TIL the PS2 casing was loosely based on the Atari Falcon030 microbox prototype

The Falcon030 microbox was designed to be used either vertically or horizontally. Image source - https://www.atarimuseum.de/falcon030.htm

The funny thing is that I was looking into assembly compilers on wikipedia, which led to external reading about rmac, which then led to MiNT, which finally led to the Atari Falcon