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{{Emulation|[[emulation:PlayStation emulators|PlayStation emulators]]}}
{{Template:Infobox console
|image = [[Image:PSX-Console-wController.png|230px]]
|Input Controller = PlayStation Controller, Dual Analog Controller, DualShock
|Successor = [[PlayStation 2]]}}
The '''PlayStation''' <span style="font-weight: normal">(Japanese: プレイステーション, officially abbreviated as '''PS'''; sometimes referred to as '''PS1''' or unofficially as the '''PSX''' to maintain the three-character identifier common to the PS2, PS3 and PSP)</span> is a 32-bit [http[://retroconsoles.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Console |video game console]] first released by [[Sony|Sony Computer Entertainment]] in Japan on December 3, 1994, with Western releases from September 1995. The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices.
The Sony Playstation has many differing models, with 31 differing consumer versions, and 14 special models for creating games, usually given to developers to make games with.
