Snes cd add on

[ClodBuster]

Some readworthy funny thoughts about the development + review of the PlayStation controller:
http://nfgworld.com/mb/thread/452-Sony-Playstation-Pad

[BigusSchmuck]

Wouldn't it be funny if it played Playstation1 games as well as Snes games? Though I doubt the specs are the same..

[xelement5x]

Wouldn't it be funny if it played Playstation1 games as well as Snes games? Though I doubt the specs are the same..

If it's real I would bet it plays SNES games no problem, but I'm sure Sony drastically modified the design after leaving the Nintendo partnership.

[Gentlegamer]

Is there someone seriously thinking the Sony PlayStation had anything to do with the SNES internally?

The Play Station and PlayStation are completely different things.

[DragonmasterDan]

If it's real I would bet it plays SNES games no problem, but I'm sure Sony drastically modified the design after leaving the Nintendo partnership.

Complete redesign.

From when Nintendo and Sony split ways in early Summer of 1991 to December 1994 when the Playstation hit the market in Japan there was three and a half years of time passage while Sony developed their platform.

[BigusSchmuck]

If it's real I would bet it plays SNES games no problem, but I'm sure Sony drastically modified the design after leaving the Nintendo partnership.

Complete redesign.

From when Nintendo and Sony split ways in early Summer of 1991 to December 1994 when the Playstation hit the market in Japan there was three and a half years of time passage while Sony developed their platform.

Ah, a guy can wish :-)

[cr8zykuban0]

that thing does look awesome. kinda makes you imagine what could have been

[SparkyJLM]

I've always been fascinated by this time in game console history.

Check out the book Console Wars by Blake J. Harris for some really inside stories on what was happening behind the scenes in those days . . . especially how Sega of America and Sony America wanted to develop the PlayStation together after the Nintendo deal fell through, but their Japanese counterparts had other ideas, and how SGI first pitched their graphics technology to Sega of America, but SOJ didn't want any part of it . . . damn, just imagine if Sega had released the hardware that became N64 with a CD drive!!

It's a really great read, for anyone who only saw the stories in EGM and GamePro back then, or is interested in the "other" side of the gaming business. 

[BigusSchmuck]

I've always been fascinated by this time in game console history.

Check out the book Console Wars by Blake J. Harris for some really inside stories on what was happening behind the scenes in those days . . . especially how Sega of America and Sony America wanted to develop the PlayStation together after the Nintendo deal fell through, but their Japanese counterparts had other ideas, and how SGI first pitched their graphics technology to Sega of America, but SOJ didn't want any part of it . . . damn, just imagine if Sega had released the hardware that became N64 with a CD drive!!

It's a really great read, for anyone who only saw the stories in EGM and GamePro back then, or is interested in the "other" side of the gaming business. 

I did read it, but no mention of the Turbo other than 32-bit Ironman or any other competitors at the time. Good read, but really needed to broaden the scope.

[SparkyJLM]

Yeah, it was really meant as a study of Sega's marketing against Nintendo, and specifically Tom Kalinske's time there, not a history of that period in videogames.  It just has some cool info on the SNES CD/Play Station. 

Have you read Leonard Herman's book, Ultimate History of Videogames?  It's been a while for me, but it really seemed to be "Atari, then Nintendo, then Sony" with Sega really only featured in the Mortal Kombat/Night Trap dustup and not much about anyone else.  But I did really enjoy that, too. 

[GreatBlueSwirlof99]

Yeah, it was really meant as a study of Sega's marketing against Nintendo, and specifically Tom Kalinske's time there, not a history of that period in videogames.  It just has some cool info on the SNES CD/Play Station. 

Have you read Leonard Herman's book, Ultimate History of Videogames?  It's been a while for me, but it really seemed to be "Atari, then Nintendo, then Sony" with Sega really only featured in the Mortal Kombat/Night Trap dustup and not much about anyone else.  But I did really enjoy that, too.

Why do people forget what SEGA did for the industry, if it wasn't for SEGA it would still be the Nintendo liscencing problem And games devs would stop making games( not sure but look at the strategy Nintendo used) created the 3/7/13/15/18 ratings and gave a great generation worth of games when others didn't , sony sucks since Ps1 the games are getting worse and Microsoft is ok I guess but we need a breath of fresh air in gaming! Are there any SNESCD games game protos? PS: I think the SEGA CD is cool!

[ccovell]

Why do people forget what SEGA did for the industry, if it wasn't for SEGA it would still be the Nintendo liscencing problem And games devs would stop making games( not sure but look at the strategy Nintendo used) created the 3/7/13/15/18 ratings and gave a great generation worth of games when others didn't , sony sucks since Ps1 the games are getting worse and Microsoft is ok I guess but we need a breath of fresh air in gaming!...

Dude with that epic run-on, you need to take a breath of fresh air!  :-D

[GreatBlueSwirlof99]

Why do people forget what SEGA did for the industry, if it wasn't for SEGA it would still be the Nintendo liscencing problem And games devs would stop making games( not sure but look at the strategy Nintendo used) created the 3/7/13/15/18 ratings and gave a great generation worth of games when others didn't , sony sucks since Ps1 the games are getting worse and Microsoft is ok I guess but we need a breath of fresh air in gaming!...

Dude with that epic run-on, you need to take a breath of fresh air!  :-D

Yeah I know I'm really passionate and interested in SEGA :-D

[Black Tiger]

Yeah, it was really meant as a study of Sega's marketing against Nintendo, and specifically Tom Kalinske's time there, not a history of that period in videogames.  It just has some cool info on the SNES CD/Play Station. 

Have you read Leonard Herman's book, Ultimate History of Videogames?  It's been a while for me, but it really seemed to be "Atari, then Nintendo, then Sony" with Sega really only featured in the Mortal Kombat/Night Trap dustup and not much about anyone else.  But I did really enjoy that, too.

Why do people forget what SEGA did for the industry, if it wasn't for SEGA it would still be the Nintendo liscencing problem And games devs would stop making games( not sure but look at the strategy Nintendo used) created the 3/7/13/15/18 ratings and gave a great generation worth of games when others didn't , sony sucks since Ps1 the games are getting worse and Microsoft is ok I guess but we need a breath of fresh air in gaming! Are there any SNESCD games game protos? PS: I think the SEGA CD is cool!

The PC Engine was the first console to break Nintendo's monopoly. If it didn't, Sega would have proceeded differently. Sega has done a lot for the "industry", but so have so many other companies.

[esteban]

SEGA BROUGHT 'TUDE TO CONSOLES.

I am not sure I am grateful for that development.

But, without SEGA, I see marketing/branding of consoles playing out a bit differently on 90's.

FEKA!