This is the rare PlayStation console built by Sony and Nintendo

Long before Sony and Nintendo were rivals, the two companies were partners for a brief time. In 1988, the duo started work on SNES-CD, a video game media format that was supposed to augment the cartridge-based SNES by adding support for higher-capacity CDs. In 1991 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sony introduced the “Play Station” (yes, with a space), but it never saw the light of day.

Now, more than two decades later, Imgur user DanDiebold has uploaded photos of the unreleased console. This particular model (about 200 Play Station prototypes were created) confirms that the system was supposed to be compatible with existing SNES titles as well as titles to be released in the SNES-CD format. In other words, it would have been the world’s first hybrid console. Game developers and players alike would be able to use both SNES cartridges and CDs.