Last weekend was the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, WI. Ben was able to rush back from his TEDx talk to attend on Sunday, so Max and I met him there for some gaming and fun. One of the most interesting things we happened upon at the Classic was a father-son duo that suddenly found themselves in possession of a rare Playstation/Super Nintendo prototype.
We really wanted to get this thing onto the show so we could take it apart and see what the insides looked like. Ben couldn't handle the anticipation while waiting for the pair to finish up their presentation.
We got to take a picture with the prototype while we waited to talk to the owners.
Of course I had to snag a selfie. Like ya do.
They weren't able to get it up and running, so they played the cartridge that came with it on another SNES. The prototype looked like it was mostly a regular SNES, but with a disc drive added to the top. The disc drive appeared to be disabled so hopefully we can convince them to bring this fine piece of gaming history onto the show so we can crack it open, show our wonderful viewers what's inside, and maybe even get that disc drive functioning again.
Stay tuned to find out if we get the chance to hack this fascinating piece of tech!
~Karen
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