When we got our hands on "Nintendo PlayStation" legendary prototype last November, the device works well as a Sony-branded audio sans SNES console, while the CD drive - the part that eventually led to the birth of PlayStation - failed to be recognized by the system. The device has since been handed over hacking maestro Ben Heck, who recently revealed that he finally got the CD drive power up. First of all, Ben cleaned pin contacts on the cartridge super Disc driver to get his 256KB RAM extension speaking with the console, then he removed one cable mod on the logic board, which got the CD drive to make a clicking sound and even pull the tray back in.
It was a nice "wow" moment for everyone, but the ticking sounds suggest that the CD drive struggled to move the optical head, plus the screen flickering. Ben thought this is to do with an electrical fault caused by three electrolytic capacitors leaked logic board, so he replaced them with the modern, and boom! CD drive alive! The diagnostic software gives all green ticks, and a CD player control panel appears to be working. As a bonus, the audio function has also been restored since it was part of a decoder CD drive, so we can now enjoy the SNES games on the device super rare as well.
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What's left to do now is to find some game discs are compatible and see if they will run on the Nintendo PlayStation - Terry Diebold prototype owners believe that he might have one in a box he bought from the auction to decide. We also found a homebrew game called Super Boss Gaiden based on software dump Disc super cartridge, so here's hoping they can get to work on the device.
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