIPEOUT
WIPEOUT XL
WIPEOUT 3
GAMES I LIKE, PLAN TO PURCHASE: also recommended (some yet to be released)
DUKE NUKEM: LAND OF THE BABES
MEDAL OF HONOR: UNDERGROUND
SYPHON FILTER 3
The RAIDEN PROJECT
TOMB RAIDER CHRONICLES
INFO FOR THESE TITLES SOON TO COME!
My apologies for taking so long in getting the information for these games posted here. I am trying to gather correct information and walkthroughs for these games, and some of the documents I have which I collected from other places was wrong in some spots. In playing the games, I wrote down correct information about actions or locations of objects, and I have to edit the documents before posting them here. For example, the game "Powerslave": some hint and walkthrough sources claim you can do a grenade-propelled jump, by looking down, jumping up, throwing a grenade straight down, and being propelled up even higher by the force of the blast. I found that to be incorrect; all it does is blow you to bits. Maybe it works in the "Exhumed" version, I don't know, but in my version of "Powerslave", it doesn't work.