At the bottom of the Connectix press release for the product, it reads: 'This product is not affiliated with, nor authorized, endorsed or licensed in any way by Sony Corporation, its affiliates or subsidiaries.' So is such a product legal? So what's the problem? Connectix does not seem to have the blessing of Sony Computer Entertainment, who owns the PlayStation format.
On Tuesday, during the opening day of MacWorld in San Francisco, Connectix announced its Virtual Game Station, which is basically software that can emulate the PlayStation to play games on a G3-powered Macintosh computer. This is by no means a group of hobbyists creating an emulator from scratch. But most emulators are available free of charge on the Internet, and even the legality of those has been called into question by the Interactive Digital Software Association.Įnter Connectix - a company known for the QuickCam PC camera, RAM Doubler software, and PC emulation software for the Macintosh. With PCs getting faster and more able to handle the complex computations required to 'emulate' a video game system, it has become much easier to produce stable emulators. Emulation is a hotly contested topic in the video game industry right now.
