Connectix Virtual Game Station

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Connectix Virtual Game Station (CVGS) is an emulator developed by Eric Traut at Connectix to allow PowerPC-based Macs to run CD-ROM games from the original game console.
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==History==
Virtual Game Station was first announced at the 1999 Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller of Apple Computer presented the software running on the new blue & white Power Macintosh G3.Connectix Corporation Announces Connectix Virtual Game Station, Connectix. 1999-01-05. The minimum requirements include a PowerPC G3 processor and USB controller support.
===Discontinuation===
Sony immediately filed a legal injunction against Connectix and ended up acquiring the rights to CVGS in March 2001 in order to withdraw it from the market.Sony acquires Virtual Game Station from Connectix by Peter Cohen, Macworld. 2001-03-14. Its role for emulating PlayStation games has since been filled by the open source PCSX project.Sony's PlayStation Classic is powered by the open-source emulator PCSX by Alissa McAloon, Gamasutra. 2018-11-09.
==References==
==External links==
*Updates and Support for Connectix Virtual Game Station at Connectix (archived 1999-04-21)
**Recommended Games for the Connectix Virtual Game Station (1999-03-12, archived 1999-04-21)
* at Wikipedia
Category:Connectix software
Category:Discontinued software
Category:Gaming emulators
Category:1999 introductions