SNES Playstation Prototype!

WiiCube_2013 · Jul 3, 2015

If I were the one in possession of it I'd bubblewrap the heck out of it so that none of it would get damaged but the guy on the video doesn't inspire that kind of trust, to actually take proper care of electronics. Especially a rare one such as this.

A couple years back I bought a Sega Mega Drive (Model 2) just like this one @ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-R...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 and to this day I've not used it much due to lack of space and that I want it in pristine shape.

The seller was kind enough to throw in another one plus Sega crap he didn't want any more.

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WiiCube_2013 said:
If I were the one in possession of it I'd bubblewrap the heck out of it so that none of it would get damaged but the guy on the video doesn't inspire that kind of trust, to actually take proper care of electronics. Especially a rare one such as this.

I wouldn't even wanna touch it because I'd fear that I'd break it.

koim · Jul 3, 2015

WiiCube_2013 · Jul 3, 2015

koim said:
Just so you know... it's fake
https://www.facebook.com/VaduAmkasproject/posts/1629450570602836

What an ass.

LuigiBlood · Jul 3, 2015

koim said:
Just so you know... it's fake
https://www.facebook.com/VaduAmkasproject/posts/1629450570602836

No it's not fake. At least it's not from this person. There was lots of lost in translation stuff.

You can still believe.

koim · Jul 3, 2015

not so sure anymore... it was not saying the same a few hours ago

LuigiBlood · Jul 3, 2015

koim said:
not so sure anymore... it was not saying the same a few hours ago

Well I can tell you that THIS has nothing to do with it. You can forget it.

gamesquest1 · Jul 3, 2015

yeah im in 2 minds of the legitimacy, if it is a hoax its a bloody good one, and the crafting job is pretty impressive, but until i see board shots or have someone confirm its legitimacy i feel it might just be a attention grab from someones painstakingly made custom snes in the style of the long lost proto

hoping its real but still pretty skeptical, his handling on the system seems too careless for something that rare and valuable, don't want to open it or try to power it on but i will swing it around for a youtube video

FAST6191 · Jul 3, 2015

People here, on youtube and elsewhere seem to be concerned about the thing being damaged. I have seen more care and/or diligence in the handling of things before but nothing that makes me wince.

I will have to check out the assemblergames thread.

Walker D · Jul 3, 2015

I was checking the Gaf thread yesterday ...indeed a awesome piece of game history

DiscostewSM · Jul 3, 2015

If only there were test discs and a compatible power supply so it could be turned on and tried. That's what I want to see from this.

Cyan · Jul 3, 2015

the SNES-CD prototype on wikipedia looks like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNES-CD

It seems a scan from a magazine, so it could be only a fake design too. an "artist view" ?
are there any other picture of that add-on available? (it's not supposed to be a standalone console)

edit:
another design
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/07/original-nintendo-sony-playstation-prototype-found/

LuigiBlood · Jul 3, 2015

Cyan said:
the SNES-CD prototype on wikipedia looks like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNES-CD

it seems a scan from a magazine, so it could be only a fake design too.

The picture was only a mockup.
Back in 2007, an ex-employee of Sony Imagesoft talked about the SNES CD. Mentioned the Play Station like we have seen ( http://media.edge-online.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/117/2009/04/PSNES.jpg ), only 200 were produced, one of them owned by Olaf. So far, everything holds up.

gamesquest1 · Jul 3, 2015

Cyan said:
the SNES-CD prototype on wikipedia looks like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNES-CD

It seems a scan from a magazine, so it could be only a fake design too. an "artist view" ?
are there any other picture of that add-on available? (it's not supposed to be a standalone console)

yeah, the way the partnership ̶w̶o̶r̶k̶e̶d̶ *would've worked was sony provided the CD tech and in return they where allowed to sell their own version, so there is 2 distinct versions that existed, the snes addon and standalone sony branded one, of which this find is the latter

Cyan · Jul 3, 2015

funny to spot the differences:

Deleted User · Jul 3, 2015

Cyan said:
funny to spot the differences:

An obvious one would be the yellowing, another one I found pretty obvious was that the 1st prototype's controller says "PLAY STATION" in a different font than what's on the system itself and on the controller and system of the second prototype, which could have just been something they changed so that it looks better. The plug on the 1st one says Nintendo and the plug on the second one says Sony, and the buttons on the 1st one are darker than the second one.
That's all I could find, but there are other differences if you look at the rest of the console.

WiiCube_2013 · Jul 4, 2015

If the SNES-PS is real there's at least one beta game to try out?

And hey, if it doesn't go to a museum then perhaps to AVGN's collection as he's one of the biggest Nintendo fans and I'm sure he'd take good care of it. Him or Pat the NES Punk. They're fairly popular on YouTube.

endoverend · Jul 4, 2015

In case no one's figured it out yet...
https://twitter.com/VaduAmka/status/616974748438953984
The person who made this designs custom console skins. He confirmed it was a fake.

There were other ways to figure it out. The mockups of the system look different in a lot of places. Also, back when Sony worked with Nintendo, the tentative title for this was the "Play Station", not the "PlayStation" as shown on the fake. I'm not convinced Sony ever even made a prototype of this.

stanleyopar2000 · Jul 4, 2015

holy shit the SUPERDISK. the FIRST revision of the SNES-CD addon before the entire idea was scrapped (no space for playstation means it was THE FIRST concept)..I wish this was out before I did this episode

18:11 for the SNES-CD Story

nerdgasm

loco365 · Jul 4, 2015

endoverend said:
In case no one's figured it out yet...
https://twitter.com/VaduAmka/status/616974748438953984
The person who made this designs custom console skins. He confirmed it was a fake.

There were other ways to figure it out. The mockups of the system look different in a lot of places. Also, back when Sony worked with Nintendo, the tentative title for this was the "Play Station", not the "PlayStation" as shown on the fake. I'm not convinced Sony ever even made a prototype of this.

That was confirmed a joke from what I've read. Besides, it's a prototype. They undergo revisions. This may have been one of their newer revisions before it was ditched for all we know. Also, there was a prototype shown at a game show around its time if memory serves.

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