US EditionThe rare Nintendo PlayStation hardware prototype that was never released has been acquired by The National Videogame Museum
The National Videogame Museum now owns the only known Sony MSF-1 prototype, a unique artifact from the early 1990s Sony-Nintendo CD-ROM collaboration.
- On March 4, 2026 the National Videogame Museum announced it acquired the Sony MSF-1 prototype, writing 'It is the ONLY known unit to exist!'.
- In the early 1990s, Sony and Nintendo partnered to develop an SNES-CD add-on led by Ken Kutaragi, producing only a few hundred prototypes before Nintendo's deal with Phillips strained the collaboration; Sony's work helped develop the PlayStation 1.
- Photos posted by the NVM show the MSF-1 prototype with 'Not For Sale' and 'MSF-1' stickers, revealing a function-over-form design, after at least one related unit was found yellowing.
- The NVM plans to display and care for the prototype, an improvement from at least one prototype found neglected, which should let more museum visitors and fans see this piece of video game history.
- Observers call the Nintendo PlayStation a major videogame 'what-if' tied to the SNES-CD concept, and Ken Kutaragi still owns a similar prototype, highlighting the rarity of surviving units.
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The National Videogame Museum of the United States incorporated into its collection the Sony MSF-1, considered the oldest known prototype of the console project developed jointly by Nintendo and Sony.The device corresponds to an early stage of collaboration between the two companies during the late 1980s and early 1990s.In that period, Nintendo and Sony promoted the development of a console known as Nintendo PlayStation.The project did not reach…
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