PumpkinSpice
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I want a video of this in action. I guess with cartridges it's the same as a SNES -- it'd be awesome if the owner had a CD with a game on it.
Nintendo PlayStation...so, apparently someone has one.
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vagabondarts
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I've been wanting to see one of these outside of that one photo for years. I'm amazed it's in such good condition after all this time.
I thought so too
I thought so too
Looks like it says "92-10-6 demo" and then I'm not positive on the kanji.
Bobby Roberts
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Are we sure that's not just a PS1 prototype?
http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_forums/threads/185727-Old-PlayStation-prototype-images-revealed!
From 2012
I would assume Sony used Nintendo controllers and cartridges in the prototyping stage as it was cheaper than using prototype controllers and such?
So if it is one of these (and it seems like it's possible) did someone just essentially mod/kitbash a Playstation prototype solely for the purpose of trying to pull a fast one on the rest of the internet?
What a waste.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
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Saturn had S video
SwordStruck
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It's a PS1 prototype, nothing to do with Nintendo. Neat to see some out there though.
stargateheaven
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No, it actually didnt. Youre thinking of the din port which looks like an svideo port. In fact, you have to actually mod a Megadrive for svideo.
SwiftDeath
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Sorry for the confusion. I edited my post. Upon a closer look at the source my link points to, it does indeed appear to be the Sony made prototype SNES with CD rom drive
Looks like デモ用 so "for demo use" (in other words it's a demo disc)
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funkystudent
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Neat.
I wonder if it has any internals or if it is just a outer case tat was made as a demo unit.
I wonder if it has any internals or if it is just a outer case tat was made as a demo unit.
minor effort
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If this is both verified real and goes up for auction, better be prepared to shell out the cost of a house for this thing. This is one of the most legendary prototype systems ever, mostly the subject of rumor for the past twenty years, and until now never really shown to "exist" outside of ancient, blurry photos.
If real, this is worth a small fortune. This could be one of the most valuable gaming objects out there. Possibly the only remaining artifact of the legendarily failed collaboration between Nintendo and Sony, the fallout of which basically changed the gaming landscape.
This is a pretty big find if it's real.
Look at the controllers. This looks to be the SNES/SNES CD combo unit.
The 3DO had S-video in 1993, What's the issue?
darkness_s
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dreamcastmaster
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My Launch Japanese PlayStation 1 has an S-Video port. It was removed from the western versions.
Led_Zeppelin
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I stand corrected, thanks for pointing that out I completely forgot that the megadrive port was actually a DIN one.
vagabondarts
Member
This is a bigger deal to me than buried ET cartridges, in terms of legendary elements in the gaming world.
All I have is questions...
Where did this come from, who posted the images, story behind how the user obtained it, does it work, whats on the prototype carts, ? etc....
All I have is questions...
Where did this come from, who posted the images, story behind how the user obtained it, does it work, whats on the prototype carts, ? etc....
Yeah I'm not saying its fake but definitely gonna need some backstory here.
sixteen-bit
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Could u imagine how godlike Secret of Mana was gonna be?
Some guy on reddit posted it, but reddit is unusable at the moment. Here's a cached version. http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...ot_some_pics_of_my/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
IIRC that port was for an external RAM cartridge ala the N64 expansion pak.
vagabondarts
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Who is this and who is their dad
This belongs in a museum
Led_Zeppelin
Member
If is fake is a damn good one. I mean even the color on the plastic of the console and controllers decolorate like the real thing would do after almost 30 years. I can't even think how much this could cost if real.
I bet it's Mark Cerny.
I actually like the way it looks more than the original PS1 *shrugs*
Doubt it's a mockup. Sony and Nintendo were good to go until the 11th hour, IIRC. It's why Sony then had to do the Playstation really quickly.
Dunno why the back connctors are in English, though. Don't the Japanese Playstations have their stuff in Japanese?
Yeah not sure where they got that bit of silliness. Consumer DVD was many years away from launch when these systems were being taped out.
PumpkinSpice
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No.
vagabondarts
Member
I don't think it's far off. Kutaragi almost got away with putting the matrix in PS2
Super_Cobra
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You're not kidding. It is a gorgeous machine.
Dimitri LH
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Was expecting the thread to be about the Knock off brand Polystation:
JohnTinker
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So... will it turn on?
gimmmick
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That's the first thing that caught my eye. My snes turned that same color.
"So my dad finally let me take a photo of this top secret Sony and Nintendo super system that uses a CD to play games and he has a demo game with it that noones ever played this is all so rare that nobody's ever confirmed its existence but I'm not allowed to talk about it really so yeah bye"
This story reads like schoolyard braggart circa 1993.
This story reads like schoolyard braggart circa 1993.
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