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Alternative Uses and Interesting Mods for a PS1?

Posted by Cliff on from the breathe-new-life-into-old-hardware dept.

carolinamagi asks: "I've got an original Playstation collecting dust in my garage that I only use when I've got a fix for Final Fantasy VII. I know the original Playstation is a dated system but I can't help but wonder if there are any 'after market' or non-game mods which others have tried (with success) to give their Playstation some new life. The catch is that I'm a total novice when it comes to mods (although I am handy around the house and around a computer) and I would still like the ability to play games with my modded Playstation. Any ideas?"

8 of 48 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Audiophile Quality CD Player by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bzzzt. Wrong. It doesn't cost $9000, therefore it logically can not be an audiophile device.

  2. Catapult ammo by antifoidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your neighbor will never expect a 10 year old game console will come crashing through his window.

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  3. Super Mario Bros. by brianez21 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mod it to run Super Mario Bros. =)

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  4. Mod Your PlayStation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you should mod it +5, informative.

  5. Re:Playstation Computer by that+this+is+not+und · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think a cool idea would be to find a really, really tiny 'boring standard x86 computer' board, and house it in a gutted mouse case. Then mod a full sized PC to transform it into a mouse by gutting it and putting the mouse circuit board and it's little buttons and wheels inside. You will need to add some sort of caster-type base, probably with a suspension mount, so the PC case can be manouvred around to use as the pointer. Awkward, but a cool 'irony mod.'

    Even better would be to find a 'smart button' of some sort (a pushbutton with active display on it's face). Build that button into a PC case, and use it as the main display for the PC. Find the largest monitor you can afford, and configure it to display a solid red or green color on it's face to indicate the PC is on.

    These ideas are all now copyright by me. But you're granted an unlimited license to implement them, so long as I am credited. Or something.

  6. Re:yes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, duh, he's using wireless!

  7. Re:yes! by Zantetsuken · · Score: 4, Funny

    A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there existed such ports as serial, parallel, RJ11, and cable splicing... Such things weren't so clumsy as today's USB ports - no, they were meant for a more civilized society...

  8. Fancy uses for a PS1 by mysidia · · Score: 5, Funny

    hm..

    I like to use mine as a system clock sometimes.

    From ~/.bashrc2:

    export PS1='\h:`date +"%m-%d-%y %H:%M:%S"`:\w [\!]$ '