The Super NES CD-ROM was a proposed video game platform developed in the early 1990s by Nintendo via joint ventures with Sony and Philips intended to expand the functionality of the cartridge-based Su
Photo of the first known SNES-based Sony PlayStation prototype
SNES CD add-on prototype concept art
The first known SNES-based Sony PlayStation prototype with a Sony PlayStation on the right
Back of the first known SNES-based Sony PlayStation prototype, showing the I/O ports and the power connector (which is non-original)
The Compact Disc-Interactive is a digital optical disc data storage format as well as a hardware platform, co-developed and marketed by Dutch company Philips and Japanese company Sony. It was created
Philips CDI 910, the first consumer-oriented CD-i player, pictured with its "Touchpad" game controller
Philips CDI 220, with its game controller
Some games required the optional MPEG cartridge, typically inserted into the back of the system (behind the red panel pictured)
The optional MPEG cartridge, branded as the Digital Video Cartridge