{"id":78216,"date":"2015-07-07T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=78216"},"modified":"2015-07-07T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T14:10:17","slug":"the-questionable-nintendo-playstation-prototype-may-be-a-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/78216-the-questionable-nintendo-playstation-prototype-may-be-a-fake","title":{"rendered":"The questionable Nintendo PlayStation prototype may be a fake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There once existed an unholy union between\u00a0Nintendo and Sony, at one point during the 1990s, in which the two giants were working together on a video game accessory.<\/p>\n<p>An accessory that\u00a0would add CD capabilities to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).<\/p>\n<p>In addition, there was to be\u00a0a separate Sony console that would play SNES cartridges and titles for the SNES CD system, known as the\u00a0PlayStation.<\/p>\n<p>Rather fortunately, given how PlayStation turned out, this union was not to be and things turned sour.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo announced a partnership with Sony&#8217;s competitor Philips for the exact same accessory\u00a0at CES at which they unveiled their\u00a0Nintendo PlayStation.<\/p>\n<p>Sony wasn&#8217;t happy to say the least, and decided to go their own way and made the original\u00a0Sony PlayStation<em>.<\/em> The rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>However, images and a video have surfaced of the of an original Nintendo PlayStation<em>\u00a0<\/em>prototype, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/3bwyj0\/it_took_forever_but_i_finally_got_some_pics_of_my\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit user Analogueboy<\/a> went live with this evidence:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dCV6RusogAk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These pictures, and video, appear to document a\u00a0prototype of the original PlayStation<em>. <\/em>Analogueboy said that he found the prototype in\u00a0a box of his father&#8217;s junk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78238\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-e1436267599849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78238\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78238\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-e1436267599849.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo PlayStation prototype\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Take a look at that front-loader.<\/strong> Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2015\/07\/prototype_snes_playstation_found_in_the_wild_unicorn_and_big_foot_expected_next\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Life<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Supposedly, his father\u00a0had worked with a man\u00a0named Olaf, who was employed by the &#8220;<em>Mario <\/em>company&#8221;.\u00a0This prototype was left behind as a result.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0Olaf could be the founder of Sony Interactive Entertainment, \u00d3lafur J\u00f3hann \u00d3lafsson.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78240\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-1-e1436267698832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78240\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78240\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-1-e1436267698832.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo PlayStation prototype\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>All those video ports.<\/strong> Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2015\/07\/prototype_snes_playstation_found_in_the_wild_unicorn_and_big_foot_expected_next\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Life<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Whether the device is fake will only be told in due time, but many across the internet <a href=\"http:\/\/assemblergames.com\/l\/threads\/nintendo-snes-playstation-finally-uncovered-read-the-first-post-before-posting.57166\/page-29\" target=\"_blank\">vouch for the prototype&#8217;s authenticity<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voletic.com\/news\/snes-playstation-pictures-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\">some question its validity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78242\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-2-e1436267801474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78242\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78242\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/original-2-e1436267801474.jpg\" alt=\"Nintendo PlayStation Prototype\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Some controller action!<\/strong> Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2015\/07\/prototype_snes_playstation_found_in_the_wild_unicorn_and_big_foot_expected_next\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Life<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Take a look at the images and video above, and decide for yourself.<\/p>\n<h4>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gaming\/comments\/3bwyj0\/it_took_forever_but_i_finally_got_some_pics_of_my\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/assemblergames.com\/l\/threads\/nintendo-snes-playstation-finally-uncovered-read-the-first-post-before-posting.57166\/page-29\" target=\"_blank\">AssemblerGames<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2015\/07\/03\/nintendo-playstation-prototype\/\" target=\"_blank\">EnGadget<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voletic.com\/news\/snes-playstation-pictures-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Voletic<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More On Sony<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/77670-sony-responds-to-xbox-one-backwards-compatibility-bombshell.html\">Sony responds to Xbox One backwards compatibility bombshell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/77370-sonys-e3-2015-press-conference-highlights.html\">Sony\u2019s E3 2015 Press Conference Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75962-what-sony-needs-to-do-to-impress-at-e3.html\">What Sony needs to do to impress at E3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unholy union may be 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