PlayStation Development Network

Hey folks.

This is my first step into the world of PS1 game development. I grew up on the PS1 and always wished to make games for it. Like most people I loved the horror genre.

I'm building a development machine. I've got a 7502 with parallel port and serial port. I'm using a cheat cartridge that I've flashed unirom to. I've also removed the serial port and replaced it with some pin headers. I don't have a link cable so this should suffice to give me a terminal.

I paid 40GBP for my PS1 and it's in excellent condition. Upon opening it up I noticed it already had a mod chip which was a bonus.

Serial port removed: and

The pin headers were a bad idea. The pins were too high and making it difficult to open and close the lid. I removed the pin header and replaced with some wires directly.