# photo | The rarest prototype of the joint game console Sony and Nintendo

Few people know, but the Japanese company Sony began its history in the field of video games with what helped Nintendo develop a disk drive for their console Super Nintendo Entertainment System. In return, Sony planned to get a license from Nintendo to release its own consoles under a joint brand, which could simultaneously play CDs and game cartridges. It was the prototype of this rare game console that was found in boxes with rubbish in the pantry of one American family.

The man who discovered the prototype SNES PlayStation in one of the boxes with old trash hides his identity under the name of Dnldbld and willingly answers the questions of agitated game collectors who dream of getting such a rare lot in their hands. If this prototype falls on one of the online auctions, you can assume that its cost will be from 20 thousand dollars and above.

As it turned out, the prototype of a rare prefix came into the house of this family for a reason. In the early 90's, the father of the family worked for a company that cooperated with Nintendo. Things were not going well, so soon the company suffered bankruptcy. And the console was in the boxes with trash, which they instructed to throw out to this person. But, instead of throwing them away, the man decided to leave everything to himself. And not lost, because for today it is the only surviving prototype of the joint prefix Sony and Nintendo.

The history of this console began with the cooperation of the Nintendo management and Sony engineer Ken Kutaragi, who in his spare time worked with his own hands to develop a sound processor for the 16-bit Super Famicom console. His leadership, upon learning about this, almost did not fire a talented employee. But, fortunately, everything worked out, and Sony even received deductions from every sold set-top box. In the end, all were satisfied. At the same time, the development of a disk drive for SNES began.

Sony created an external disk drive for the Nintendo console, and also developed its own console-hybrid, which could simultaneously play games from CDs and cartridges. But not everything developed so smoothly in this story. The then president of Nintendo, learning that Sony plans to sell its own game console, which will play games for SNES, was furious. Before that, he did not really go into the details of the deal, so he learned about everything at the last moment.

As a result, at an exhibition where Sony presented the world a joint product with Nintendo, representatives of Nintendo announced that they were breaking the contract with their contractors and from now on they would work on the disk drive together with Philips. This was a blow to Sony, as in the Japanese business such deals behind the back are not done. On the other hand, this was the beginning of the development of Sony's own console, which you all know very well. It was thanks to the break-up of relations with Nintendo that the Sony PlayStation prefix appeared, which was sold in multi-million copies. It so happened that Nintendo, because of one short-sighted decision by its own, created itself a very strong competitor.

As for the found prototype, it is not yet possible to say whether it is a worker or not. A person who has found a prefix can not find a power supply for her. On the forums, hundreds of enthusiasts try to help him solve this problem. Perhaps, very soon we will be able to see how this part of the history of the gaming industry works. On the other hand, it may be that this is just a very painstakingly created fake, aimed at exciting the gamer community. And such rumors have already run through the specialists, since the found prototype is not quite similar to the official images published earlier in the web. Yes, and one Belgian artist has already stated that this prefix she made fun for the sake of her friends. Nevertheless, even if it is a qualitative fake, it was very pleasant to plunge into the history of the gaming industry and imagine that somewhere in the parallel reality, two competing companies are developing joint consoles.

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