Game Console Prototypes

[HUELEN10]

Thy name is brick.

Great color scheme.

[CurseoftheGods]

[decon]

Oh yeah I remember that! Pretty cool looking actually.

[CurseoftheGods]

Must have been painful to hold.

[bloodforge]

I wonder how well that touch D-Pad would have worked. It looks almost like it could act as an analog pad as well. Such a sleek looking design.

[camineet]

I really like that one :)

[Stop It]

Prototype of the Pace set-top box with Dreamcast inside. A shame it never came to fruition as it'd have meant a ton of DCs out there.

So that WAS real? I remember hearing rumours that NTL (Was the largest Cable network in the UK, now Virgin Media) was partnering with Pace to create a DC powered uber TV box, but it never happened.

I still think that would have worked, broadband powered gaming, yes joke about the Phantom all you like but a console that works via the internet as its main (only) source of material would be awesome.

[Jeseus]

PS3:

First functional PS3/dev-kit shown to the public



E3 2005








GDC 2006 dev-kit

[Linkzg]

always wondered how you would play that

[Night_Trekker]

Thank God they went back to the original design. That thing is hideous.

Sometimes I wonder if they came up with that design solely to elicit an outcry from fans and a therefore justify a "return" to the same old thing they had been using.

[CurseoftheGods]

[NekoFever]

Great color scheme.

I loved those designs. I remember one with a teal colour instead of the orange and I was debating which one I should buy when it came out. Then it launched with white/grey, purple, and translucent purple, IIRC. WTF was it with Nintendo and purple last gen?

[Trevor360]

NEVAR FORGET

[mr stroke]

[Fersis]

Thanks baby Jeseus...
I once tried to buy a PS3 devkit... they are expensive ;_;

[MrTroubleMaker]

this is cool seeing this stuff :)

[A Black Falcon]

Yeah, it was likely a grip issue, but that thumbstick was blister-inducing, it's awful. I don't really have a problem with the powder.

I never had a problem with the thumbsticks. Aside from the degradation signified by the white powder, in fact, the N64 analog stick is maybe my favorite ever... I'm sure part of that is nostalgia, but the N64 analog stick has a unique feel not duplicated by any other analog stick, and I really like that feel. It's too bad they wear out faster than other analog sticks on other systems, a stick that feels like the N64 stick but doesn't wear out as fast would be just about perfect...

I also really like the octagonal well, I think it makes precise controls much easier than circular (as Sony, Sega, and MS's sticks all use, I believe) or square (like some PC gamepads, many of Saitek's for instance) welled analog sticks.

I loved those designs. I remember one with a teal colour instead of the orange and I was debating which one I should buy when it came out. Then it launched with white/grey, purple, and translucent purple, IIRC. WTF was it with Nintendo and purple last gen?

Not just last gen.

SNES: Dark purple Power and Reset buttons on the system. Dark purple A and B buttons. Light purple X and Y buttons.

Game Boy Color: Launched in six colors, two of them purple. One (Grape) is standard solid purple. The other, "Atomic Purple", is completely transparent, unlike the semi-transparent Smoky Purple color of the launch GBA color you mention.

Nintendo 64: Propably in 1998 or so, the Atomic Purple N64 line was launched. It came with a standard N64 and two controllers, one standard grey and the other one transparent purple. Atomic Purple controllers were only available through this package, in the US at least, I'm pretty sure. It was one of the first alternate colors available for official N64 controllers. Later, in 1999 or early 2000, Nintendo released a line of semi-transparent colored N64 controllers and systems, the Funtastic line. They were the same price as an Atomic Purple system, but came with only one controller instead of two... is having a semi-transparent orange or green or whatever system worth the extra $25 it'd cost to buy that second controller? I say no. :)

And then the smoky purple GBA and the purple Gamecube were both colors out at the launches of their systems. But it wasn't the first time Nintendo had used the color...

I have a transparent purple GBC and both a smoky purple and solid purple GBA (the smoky purple one was my first one, but its dpad died so I got a new one, which ended up being the solid purple... I like the transparent ones more, they're more interesting.) and two Atomic Purple N64 controllers, in addition to the SNES, so yeah, I have a bunch of Nintendo's purple stuff... not the GC though, both of my GCs are black.

[BikoBiko]

Well that analog certainly seems interesting. Touch sensitive buttons always look very slick but in my experience their responsiveness can vary between really good and kinda bad. I would like to have seen how they'd solve that.

[Struct09]

I wonder what the market would be like today if Nintendo and Sony stuck together

[CTLance]

Yah, I know. It's not out yet. But still... I'll cream my pants when I gently caress touch lick furiously hump finally hold the thing in my mitts. So awesome.

SNES: Dark purple Power and Reset buttons on the system. Dark purple A and B buttons. Light purple X and Y buttons.

I am so happy we Europeans never had to suffer that redesign. So ugly. :(

I wonder what the market would be like today if Nintendo and Sony stuck together

The awesome would have melted the earths crust and we'd all have perished slowly and painfully in the burning hot lava. It would have been so worth it to see Nintendo games running on Sony hardware though.

[Psychotext]

Konix Multi System aka 'Slipstream'

I remember that being previewed back in the day. Looked so exciting!

[CurseoftheGods]

Dreamcast guitar controller:

[g35twinturbo]

The Dreamcast devkit is awesome.

I actually have one of these in my office , also these threads always go bad because people post "wannabes" or fan made stuff.

[alistairw]

I wonder what the market would be like today if Nintendo and Sony stuck together

[camineet]

I cannot believe this wasn't posted, the Nintendo AVS (Advanced Video System) shown at CES 1984, a prototype American version of the Famicom with more features, stuff that was cut from the NES by 1985.




Check out the other high-tech stuff that was being designed for the Nintendo AVS:
http://www.nesworld.com/nes.php





Also did anyone like the Super Famicom prototype and Famicom redesign prototype that I posted ?

[Flavius]

http://www.nesworld.com/hardware/avs1.jpg I cannot believe this wasn't posted, the Nintendo AVS (Advanced Video System) shown at CES 1984, a prototype American version of the Famicom with more features, stuff that was cut from the NES by 1985. http://gadgets.boingboing.net/gimages/advanced_1.jpg Check out the other high-tech stuff that was being designed for the Nintendo AVS: http://www.nesworld.com/nes.php Also did anyone like the Super Famicom prototype and Famicom redesign prototype that I posted ?

Cool, but I instantly get an Adam vibe, looking at those pics. Still remember walking the aisles at the local Zayre department store and seeing stacks of them, complete with monitor and all peripherals, selling for $50 a pop.

[SovanJedi]

Does anyone have pictures from UK Magazine 'TOTAL!' (RIP) where they had their own concept art for Project Reality/Ultra64/N64? It was flat, used disks and had a headset. It was quite funny actually.

[camineet]

I feel like my contributions to this thread haven't been appreciated.

sorry for the pathetic little whine.

[AllGamer]

XBox 360 Prototypes

http://www.consolewars.de/gen/fetchp...se=attachments

[NintendoTogepi]

dunno if it was real

This is still my favorite. How was the star thing supposed to be played?

"Press Star button to win"?

I wonder if they had some really awesome game idea (A Mario game most likely) that would have worked well with that controller. I could totally see the old Nintendo making a console with that controller, as long as there was one game that used it perfectly.

[·feist·]

Konix Multi System aka 'Slipstream' http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/2...63x11780uo.jpg http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/5...83x13158hs.jpg

NEC-HUDSON 32-bit IronMan aka Project Tetsujin, 1992 (forerunner of the PC-FX)

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.
These two probably stand out more for me than any other concept systems. I still have the issues of EGM they came from (along with most of the other above prototypes). As a kid I would just stare at that Tetsujin mobo/chipset and dream...


Thanks for the fuzzy memories. Cheers.

[bistromathics]

NSFW!!!!

hahahah...dude you live up to your forum name

haha man i am still laugihn

[Flavius]

I feel like my contributions to this thread haven't been appreciated. sorry for the pathetic little whine.

For what it's worth, a thread or reply by either you or A Black Falcon is an instant read for me. Definitely appreciate the contributions the two of you make to the forums. ;)

[Machado]

no vii??? failure total

does anybody have the picture of ps1 slim? that model wasn't good at all

[Sapiens]

does anybody have the picture of ps1 slim? that model wasn't good at all

I've never heard of this.

[jonnybryce]

This is still my favorite. How was the star thing supposed to be played? "Press Star button to win"? I wonder if they had some really awesome game idea (A Mario game most likely) that would have worked well with that controller. I could totally see the old Nintendo making a console with that controller, as long as there was one game that used it perfectly.

lol

It was never supposed to be played. Prototypes are a time to go crazy for the hell of it, and if it can be developed into a good idea it is. That clearly couldn't, but someone was looking for a raise or promotion thinking outside the box.

[Mr.Potato Head]

Who could forget this?!

rotf

[Chittagong]

The Nintendo Revolution mockups


Notice different placement of buttons, Revolution logo and different colors. Originally the glowing blue light was only for press mockups but once people liked it they made it stay.






Nintendo Revolution controller mockups

Notice shorter formfactor, lack of speaker, different button labels, color versions and different nunchuck connector.

[camineet]

For what it's worth, a thread or reply by either you or A Black Falcon is an instant read for me. Definitely appreciate the contributions the two of you make to the forums. ;)

Hey thanks !

Yeah I read Black Falcon's posts too, he's a great contributor.

[OnPoint]

Who could forget this?!

I still think this thing could have felt incredibly comfortable with some minor tweaking.

[hokahey]

This is still my favorite. How was the star thing supposed to be played? "Press Star button to win"? I wonder if they had some really awesome game idea (A Mario game most likely) that would have worked well with that controller. I could totally see the old Nintendo making a console with that controller, as long as there was one game that used it perfectly.

Motion controls with one big button? Seems to fit the theme they were going for in simplifying the control scheme.

[camineet]

Ultra 64

[benjipwns]

Sorta looks like MotionPlus.

[a.wd]

I feel like my contributions to this thread haven't been appreciated.

I would have replied earlier, but I was reading up on all the links...

BTW I am Sick currently, so surfing Gaf instead of getting rat-arsed with Friends/Fam, so reading this is keeping me from moaning at the missus, so I would imagine she thanks you as well!

[M3wThr33]

Ultra 64

Looking back, though I love my N64, I think it's the ugliest console ever made. It looks like it's just ripples of fat.

[DMeisterJ]

Why did the PS3 have 2 HDMI ports and three Ethernet ports?

What would three ethernet ports do? And why 2 HDMI ports?

Also, the PSP could not have been fun to play, and would have had even less buttons than the current PSP.

no.

OT: I like these threads.

[ggnoobIGN]

This is still my favorite. How was the star thing supposed to be played? "Press Star button to win"? I wonder if they had some really awesome game idea (A Mario game most likely) that would have worked well with that controller. I could totally see the old Nintendo making a console with that controller, as long as there was one game that used it perfectly.

I figure it was still a motion sensing device.

[Manp]

Why did the PS3 have 2 HDMI ports and three Ethernet ports? What would three ethernet ports do? And why 2 HDMI ports?

2x 1080p framebuffers at 120 fps man!!1

:)

[SSM25]

NEVAR FORGET

stupid xbox fans and their complaints, I should be holding that right now.

[DMeisterJ]

2x 1080p framebuffers at 120 fps man!!1 :)

Does that mean 2160p and 32: 9?

And what about the 3 ethernet ports?