The Neon Joy Of PlayStation’s Hyperpop DualSense Collection

InnovationGamingThe Neon Joy Of PlayStation’s Hyperpop DualSense CollectionByMitch Wallace,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about video games, technology and pop culture.Follow AuthorJun 09, 2026, 05:33pm EDTTechno Red DualSenseCredit: Mitch WallaceI’m old enough to remember some of the very first PlayStation controller color variants, namely the brightly hued DualShock offerings that hit stores in the late 90s. Why would you stick with drab gray when you could taste the rainbow? I know there were a few digital gamepad color options, like a neat red one, but I never came across those, sadly. The DualShock offerings included shades of Island Blue, Smoke Gray, a totally clear Crystal option, and the actual gamepad I acquired back in 1998, Emerald, which was a very turn-of-the-millennium translucent green. I even got the matching Emerald memory card to go along with it, because why not. As cool as they were, Sony’s controller colors could never seriously compete with Nintendo’s slew of N64 options, at least in my opinion, but I appreciated them nonetheless. Funtastic was, and still is, hard to beat, naturally. And to Nintendo’s credit, the bright hues extended to the consoles themselves, something Sony never really explored with the PS1. Minus, of course, the slick black Net Yaroze development kit and the infamous blue debug PlayStation console.Techno Red DualSenseCredit: Mitch WallaceBut I will say PlayStation’s latest PS5 Hyperpop DualSense collection gives the old Funtastic colors a run for their money, and really brings up a lot of nostalgia for those classic DualShock variants. They’re not made of see-through plastic, though the neon colors—Techno Red, Remix Green, and Rhythm Blue—absolutely call to mind the nascent, and a bit more edgy, PlayStation of yore. Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesFEATURED | Frase ByForbes™Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The PhrasePlay NowPinpoint By LinkedinGuess The CategoryPla...