In 1988, Nintendo commissioned Sony to develop a CD-ROM for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) — a cartridge-based console that was yet to be released. The.
What just happened? In the world of video game-related rarities, the more obscure and hard-to-find an item is, the more money people are willing to pay. It’s why a prototype Nintendo PlayStation controller recently sold for a massive $35,000 at auction – though that’s still a fraction of the $360,000 that the complete Nintendo PlayStation console and controller sold for in 2020.
In 1988, Nintendo commissioned Sony to develop a CD-ROM for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System a cartridge-based console that was yet to be released. The companies also collaborated on a console that accepted both SNES cartridges and CDs.
Nintendo ended up walking away from the deal for a number of reasons and ultimately partnered with Philips to publish games on the Philips CD-i.
