- The Sony MSF-1 was acquired by the National Videogame Museum
- The prototype is the oldest in the world and was designed as part of a Nintendo/PlayStation partnership.
- The previously unreleased material was originally developed as a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES.
The National Videogame Museum has acquired the oldest prototype Nintendo PlayStation hardware in existence.
The museum, based in Frisco, Texas, announced the news today in a social media post, writing: “BREAKING: NVM has acquired the legendary Nintendo Playstation!
The post was accompanied by several photos of the prototype showing “Not For Sale” and “MSF-1” stickers on the front and side panels.
The MSF-1 is a very early prototype that has not reached the final product design stage.
BREAKING: The NVM has acquired the legendary Nintendo Playstation! 🤯This Sony MSF-1 is the OLDEST known existing Nintendo Playstation hardware artifact and is the original development system for Sony’s planned Super Nintendo CD attachment. This is the ONLY known unit that exists!… pic.twitter.com/9JQyCsFtxcMarch 4, 2026
For some context, Sony and Nintendo were initially partnered in the early 1990s to develop a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) called SNES-CD, aka the “Nintendo PlayStation”, announced in 1992.
However, the collaboration ultimately did not materialize and the project subsequently resulted in the creation of the original PlayStation.
Ken Kutaragi, the co-creator of PlayStation, also has a similar version of the Super Nintendo CD, but unlike those prototypes, the MSF-1 is intended to fit into a standard SNES cartridge port (via Time Extension).
A prototype of the “Nintendo Play Station” was sold at auction in 2019, and other models exist, but the National Videogame Museum now owns the first prototype you can get your hands on and will likely be on display for fans.
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