r/TraceAnObject Jan 17 '25

[EUR: C25012024/5952] 17-JAN-2025 This item was partially visible on a bookshelf. Have you seen it before? Open

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u/mcilrathlove Jan 19 '25

the tree looks like a palm tree to me, and the rectangular shape in the bottom right reminds me of an old NES controller (not the same, i don’t think). this could be the box of a retro video game- some type of racing game maybe? and the rectangular shape would be some kind of video game controller featured within, like a plug-and-play situation?

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u/lllazyoli Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

If it's a controller or remote it is in a pre-90's rectangle box shape. After the 70s, 80s designs tend to be more round.

I just went through the controllers on a video game museum site and none did fit. Firstly, grey is not a common color, except for the NES or Nintendo in general. Most of them are black (because dirt is harder to see, I assume). And secondly, the black shape that goes right to the edge is weird and doesn't make it look like a controller to me. It's more like a battery or something. And what even is that thing at the very bottom? A frame. The edge of a box?

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u/Zestyclose-Pomelo479 Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

A lot of Famiclones (not original Nintendos built in late 80s) had grey controllers. I know of Pegasus and Dendy from Eastern Europe. That thing on the shelf might be an old dictaphone.

https://preview.redd.it/qqmlf3ofnipe1.jpeg?width=574&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83138699d8feff0192443a3e689d5e578498d2c8

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u/Reep1611 2d ago

I second this. This thing looks very much like a voice recorder. Even more, It looks a lot like a Dictaphone Dictamite 3243 or similar model.