The successor to the PlayStation, from Sony.

The original PlayStation came in quite a large form factor originally. It was rebranded as the PSOne in a much smaller footprint later. (The PS2 is 301 x 78 x 182 mm (w × h × d) and weighs 2.4 kg.)

The PS2 can play games (including the titles for the original PlayStation, as well as OOTB online gaming), but also CDs and DVDs. It supports DolbyDigital, AC-3 and DTS. The computer inside is dubbed EmotionEngine?, and was specifically optimised for physics simulation. It consists of a 128 Bit CPU running at 295 MHz with 32 MB of RDRAM as well as miscellaneous other processors for graphics, sound, I/O etc. There are USB, FireWire and PCMCIA ports.

See also:

• Linux for the PlayStation2
• The official NZ PlayStation

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