A continuación, exploramos qué es este formato, cómo funciona y su origen histórico. ¿Qué son los juegos de PS1 en formato VCD?
: Para los modelos estándar (como la serie 55xx), se comercializaron accesorios de terceros (ej. Gamars Movie Card
In the mid-90s, a company called VideoCD Technology Corp. released a peripheral known as the (often a green-colored cartridge that plugged into the parallel I/O port on the back of the original "fat" PS1). While primarily sold as a movie player accessory (allowing the PS1 to play actual movie VCDs), the technology allowed for something else entirely.
The Sony PlayStation originally had a security ring (a wobble groove) on the inner track of every game. If the console didn't read that specific wobble, it refused to boot.