More than two decades ago, before Sony had entered the console market on its own, the company had partnered with Nintendo to create an SNES add-on that would allow the console to read CDs. Known as the “Play Station,” there were only a handful of these mythical devices made before the two companies abandoned the project, but someone one the Internet managed to get a few ultra-rare pictures of a prototype and posted them for us all to see.
Incredible pictures have emerged of what appears to be the previously mythical SNES PlayStation console that was made by Sony for Nintendo but was never put into production. Uploaded onto the Assembler Games forum by user ‘Dnldbld’, the images show the ultra-rare console, its controller and even a games cartridge. According to ‘Dnldbld’, the console was owned by his father who had kept hold of the rare prototype since its creation in 1991. So why does a SNES PlayStation even exist? Well the legend goes that back in 1991 Nintendo and Sony signed a deal which would see Sony create a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES. Sony built a limited number of the prototype console however it was thought that none had survived after Nintendo famously turned its back on Sony and opted for Philips instead. Of course the story had a particularly happy ending for Sony because just three years later the company turned its SNES PlayStation prototype into the iconic PlayStation, one of the most-successful games consoles ever made.