Sony PlayStation 2

Sony PlayStation 2 is a sixth generation video game console manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is also abbreviated as PS2 and it is the successor of PlayStation 1 in the PlayStation video console series. It was released for retail on March 4, 2000 in Japan; October 26, 2000 in North America; November 24, 2000 in Europe and November 30, 2000 in Australia. The PlayStation 2 supports both DVD and CD media formats.

Features

Sony PlayStation 2 is capable to read CDs and DVDs and also allows backward compatible with PlayStation games. Besides games, it enables to play movies from DVDs. It supports PlayStation memory cards to save games and controllers. In addition, it introduces DualShock 2 controller which features analogue face, shoulder and D-pad buttons. Also, the DualShock 2 controller features force feedback, which is commonly called the ‘vibration’ function. Its memory card has an 8MB capacity and utilizes Sony’s MagicGate encryption. Also, it features USB and IEEE 1394 expansion ports. With Network Adapter, it enables players to play online multiplayer. Sony PlayStation 2 is built with "Emotion Engine" clocked at 294.912 MHz (299 MHz on newer versions) with 10.5 million transistors as its CPU; 32 MB(32 × 220 bytes) Direct Rambus or RDRAM; 3.2 gigabytes per second of memory bus; MIPS R5900 CPU core, 64 bit, little endian (mipsel) as its main processor; FPU co-processor; and VU0 and VU1 (Floating Point Multiply Accumulator × 9, Floating Point Divider × 1), 32-bit, at 150 MHz. There are three editions of PlayStation 2 as it went through several updates and revisions including its original case design; slim design which smaller, thinner and quiter than the older versions and includes a built-in Ethernet port; and PSX which is capable to be used as a digital video recorder and DVD burner.