Nintendo PlayStation Superdisc Found:

[kuze]

Will it blend?

 

[roker]

heard they just found about 20 more of them in canada.

 

[sylvie]

heard they just found about 20 more of them in canada.

*canadian guy staring at internet screen*

"OH YEAH i have a bunch of those"

 

[eek]

Bump.

So Engadget tried the unit out and it works: http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/06/nintendo-playstation-is-real-and-it-works/

 

[GhostSeed]

That's cool that carts actually work. I wonder if there are any prototype CD games that survived.

 

[FilthyRear]

I'm happy with the PlayStation that we got - who knows what watered down games we would have gotten had this thing made it to market.

 

[TonK]

That's really neat. Good for those guys.

 

[Ip Man]

I'm happy with the PlayStation that we got - who knows what watered down games we would have gotten had this thing made it to market.

yea,i'm pretty happy with how things went in that era of gaming minus the short life span of the saturn.

 

[smokehouse]

I'm happy with the PlayStation that we got - who knows what watered down games we would have gotten had this thing made it to market.

For a very long time, I viewed that system as what could have been...I never looked at what was.

Nintendo really started to make some shit decisions after the SNES...and Sony seemed to fire on all cylinders. Anymore, I view the PS1 as the spiritual successor to the SNES...

Looking at it all from a distance, I now think the right thing happened for us the gaming public..l

 

[RabbitTroop]

Good on these guys for not just sitting this thing on a shelf somewhere, or just auctioning it off to the highest bidder. They're taking it to expos and conferences, letting folks see it and play it. Sure, neither really had a clue what it was before this, or what they really have, other than people are really into it, but good on them for taking it around and letting it be seen.

Sure, they get some cool free trips out of it, but they could be like some of the super douche proto owners that are all too common and just taunt us with shitty picts and strung out info forever without really ever letting anyone truly see their precious. It fell into decent hands.

Also, why does anyone think this would ever play PSX games? The hardware is SNES tech or slightly better at best. This was before a Sony PlayStation was even dreamed up. Hardware is different, the PlayStation SDK could never support this. If anything, this would have played like a SEGA CD, adding just a little bump to the original SNES.

Cool piece of tech to see, but, yeah, glad the guys who got it wanted to share it.

 

[Ami Tajiri]

Anymore, I view the PS1 as the spiritual successor to the SNES...

I hear you on that one. Incidentally, those are my two favorite consoles.

 

[smokehouse]

Good on these guys for not just sitting this thing on a shelf somewhere, or just auctioning it off to the highest bidder. They're taking it to expos and conferences, letting folks see it and play it. Sure, neither really had a clue what it was before this, or what they really have, other than people are really into it, but good on them for taking it around and letting it be seen.

Sure, they get some cool free trips out of it, but they could be like some of the super douche proto owners that are all too common and just taunt us with shitty picts and strung out info forever without really ever letting anyone truly see their precious. It fell into decent hands.

Also, why does anyone think this would ever play PSX games? The hardware is SNES tech or slightly better at best. This was before a Sony PlayStation was even dreamed up. Hardware is different, the PlayStation SDK could never support this. If anything, this would have played like a SEGA CD, adding just a little bump to the original SNES.

Cool piece of tech to see, but, yeah, glad the guys who got it wanted to share it.

I thought the same thing...there's no way this thing would play PS1 games...

...but...

It was supposedly a different system vs the slight performance bump the Sega CD offered. It was supposedly powerful enough to make it Nintendo's next gen offering. I recall reading it had a 32bit proc or something like it. I'd love to see the specs of what processor is in that thing.

 

[RabbitTroop]

I thought the same thing...there's no way this thing would play PS1 games...

...but...

It was supposedly a different system vs the slight performance bump the Sega CD offered. It was supposedly powerful enough to make it Nintendo's next gen offering. I recall reading it had a 32bit proc or something like it. I'd love to see the specs of what processor is in that thing.

I can see that. Actually, my timeline is all messed up. I was thinking it came later, but the SonyPlayStation was released in Japan on December 3rd, 1994... So, we are talking a pretty short period of time going from the Nintendo PlayStation to the Sony PlayStation. I still think there are hardware differences, and things that would be completely different on the PSX, but who knows? Maybe they'll get the CD side of this running one day and we'll finally get to see once and for all.

 

[smokehouse]

I can see that. Actually, my timeline is all messed up. I was thinking it came later, but the SonyPlayStation was released in Japan on December 3rd, 1994... So, we are talking a pretty short period of time going from the Nintendo PlayStation to the Sony PlayStation. I still think there are hardware differences, and things that would be completely different on the PSX, but who knows? Maybe they'll get the CD side of this running one day and we'll finally get to see once and for all.

I've read all kinds of stories about the development of the PS1...and this may be wrong...but I remember reading where the SNES-Playstation development team convinced the pres of Sony that they could make their own console nice Nintendo told them to shove it. By what I understand, they took their work from the failed system and basically beefed it up.

This whole happening has always been an obsession of mine. Being a SNES fanboy, then a PS1 fanboy...the entire thing is so damn fascinating to me.

I hope someone can dissect that prototype and figure out the processor, ram, VRAM specs.

 

[cat]

I'm gonna have to eat a massive slice of humble pie as i was adamant it was a fake, looks like the fella is sitting on a valuable piece of gaming memorabilia, i wonder what it would fetch at auction as i believe the guy has already been offered ludicrous amounts of money for it.

 

[smokehouse]

I'm gonna have to eat a massive slice of humble pie as i was adamant it was a fake, looks like the fella is sitting on a valuable piece of gaming memorabilia, i wonder what it would fetch at auction as i believe the guy has already been offered ludicrous amounts of money for it.

Hopefully, it will not land up at auction any time soon. When that happens, it lands up in the hands of some wealthy basement dweller incased in a stupid acrylic case with some collectors grade on the outside of it. Never to see the light of day again.

 

[munchiaz]

Pretty awesome to see that this thing is the real deal. E en cooler that the owners are allowing other ppl to enjoy this piece of gaming history.

 

[fenikso]

If they are in HK, they need to get it fixed and then cloned. I would buy a (working) clone of this thing in a heartbeat.

 

[fenikso]

I'm gonna have to eat a massive slice of humble pie as i was adamant it was a fake, looks like the fella is sitting on a valuable piece of gaming memorabilia, i wonder what it would fetch at auction as i believe the guy has already been offered ludicrous amounts of money for it.

I'm usually a huge skeptic, but I never once got the 'scammy' vibe from these guys. That being said, I could totally see why someone would be disbelieving. There was definitely room there to perpetrate a huge scam.

I'm just as glad as smokehouse is that this didn't end up under lock and key in some d-bag's private collection. I want to see this thing working in the worste way possible.

 

[BladeDancer314]

If they are in HK, they need to get it fixed and then cloned. I would buy a (working) clone of this thing in a heartbeat.

Isn't it just a SNES for all intended purposes?

The CD part is useless from what I've read.

 

[smokehouse]

Isn't it just a SNES for all intended purposes?

The CD part is useless from what I've read.

If the specs listed back in the day were correct, it had a 32 RISC co-processor as well...so no, it wasn't just a SNES with a CD drive.

 

[cat]

Hopefully, it will not land up at auction any time soon. When that happens, it lands up in the hands of some wealthy basement dweller incased in a stupid acrylic case with some collectors grade on the outside of it. Never to see the light of day again.

Yes with your sentiment 100% smokehouse, look's like the owner has been taking it to expo's to show it off to the world, so props to him.
I'd struggle to turn down a big offer for it though personally, i'd say everything in the gaming world has it's price, it's the way of the world.

 

[BLEAGH]

Apparently I'm not a big enough snes fan boy since this is the first I've read of this mythical creature.

It's cool to see them sharing it with the public. I would have powered it on immediately, possibly fried it, and promptly slapped it on eBay as "untested, no power cable, r@re!!!"

 

[Loefye]

Great read.

 

[BladeDancer314]

If the specs listed back in the day were correct, it had a 32 RISC co-processor as well...so no, it wasn't just a SNES with a CD drive.

There's no CD games, it is just a SNES with a CD drive.