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Ben Heck's Nintendo-Playstation Prototype Pt 1 Teardown

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What it is

A Ben Heck Show episode tearing down the Nintendo PlayStation prototype, one of the rarest consoles ever, with its owners Terry and Dan Diebold. Part 2 then gets it working again.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN uses it to show what the Nintendo PlayStation prototype hardware actually looked like, essentially an SNES with a CD-ROM drive.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “The first part of the video[1] is also worth watching.”

    Teardown of the Nintendo PlayStation prototype with the owner's backstory.

    mschwaig, 2016-07 · Recommendation · in “Repairing the only known prototype of Nintendo PlayStation [video]”

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Topics: ben heck, teardown, snes, console prototype, retro gaming

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