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The Connectix Virtual Game Station was commercial PS1 emulation software released for Classic Mac OS and Windows in 1999. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Released in January 5, 1999. I remember owning this software and flawless running PS1 games on my Blueberry iBook with a USB controller. Still wild that a company had the balls to release this thing and actually won the case that Sony brought against them, causing Sony to simply buy the company to discontinue the software.

Bonus: Steve Jobs advertising the software at MacWorld.

Bonus 2: Modern Vintage Gamer breakdown of the software.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Fun fact: Connectix made the first web cam.

Edit: not the first, but “the first widespread commercial” webcam

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I learned about the Trojan Room coffee cam where they set up a camera next to the coffee pot so others in the building can see if there was any available.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

It seems that was the first webcam, while Connectix’s product was the first widely marketed webcam like device.