In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at the history of Nintendo's SNES CD, a cancelled platform that Nintendo hoped would expand the lifespan of the Super Famicom / Super Nintendo.
Follow DYKG on:
Twitter: http://bit.ly/2oOavs2
Instagram: http://bit.ly/2oO4jjA
Facebook: http://bit.ly/2nIrFp9
Website: http://bit.ly/NpYDbD
Research/Writing by Dr Lava
Video Editing by TheCartoonGamer
Narration by Dazz
Sources/Further Reading:
Game Over: Press Start to Continue (book by David Sheff)
Revolutionaries at Sony: The Making of the Sony Playstation and the Visionaries Who Conquered the World of Video Games (book by Reiji Asakura)
Ken Kutaragi: PlayStation Developer (book by Katy Duffield)
Marvelous: Another Treasure Island Shogakukan (Japanese guide book, developer interview)
Weekly Famitsu magazine (Japanese), Jul 3 1992 issue
Weekly Famitsu magazine (Japanese), Sep 25 1992 issue
Weekly Famitsu magazine (Japanese), Jul 9 1993 issue
Dagblaðið Vísir newspaper (Icelandic), Mar 31 1990 edition
New York Times newspaper, Jun 3 1991 edition
Nintendo Power magazine, Apr 1992 issue
Next Generation magazine, Jun 1995 issue
Next Generation magazine, Dec 1996 issue
Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine, Mar 1993 issue
Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine, May 1993 issue
Electronic Games magazine, Apr 1993 issue
Super Play magazine, Sep 1993 issue
Super NES CD-ROM System Documentation (PDF: https://web.archive.org/web/20180619040333/https://www.1morecastle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/SNES-CD-ROM-System-1993.pdf)
https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184527/http://www.chronocompendium.com/wiki/index.php?title=Super_Play_Magazine_Woolsey_Interview
https://web.archive.org/web/20120817080000/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/farewell-father-article
https://web.archive.org/web/20120218120358/http://psx.ign.com/articles/060/060188p1.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20120516003333/http://www.edge-online.com/features/making-playstation
https://web.archive.org/web/20220118215338/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/psones-betrayal-and-revenge-story/
https://web.archive.org/web/20230826061332/https://kotaku.com/the-weird-history-of-the-super-nes-cd-rom-nintendos-mo-1828860861
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2020/03/07/exclusive-meet-the-person-who-spent-360000-to-own-the-nintendo-playstation-prototype/
https://web.archive.org/web/20170322023347/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/07/someone_has_actually_made_a_game_which_works_on_the_snes_playstation
https://www.vg247.com/sega-and-sony-almost-teamed-up-on-a-console
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/40680/nintendo-play-station-superdisc-discovered
#nintendo #snes #snescd