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[Rezbit]

I was so disappointed when I found out they renamed it plain-old "Nintendo 64."

That has a badass name with a badass black controller (with concave stick!). Oh well, I still heart you, N64.

 

[jts]

Here are the last gen devkits:

They make me sad

I like this one:

 

[Captain Pants]

They make me sad

I like this one:

That is pretty sweet! I might have to paint mine green to match that.

 

[Notorious_Roy]

Nice pics! Can they be posted over here? Just some of them.

Yeah sure.

 

[Cheesemeister]

I like this one:

So, what's the orange port for?

 

[klausbert]

This in ergonomic and non ugly would have been great.

 

[xS1TH L0RDx]

So, what's the orange port for?

sensor bar?

 

[Acosta]

Dev kits are awesome, how hard are they to collect (is even legal?)

I was so disappointed when I found out they renamed it plain-old "Nintendo 64."

Ultra 64 sold the Nintendo 64 for me, it was the system of Silicon Graphic, of unseen graphics like Killer Instinct, a machine from the future itself. I was really disappointed with the change of name.

 

[Femmeworth]

sensor bar?

I guess you don't get the reference.

 

[Azzurri]

80's prototype vacuum cleaner

:lol :lol

 

[nightside]

Thread delivers!

Those famicom prototype are awesome!

Ultra 64 sold the Nintendo 64 for me, it was the system of Silicon Graphic, of unseen graphics like Killer Instinct, a machine from the future itself. I was really disappointed with the change of name.

Project Reality!

 

[Kosma]

I was so disappointed when I found out they renamed it plain-old "Nintendo 64."

Hear hear, Ultra 64 was a badass name.

 

[Chris R]

<insert photo of first run Xbox controller>

Seriously I don't know how they got something SO wrong, but atleast they redeemed themselves with the S.

 

[Eiji]

Proto Dreamcast systems

Atari Video System X proto

 

[Aadil]

 

[UnholySpectacle]

But the PSX was really like that, wasn't it?

 

[Kadey]

Very early Wii prototype.

 

[blame space]

:lol Who has the picture of that "all-in-one" console made entirely out of wood? That thing was so bad ass.

 

[Creamium]

Very early Wii prototype.

needs more duct tape

 

[UnholySpectacle]

Very early Wii prototype.

Is it bad that I chuckled because it looks like the N64 is doing the NES up its nonexistent pooper?

 

[jts]

But the PSX was really like that, wasn't it?

Yeah, but it's a rare machine so it's fine. Good pics of Q or 64DD would also be appreciated

 

[M3wThr33]

Someone needs to post the hand-painted DS that's green and blue. That's a work of art.

 

[Evenball]

Ralph Baer's brown box and the original light gun.

 

[twinturbo2]

I've always been fascinated by the unreleased Atari Games prototypes...
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=755&page=1#3001
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=755&page=1#3003
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=755&page=1#3004
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=783&page=1#552

 

[MisterHero]

Very early Wii prototype.

It's got nothing on Sega's Tower of Power.

Self-explanatory. I'm not completely sure about the DS one but I'd like to believe so. :lol

 

[jts]

From Notorious_Roy article

Dreamcast controllers:

Xbox 360 controller:

Wii controllers:

 

[Barry Lightning]

...cause honestly: how the hell did this prototype-looking thing ever get mass-manufactured looking like that?

 

[Notorious_Roy]

From Notorious_Roy article

Two main sources for that article were Sock Master and 4CR

 

[mr stroke]

If anyone remembers this VR visor that SEGA was hyping for a long time and never came out.

and the N64 DD was pretty much non-exsistant, and never came out in the US like it was supposed too-

 

[mr stroke]

some Atari stuff-

Jag VR that never came out

and the Jag Duo that was doomed-

 

[careful]

I have an old GamePlayers with a pic of a Sega Neptune. I'll see if I can still find the mag and scan it.

EDIT: Nevermind, here's one from the Interweb.

 

[666]

superthread!

 

[Teddman]

Took this pic at the Classic Game Expo a few years ago in the "museum":

 

[muckhole]

I love these threads. Anyone have the shot of that one M2 prototype that was blue?

 

[mr_square]

bleh - pic broken

 

[mr_square]

:lol Who has the picture of that "all-in-one" console made entirely out of wood? That thing was so bad ass.

Niiiiice

 

[Minotauro]

Personally, I think that one looks pretty fucking awesome.

 

[Bildi]

Niiiiice

That thing is so awesome.

 

[Cheerilee]

Is a dental camera okay in this thread? I think it is.

 

[muckhole]

Is a dental camera okay in this thread? I think it is.

Wasn't there a story to go with that? Like they bought all the Jaguar molds at an auction and used them for these?

 

[Dalauz]

Personally, I think that one looks pretty fucking awesome.

Yeah, champagne is always elegant

 

[Cheerilee]

 

[twinturbo2]

Wasn't there a story to go with that? Like they bought all the Jaguar molds at an auction and used them for these?

Yep, that looks like a Jaguar, all right.

 

[acm2000]

remember girls, you saw it here first :lol :lol :lol

 

[marwan]

Did these ever go on sale anywhere?

WTF is that? a floppy disk add-on? what for? and what's that thing connected to the yellow wire?

 

[Iam Canadian]

How was that star thing supposed to work? Seriously. I can't even imagine that being used as an input device for anything.

While that quite is possibly the worst face button layout I have ever seen, the D-pad actually looks significantly better than the awful Dual Shock/Sixaxis D-pad.

 

[Civil]

WTF is that? a floppy disk add-on? what for? and what's that thing connected to the yellow wire?

Read the paper, it's a ZIP 100MB drive. And I'm not sure about the other thing, but the cable looks a lot like ethernet. Maybe it's the BBA? I can kind of make out "LAN Card".

 

[S-Wind]

The SEGA Neptune: A SEGA Genesis + a SEGA 32X in one sleek console.

I don't know if it was designed to connect to any incarnation of the SEGA CD for the handful of 32X CD games that were released.

 

[ChazAshley]

I used to work at a mom and pop store called eStarland and the boss had some of the weirdest things I've ever seen in my gaming life.

One, in the back storage, there was this exercise bike that I always passed by when I went to the bathroom. I honestly thought it was just some random exercise bike that my boss kept there for storage but one day he mentioned that it was actually a controller for a Bicycling game for the SNES. I didn't believe him at first but he showed me the box for the actual game. Does anybody else know of this? I don't remember the name, but I can stop again to take some pictures.

Other stuff included, a misprint copy of Raiden for Playstation but the actual data on the CD was for another game named "Kilik's adventure" or something like that. The box, instruction book, all Raiden. but when you pop in the game, it was something else.

Limited edition Sakura Wars dreamcasts, hello kitty dreamcasts, and the limited edition 25th anniversary sonic dreamcast signed by it's creator and you could only win it on a gaming show in england.

btw, I realize that all the stuff I'm posting sounds like made up crap. I'll try to see if I can get pictures and post them.

edit: found the bike: http://www.gamersgraveyard.com/repository/snes/peripherals/exertainment.html

 

[Router]

I kinda liked the flat gamecube looking Xbox360 proto. I remember when Microsoft leaked the pic of it sitting on a conference table so people would stop looking for real one.