Here's a shot of a prototype like the one it supposedly came from. It looks real to me:
http://www.britishgaming.co.uk/wp-content/retroguide/snescd/3.jpg
I can't explain the serial plug though.
| StanGable said: When there was all this talk about the SNES CD between Sony and Nintendo I remember seeing pictures of the prototype on some magazine. I'm gonna assume it was EGM since I used to have subscription to that mags back in the early 90s and the prototype controller looked nothing like that. I call this BS auction. |
That definitely is a real prototype. There was, however, at least two other prototypes and I am sure that you saw one of those.
One of those prototypes looked almost excactly like the SNES controller...
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Ewwwww.
Ugly controller alert!
Gee, I wish I had $3k to spend on a useless hunk of crap that will only depreciate in value.
I like one of the questions at the bottom, hahaha :D
"Q: For $2,999, you couldnt throw in free shipping? wtf?"
starcraft: "I and every PS3 fanboy alive are waiting for Versus more than FFXIII.
Me since the games were revealed, the fanboys since E3." 
Skeeuk: "playstation 3 is the ultimate in gaming acceleration"
Possible explanation for serial plug: it was for a prototype devkit... which probably had a lot of PC components. Particularly because the whole Sony move was intended to make the Nintendo machine more PC-like. Remember what Genesis ports looked like? I think it's completely reasonable.
Yes it is the real deal. The Serial plug is because dev kits are largley PC based. 3 grand however for a controller I could never use........not a chance. Well maybe if I had a couple mill in the bank, but even then not likley for me.
| Melissa said: Possible explanation for serial plug: it was for a prototype devkit... which probably had a lot of PC components. Particularly because the whole Sony move was intended to make the Nintendo machine more PC-like. Remember what Genesis ports looked like? I think it's completely reasonable. |
Many of the dev stations of that era were ISA daughtercards that ran inside off-the-shelf PCs or Macs. The entire architecture of the console was reproduced on a single card to run under a shell on a computer. In the case of the 3DO, for example, the dev process was done on a Macinstosh. The "dev console" was just a regular old Panasonic FZ-1 with dip switches accessible from the back to run the software unencrypted.
You built on the Mac, burnt the build to a CD-R, then popped that into the console to test.
The controllers used a serial-style interface, though the pin-out is unique for most consoles.
I'm not impressed, unless I see a complete, Nintendo Play Station, on auction. Besides, this is just a "development" controller. I don't think it's the official one. It doesn't look like it is.
| lolita said: The first thing that came to my mind was the PC plug... I can't believe no one noticed that! In my opinion this is BS. Also if it was unreleased, how come he got one? |
:) I did notice it, but you beat me to it hehe, I could ask myself the same question huh
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