SNES - Playstation prototype found after 25 years

Okay, to an extent heat would do that too. (I've still cracked open several yellowish things from that generation that not only looked like it, but smelled of it). Regardless of why it is tinted, why wouldn't all the plastic be the same aged/stained color?

Prototype. That really explains it all though. Somebody had to build something in order to pitch it. With that label it could have anything in it if it was made pre-production if it was a first gen prototype or a second gen. Might even have parts from a samsung VCR in it's heart.

Okay, that is a bit far fetched but, while it shouldn't have future parts in it, it could have anything from anywhere older than the listed date. With first generation vehicles, you might find parts from a '68 car on a brand new '98 truck because, before it was set to mass produce they used whatever fit and worked, then made new parts when it was cost effective to produce them for the product directly (as in it sold succesfully).

Point being, by calling it a prototype, you can't really prove or disprove much of anything unless you find parts that are newer than the listed date, beyond that it is just a matter of who built it, someone that worked for the company, or someone else that just had to much free time. Tis still a cool concept regardless, real or not.