After they discontinued the backwards compatible model I sought out and bought one secondhand, and swore never again to buy a PlayStation product unless they release one on which I can play all my PlayStation games all the way back to 1.

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

What PlayStation 1 games did you particularly enjoy? I have a small handheld that I'm looking for games for.

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That model in the picture is one of them. I don't think all the fat PS3s could. But nearly all of them. Was why they were chonky.

[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Some of them did it partly in software, though - and they were less compatible. The European FAT models all worked like that.

Sadly, the fully-backwards compatible models are all ticking timebombs, unless you get the RSX chip replaced with a later model. It's a problem with the underfill on the chip which resulted in the YLOD, which is basically Sony's variant of the red ring of death.

I have an early FAT model and it still runs stable, but I'm afraid to use it because I know it will fail eventually if I do. It does look sexy asf though!

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the heads up. Recently took mine out of storage. Setting up a game room now that my kids are old enough to trust them. Did an SSD upgrade the other day. Will look into the chip issue.

[–] diannetea@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We had a backwards compatible ps3 and I was incredibly sad when I discovered I couldn't play Um Jammer Lammy on it, something in the software fucked up the timing and you just couldn't press the buttons at the correct time and it sucked

We gave away the ps3 at some point but I still have Um Jammer Lammy. I've considered buying a ps2 for it but haven't bothered so far. The disc is probably in horrible shape by now anyway, it's just semi sentimental so I keep it.

[–] Mountain_Mike_420@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Why don’t you just emulate it. I can run ps2 games on a potato.

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

I think theres a special arcade version full of bonus stuff.

[–] Mountain_Mike_420@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this was such a bait and switch tactic on Sonys part. I remember a few years after they stopped producing backwards compatible models getting in arguments with people who still thought the ps3 could play ps2 games. Yes the first model (and maybe more) could but then they took the chips out to do it in order to save money. Really lame Sony. I had a friend even buy one without realizing this till he was trying to play his old games

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

I think the other models would emulate the ps2 games. But most of the time the emulation was really bad. I think GTA LCS is almost unplayable on the ps3 because of it.