Collaborate Disseminate
The early history of the Sony Playstation lies in a stillborn collaboration between Nintendo and Sony to produce an SNES with a CD-ROM drive. So the story goes, Nintendo’s Philips …read more Continue reading Make Your Own Play Station (The Space Is Important)
Despite a somewhat shaky start, it seems like everyone is finally embracing USB-C. Most gadgets have made the switch these days, and even Apple has (with some external persuasion) gotten …read more Continue reading Drop-In Upgrade PCB Brings USB-C to DualShock 4
Those gamers who were playing in the mid 1990s may retain a soft spot for Sony’s first PlayStation. The grey console was the thing to have a quarter century ago, …read more Continue reading Pi Pico Breathes New Life into Original PlayStation
Modern gaming console controllers aren’t without their annoyances — Joy-Con drift, anyone? The problems might stem from design deficiencies, but we suspect that user enthusiasm and the mechanical stress it …read more Continue reading Exploring the Hall Effect for Haptic Feedback PS4 Joysticks
Game console hacking remains a fascinating area, and we’re glad when someone brings the spoils of exploration for us to marvel at. This time, we’re looking at the [mast1c0re] hack …read more Continue reading Subverting PS4 And PS5 Through The PS2 Emulator
[Becky] had some PS4 controllers that were sadly no longer functional. However, most of the buttons and joysticks still appeared to be okay. Thus, she set about designing a replacement …read more Continue reading Interfacing Broken PS4 Controllers With A Replacement PCB
It’s not immediately clear to us why one would need a mouse for the original PlayStation (though we’re sure there’s no shortage of folks eager to jump down into the …read more Continue reading Pi Pico Provides Practical PlayStation Pointing
We often see Raspberry Pi boards of various flavors stuck inside vintage computers and the like. [El Gato Guiri] has instead installed one inside a PlayStation 2 Slim, and rather …read more Continue reading PlayStation 2 Gets a Seamless Media Center Makeover
For the past few decades, most console makers have first come out with a large flagship model, and then a few years later, released a smaller, more compact slim edition. …read more Continue reading PS5 Goes On Slim-Fast
It’s almost hard to believe these days, what with modern game consoles packing terabytes of internal storage, but there was a time when the totality of your gaming career would …read more Continue reading Raspberry Pi Pico Replaces PlayStation Memory Card