Cool Fact No.1

Cool fact everyone!

The Sony Playstation 2's case design was based on the Atari Microbox.

The similarities in the design!

Code-named "Painter", the Atari Microbox was expected to become the Falcon 30's successor. Atari completely canceled the project in order to move to the development of the Jaguar (Another piece of equipment that was soon forgotten after its poor sales).

Just like the Playstation 2, the Microbox had the capability to run either vertically or horizontally. The Microbox is even referenced in the PS2's patent applications.

A piece of the PS2's patent clearly showing its relation to the Microbox

With more than 157 million units sold worldwide, the PS2 stands as the best-selling video game console of all time. It's crazy to think that an item that never saw the light played a part in the console's design, and its success.

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