Tag: Snes PlayStation
Video The SNES PlayStation Prototype Is Now In Full Working Order, Thanks To Ben Heck
CD-ROM now fully functional
We're sure you all recall the discovery of the SNES PlayStation - who could forget that earth-shattering event, right? However, in the months that have past the system has faded into memory, so it's a good job we have Ben Heck to remind us of its existence. The hacking genius has been working tirelessly to get the...
News SNES PlayStation Prototype Set to Feature At Game On Expo
Gaze upon the system that would have changed gaming history
As the video game industry continues to evolve in unexpected ways, its increasingly lengthy history continues to be a relevant and intriguing topic for many. Across 40-50 years of mainstream video gaming there's plenty to learn about, and for Nintendo aficionados the so-called 'SNES...
Video Check Out the Innards of the SNES PlayStation in This Hardware Teardown
The Ben Heck Show gets into the nitty gritty
For fans of Nintendo and Sony's gaming history, few devices are quite as fascinating as the SNES PlayStation, a unit that was planned as a CD add-on, with a version that would have also incorporated the full package in one box. The emergence of prototype units has been interesting to follow as the...
News Someone Has Actually Made A Game Which Works On The SNES PlayStation
Yes, you read that correctly
There are some news one never expects to write and this is one such case. A new Super Nintendo and SNES Playstation CD video game has been released! Super Boss Gaiden is the product of German duo Chrono Moogle and Dieter Lazer. If you like 16-bit retro platformers with tight controls, humorous dialogue and challenging...
Video Check out this footage of the SNES Super Disc Boot Software
Witnessing gaming history
It's a fairly little known fact that Nintendo was, at one point, working with Sony to develop a console. Back when CDs were all the rage, Nintendo was in the market to develop a CD add on with Sony, which was not affiliated with games at the time. It wasn't to be, unfortunately, and there was a falling out between the two...
Video Here's The Moment The SNES PlayStation Gets Turned On For The First Time
"Thanks to the haters, too"
Last week we reported on the news that the legendary SNES PlayStation has been turned on and played, proving once and for all that the system is the real deal and not an elaborate fake, as some people had claimed. Dan Diebold - son of Terry, who unwittingly purchased the system when the company he worked at went bust -...
News SNES PlayStation Prototype Gets Turned On, Opened Up
It's really real, you guys
Earlier this year, a prototype SNES PlayStation was discovered in the wild and caused quite a stir among fans and collectors alike. The system - which was supposed to be start of a beautiful friendship between Nintendo and Sony but the former left the latter at the altar - never saw release and what images existed were...
