Connectix Virtual Game Station

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.

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. 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. Its role for emulating PlayStation games has since been filled by the open source PCSX project.