Three of the coolest items in my gaming collection: a JVC professional CRT monitor, a “Net Yaroze” PlayStation, and the Sony PlayStation Analog Joystick
Three of the coolest items in my gaming collection: a JVC professional CRT monitor, a “Net Yaroze” PlayStation, and the Sony PlayStation Analog Joystick
Back in ~2003, my then-girlfriend (now wife) and I attended a retro gaming convention in Las Vegas. During the “swap meet” portion of the show, I bought this Net Yaroze PlayStation console for ~$25. For anyone unfamiliar with this system: for a brief moment in 1997 Sony offered the “Net Yaroze” PlayStation – it’s essentially a consumer-level developers platform, upon which regular people could create their own PlayStation games. This version of the PlayStation is slightly different from a typical retail unit: it doesn’t have a region-lockout, it has different boot ROM code, and (most importantly) it’s an awesome super-dark-grey color. Sadly mine didn’t come with the necessary cables or software for actually creating PlayStation games, but nevertheless I’m really happy to have one in good working condition. If anyone reading this happens to have spares of any of the stuff that originally came with this system, hit me up!
The controller unit seen here is the Sony PlayStation Analog Joystick. I cannot overstate just how cool this thing is! The joysticks are big and chunky and feel fantastic, and because they’re analog rather than digital, they offer a wonderful level of precision in games like Ace Combat 2. I’ve also used them with MechWarrior 2 and they’re just as awesome – it really makes it feel like an arcade game at home!
Finally, the display seen here is a JVC “Hi-Resolution” professional CRT monitor. I was given this recently in a large collection of vintage Atari stuff which was previously owned by a skilled engineer who was retiring and downsizing. This isn’t the largest CRT around (hell, it’s not even the largest CRT in my apartment!) but the picture quality from the PlayStation via S-Video cables is really excellent.
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Sadly you’ve discovered the first problem with a PVM, needing to make/find/improvise a stand as they were supposed to go into a broadcast suite. The picture’s 100% worth it though.
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Back in ~2003, my then-girlfriend (now wife) and I attended a retro gaming convention in Las Vegas. During the “swap meet” portion of the show, I bought this Net Yaroze PlayStation console for ~$25. For anyone unfamiliar with this system: for a brief moment in 1997 Sony offered the “Net Yaroze” PlayStation – it’s essentially a consumer-level developers platform, upon which regular people could create their own PlayStation games. This version of the PlayStation is slightly different from a typical retail unit: it doesn’t have a region-lockout, it has different boot ROM code, and (most importantly) it’s an awesome super-dark-grey color. Sadly mine didn’t come with the necessary cables or software for actually creating PlayStation games, but nevertheless I’m really happy to have one in good working condition. If anyone reading this happens to have spares of any of the stuff that originally came with this system, hit me up!
The controller unit seen here is the Sony PlayStation Analog Joystick. I cannot overstate just how cool this thing is! The joysticks are big and chunky and feel fantastic, and because they’re analog rather than digital, they offer a wonderful level of precision in games like Ace Combat 2. I’ve also used them with MechWarrior 2 and they’re just as awesome – it really makes it feel like an arcade game at home!
Finally, the display seen here is a JVC “Hi-Resolution” professional CRT monitor. I was given this recently in a large collection of vintage Atari stuff which was previously owned by a skilled engineer who was retiring and downsizing. This isn’t the largest CRT around (hell, it’s not even the largest CRT in my apartment!) but the picture quality from the PlayStation via S-Video cables is really excellent.
Sadly you’ve discovered the first problem with a PVM, needing to make/find/improvise a stand as they were supposed to go into a broadcast suite. The picture’s 100% worth it though.
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