Image credit - Engadget

Image credit – Engadget

Several months ago it was revealed that a device called the Nintendo Play Station was uncovered. Now the idea of Sony and Nintendo working together might seem a bit ludicrous today, but in reality it isn’t. For those unfamiliar, back in the day both companies worked together to create the prototype, but unfortunately it did not pan out.

It wasn’t really known by many until recently were photos of the device made their way online. We know, some of you guys are still a bit skeptical about the whole thing, but fret not the device is for real. In fact the folks at Engadget even managed to get some hands-on time with the device, fire it up, and play a couple of games.

They met up with the device’s owners’ Terry and Dan Diebold in Hong Kong during a retro gaming expo. According to Terry who recounted how he got his hands on it, “The company I worked for, Advanta Corporation, they filed for bankruptcy (November 8th, 2009). When they did that, we purged the buildings. What you do is you take pictures, you itemize, and then they had an online auction. And I had gotten into the auction myself because there were a few things I wanted to buy. So I knew what were in certain lots. And when they called out the certain lot number, I raised my panel and I ended up winning it.”

Now such an item today would probably be worth a lot especially amongst collectors, and all Terry paid for it was $75. Apart from turning it on and playing some games, they also took a look under the hood of the console and even tried to get its CD drive to work (it didn’t). To check out the whole documentation, head on over to Engadget for the details.

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