the original nintendo sony playstation?
June 7th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
The dedicated gaming fanatics over at Game Rave claim to have gotten their hands on what could be a rare piece of video game history.
This chunky device is purported to be a prototype for the original Sony PlayStation. As most gaming geeks will tell you, Sony and Nintendo were originally collaborating to create a CD-ROM add on for the Super Nintendo gaming system. Nintendo ultimately bailed out on the project, and the device never made it to market. Sony packed up their things, struck out on their own, and the PlayStation was born.
The device doesn’t look anything like the other prototype images I’ve seen in the past, which all were heavily “Nintendified,” so I can’t vouch for the authenticity of Game Rave’s claims. However, it’s possible that the device was a later prototype for the actual PlayStation, after Nintendo jumped ship.
[via Kotaku]
filed under: retro video games
tags: cd romclassicconsolenesnintendoplaystationprototypesnessony
June 7th, 2007 comments (4): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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[...] This chunky device is purported to be a prototype for the original Sony PlayStation. As most gaming geeks will tell you, Sony and Nintendo were originally collaborating to create a CD-ROM add on for the Super Nintendo gaming system. … technabob – http://technabob.com/blog By technabob [...]
IT COULD BE A DEVELOPMENT KIT. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN 1 OF THOSE? A FOREIGN 1, MAYBE AN EARLY DEVELOPMENT KIT, PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT KIT, OR LATE DEVELOPMENT KIT. OR IT COULD BE A HOAX. I DONT BELIEVE ANYTHING UNTIL I SEE SOME VIDS IN ACTION
this was the first playstaion… sony was going to work for nintendo because of thare achievements with the snes but after the prototype thay decided to work on thare own and develop a system that uses a disk
I wish people would know about great technology like this and the FC Twin. The only difference from the console in your article is that the FC Twin could play both Nes and Snes games. Playstation games and Nintendo games though is astounding. I first learned about the FC Twin at http://originalnintendo.net/shop
I don’t know many places besides flea markets with rare vintage consoles like this. Very informative.