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PS one
The PS one is the small, rounded redesign of the original PlayStation, released in July 2000. It plays every PlayStation game, and for the rest of that year it outsold everything else on the shelf, the brand new PlayStation 2 included.
- First released
- 2000
- Made by
- Sony
- Generation
- 5
- Type
- Home video game console
Overview
The PS one is the small, rounded redesign of the original PlayStation, released in July 2000. It plays every PlayStation game, and for the rest of that year it outsold everything else on the shelf, the brand new PlayStation 2 included.
To get the size down Sony moved the power supply into an external adaptor and took out the serial and parallel ports, so link cable games and old cheat cartridges that plug into the back won't work. The power button doubles as the reset button. An optional 5 inch screen clips onto the back and turns it into a sort of portable you can plug into the wall or a car.
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Sony
- Type
- Home video game console
- Generation
- Fifth
- Model numbers
- SCPH-100 (Japan), SCPH-101 (North America), SCPH-102 (Europe)
- Released
- Japan 7 July 2000; North America 19 September 2000
- Launch price
- US$99
- Media
- CD-ROM
- Storage
- PlayStation Memory Card
- In the box
- Console, DualShock controller, AC adaptor, AV cable
- Backward compatibility
- Plays all PlayStation games
- Removed
- Serial I/O port, parallel port, separate reset button
- Colours
- White
- Sold separately
- LCD screen (SCPH-131), first offered 19 September 2000
- Predecessor
- PlayStation (SCPH-900x)
More from PlayStation
- PlayStation 1994
- PlayStation 2 2000
- PSX (DESR) 2003
- PlayStation 2 Slim 2004
- PlayStation Portable 2004
- PlayStation 3 2006
- PSP-2000 (Slim and Lite) 2007
- PSP-3000 2008
- PlayStation 3 Slim 2009
- PSP Go 2009
- PlayStation Vita 2011
- PlayStation 3 Super Slim 2012
- PlayStation 4 2013
- PlayStation TV 2013
- PlayStation Vita Slim (PCH-2000) 2013
- PlayStation 4 Pro 2016
- PlayStation 4 Slim 2016
- PlayStation VR 2016
- PlayStation Classic 2018
- PlayStation 5 2019
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition 2020
- PlayStation Portal 2023
- PlayStation VR2 2023
- PlayStation 5 Pro 2024
Sources
- Wikipedia overview and specifications
- Sony-PSone-Console-FL.jpg Evan-Amos Public domain
- Sony-PSone-Console-FR.jpg Evan-Amos Public domain
The overview is adapted from Wikipedia and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Checked October 2026.
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