weird dark grey ps1 controller

about a year ago i bought this controller from goodwill, and ive never seen one like it. it seems to be an original controller, with the model SCPH-1200 cant upload pics atm.

finally found a good pic

 

thats not a ps1 controller, i have a felling in a ps2 devkit controller

 

unless its a ps2 controller prototype

 

its not dualshock 2, and the board is identical to a normal ps1 dualshock board aswell...

 

and its also a sparkly dark grey not a sparkly black.. kinda like the color of the NET YAROOZE

 

Did the controllers that came with the Net Yaroze set come in this color or were they standard PS1 controllers. If so, it may be from a Net Yaroze set.

 

couldent be, its smooth, and is dualshock, the yarooze was a rubberised plastic digital controller

 

I see. Now that I think about it, Japan got a DS1 and analog controller with a color scheme similar to it. Maybe it is one of those? Do the serial and model numbers match your region?

 

they are both scph-1200 but the light grey is made in china, the dark grey was made in korea....

 

Strange. I wonder where they came from then. Could it be a dev kit?

 

who knows... maybe it was the japaneese one.... but.. how did i get it from goodwill...

 

Considering Playstation controllers are so easily bootlegged. It probably is. The connector seems to have a blank space where 'sony' should be.

 

Idk, I've gotten weird stuff from thrift stores before. I got 2 SCART cables from a store here in Florida. I've been to a flea market here and saw a Super Famicom game one time too. I think it was Star Fox but I'm not too sure.

I did some looking and the Japanese ones have a gray plug on them.

As Hex said, it could also be a bootleg.

 

nope, its legit, the connector has the sony logo N1158... wait... i never checked the connector numbers...AHA the original is N50 and the other is N1158

 

Weird. I wonder what it means? I looked online but the N1158 model number seems to reference to many Sony products ranging from PSUs to the PS1/2 to PS3 memory card adapter.

 

Are you saying you've never seen a black dual shock controller? Because they do exist.
Supposedly rare, but I'm not convinced https://www.flickr.com/photos/defor/4253044510
I think I have one.

 

Pretty sure I owned one years ago.

 

Looks like a Japanese controller: http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f165072470

Color name: "Diamond Black"