SNES Playstation Prototype!

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aww man :( I kinda saw this coming but when I first opened this thread I got pretty excited because finding a legit prototype of this would be the gaming equivalent of finding the holy grail. Wasn't secret of Mana originally supposed to be a CD based game? I'm not sure if that's just a rumor but if it had been disc based, it probably would've been much longer or just have a lot of anime cutscenes.

tbh I'm glad the Nintendo/Sony deal fell through because it allowed the PS1 to be created, but it's one of those "what if" situations that's fascinating to think about. I remember being hyped for the SNES CD/PS back in the early 90s after reading about it in gaming magazines but fortunately the deal falling through helped create the legendary CD-I with its amazing Zelda games. The animated cutscenes are brilliantly acted and the gameplay was ground-breaking. LJN can't touch Phillips and Animation Magic, and the animation in those games puts Disney to shame. It's too bad you plebes don't appreciate these masterpieces; who needs LttP or OOT when you have Faces of Evil and Zelda's adventure?

I know there's no proof that it's BS yet(I think?) but I'll be shocked if this turns out to be legit.
 
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It looks more like a dev unit than a prototype. Gotta wonder what kind of chips it has on the inside. This is a great find but without any games to play it becomes just a curiosity for most people.
 

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aww man :( I kinda saw this coming but when I first opened this thread I got pretty excited because finding a legit prototype of this would be the gaming equivalent of finding the holy grail. Wasn't secret of Mana originally supposed to be a CD based game? I'm not sure if that's just a rumor but if it had been disc based, it probably would've been much longer or just have a lot of anime cutscenes.

tbh I'm glad the Nintendo/Sony deal fell through because it allowed the PS1 to be created, but it's one of those "what if" situations that's fascinating to think about. I remember being hyped for the SNES CD/PS back in the early 90s after reading about it in gaming magazines but fortunately the deal falling through helped create the legendary CD-I with its amazing Zelda games. The animated cutscenes are brilliantly acted and the gameplay was ground-breaking. LJN can't touch Phillips and Animation Magic, and the animation in those games puts Disney to shame. It's too bad you plebes don't appreciate these masterpieces; who needs LttP or OOT when you have Faces of Evil and Zelda's adventure?

I know there's no proof that it's BS yet(I think?) but I'll be shocked if this turns out to be legit.
Who knows if it went through, maybe Nintendo wouldn't be so stuck up playing parent as they still do today.

It would've been awesome if the Crash Bandicoot game had playable guest characters from other series and Nintendo, plus a better camera (although it works fine as it is just not going backwards).
 

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lol, a museum... that guy is pretty clearly playing the social medias right now, creating buzz among every collector out there.

unless he's a serious collector for these things, this thing is going to make him rich. and he know it. and he knows how it will make him the most rich. by doing a slow ad campaign. (assuming it is real. I expect some kind of authenticity certification eventually if it is. prices love certificates)
 

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lol, a museum... that guy is pretty clearly playing the social medias right now, creating buzz among every collector out there.

unless he's a serious collector for these things, this thing is going to make him rich. and he know it. and he knows how it will make him the most rich. by doing a slow ad campaign. (assuming it is real. I expect some kind of authenticity certification eventually if it is. prices love certificates)
It's one of a kind but the thing doesn't even work nor has a game so will it sell for more than NWC? Gotta stay tuned for his eBay auction or wherever he'll sell it at.

eBay's an ass 'cause their fees are fucking high. I sold an item for the value of £200 and then the eBay fee was of £23 so in total I made about £175 (final price with shipping). Although it's safe so if some wack job tries to scam the buyer/seller they've got protection.
 

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It's one of a kind but the thing doesn't even work nor has a game

The game thing I imagine could be sorted. I doubt you would be too hard pressed to find a coder to make a "this is more than your average SNES" tech demo, though some were saying it is basically a SNES with a fancy cart reader so maybe not.

On not working though has there been a further development that I missed?


Also I forgot to remark on it earlier but I find it amusing that people would suggest it be sent to random youtube types. Perhaps not as bizarre as those times I see/hear being starstruck when said same join a game somewhere but still strikes me as odd.
 
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It looks more like a dev unit than a prototype. Gotta wonder what kind of chips it has on the inside. This is a great find but without any games to play it becomes just a curiosity for most people.
It seems to match the designs floating in the web, keep in mind that the original PlayStation was also quite blocky, not to mention the NES which was a Famicom purposefuly redesigned to resemble a VCR.
 
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It's one of a kind but the thing doesn't even work nor has a game so will it sell for more than NWC? Gotta stay tuned for his eBay auction or wherever he'll sell it at.

eBay's an ass 'cause their fees are fucking high. I sold an item for the value of £200 and then the eBay fee was of £23 so in total I made about £175 (final price with shipping). Although it's safe so if some wack job tries to scam the buyer/seller they've got protection.

course it will. its a piece of unreleased nintendo/sony history. it doesnt matter that there's no game for it or that it may or may not need a capacitor exchanged to turn on again. (from what i got, he simply doesn't want to turn it on , fearing time and dust might cause it to short circuit inside but that can be fixed for a price) same way very old apple pc's sell for a ton despite being pretty much useless.

and ebay? i'd expect it to go to a more reliable auction house.
 

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lol, a museum... that guy is pretty clearly playing the social medias right now, creating buzz among every collector out there.

unless he's a serious collector for these things, this thing is going to make him rich. and he know it. and he knows how it will make him the most rich. by doing a slow ad campaign. (assuming it is real. I expect some kind of authenticity certification eventually if it is. prices love certificates)


Brings "the brilliant 'you can't come' marketing technique" mind:
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The yellowing is likely false aging as well, either that or using real parts from a yellow SNES but it sucks that this is fake. I dunno if this actually being made would've made Nintendo less conservative or not but the PS1 was/is a legendary system and a SNES CD just wouldn't have had the juice to run, say, Metal Gear Solid, FFIX, Vagrant Story and other high end PS1 titles. The SNES itself would've been a huge bottleneck. My only issue with the PS1(and 2) is that those fuckers break CONSTANTLY. I went through 3 of them before getting a PS2 and now I'm on my 3rd PS2 as well. Nintendo systems, at least the older ones, were built to last. Naturally having disc drives makes them more prone to failure compared to cart-based consoles but still.

Maybe the Saturn would've become the standard if this had become a reality? Who knows.
 

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