SNES PlayStation Prototype Set to Feature At Game On Expo

First comment yes!

Delicious!

Where is Sony and where is Nintendo.
Lucky I have both

I'd say the owner of this system is getting paid for the use of it. Could be a nice little earner for them over time if handled correctly.

@Ikramali it's so sad how Nintendo is falling down the last 3 years but yet I still enjoy my 3DS and my ps4 too ... I think Nintendo should stop trying and wasting time on selling home consoles it's just not Nintendo thing anymore

@peeks Home consoles can be Nintendo's thing. They just have to find their mojo again and do it properly. Stop half assing it, leaving features out and doing it on the cheap.

@Ikramali I believe both are centrally located in Japan.

@peeks The last 3 years? OR 3 console generations? I kid, Wii was a nice temporary bump.

"Gaze upon the system that would have changed gaming history" Instead, the PS1 went on to change the gaming industry.

Looking forward to seeing this! Oh, what could have been.

"Gaze upon the system that would have changed gaming history"
Well, it already changed. It's called playstation

@peeks
TRAITOR!!!!

So, has this console been bought it are the owners making loads of cash letting it out to companies and conventions?

It did change gaming history though, just not under the Nintendo brand.

Gaming history would certainly be different if this had come to market. We most likely wouldn't have any Sony PlayStations but instead a N64 with CD ROM. Without Sony MS probably also wouldn't have done the Xbox. Today we would have ether a Nintendo monopoly or Sega would still be around.

I don't see how it being restored by a qualified professional hurts it in any way. It's a one of a kind, so it might as well be functional. There's nothing to compare it to, so it only increases the value.

This console is the system Sega was waiting for Nintendo to make cause with Nintendo not going through with this, Sega had no one else to bash against and thus lose ground on the disc based gaming scene with the Sega CD and Sega Saturn. They were expecting Nintendo, instead they got Sony. Nintendo never go disc based until Sega was already out of the picture.

@subpopz I actually had the same thought watching Ben Heck's previous video where he was resoldering some of the wires on the SNES CD's motherboard. At what point do these repairs cross the line from restoring an artefact to losing the history of the device?

In fairness changing the old joints from lead solder to lead-free solder isn't huge (and arguably retains the history of the original modifications), but keep making little changes like this and bit by bit the original device is lost. Who knows if in the future someone will see anachronistic solder on there and think those joins weren't originally there? Should the owner 3D print a new casing for the device just because the original has yellowed?

I should add, I don't know the answers and it's not my prototype so it's not my business what the owner does with it! I just want to see the SNES CD preserved as best as possible.

@BulkSlash I think future generations would be more impressed with a system that works to its fullest capability rather than a another box full of silicon that can only just display an SNES game. If Ben or others succeed, we will see a system that never received a full release actually working in its intended state.

Might as well mess with it, it's gonna end up in a, landfill eventually...or coffin.

Hm...looking at that prototype I can see why they probably didn't end up proceeding. That branding looks like Sony all over. I doubt Nintendo would have liked that especially with Yamauchi in charge at that time.

This is going to he interesting. Can't wait.

Ah normal controllers.....how I miss them!