Inside, the SNES-CD looks a lot like a standard SNES on a chip-to-chip basis, Heck said. The major difference is the CD-ROM drive and a cartridge with 256KB of RAM, likely used to store data being ...

It was to be the world's first hybrid console, featuring an SNES cartridge slot and a CD drive, with both formats available to game developers. That product, called "Play Station" (with a space ...

Their PlayStation console started life as the CD-ROM add-on for the once king of the console world, the Super Nintendo (SNES). It was created to help give them the edge over Sega, who also ...

A prototype from a failed collaboration between Nintendo and Sony, it combined SNES cartridge support with emerging CD-ROM ...

Nintendo never released a CD-ROM gaming system. But for a while in the early 1990s, it flirted with As Chris said at the conclusion of his feature, “the real Holy Grail of SNES CD-ROM hunters ...

Months after a one-of-a-kind “Nintendo PlayStation” console was discovered and restored to working condition, diehard SNES fans have crafted a homebrew game compatible with Nintendo’s ...

While this isn't exactly the same as the all-in-one SNES PlayStation prototype (it looks ... magazines in the '90s during the height of CD-ROM fever, but no one has ever actually seen what it ...

Since the SNES was a smashing success and the rise of the CD-ROM was around the corner, it only made sense for them to explore the burgeoning medium. According to former Sony Computer ...

Those with an appetite for Nintendo history likely will have heard of the 'SNES PlayStation' — a collaboration between Nintendo and Sony which was intended to bring CD-ROM gaming to the former's ...