Sony/Nintendo Playstation Prototype
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Nothing new to add here, but I just went to that so called Retro Gaming Expo mentioned in the link today(I'm around that area every Saturday anyway) and took some (poor) photos with my 4-year-old phone, and here they are.
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Seems that one can only attach 3 files to a single post.
2 more photos here.
Not much to see, as the console was just in display inside a box, not hooked up to anything.
2 more photos here.
Not much to see, as the console was just in display inside a box, not hooked up to anything.
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Please elaborate on the so-called-ness of the expo. 
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Relevant Facebook page here.
The problem being, it's housed in a small record shop and there was barely space to walk.
There were a few consoles and arcade cabinets(not sure whether they're just MAME cabinets or real boards) for visitors to try out and that's not really interesting.
There were display cases showing NEC, Sony, Sega and Nintendo consoles of various generations(ironically one of the machines in the NEC case was a Famicom Titler, possibly because the Nintendo case was out of space), and those of higher rarity were housed in their own boxes, including a working Bandai Kousokusen(Japanese Vectrex), a working PC-KD863G(Monitor integrated with a PC-Engine), a working Sharp SF-1(Monitor integrated with a SFC), a working Super Famicom Box and the aforementioned Play Station prototype. BUT, as there were no attached description or anyone to explain(maybe it's because I arrived there late) you don't know what they are if you didn't know what they are. This is especially annoying considering that the Play Station prototype has reached legendary status, if you're unaware of it, you're only scratching your head seeing a box labeled 'Sony' but with a Nintendo joypad attached to it.
The problem being, it's housed in a small record shop and there was barely space to walk.
There were a few consoles and arcade cabinets(not sure whether they're just MAME cabinets or real boards) for visitors to try out and that's not really interesting.
There were display cases showing NEC, Sony, Sega and Nintendo consoles of various generations(ironically one of the machines in the NEC case was a Famicom Titler, possibly because the Nintendo case was out of space), and those of higher rarity were housed in their own boxes, including a working Bandai Kousokusen(Japanese Vectrex), a working PC-KD863G(Monitor integrated with a PC-Engine), a working Sharp SF-1(Monitor integrated with a SFC), a working Super Famicom Box and the aforementioned Play Station prototype. BUT, as there were no attached description or anyone to explain(maybe it's because I arrived there late) you don't know what they are if you didn't know what they are. This is especially annoying considering that the Play Station prototype has reached legendary status, if you're unaware of it, you're only scratching your head seeing a box labeled 'Sony' but with a Nintendo joypad attached to it.