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A grey first-model Sony PlayStation sits on a white ground with a wired controller connected, a memory card inserted, and a second memory-card port visible.

Console introduced December 3, 1994; photograph March 20, 2014 · Consumer electronics object; digital colour photograph

Japanese Sony PlayStation SCPH-1000 with controller and memory card

Evan-Amos

Why it matters

The console shows how a Japanese corporate platform made cultural contact tactile and routine while concealing the transnational labour and software ecosystem that made it global.

Publication
Vanamo Online Game Museum object photograph
Holding institution
Vanamo Online Game Museum; digital file via Wikimedia Commons
Shelfmark
SCPH-1000; Wikimedia Commons file PlayStation-SCPH-1000-with-Controller.jpg
Rights
Public Domain dedication by the photographer; site copy resized from a Wikimedia derivative

Citation

Evan-Amos. Japanese Sony PlayStation SCPH-1000 with controller and memory card. Object introduced December 3, 1994; photograph March 20, 2014. Vanamo Online Game Museum, via Wikimedia Commons.

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