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The ultra-rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype, which was rediscovered in an attic in 2015, has been sold at auction for $300,000 USD (around £230,000).
The prototype (officially known as the 'Nintendo Play Station') was initially created as part of a doomed collaboration between Sony and Nintendo. It was intended to add CD-ROM capabilities to the 16-bit SNES, and was Sony's first foray into the world of gaming hardware.
Famously, the project was terminated after a falling out between both parties when Nintendo suddenly announced a partnership with Sony rival Philips, but Sony's efforts would eventually form the basis for its own console, 1994's PlayStation - and the rest, as they say, is history.