The Nintendo PlayStation features a slot for Super Famicom and Super Nintendo games, and also a CD-ROM drive intended to play disc-based media and games. When Olafsson left Sony to join the Advanta banking corporation, he took the prototype with him and eventually it ended up in an auction lot following the company’s bankruptcy. The prototype sold at auction – said to be the last remaining in the world, with all others assumed destroyed – was once owned by the first CEO of Sony’s games division, Olaf Olafsson. PlayStation was originally envisioned as a CD add-on for SNES. ![]() The PlayStation was originally envisioned as a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo, which would boost Nintendo’s console with significant processing power and speed. The Nintendo PlayStation prototype is said to be one of 200 units made for Sony’s failed partnership with Nintendo in the early 1990s, which was its first major move into video games and eventually led to it entering the market on its own. However, the prototype was expected to have sold for an even higher amount, considering its owner claimed to have turned down a private offer of over $1m. ![]() The figure means the rare console has been sold for three times the previous record price for a piece of gaming memorabilia: a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. The only known Nintendo PlayStation prototype has been sold for $360,000 USD (about £276,000), which includes a buyer’s premium of $60,000.
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