cd-rom-based-consoles

"Launched in Japan in December 1994, the PlayStation finally hit these shores a year later in September 1995. I was only an impressionable kid at the time but still remember my dad coming home with a curious rectangular box made of grey plastic. I was immediately drawn to that start-up sound – a futuristic low-bass rumble followed by something that sounded like a crystal ball shattering all over the carpet."

"The Dreamcast was the most powerful game console at the time, I marveled at its capabilities. It featured a 200 MHz processor, more RAM than the Playstation and Nintendo 64, and used a GD-Rom drive that stored 1 GB of data, which is roughly twice the amount of a CD. This made the graphics on the N64 and Playstation look very dated. Games on the Dreamcast always had the best looking textures and everything was always round instead of jagged. I felt more immersed in the games than ever before! To this day, I still believe the graphics on the system looked smoother than on the PlayStation 2."