Video Game Preservation Museum

Nintendo DSi Developer SD Card

A random donation from China, the following is a Nintendo DSi SD card used during development of the console.

Sadly, this card is dead and unreadable. These cards would normally contain logs from tests, recovery attempts would also damage this card as you have to open them to recover.

Physical Object Nintendo Switch Prototype

Nintendo Switch Dock Prototype

The follow items are a selection of Nintendo Switch Dock prototypes.

These Dock boards, contained faults and misplaced chips rendering them e-waste.

Physical Object Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Unpopulated board

A selection of Nintendo Switch Joy-Con unpopulated PCB's.

These appear to be rejected boards and ended up in e-waste.

Physical Object Nintendo Switch OLED Prototype

Nintendo Switch OLED Dock Prototype

The follow items are a selection of Nintendo Switch OLED Dock prototypes.

These OLED Dock boards, contained faults and misplaced chips rendering them e-waste.

Physical Object Nintendo Wii U Prototype

Nintendo Wii U Gamepad Factory Test Board

Yes, we know one cables come loose.

OVT Eye-Toy Prototype Camera

An early prototype used in development of the PlayStation 2 Eye-Toy. This item was produced by OVT in 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030620142309/http://www.ovt.com:80/pr_sonySelectsOmniVision.html

Physical Object DECR-1010E PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3 DECR-1010E Developer Controller

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PlayStation 4 DUALSHOCK 4 Charging Station Prototype (CUH-ZDC1)

A prototype CUH-ZDC1 Charging Station for the PS4, this one is marked Coral DVT.

This one seems to pre-date the June 2013 showcase sony had.

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PlayStation 4 Motion Camera Prototype (CUH-ZEY1)

The following item is a PlayStation 4 PS4 Motion Camera CUH-ZEY1 prototype.

Changes are unknown compared to the retail model, apart from it says PROTOTYPE - NOT FOR SALE on the back.

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PSP Go Convertor Cable Adaptor Prototype (PSP-N440)

A prototype PSP-N440 Convertor Cable Adaptor for the PlayStation Go, this one is marked as: DVT-EMS

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