The Nintendo PlayStation That Almost Was

[bloodypulp]

those old console generations had creative hardware hybrids.

Sharp C1/19SV111 = TV with builtin NES
JVC Wondermega = Sega Megadrive + CD
Pioneer LaserActive = Sega Megadrive + NEC PCengine
Panasonic Q = Nintendo Gamecube + DVD

the closest thing to hybrid we have now is Samsung TVs with Playstation Now.

 

[viscountalpha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCV6RusogAk

Nope. The person that posted the Tweet about it being fake isn't the actual owner.

I would disagree. it still seems sketch. I've seen casemods and he could have taken and made his own casemod. If he wants to fire it up and prove its working, i'll be more likely to believe him.

 

[flegg]

those old console generations had creative hardware hybrids.

Sharp C1/19SV111 = TV with builtin NES
JVC Wondermega = Sega Megadrive + CD
Pioneer LaserActive = Sega Megadrive + NEC PCengine
Panasonic Q = Nintendo Gamecube + DVD

the closest thing to hybrid we have now is Samsung TVs with Playstation Now.

Smartphones maybe? My smartphone even has an IR emitter.

 

[Streiw]

I'd be afraid of powering it up due to aged capacitors. The number one killer of old consoles. And for a prototype there would be no obligation to use high realiability caps.

I've got 2 30 year old NES systems that say otherwise; With original AC adapters to boot.

 

[Dreaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCV6RusogAk

Nope. The person that posted the Tweet about it being fake isn't the actual owner.

I didn't even know about that, but this is fake.

 

[Ryokurin]

I've got 2 30 year old NES systems that say otherwise; With original AC adapters to boot.

And they've been used occasionally during that 30 years. Chances are that system hasn't seen power in over 20 years, and who knows where it's been sitting. disuse is the problem, not just time.

 

[Ryokurin]

I thought the port for the add-on CD-ROM was on the bottom of the N64, not the SNES. I'll have to dig them out of their storage box and see. The N64 would have had much more potential for CD-ROM in my opinion.

SNES had a bottom port as well, or at least the 1st gen versions in the US did. It was used in Japan for the Satellaview add-on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview

 

[sliverjazz]

I still remember passing by a CD-I and Zelda in the department store.

 

[Bigbacon]

i thought the playstation name didn't come about until AFTER the break up?

 

[Ur_Mom]

i thought the playstation name didn't come about until AFTER the break up?

Nope. It was a code name during the SNES CD-ROM days, too.

 

[N1GHTRA1N]

Nope. It was a code name during the SNES CD-ROM days, too.

It was originally two words "Play Station" Sony later changed it to PlayStation.

If this is indeed real this could have been made after Nintendo and Sony deal fell though, or at the very least very late into the life of that deal.

 

[cptnjarhead]

Man if this is real, it needs to be in a museum.
I hope its real, coolest thing ive seen in years.

 

[cptnjarhead]

http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=231

It could be real!.....

 

[THUMPer]

I didn't even know about that, but this is fake.

Patent info here.

patent id 1994-075663

http://astamuse.com/ja/published/JP/No/1994075663

http://astamuse.com/ja/published/JP/No/1994089566

I suggest reading this thread before you start talking out of your ass.

http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/nintendo-snes-playstation-finally-uncovered.57166/

 

[rat]

I didn't even know about that, but this is fake.

No. It's not. Stop talking out of your ass.

 

[Red Falcon]

Quite the amazing find.
I hope we can find out more about it, and what exactly the specs of the internals are.

Hopefully the capacitors have not gone south, but if so, it may be possible to replace them, hopefully without devaluing the system itself.

 

[rat]

Patent info here.

patent id 1994-075663

http://astamuse.com/ja/published/JP/No/1994075663

http://astamuse.com/ja/published/JP/No/1994089566

I suggest reading this thread before you start talking out of your ass.

http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/nintendo-snes-playstation-finally-uncovered.57166/

More here:

http://www.engadget.com/www.engadget.com/2015/07/07/sony-shuhei-yoshida-nintendo-playstation/

Can't get much more confirmed than that.