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6298738 No.6298738 [Reply] [Original]

What was it ever actually expected to be used for? What expansion opportunities did it offer?

>> No.6298740

Gameshark

>> No.6298868

>>6298738
>What was it ever actually expected to be used for?
Nothing was expected, they just put it there to give themselves options later. They never ended up using it, so they dropped it from the later models. 3rd party companies used it for cheat devices.
>What expansion opportunities did it offer?
Pretty much the same as the serial port, but higher bandwidth. Which didn't matter, since they never found anything that needed that sort of bandwidth, and the link cable sold like ass.

>> No.6298910

Probably some kind of modem, since they at least discussed the satellaview when they were still partnered.

>> No.6298962

>>6298738
Probably a modem or hard drive.

>> No.6298996

>>6298738
The Goldenfinger. Play imports on the PSX.

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6298998

>>6298738
Like the other 2 anons said, most likely a modem. Since online connectivity has been a thing (at least in Japan) since the 80s with the Famicom.

>> No.6299018

>>6298738
Didn't someone make a game boy emulator using that port?

>> No.6299072

There was an accessory that allowed you to play VCDs on the console. I think it was called AV Card?

>> No.6299083
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6299083

>>6298738
to play burned cds

>> No.6300424

>>6298738
Most likely a RAM expansion like the Sega Saturn and N64. It never came to be used for anything officially though, just cheat cartridges. I use one myself for running UniROM.

>> No.6300645

PSX 32X

>> No.6300657

>>6300645
PS1 32X
Fixed it for you, kid.

>> No.6300663

>>6300657
why would they call it the ps1 if there wasn't even a ps2

>> No.6300668

>>6300663
Glad we agree.
PS 32X

>> No.6300778

>>6300645
I'd buy it

>> No.6302945

>>6298998
Why did it take until the Dreamcast for this to be available to Americans?

>> No.6303042

>>6302945
Why don't you know about X-Band and Sega Channel?

>> No.6303182

they were planning on releasing cartridge-based games for the PSX that used it but ROM chips never got cheap enough to make it viable vs CDs

>> No.6303210

>>6298738
Game Shark. It was also used to save games with. I mainly use the Game Shark though, don't need an external storage for game saves.

>> No.6303252

>>6302945
Well compu serve was a thing since the 80s granted it was mostly more financially well off people along the west coast who had it, internet really took off with those America online discs in the mail, a lot of people before then maybe just didn’t see the utility in the net?

>> No.6304013

>>6298738
I used a cheat cart in mine. It was good for watching FMV's straight off the disc.

>> No.6304017

>>6298738
Probably for future use.

>> No.6304197

>>6304017
what the fuck is up with your post

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>>6304197

>> No.6304216

>>6304206
I'm aware of the yearly April fools gags but Im curious to know what this years theme is

>> No.6304220

I'm logging in

>>6304197

>> No.6304304

>>6304220
get out of here coronashitter

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>>6304304

>> No.6305405

>>6304216
guess

>> No.6306208

>>6304197
nice

>> No.6306315

>>6300657
>>6300668

PSX has been called PSX for a long fucking time. You don't just come in and reabbreviate shit, dumbass. It will be this way until after the PS9. Learn to cope.

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>>6300657
PSX is what adults call it.

>> No.6307695

>>6304216
Bugcatching.

>> No.6307720

>>6299072
I used to buy pirate movies on vcd and watch them on my ps1,quality was terrible though until super vcd came out

>> No.6308007

>>6299083
>had to modchip mine back in the day because no parallel port
At least I got some skill in soldering.

>> No.6308350

>>6298738
It was there as a VCD expansion but it never caught on because tapes were far too popular.

Saturn has a similar port.

>> No.6308381

>>6298738
I think it was a slot for men with strangely shaped (and somewhat short) penises. Commodore started off the human/vidya sexual relation thing with the Amiga, but Sony looked to take the relationship with man/machine even further.

>> No.6308460

>>6308350
Indeed. Both were designed so that future faggots would spend years trying to make a flash cart that plugged into them and fail miserably embarrassing themselves for all time.

>> No.6309079

VCD addon comes to mind, also i think you can hook it up to a terminal or some shit so any tty messages show up (most retail games have nothing but some still do?)

also there was a cable that let you play racing games in a way that both players had their own TV - you'd need two PS1s, two TVs and that special cable to link the PS1s together. Can't remember if it used the parallel port though.

>> No.6309090

>>6309079
That's the serial port. Also a good way to play Command & Conquer at 3 frames a week.

>> No.6309092

>>6309090
ah, that must've been it
>3 frames a week.
i lol'd