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SNES CD

i2a2n2 — 2010-01-16T20:23:32 -05.00

here is a pretty cool link i found... http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=231
its got some pictures of the snes cd ive never seen.

SNES CD

i2a2n2 — 2009-10-25T17:36:15 -05.00

Atariage user CPUWIZ had some kind of manual or info booklet on this system although it seems like he removed the images from this thread.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/143489-looky-what-i-just-found-amongst-my-crap/

There is some other good info in that thread.

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i2a2n2 — 2009-10-24T14:32:39 -05.00

According to this article the SNES CD was going to be a stand-alone CD-based console which Nintendo and Sony started with the negotiations already in 1988.
But Nintendo stopped the collaborations 'cause they instead wanted a cart-based console.

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i2a2n2 — 2009-10-24T09:15:15 -05.00

I though the snes cd was going to be an add on like the disk system for the famicom where it would go underneath the SNES. or am I completely off?

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i2a2n2 — 2009-10-24T03:46:15 -05.00

Originally posted by: i2a2n2

thats the image I was refering to ... so where does the CD go in?

Looks like a caddy mechanism. (Edit: Oh wait, you were probably talking about the stand-alone system and not the add-on. In that case, nevermind.)

Also, everyone always claims that the CD-i was Philips' aborted fetus of the SNES CD, but this really wasn't the case. Philips (ironically, along with Sony) developed the CD-i disc standard in the mid 1980's, and already had working prototypes of a player by 1988, before the SNES was even released. Some of the history is a little vague, and it's difficult to tell what influence (if any) the SNES CD project had on the CD-i, but it doesn't seem like a whole lot, as the hardware in the CD-i is very different from the SNES.

--Zero

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i2a2n2 — 2009-10-23T17:19:18 -05.00

Originally posted by: DragonFire

I would not pay that much.
Yes its a playstation 1 dev controller, but no evidence anywhere that the snes-cd would use it.

Think about it, why would nintendo create a new controller for a addon?

Hey dude, I'm right there with you. Hell, I wouldn't pay $50 for that.

I just figured I'd post it in case someone else was interested.

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i2a2n2 — 2009-10-23T16:52:20 -05.00

I would not pay that much.
Yes its a playstation 1 dev controller, but no evidence anywhere that the snes-cd would use it.

Think about it, why would nintendo create a new controller for a addon?

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i2a2n2 — 2009-10-23T16:40:20 -05.00

The prototype controller has been relisted with a $899 BIN:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-SNES-Super-Nintendo-CD-ROM-prototype-controller-PS_W0QQitemZ150382879406QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Accessories?hash=item230384a2ae

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i2a2n2 — 2009-10-23T12:01:48 -05.00

Originally posted by: snesmaster

I know Secret of Mana made by Square was going to be for the SNES CD. Square was upset because they put all that time and effort into programing a game for it and then the CD got canceled. They cut back on the game and released it on a cartridge for the SNES. I am curious to know what they cut out of the game.

100% true, to bad I don't think we will ever the original content know. Sadly It'd probably be easier to learn Japanese and play the super famicon game (IIRC it has the original content - unchanged)

Still a great game though.

As for the prototype, someone actually bid 800 and it didn't meet reserve? Are these prototypes that expensive? or more so rare?

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i2a2n2 — 2009-10-23T11:20:58 -05.00

I know there is a picture of the addon. I do not know if it was a working prototype.
Philips and sony both where contacted to develop the addon.
This is why there are licenced Nintendo games on the CDI.

Philips continued to make the CDI sony created the Playstation.
As far as I know no known prototype ever showed up on the grey market.

The controller showed in the auction is a playstation prototype, my guess is just after nintendo and sony broke the contract.