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'PalmPSOne' Takes PlayStation Into Handheld Domain

Posted by simoniker on from the disc-shuriken dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "'Some believe it was brought to Earth in the belly of an asteroid. Some believe it was created in a mad scientist's lab. Some believe Tom Brokaw's name is pronounced Tom Broke-off. These pages contain the real story. The unofficial PalmPSone, a custom-made portable PlayStation, was created over the course of about three months with a few hundred dollars (two units were made). Most would consider the cost of both time and materials to be far too high. Maybe, but it had to be done.'" This project is similar to Ben Heckendorn's PlayStation Portable, and there's an interview with Brian Gardiner, PalmPSOne's creator, over at IGN PS2, in which it's noted: "Gamers shouldn't be too disappointed since the nickel metal hydride batteries that power the PalmPSone provide a whopping one and a half hours of continuous gameplay."

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  1. Spinning CD of death by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    OK, so it has some tiny feet on the underside, and a "guard rail" to stop things interfering with the spinning, but is anyone else as disturbed as I am at there being no CD-cover for the back of it?

    It only takes one retarded klutz (and let's face it, there's one in almost every home) to push on the CD, and if it doesn't pop off and spin crazily through the air, it's going to get a remarkably circular scratch on the surface.

  2. best CV I've seen in a while by bhima · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Seriously, it is!

    If this guy was one these self thought, didn't go to college types or got a degree in some weird liberal arts topic, I'd really consider hiring him anyway having seen this. This sort of thing is very, very similar to the sorts of things we do when developing medical instruments.

    Recent college grads take note! This is more effective than a Résumé

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    Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
  3. Re:I hope the games are short. by MMaestro · · Score: 3, Insightful
    This is an UNOFFICIAL project, you're comparing a multimillion dollar company's laptop with a fan made cheap "done just for kicks" handheld.

    If nothing else you can call this project Sony's PSP version 0.1 . The PSP is supposed to have the hardware to match the PS2, if a PS1 hardware config gets 1 1/2 hours of battery life, wouldn't you get concerned about the PSP's battery life?

  4. Re:I hope the games are short. by Kris_J · · Score: 3, Insightful
    But can it do that while running a PSX emulator?

    Interestingly, it was mentioned that 2300mAh AA batteries were used. Assuming that they're NiMH cells, there's some 2500mAh cells available now. That should add another seven or eight minutes of gameplay.