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wildzzz on June 5, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux on the Xbox 360

I've always heard the PS2 Linux kit was to defeat some higher tariffs on importation of video game consoles versus the lower ones on personal computers. Some editions of the PS2 came with the network module pre-installed so maybe even without the HDD necessary, it could still loosely be defined as a PC since all that is missing is software that could easily be downloaded and installed.

cardanome on June 5, 2023 [–]

Yeah for the same reason, European PS2 versions shipped with a Demo-Disc containing a dialect of BASIC.[0]

I don't think anyone ever made proper games with it but as a kid I really enjoyed playing around with it and making my first programming baby steps.

[0] https://www.theregister.com/2000/11/07/sony_adds_basic_to_pl...

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