Snes cd add on

[seieienbu]

A friend of  mine linked me to this gallery here:

https://imgur.com/a/Ll9kS

There are a few interesting images of a snes cd.  I was always fascinated by the idea of that particular upgrade.  I liked my super nintendo but wished that it had the added capabilities of the additional storage space optical media would have provided.  FMV games would likely look much better with the snes' larger palette, might have gotten CD versions of RPGs that I had enjoyed, etc.

Anyway, I don't know what the deal is with these pictures but at the very least it looks intriguing.

[esteban]

A friend of  mine linked me to this gallery here:

https://imgur.com/a/Ll9kS

There are a few interesting images of a snes cd.  I was always fascinated by the idea of that particular upgrade.  I liked my super nintendo but wished that it had the added capabilities of the additional storage space optical media would have provided.  FMV games would likely look much better with the snes' larger palette, might have gotten CD versions of RPGs that I had enjoyed, etc.

Anyway, I don't know what the deal is with these pictures but at the very least it looks intriguing.

I have a dozen of those Famicom CD-ROM prototypes in my garage somewhere. I should pull them out and dust them off before dropping by them off at the Goodwill.

[ClodBuster]

The pictures look intriguing. Is there a source page other than the gallery? I can't shake the feeling somehow that somebody made this device up by combining yellowed Super Famicom and PC CD-ROM drive parts as well as prints of the PlayStation font.

[Black Tiger]

That looks like an early PSX unit if it is anything real. Sony was supposed to be using SFC pads during development, some early mockups looked more like this and there's no way that an all-in-one until was made with an outer shell during development of the aborted SNES add-on.

[BigusSchmuck]

That looks like an early PSX unit if it is anything real. Sony was supposed to be using SFC pads during development, some early mockups looked more like this and there's no way that an all-in-one until was made with an outer shell during development of the aborted SNES add-on.

Let alone get all yellowed. Dunno calling fake on this one unless someone says otherwise.

[Black Tiger]

If you google "PSX prototype", non-yellowed versions of this thing show up.

[BigusSchmuck]

Just cause I know some people are lazy:
http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_forums/threads/185727-Old-PlayStation-prototype-images-revealed!

[wilykat]

So that's why people kept asking for Nintendo Playstation back in the day when they were looking for games at Toys R Us.

[PunkicCyborg]

http://pxlbbq.com/la-snes-cd-quand-nintendo-x-sony/

[Black Tiger]

Quality post from assembergames:

Wow this is beyond awesome.
This truly is some kind of holy grail for both PlayStation and Super Nintendo collectors.

[MrBroadway]

Quality post from assembergames:

Wow this is beyond awesome.
This truly is some kind of holy grail for both PlayStation and Super Nintendo collectors.

Assmember. First they wave their dicks at each other, hoping to attract a rival. Then, the one with the biggest dick sticks it up his or her own ass.

[BigusSchmuck]

I'll eat my words. http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/07/prototype_snes_playstation_found_in_the_wild_unicorn_and_big_foot_expected_next
There's a damn video of it as well.

[Black Tiger]

Quality post from assembergames:

Wow this is beyond awesome.
This truly is some kind of holy grail for both PlayStation and Super Nintendo collectors.

Assmember. First they wave their dicks at each other, hoping to attract a rival. Then, the one with the biggest dick sticks it up his or her own ass.

What is it with collectards and the phrase "holy grail"? They use it so often that it must be a new sarcastic slang meaning 'common and unremarkable'. Like all of the new levels beyond "mint" and "rare". The whole point of condition and rarity scales is that they have a fixed maximum. I now see more new terms beyond regular mint or rare than there are between (and including) 'poor' and 'rare' in traditional organized collecting scales.

[seieienbu]

Video was cool.  I hope to someday see a video of it in action, even if it's just playing a SFC cart.

What is it with collectards and the phrase "holy grail"? They use it so often that it must be a new sarcastic slang meaning 'common and unremarkable'. Like all of the new levels beyond "mint" and "rare". The whole point of condition and rarity scales is that they have a fixed maximum. I now see more new terms beyond regular mint or rare than there are between (and including) 'poor' and 'rare' in traditional organized collecting scales.

On the one hand, I agree with you.  The phrase "holy grail" gets thrown around far too often.  "Slightly more expensive than most things" could easily take the place of "holy grail" in a lot of circumstances.  On the other hand, little is more rare in a retro gaming hobby than an unreleased prototype with no models known to be in the hands of private collectors; I feel the usage is apt in this case.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/True-Lies-Sega-Game-Gear-NEW-SEALED-PRISTINE-VGA-90-HOLY-GRAIL-/151720788789?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2353438335

[Gentlegamer]

That looks like an early PSX unit if it is anything real. Sony was supposed to be using SFC pads during development, some early mockups looked more like this and there's no way that an all-in-one until was made with an outer shell during development of the aborted SNES add-on.

This makes the most sense, since "PlayStation" wasn't in use until development of Sony's proprietary system. "Play Station" was the name for the SNES CD-ROM combo unit.

Edit: it has a cart slot for SFC, so it would seem to be genuine.