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Geek Culture / My PS1 finally gave up the ghost :(

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David R
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Posted: 12th Apr 2006 20:57 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2006 19:48
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Its sad really. Switched it on after about a year of non-use, to find some really bizarre problems with it. Whether its overheated at some point, or just purely because of its age - but its dead anyhow
(an original playstation, not the PS One re-release.)

The PS logo loads up all scrambled, and all the 3d objects on screen have severely distorted limbs, that go on for infinity outside of the screen - and that's on every game.

Looks as though I may finally cough up the cash for a 360 (yes, I have been playing PS1 games for the last how ever many years, before you ask...)

And I havn't even got my old Amstrad out the attic yet...

Anybody else got their outdated pieces of crud still running/breaking really badly?

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Jeku
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Posted: 12th Apr 2006 21:19
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My Saturn won't load any games anymore--- they all go to the music CD menu. I've read that I need to replace the battery, and it's the exact same you can get for regular PC computers. I'm crossing my fingers.


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My SNES looks like its bitten the dust... it just randomly resets and sometimes gets in a fit of constant reseting

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 12th Apr 2006 22:02
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My original ps2 broke today now i'm stuck with psp

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Can't you guys see the pattern, it's an underhanded marketing strategy! All consoles are rigged so they stop working after a couple of years forcing you to get with the times.

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Well then, the mechanism works too well. I've just realised the full extent of the damage to my PS. Its truly wrecked. Now 2d is being mangled on screen, and comes out badly mutilated (twisted round, split into lines, and mirrored etc).

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Posted: 12th Apr 2006 22:36
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could be just damp or condensation, was it stored in a cold place or something, leave it overnight in the warm and it might go right, then again it could be the eprom is losing its data, in that case I should think best bet is to stick it on E`bay for spares, might make you enough to buy a USB keydrive or a cheap MP3 player for when you are out.



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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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I can do that with Cheat Engine and PCSX!


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Drew the G
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Posted: 13th Apr 2006 00:19
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Sunrise, goto the Playstation forums and click on the PS2 link, you can call Sony and have them fix your PS2, for free and even if it is out of warranty

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Milkman
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Posted: 13th Apr 2006 00:22 Edited at: 13th Apr 2006 01:01
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This is making me want to go and check if my Saturn still works

I don't know what I would do if I could never play virtua cop ever again...


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Posted: 13th Apr 2006 00:46 Edited at: 13th Apr 2006 00:48
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Staurn? Never heard of that one.
edit: All my Gameboys still work perfectly!


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Quote: "Staurn? Never heard of that one."




Sega Saturn--- maybe it was called something ridiculous in the UK? You guys have weird names for systems--- Sega Megasystem comes to mind.


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Mega DRIVE!
And it was only called Genesis in America because they couldn't get the rights to the name Mega Drive. It was called Mega Drive first.


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David R
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Posted: 13th Apr 2006 00:53 Edited at: 13th Apr 2006 00:54
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Nah, the saturn was saturn even here in the UK. How he's never heard of it, I don't know. The Saturn's the one that uses CD's as opposed to cartridges, isn't it?


EDIT: Oh, yeah, of course it is, hence:
Quote: "they all go to the music CD menu."


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I never saw a single Saturn or Saturn game in any game shops, ever. I used to visit a lot.


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Yeah, the Saturn was the first console with built in storage (it was actually ram, not rom, and would wipe if the battery died ) and the ability to play cd's


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The Sega CD for the Mega Drive could play CD's, and so could the Ps1 (not sure whether Sat or PS came out first)


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Posted: 13th Apr 2006 01:16 Edited at: 13th Apr 2006 01:17
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Quote: "Yeah, the Saturn was the first console with built in storage "


Actually the 3DO had built-in storage memory too, and it predated the Saturn by about a year.

The Saturn was Sega's second foray into the CD-ROM world, after Sega CD.

Quote: "(not sure whether Sat or PS came out first)"


The PS1 was the last big 32-bit system to be released, after the 3DO and Saturn. Sega CD was *not* a 32-bit system, but an enhanced 16-bit system (think Genesis with multimedia functionality)


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Quote: "Can't you guys see the pattern, it's an underhanded marketing strategy! All consoles are rigged so they stop working after a couple of years forcing you to get with the times."


Yes! And the Xbox 360 even stops to work after only a few months! Microsoft are so greedy...


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Drew the G
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lol, the gameboy I got for my birthday in 97' still works. And it was the red gameboy pocket. ONly problem with that thing is that you need to hold down the directional pad button for a bit for it to work.

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Sid Sinister
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My ps1 only works if it's upside down at a 35 degree angle. No joke. It's the weirdest thing.
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Quote: "My ps1 only works if it's upside down at a 35 degree angle. No joke. It's the weirdest thing. "


Same with my cousins, he had to flip his upside down too I think

Well, my NES, SNES, PS1, and Sega Genesis are all still working great, though my NES could use a new cartridge connector soon. I better stock up on those before they stop getting manufactured.

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