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From: philip gooch <philg@easynet.co.uk>
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Subject: Incredible Playstation emulator for Mac!
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 13:57:06 +0000
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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Yes, it's true. Only available on the Mac (and will only run on a G3
Mac), Connectix have released Virtual Gamestation. Apparently it
emulates the Playstation flawlessly, and on a 266MhZ G3 games such as
Metal Gear Solid play very fluidly. And it only costs $49! Amazingly,
this first version of the emulator does not require the Mac to have a 3D
card (in fact, it currently does not support hardware 3D acceleration).

This is certainly going to cause a stir among the emu community.

Imagine being able to play your favourite Playstation games on your
PowerBook while travelling to work or meetings! Or, if there's a way of
getting it to play Net Yaroze executables, it would make a great testing
and debugging tool.

Anyone from Sony like to comment on the legal issues surrounding this
incredible piece of software?

Phil