<s>
The	O
Virtual	B-Operating_System
Game	I-Operating_System
Station	I-Operating_System
(	O
VGS	O
,	O
code	O
named	O
Bonestorm	O
)	O
was	O
an	O
emulator	B-Application
by	O
Connectix	O
that	O
allows	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
games	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
desktop	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
previewed	O
at	O
Macworld/iWorld	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
by	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
and	O
Phil	O
Schiller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGS	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Aaron	B-Device
Giles	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recompiling	O
CPU	O
emulator	B-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Eric	O
Traut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
was	O
at	O
its	O
peak	O
of	O
popularity	O
,	O
Virtual	B-Operating_System
Game	I-Operating_System
Station	I-Operating_System
was	O
the	O
first	O
PlayStation	B-Device
emulator	B-Application
,	O
for	O
any	O
platform	O
,	O
that	O
enabled	O
games	O
to	O
run	O
at	O
full	O
speed	O
on	O
modestly	O
powerful	O
computer	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
that	O
supported	O
the	O
vast	O
majority	O
of	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
advertised	O
as	O
running	O
at	O
full	O
speed	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
233MHz	O
iMac	B-Device
G3	I-Device
system	O
(	O
relying	O
on	O
its	O
built-in	O
ATi	O
graphics	O
hardware	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
it	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
200MHz	O
604e	O
systems	O
reasonably	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
impact	O
of	O
this	O
product	O
changed	O
the	O
available	O
Macintosh	B-Device
game	O
library	O
from	O
a	O
very	O
small	O
,	O
select	O
group	O
to	O
nearly	O
the	O
entire	O
collection	O
of	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
PlayStation-type	O
hand	O
controllers	O
became	O
available	O
with	O
VGS	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGS	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
for	O
NTSC	O
based	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
but	O
later	O
versions	O
were	O
made	O
for	O
PAL	B-Language
based	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGS	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
extremely	O
popular	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
cost	O
less	O
than	O
half	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
any	O
extra	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGS	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
slightly	O
less	O
popular	O
there	O
due	O
to	O
competition	O
with	O
other	O
emulators	B-Application
such	O
as	O
bleem	O
!,	O
though	O
it	O
did	O
have	O
better	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
then	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
was	O
nearly	O
out	O
and	O
the	O
original	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
was	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
its	O
peak	O
,	O
with	O
people	O
looking	O
toward	O
the	O
next-generation	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
