The original Playstation was a collaboration between Nintendo and Sony. For instance, the game Secret of Mana was originally intended to be released on CD format, but it didn't happen. The relationship didn't work out, and Sony left Nintendo to work further on their Playstation which ultimately was released in 1994, and was met to tremendous success. Nintendo on the other hand, still desiring to release Nintendo games on CD-format, stepped into the boat of Phillips to let them develop and release Nintendo licensed franchises like Mario and Zelda on their CD-I, whose games failed to meet the needs of the hardcore Nintendo-fans.
Here are some pictures of the lost console that never met the market.
Notice the absence of the shoulder-buttons and grey overlay with button mapping on the right, the different position of the start & select button and the name...Super Family :
(a updated Nes/Famicom one too) Dragonfly = Pilotwings... Other games (like Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts beta) and a arcade chopper game whose name i forgot... edit : it's Namco's Metal Hawk. Beta Mario World...
The Hi-Saturn wasn't a prototype, it was retailed I believe in Japan. Just like the Gamecube that played DVDs, another relatively unknown hardware variation - I saw one once - should have bought it! Excellent topic by the way!
"Laptop sized portable SNES that got as far as a showing at the 1993 E3 before Nintendo pulled the plug. There are at least a few working models in existence. Use the cartridge as a reference; this thing is huge.
You can see it working in the detail with some Dragon Ball Z game. Screen looks pretty small, but this is 1993 we're talking about here. Pretty impressive for the time.
Would have been totally cool but I guess it didn't fit in with Nintendo's Gameboy marketing strategy. Too bad."
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