| Playstations are one of the most popular gaming | | | | easily as you could on the games. |
| consoles on the market. There are several | | | | And the variety of the games is definitely not |
| reasons for this. | | | | second-rate. With the Game Cube being for kids, |
| The biggest reason is the graphics. The | | | | and the XBox for showing off, the Playstation |
| Playstation has some of the best graphics on the | | | | seemed to be a personal industry favorite. You |
| market, capable of rending 360,000 polygons per | | | | could find games for any genre, any rating. You |
| second. This enabled it to render almost any | | | | could find the standard fighting games, platform |
| image quickly and sharply, making it ideal for any | | | | jumpers, and side-scrollers, as well as some truly |
| game that you could play on it, whether it was | | | | weird games (such as Cubivore, a game of |
| taking jewels from a safe, sniping a villain, or | | | | evolution modeled on actual theories). There were |
| slamming someone to the floor. The images were | | | | some dating games available, as well as games |
| gorgeous, and are among the industry?s best. | | | | that were compilations of other games from |
| The controls are a dream; very responsive, and | | | | years past. Not only did it have the best games |
| easy to learn, the controls are some of the best | | | | of today, but best games of yesteryear. The |
| designed in the gaming industry. Although the | | | | Playstation literally had a game for anyone, with a |
| games themselves may have had some ridiculous | | | | strong line of educational games and more illicit |
| problems, the Playstation?s controls themselves | | | | games for other ages. |
| allowed any player to master the game to | | | | The system had few weaknesses. The DVD |
| whatever level the player was capable of. Capable | | | | player wouldn?t last, having to be repaired after a |
| of handling up to four controllers with appropriate | | | | relatively short time. Also, there were only spaces |
| hardware, the Playstation could easily keep a | | | | for two controllers. At least the memory cards |
| group playing for days. | | | | could hold more game records than other games. |
| The Playstation was also the first console to | | | | In short, the Playstation is easily one of the best |
| integrate a DVD player into itself. This allowed the | | | | consoles ever designed. The console can keep a |
| interesting situation of the owner being able to | | | | group of guys spellbound for hours, and then a |
| watch an anime, and then play a game based on | | | | little girl could take over the system with her own |
| that anime, all on the same piece of equipment; a | | | | games. There?s a lot to be said about a console |
| great development on a console. Of course, it | | | | that can allow even the youngest child a wide |
| was a fully-functioning player, with all the features | | | | range of entertainment options, including education |
| that you would expect from a DVD player; you | | | | games and Disney DVDs. A good console for a |
| could find an Easter egg on the player just as | | | | good time. |