The Nintendo PlayStation console has been lost in recent years. Now the legendary game console comes under the hammer for a record price.
- A hybrid console from Nintendo and PlayStation will be auctioned.
- The current price is $ 350,000 .
- The console is the last of its kind and was once owned by the managing director of Sony.
Dallas - An original and working Nintendo PlayStation Super NES console is being auctioned on the Heritage Auction website, located in Dallas , USA. The console is said to be the last of its kind and is a holdover from the time when Sony and Nintendo developed a game console together, but never launched it. The prototype of the console was considered lost for many years. Now one of these Nintendo PlayStation Super NES consoles has reappeared in an auction .
Super NES
The Nintendo PlayStation is an absolute dream for every nerd and collector. Collectors in particular like to spend money on special video game consoles. As reported by ingame.de *, the coveted 20th Anniversary of the PS4 with model # 00001 was auctioned for € 115,000.
With the official designation as Nintendo PlayStation Super NES CD-ROM - Sony and Nintendo c. In 1992, the prototype is currently one of the most coveted objects in the world. The console was developed in 1992 as an idea between Nintendo and Sony and never came onto the market after a short cooperation between the two giant companies. According to statements by Sony and Nintendo , around 200 fully functional prototypes have been developed.
The currently surfaced console is currently the last of its kind. According to its owner, it is currently usable. The console has a place for the big card games from Super Nintendo games and a CD-Rom drive. PlayStation games can be played on the drive and music can be heard on a CD. Mortal Kombat is said to have been played several times with the slot for the Super Nintendo Games. The double drive makes it possible to play games and listen to music at the same time.
Nintendo PlayStation console was just lying around in the basement for years
Terry Diebold is currently the owner of the Nintendo PlayStation console . In 2009, his son discovered an entry on the legendary console on Reddit and mentioned that his father had one of them in the basement. After several allegations that the Nintendo PlayStation console was not real, the son made a video with the console to prove it, on which he himself played on it. After that, fans were thrilled and when the family realized how much money they could get for the console , the father turned to one of the largest auction houses in the world: Heritage Auction in Dallas .
It took forever, but I finally got some pics of my dad's super discThe console once belonged to Sony Computer Entertainment boss Olaf Olafsson , who joined Sony at Advanta Corporation. The company went bankrupt and sold the entire inventory at auction . Among them was the Nintendo PlayStation console that Olafsson had brought with him from his earlier days at Sony . Terry Diebold was at the auction and bought the Nintendo PlayStation console - at that time for $ 75. After some drive damage, the famous YouTuber * Benjamin Heckendorn repaired the console.
The date of origin of the console is also unclear. The Nintendo PlayStation console has a date that is thought to be October 6, 1992 or June 10, 1992. However, due to illegibility, this is no longer clearly recognizable. Thus the exact date of manufacture remains uncertain.
The console , which has turned yellow in the meantime, can play all CDs. The controller looks like a normal Super Nintendo controller , but the Sony PlayStation logo is on the front, and Nintendo is on the back.
Yellow color of the console is not uncommon and also affects the Nintendo PlayStation
The Nintendo PlayStation console has turned yellow since 1992. But this is not an isolated case with old consoles. The console is made of a plastic called acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer. This is a highly flammable plastic, which is why consoles were often covered with fire protection in the past.
This Commodore C64 also received a yellow / brown stitch.
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Bromine was most commonly used. Bromine turns yellow under ultraviolet light, so most old game consoles are yellowish after years, including the Nintendo PlayStation console .
Record price for Nintendo PlayStation console
The Nintendo PlayStation console auction is currently priced at $ 350,000 . This would make this collector's item the most expensive game object in the entire history of video games. No object has ever been sold in this offer.
The auction for the Nintendo Playstation console will end on March 6, 2020. The price could go up to over $ 1 million after speculation.
Source: ingame.de
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