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TIL the only "Nintendo PlayStation" ever publicly auctioned has sold for $300,000 (£230,700).The ultra-rare prototype was the offspring of a short-lived collaboration between Nintendo and Sony, and was supposed to add CD-ROM support to the Super Nintendo.

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