- The Sony MSF-1 has been acquired by the National Video Game Museum
- The prototype is the oldest in the world and was designed in collaboration between Nintendo and PlayStation.
- The unreleased hardware was originally developed as a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES.
The National Video Game Museum has acquired the oldest Nintendo PlayStation hardware prototype 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 did not reach the final product design stage.
BREAKING NEWS: The NVM has acquired the legendary Nintendo Playstation! 🤯This Sony MSF-1 is the OLDEST known Nintendo Playstation hardware artifact and is the original development system for Sony’s planned Super Nintendo CD accessory. It is the ONLY known unit that exists!… pic.twitter.com/9JQyCsFtxcMarch 4, 2026
In some context, Sony and Nintendo initially partnered in the early 1990s to develop a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) called SNES-CD, also known as “Nintendo PlayStation”, which was announced in 1992.
However, the collaboration ultimately did not see the light of day and the project later resulted in the creation of the original PlayStation.
PlayStation co-creator Ken Kutaragi also owns a similar version of the Super Nintendo CD, but unlike those prototypes, the MSF-1 is designed to fit into a standard SNES cartridge port (via Time Extension).
A prototype of the “Nintendo Play Station” was auctioned in 2019 and other models exist, but the National Video Game Museum is now the owner of the first prototype you can get your hands on and will likely be on display for fans to see.
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