Nes game genie identification help

[petik1]

Today i bought myself a game genie at my local play n trade. What i find odd about it is that it has a black base rather than the standard gold, and a purple label rather than blue. Im guessing that it was late in the nes's life because the latest copyright date is 1992. Anyone know anything about this?

[Jedi Master Baiter]

There were two variants of the Game Genie.  As far as I know there's no technical differences.

I thought the black one was more common.  I didn't see the gold one until I bought it for myself.

[petik1]

Hmmm, I find this wierd. A quick google images search and I cannot find one picture of a purple label/black plastic game genie. I wonder if if they changed it because of the Nintendo lawsuit, but I don't see why they would...

[b1aCkDeA7h]

Personally, I've only ever seen gold Game Genies. I've seen black ones online but never in person.