Dreamcast 2 coming 2016 to compete against the Nintendo NX.The 30 days of the Unicorn.
Shenmue III
The Last Guardian
FFVII: Remake
Sony Play Station prototypes.
WHAT IS COMING NEXT
Dreamcast 2 coming 2016 to compete against the Nintendo NX.The 30 days of the Unicorn.
Shenmue III
The Last Guardian
FFVII: Remake
Sony Play Station prototypes.
WHAT IS COMING NEXT
Polygon has a fascinating interview up.
http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/3/8889237/Nintendo-Play-Station
Also noticed in the comments user 'oldtaku' translated the cart and it says its a demo from Oct' 92. (holy crap if that works!)
Sega will make a come back..
!!!Amazon console turns out to be Dreamcast 2.
Honestly the computers are just as potentially interesting as the prototype itself, if they came from Olaf
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This story mentions a disc.
Gaming would be fucked if this thing came out
Sega and Nintendo would have eventually caused another video game crash with all their dumbass decision making and PC would probably be the only platform to play the kinds of games we take for granted now.
Consumer DVD's didn't exist in 1991. The technology was already there thoughuh that picture is factually incorrect. DVD's didnt exist in 1991. I guess the article means Compact Disc technology?
Apparently 200 of these were produced and the story goes that SONY was pushing this out on there own in 1992/93 after Nintendo f*cked them over with Phillips. I guess due to agreements they still had the right to produce this 'playstation' CD version of the SNES that was originally going to be released alongside the add on for Nintendos console. In the end Sony scrapped this and then moved forward with the 32 bit console for release in 1994.
If a CD Secret of Mana copy appears I'll lose my shit.
IIRC, Sony and Nintendo "played chicken" for approximately one year after Nintendo's throwdown of the gauntlet at CES, trying to see which side would blink first.This prototype's discovery might prove that Sony did intend to release this regardless of their fallout with Nintendo.
Nintendo fucked them over at the CES show in June 1991. The hand written date on the prototype cartridge here clearly states October 1992. So they were still developing for this after the split.
The plot thickens...
i really would love to know if that guy and olaf had more than one prototype. i think olaf kept the last working prototype/best looking/earliest prototype for a reason.
also it baffles my mind that this was sitting since 92 somewhere in a bunker and NO ONE EVER CAME ACROSS.
also i dont think that olaf is the only person who had his hands on the prototype.
there must me someone else out there.
ken/shu/sony/nintendo. somewhere.
Consumer DVD's didn't exist in 1991. The technology was already there though
If this thing sells for $100,000+ they will miraculously appear
It doesn't seem like anything was finalised until 1995, though, and even after that it wasn't common for movies until around 1998 onwards. The description seems like it was mixed up with the PS2.
someone on reddit already offered a million.
iam not sure if that was a troll or not, but i would say that very realistic.
this, ladies and gentlemen is the holy grail of gaming.
kizuna encounter, world championship are nothing against this little cutey here.
this is a fucking prototype.
there was only one blurry pic for nearly 2 decades until that one special which was written and shown 2 years ago.
that a system was still in existance, or even in some weird attic is a major thing.
someone on reddit already offered a million.
iam not sure if that was a troll or not, but i would say that very realistic.
this, ladies and gentlemen is the holy grail of gaming.
kizuna encounter, world championship are nothing against this little cutey here.
this is a fucking prototype.
there was only one blurry pic for nearly 2 decades until that one special which was written and shown 2 years ago.
that a system was still in existance, or even in some weird attic is a major thing.
Abstract: A game computer utilizes a 16-bit CPU and accepts either ROM game cartridges via a cartridge port provided on an upper face thereof or optical disks via a disc drive provided within the computer casing. The cartridge port and the disc drive may be configured in a variety of ways allowing various convenient and compact options for using and for manufacturing the unit.
The 30 days of the Unicorn.
Shenmue III
The Last Guardian
FFVII: Remake
Sony Play Station prototypes.
WHAT IS COMING NEXT
uh that picture is factually incorrect. DVD's didnt exist in 1991. I guess the article means Compact Disc technology?
I'm hoping Polygon (or another media outlet) recognizes the value and offered to help film the 'boot up'... let's just hope it doesn't end up being a Geraldo moment.... maybe Olaf knew it didn't work. X^o
The first DVD player launched in 1995, the same year as the actual PlayStation. Since the DVD format was in development in cooperation with both Philips and Sony within the same timeframe as this prototype, it actually stands to reason that a DVD-equiped PlayStation would've been considered and even prototyped.
"Superdisc" could even be a codename for DVD (like "Super Density Disk" was). Considering its logo placement alongside the Compact Disc logo - this dude could have an early DVD drive. You never know...been a crazy summer.
He added that he's going to bring the console back with him to Denver and might have a friend who runs a retro game shop have a look at it.
Project Berkley prototype disks.Saturn VF3, both versions.
This dude doesn't realize the importance and value of this piece of hardware, just as he went on saying to the guys at polygon in the interview
This isn't something you bring to just any guy who owns a retro game shop, this is a very, very special item.
Crecente made sure to point out that the guy didn't make a video of the thing until he told him to do so during the phonecall.
Pretty sure this guy is gonna be filming everything that happens going forward. Or hopefully he will.
Imagine the horror when we see him fry the thing by accidentally setting the wrong voltage when plugging in the Radio Shack AC adapter he uses.
Reading the reddit page on this, someone pointed out the sticker could be a 2, imagine if this is the 2nd one produced - the mind boggles.
Crecente made sure to point out that the guy didn't make a video of the thing until he told him to do so during the phonecall.
Pretty sure this guy is gonna be filming everything that happens going forward. Or hopefully he will.
Imagine the horror when we see him fry the thing by accidentally setting the wrong voltage when plugging in the Radio Shack AC adapter he uses.
He needs to have a team of professionals document this. That way it is thoroughly examined to see what capacitors, etc need swapping first.
there are clearly more than 2.
have a look at the prototype we know.
then there were maybe the prototypes, which were shown 3 years ago and somewhere in between this little beauty.
if i had the money i would track everything down.
oh my gawd, what a great day.
Nah, I'm sure Ted at GameGuyz, suite 115 in the Boulder Strip Mall, has a handle on it. We're in good hands.
someone on reddit already offered a million.
Nah, I'm sure Ted at GameGuyz, suite 115 in the Boulder Strip Mall, has a handle on it. We're in good hands.
Why do these things always seem to firstly end up in the hands of people with no fucking clue of their importance?
Fucks sake kid. Send it to Byuu. Now.
The way he talks about it and handles it in the video is pissing me off. It's the goddamn gaming holy grail
No one's going to pay more than 20 grand for this, trust me.
No one's going to pay more than 20 grand for this, trust me.
No one's going to pay more than 20 grand for this, trust me.
No one's going to pay more than 20 grand for this, trust me.
Seriously, this guy is literally sitting on a goldmine.
He needs to contact professionals (from a museum, etc) that would actually have experts that know engineering and things that can come in, look the thing over, see what can be fixed to make it work (without breaking it) all while it's documented for everyone to see and enjoy.
Then have someone that can rip it and the carts/cds so people can dig into it and salvage from it and keep it going, like with Mame and arcade cabinets.
After all of that is said and done then he can decide to sell it off to someone or let a museum have it.
I don't get why a Museum or someone hasn't contacted him yet? This is like one of the holy grails of gaming technology.