One of the main reasons why the add-on’s cancelation came as a shock to Sony was because it had around 200 different prototypes already created, according to ArsTechnica. It isn’t clear what became of these prototypes, but the general consensus was that they were likely all destroyed.
All, seemingly, except one. In 2015, Reddit user analogueboy revealed to the r/Gaming subreddit that his father still owned a prototype of the Super NES CD-ROM, posting photos and explaining that it was a gift from a friend of the family. Four years and one restoration later, Kotaku interviewed the Reddit user’s father, Terry Diebold, who said that after getting several appraisals from all over the world, they decided to put the prototype up for auction.
When it did go up for auction in 2020, an intense bidding war ensued almost immediately. It ultimately became a battle between Pets.com founder Greg McLemore and Oculus VR co-founder Palmer Luckey, with McLemore winning with a $300,000 bid. Considering the rarity of the product and its importance in video game history, this was hardly a surprise. If the wheels of fate turned ever so slightly, who can say what would have happened to the video game industry? The possibilities are endless and likely scary, but thankfully, we live in the best timeline.
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