Playstation
The Sony Playstation arrived in 1995 and conquered the
market at full speed, by keeping hardware costs low and
making money on the games. In 2000 its successor, the PS2
came into the picture. Sony was the leader on the console
market in the second half of the 90s.
Ridge Racer
There was a good classic emulator, VGS (which Sony tried to
ban) but it doesn't work on OSX. Flarestorm is a recent attempt, but
still not that compatible. PCSX promises much, and for instance
emulates the great Raiden DX