Hyper REVolution 230

The Hyper REVolution 230 was a prototype for the Nintendo 64. It was made by Touko Kerushy, a freelance designer for Nintendo. It was first conceived in 1994 when Nintendo was taking in designs for the successor for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Backround
When Nintendo rejected Kerushy's design, he decided to develop it himself. He went to SEGA, Sony and ATARI (who was trying to break back into the home console industry) but none of the companies wanted anything to do with the system. Kerushy eventually found a relatively unknown company in Japan to finance his system.

High Hopes
Kerushy was so sure Nintendo would pick his design that he put the Nintendo logo on the console. It is still barley visible on the console to this day.

Failure
The system was released in November 1995. It was a massive failure for the small Japanese company, and went bankrupt before they could release it overseas. Thus, it never reached North American.

Format
The Hyper REVolution 230 used cartridges in a top loading fashion, like the SNES. Its controller also resembles a NES Turbo Controller.

Resemblance to the SNES and N64
The Hyper REVolution 230 does resemble the controller for the N64 and the control deck of the SNES. That is because Nintendo used his plans for controller of the N64, but altered it to make it fit in the hand better. Kerushy took the basis for the Hyper REVolution 230 (often abbreviated as Hyper REV) from the SNES.

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