What Dev Systems Would You Like to See in Person?

[ProgrammingAce]

I have the opportunity to bring some development items for the museum at the Midwest Gaming Classic this year, I'm looking for some advice for what I should bring. I figure i'll list some systems and see what people would be interested in seeing and learning more about.

- PS2 TOOL. Think of it as a PC that dressed up as a PS2 for halloween. It's the dev system used to create PS2 games. At 39 pounds, this thing is a beast.

- Alpha Xbox. A PC tower that was sent to developers in 2000/2001 for them to begin programming for the Xbox. I have some of the earliest versions of the Xbox dashboard along with prototype controllers, and can have the system running some very early xbox games.

- Debug Xbox. Looks like a halo LE system.

- TEST PS2. The debugging station for the PS2. Looks identical to retail except for the word "TEST".

- Debug PS1. Come in blue and green flavors. Taste the rainbow.

- CD-I developer system. Looks like an old 386 i had in elementary school. I'm not sure if it works or not.

- Prototype/Developer Saturn. Built way before the retail systems came off the line. Has the Cross Development card crammed in it's side.

- Launch Team Xbox 360. Purdy colors version of the 360.

- Launch Team Xbox1. Bill Gates couldn't actually be bothered to sign these, so they lithographed his sig anyway.

- Promo 2600. Hot stamped with "Promotional use only. Not for resale". Supposedly it was used at trade shows to demo the console, but i can't verify that.

- Hello Kitty Xbox. Meow.

I don't plan on having more then 1 or 2 of the systems running with displays. Transporting that many TV's and Monitors would be a bigger pain then the consoles themselves. I was going to have some cool odds and ends scattered around, some gold submission discs, E3 invitations and the like.

[CosmicMonkey]

Out of those choices I'm sure people would like to see the beast that is a PS2 TOOL. Which version of the system do you have?

Personally, I'd love to have a play with one of the NGPC dev kits, or the crazy PC Engine dev kit I've seen pics of.

[gepeto]

Not sure if this qualifies. I would like to see the pc that was in development years ago that was suppose to be able to play all types of games it would download the patch or fix online. A great effort in theory.

[ProgrammingAce]

Not sure if this qualifies. I would like to see the pc that was in development years ago that was suppose to be able to play all types of games it would download the patch or fix online. A great effort in theory.

You may be talking about one of the incarnations of the Phantom. Funny story, at one point we forcibly threw their representatives out of the building.

And perhaps I should clarify, i'm looking for advice as to what i should bring from this list. I have a few other odds and ends from portable systems, but it's never been a focus of mine.

There are a few things i'm leaving off the list just because i'm not sure they'll survive the trip. These are the "more durable" items.

[s1lence]

The TOOL would be pretty sweet.

Also, one of the Xbox Debugs so I can BUY it from you.

[namzep]

I'd think the CD-i would be kind of cool. The newer dev systems seem to be alot more common place.