Sony PlayStation

Sony PlayStation, model 5501.

The PlayStation (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1 or by its codename of PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in Japan on 3 December 1994, in North America on 9 September 1995, in Europe on 29 September 1995, and in Australia on 15 November 1995. As a fifth-generation console, the PlayStation primarily contended with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn.

The PlayStation had the following Doom-series and Doom engine games released:

• Doom and Doom II
• Final Doom
• Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the open-content Wikipedia online encyclopedia article PlayStation (console).