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The Sony Playstation was released in 1995 to a lot of industry skepticism. Coinciding with the release of the Saturn, many industry pundits doubted that the newcomer Sony would stand up to the two industry powerhouses, Sega and Nintendo. Sony, however, quickly proved them wrong.
Since then, the Playstation has risen to the top of the industry, causing the death of the Saturn and outselling the Nintendo 64. According to the most recent figures, there is a Playstation in one out of every six households in the United States. Not bad for a newcomer.
This popularity has led to the creation of two retail Playstation emulators.While they aren't free, they run better than most emulators and are constantly being upgraded. However, they only play the games off of the Playstation CD's. In other words - no ROMS. Try it out and have fun!
The Virtual Game Station was the first successful Playstation emulator.
Created by Connectix, it runs an amazing number of games with very few problems.
It's so good, in fact, that Sony has sued Connectix in a court case that may decide the outcome of the entire emulation scene. Connectix's main defense is that the Virtual Game Station will not read ROM images of Playstation games. You must have the Playstation game in the CD-ROM drive in order to play it. To buy the full version, go here http://www.virtualgamestation.com or try the demo today!
PC version (2.1 MB)
ftp://game-revolution.com/pub/files/cvgs141_demo_04.exe
Mac version (1.9 MB)
ftp://game-revolution.com/pub/files/cvgs141_demo_04.sit
Taking over where the Virtual Game Station left off, bleem! is the first retail Playstation emulator for the PC. Though still in its early stages, it shows great promise. With two player compatibility and 3D accelerator support, bleem! is sure to be a hit. As with Virtual Game Station, bleem! will only play games off of original Playstation disks.
The demo version below is a crippled version of bleem!. While it is just as compatible as the full version, the designers have disabled all sound (except CD Music), 3D Acceleration, and full memory card support. Other than that, it works great! As always, the better your computer is, the better bleem! will run. You should have at least a Pentium 166 with 16MB of RAM.
Note: Sony has filed a lawsuit against Bleem and it looks like they've won. You're free to try this demo, but it is no longer supported.
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