Board 8 > PS1 Classic internals

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Processor - Quad Core ARM Cortex A35 running at 1.5GHz
Graphics - PowerVR GE8300
Ram - 1GB DDR3
Storage - 16GB eMMC
Ports - 2 X USB, 1 X HDMI, 1 X micro USB

will have to pick and choose what games I want in there when the modding happens but probably could double the amount of games that ships on it though

hopefully the iso's can be played as rar files to cram even more in there
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all that and it still running ps1 games like shit?
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definitely will be scrubbing all PAL versions of games that are in there and putting in the NTSC versions of them

at least for the games I would want to keep

like Tekken 3
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would be wise. hope its as easy to add games as snes mini.
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What's the controller situation here? Are these literally just playstation controllers with the same ports as 20 years ago, or are they USB
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metaIslug posted...

Isn't the reported slowdown because the games are running in 50Hz?

Yeah, but people were theorizing they chose the PAL versions for performance reasons
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WazzupGenius00 posted...

What's the controller situation here? Are these literally just playstation controllers with the same ports as 20 years ago, or are they USB

USB from what i heard but still garbage pre dual shock controllers.

When do these ship I've had one preordered for a while for the same reasons as ninkendo
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my card was charged this morning so I imagine they'll be shipping out today

I'll be doing in-store pickup though
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ninkendo posted...

Processor - Quad Core ARM Cortex A35 running at 1.5GHz
Graphics - PowerVR GE8300
Ram - 1GB DDR3
Storage - 16GB eMMC
Ports - 2 X USB, 1 X HDMI, 1 X micro USB

so a minor upgrade from the Vita in all fronts. not a repackage of Vita TV but them using old smartphone parts instead.

should make hacking interesting, at least. it may well end up as just an android box. though until then i'll just stick with a Vita TV - that's PS1, PSP, Vita all flawless or close enough to it right out the box. after you hack it you can turn the game slot into a microSD and at that point you're set.
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is it worth $100 or should I just keep playing all my ps1 games on my psp/ps3?
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For what you get it almost certainly isn't worth $100 but for me half the fun is playing on a mini console so that's why I keep getting them
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what you get in that box is definitely not $100, you're paying a heavy tax for cheap official Sony stuff. but if that's what you want, go for it. odds are good that thing will be hacked and people will try to get PSP stuff on it.
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Cancelled my pre-order. Man Sony dropped the ball on this thing. The lineup itself was unimpressive (I pre-ordered before the full lineup was revealed) but then to find out that half of them are PAL versions and run poorly is an absolute dealbreaker. There's like 6 games on there that I want and don't already have in some form, so I can just track those down somehow when I feel like it.
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I got mine today! Had some fun with MGS and Ridge Racer and eagerly keeping my eye on the progress of the hacking
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Very good breakdown from Digital Foundry on all the ways this drops the ball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU0dn9pRKuw" data-time="

TLDW random PAL versions aside even the NTSC games have issues that don't exist on actual hardware or even in properly configured emulation. This is just flat out a bad way to experience these games.
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things we know so far

The Playstation Classic runs a flavor of Android/Linux 32 bits, ships with 16GB of memory, enough to store the games it comes preloaded with.

USB devices such as keyboards are detected by the device. Allegedly it is possible to access a secret emulator menu by hitting the escape key on a USB keyboard connected to the device.

The firmware of the device has apparently already been dumped, with some parts being encrypted.

Hackers believe the device should be extremely easy to hack once the firmware is analyzed.

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ninkendo posted...

things we know so far

The Playstation Classic runs a flavor of Android/Linux 32 bits, ships with 16GB of memory, enough to store the games it comes preloaded with.

USB devices such as keyboards are detected by the device. Allegedly it is possible to access a secret emulator menu by hitting the escape key on a USB keyboard connected to the device.

The firmware of the device has apparently already been dumped, with some parts being encrypted.

Hackers believe the device should be extremely easy to hack once the firmware is analyzed.

Excellent news ! My body is ready
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I'm fully expecting by the end of it we'll be able to plug a USB stick into the player 2 slot for more storage too
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Just saw a rumor that there are hidden games on it, already downloaded that just arent enabled.

Games that if they were revealed/enabled would have made it an INSTANT buy for me:

Ergheiz
Parasite Eve
Suikoden
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Vagrant Story
Wild Arms 2

https://twitter.com/alphafoxwarfare/status/1070139936924405760?s=21
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Just saw a rumor that there are hidden games on it, already downloaded that just arent enabled.

Games that if they were revealed/enabled would have made it an INSTANT buy for me:

Ergheiz
Parasite Eve
Suikoden
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Vagrant Story
Wild Arms 2

https://twitter.com/alphafoxwarfare/status/1070139936924405760?s=21

Huh. If someone finds a way to unlock them I might actually bite and buy this.
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Just saw a rumor that there are hidden games on it, already downloaded that just arent enabled.

Games that if they were revealed/enabled would have made it an INSTANT buy for me:

Ergheiz
Parasite Eve
Suikoden
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Vagrant Story
Wild Arms 2

https://twitter.com/alphafoxwarfare/status/1070139936924405760?s=21

Omfg please
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Underleveled posted...

ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Just saw a rumor that there are hidden games on it, already downloaded that just arent enabled.

Games that if they were revealed/enabled would have made it an INSTANT buy for me:

Ergheiz
Parasite Eve
Suikoden
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Vagrant Story
Wild Arms 2

https://twitter.com/alphafoxwarfare/status/1070139936924405760?s=21

Huh. If someone finds a way to unlock them I might actually bite and buy this.

all the games in that pic are great, what the fuck
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yeah I definitely feel like that rumor's not true
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I would have gotten this thing if Fighting Force was on it. That game ruled
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That list looks so much like an actual PS1 greatest hits collection that I can't believe the rumor.
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I bet those games were emulated even more poorly and that's why they left them hidden.
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oh hey I just hacked my PS1 classic

turns out the entire Uncharted Collection is on there and also Crash Team Racing

what the hell Sony
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I feel like it doesn't even have the internal storage for all those listed games in that tweet

https://gist.github.com/xyzz/2a95043601630a3eabcb9d65ae85ecf1

he's just listing the game names that were found in title list. Whether the actual full games are actually in there is another thing.
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I suspect they're not on there, but these were all games that were tested and they were hoping to include but couldn't for one reason or another and they just left the file names in there
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just by the storage size alone we know they aren't on it. but they were all probably tested at some point and have some data leftover. the system being an android fork makes sense for its performance, obviously it isn't power that's holding the system back considering the PSP and Vita (TV) could each do PS1 games just fine. only answer left is the OS being a bloated piece of shit for the job.
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