PlayStation 1

The original PlayStation released in December 1994 was the first of the ubiquitous PlayStation series of console and hand-held game devices. It has included successor consoles and upgrades including the Net Yaroze (a special black PlayStation with tools and instructions to program PlayStation games and applications), "PSone" (a smaller version of the original) and the PocketStation (a handheld which enhances PlayStation games and also acts as a memory card). It was part of the fifth generation of video game consoles competing against the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64. By March 31, 2005, the PlayStation and PSone had shipped a combined total of 102.49 million units,^[19] becoming the first video game console to sell 100 million units.^[2] 

 SPECS

CPU: MIPS R3000A Family r3051 @ 33MHz / GPU: 24-BIT Custom GPU + 1MB VRAM

top 3

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ePSXe v1.9.0  /  6.95mb  /  Rated: 9.0/10  / WIN32   LIN

The finest PS1 emulator available, and its for Windows and Linux.

pSX v1.13  /  651kb  /  Rated: 8.5  /  WIN32  LIN

Another fabulouse PS1 emulator for Windows and Linux, It has superb compatibility, infact even better than ePSXe, however bugs and glitches let it down.

PCSX Reloaded v1.9.9.2  /  637kb  /  Rated: 8.5  /  WIN32  WIN64  MAC  LIN

A great PSX emulator which is available to all platforms, some would even argue is the best PSX emu available to Linux users.