Quote Originally Posted by Joey Freshwater View Post
Basically what Cosmic said. It was a function that was added later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlaySt...able#Redesigns

Basically, you REALLY want something other than the first model anyway. It's not as start as something like the Sega CD but still.
I would have went for the 3000 but I could only find a 1001 for what I had to spend at the time.