Ben Heck's Nintendo-Playstation Prototype Teardown Part 1 Episode -- Episode 246

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In this special episode of 'The Ben Heck Show' Terry and Dan Diebold have brought us the Nintendo PlayStation Prototype. This rare console is thought to be the only one left in existence so we have handled it with extreme care. Our goal is to take it apart, find out how it works and in a future episode get it working again. Let's get started!

Episode 247: Ben Heck's Nintendo-Playstation Prototype Teardown Part 2 Repair

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terry51d over 8 years ago in reply to aiman800

Don't forget to check out Episodes #247 & 265.
-Terry
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aiman800 over 8 years ago

Great episode
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shadowtek over 9 years ago

Fantastic Teardown, so ready for Episode two!!
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awesomebiulds over 9 years ago

ben hek I need some help on programing a cell phone.
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DAB over 9 years ago

Great episode Ben.

I loved the teardown and research on the old chips plus the comparison of the different capabilities of similar era gaming consoles.

I really like looking at these vintage devices to see the interesting engineering designs as they tried to squeeze performance out of those legacy chips.

I can't wait to see the follow on show.

Well done.

DAB
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terry51d over 9 years ago in reply to cstanton

If you liked this Pt 2 is even better next Friday July 22nd. Ben has me bouncing off of the walls in waiting! lol
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cstanton over 9 years ago in reply to terry51d

Dude this is amazing to see, thanks for sharing it on TBHS. Before it was admitted that this existed, I dreamt that it did (or something like it), which was freaky.
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terry51d over 9 years ago

My name is Terry Diebold and I own the Nintendo/PlayStation Prototype along with my son Dan. I have too admit the I am not an Electrical Engineer and so a lot of what Ben was talking about went over my head. This Old Dog is going to have to learn some New Tricks! I still find that everything that he was talking about was mesmerizing. The video was Nicely done and I can't wait for Episode 247 Part Two. Come on with Part Two already Ben! LOL

I hope that everyone enjoyed Part 1 as much as I did and don't forget to pass this on!
Terry
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