List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories
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The array of accessories designed and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System
(NES) (known in Japan as the Family Computer, or Famicom) is considerable.
ports, third-party controllers were designed for use with the console's expansion slot.
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
(NES) (known in Japan as the Family Computer, or Famicom) is considerable.
Family Computer
Since the Famicom lacked traditional game controllerGame controller
A game controller is a device used with games or entertainment systems used to control a playable character or object, or otherwise provide input in a computer game. A controller is typically connected to a game console or computer by means of a wire, cord or nowadays, by means of wireless connection...
ports, third-party controllers were designed for use with the console's expansion slot.
- Arkanoid ControllerArkanoid ControllerThe Arkanoid Controller, or Vaus, is an optional game controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System game Arkanoid which enhances the feel and play of the game.-Summary:...
- Specific controller for three ArkanoidArkanoidis an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It is based upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which the player's ship, the Vaus, escapes.-Overview:...
games. (TaitoTaito CorporationThe is a Japanese publisher of video game software and arcade hardware wholly owned by publisher Square Enix. Taito has their headquarters in the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, sharing the facility with its parent company....
) - ASCII Stick L5 - One handed Famicom controller. (ASCIIASCII (company)was a publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. It became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group Holdings in 2004, and merged with another Kadokawa subsidiary MediaWorks on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works. The company published Monthly ASCII as the main publication...
) - BandaiBandaiis a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...
Karaoke StudioKaraoke StudioKaraoke Studio is a music video game designed for Nintendo's Family Computer. Physically the game acts as a subsystem designed to be inserted into the Family Computer cartridge slot...
- Famicom Microphone and unit that operates on its own cartridges. (BandaiBandaiis a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...
) - Barcode Battler II - Connected via a cable included in Barcode WorldBarcode Worldis a video game developed by Epoch and published by Sunsoft.-Summary:This video game was released exclusively in Japan on December 18, 1992 for the Nintendo Family Computer...
(Epoch Co.Epoch Co.Epoch Co., Ltd. is a Japanese toy and computer games company founded in 1958 which is best known for manufacturing Barcode Battler and Doraemon video games...
) - FamiCoin - Licensed colored "coins" that can be placed on the controller's directional pad (possibly to provide extra grip or reduce the "Nintendo thumbNintendo thumbNintendo thumb, known also as gamer's grip, Nintendinitis and similar names, is a video game-related health problem classified as a form of repetitive strain injury . The symptoms are the blistering, paraesthesia and swelling of the thumbs, mainly through use of the D-pad, though any finger can be...
"). (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Famicom 3D SystemFamicom 3D Systemis an accessory for the Family Computer that was only released in Japan in 1987. The 3D system consisted of a pair of liquid crystal shutter glasses that received video signals through dual 3.5mm jacks on a special adapter. It gave compatible games the illusion of 3D depth, like the Sega Master...
- A liquid crystal shutterLCD shutter glassesLiquid crystal shutter glasses are glasses used in conjunction with a display screen to create the illusion of a three dimensional image, an example of stereoscopy. Each eye's glass contains a liquid crystal layer which has the property of becoming dark when voltage is applied, being otherwise...
headset which gave compatible games the illusion of 3D depth, like the Sega Master System's 3D glasses. - Famicom Data RecorderFamicom Data RecorderFamicom Data Recorder HVC-008 is a compact cassette data interface for the Family Computer.-History:Manufactured by Matsushita/Panasonic for Nintendo, the Drive was released in 1984 only in Japan as an addition to the Family BASIC Keyboard to save data from BASIC programs created by users...
- Device for saving and loading programs onto standard audio cassettes for programs made in Family BASIC. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Famicom Controller - The original Famicom controller. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
)- Two controllers were permanently attached to the Famicom. The second player's controller included a built in microphoneMicrophoneA microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
but lacked the "start" and "select" buttons. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
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- Two controllers were permanently attached to the Famicom. The second player's controller included a built in microphone
- Family Converter - NES/Famicom cartridge adaptor. (Honey Bee)
- NES to Famicom version
- Famicom to NES version
- Family Computer Disk System - A unit that read non standard disks with content downloaded from Nintendo Disk Writer vending machines at stores. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Famicom Four-way AdaptorFamicom Four-way AdaptorMost models of the Nintendo Famicom are equipped with an expansion port for alternative controllers, such as keyboards and light guns. To support up to four players, the expansion port can be equipped with either an adapter to support two additional controllers, or a joystick equipped with a...
- Allows 4 players to play games at once. Not compatible with the NES SatelliteNES SatelliteThe NES Satellite is a Nintendo Entertainment System accessory created by Nintendo, and released in 1989.The Satellite allows up to four players to play the NES anywhere in the room without the necessity of wires running from the NES to the players' controllers. To use, a small infrared receiver...
or other NES 4-player adapters. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Famicom Light GunNES ZapperThe NES Zapper, also known as the Beam Gun in Japan, is an electronic light gun accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Japanese Famicom. It was released in Japan for the Famicom on and alongside the launch of the NES in North America in October 1985...
- A handgunHandgunA handgun is a firearm designed to be held and operated by one hand. This characteristic differentiates handguns as a general class of firearms from long guns such as rifles and shotguns ....
-style light gun. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
)- See also - Video game light gunLight gunA light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
- See also - Video game light gun
- Famicom ModemFamicom ModemThe is a video game peripheral for Family Computer released only in Japan in 1988. It allowed the user access to a server that provided game cheats, jokes, weather forecasts, and a small amount of downloadable content. It could also be used to make live stock trades. Unlike the NES Teleplay Modem,...
- Used to connect to a Nintendo server which provided content such as jokes, news (mainly about Nintendo), game tips, weather reports for Japan and allowed a small number of games to be downloaded. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Famicom RF Booster - RF connector. (Hori)
- Famicom S.D. System - Plugs into system's expansion slot for use with headphones. (Hori)
- Family BASIC Keyboard - A Famicom keyboard only used in conjunction with the Family BASIC software. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Family RobotR.O.B.R.O.B. , released in Japan as the , is an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in July 1985 in Japan and later that year in North America. It had a short product lifespan, with support for only two games which comprised the "Robot Series"; Gyromite and Stack-Up. R.O.B...
- A small battery-powered robot. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Family TrainerPower PadThe Power Pad is a floor mat game controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a gray mat with twelve pressure-sensors embedded between two layers of flexible plastic...
- A mat that allowed users to control games using their feet. (BandaiBandaiis a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...
) - Famicom TV-NET - Connected the Famicom to an online service.
- Gun SightLaserscopeThe Konami LaserScope is a head-mounted light gun used with and licensed for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. Konami originally released the peripheral in 1990, in Japan for the Famicom under the name Gun Sight...
- Voice activated laser headset. (KonamiKonamiis a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
) - Head Cleaning Card - A cleaning kit for the Nintendo FDS.
- Joystick-7 - Arcade style joystick with Turbo control for the Famicom.
- Joystick-7 Mk II
- Joycard Sanusui SSS - Controller with adapter for headphones. (Hudson SoftHudson Soft, formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973...
) - Multi-Box - Enhances the video. Connected to the right side controller nest.
- Party Room 21 Controller - A quiz show buzzer controller for use of up to six people.
- Power GlovePower GloveThe Power Glove is a controller accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and the first peripheral interface controller to recreate human hand movements on a television or computer screen in real time. The Power Glove was not popular and was criticized for its imprecise and difficult-to-use...
- Virtual hand controller. (PAX) - Reggie's Joystick - Famicom controller with turbofire.
- Spica T89 - NES to Famicom cartridge adaptor. (SpicaSpicaSpica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, and the 15th brightest star in the nighttime sky. It is 260 light years distant from Earth...
) - Super ControllerSuper ControllerThe Super Controller is an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was released by Bandai and was a plastic clip-on device that was supposed to allow the player to have a better NES playing experience. The original NES controller could be inserted inside by snapping...
- Joystick conversion cover for the Famicom Controller. (Bandai) - Toyo Stick - Famicom arcade style controller. (Toyo)
- Turbo File and Turbo File IITurbo File (ASCII)The Turbo File devices from ASCII Corporation are external storage devices for saving game positions on various Nintendo consoles. The devices have been sold only in Japan, and they are mainly supported by ASCII's own games.- Turbofile :...
- External storage devices (ASCII CorporationASCII (company)was a publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan. It became a subsidiary of Kadokawa Group Holdings in 2004, and merged with another Kadokawa subsidiary MediaWorks on April 1, 2008, and became ASCII Media Works. The company published Monthly ASCII as the main publication...
) - Wu Ho Cassette Adaptor - A NES to Famicom adaptor. (Wu Ho)
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Acclaim Remote Controller - The officially licensed wireless infrared remote controller for the NES. (AcclaimAcclaim EntertainmentAcclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
) - NES AdvantageNES AdvantageThe NES Advantage is an arcade style controller released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The device is meant to rest on a flat surface at a comfortable level, such as a tabletop or the floor, with the player seated behind it...
- Arcade style joystickJoystickA joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
for the NES. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Aladdin Deck EnhancerAladdin Deck EnhancerThe Aladdin Deck Enhancer, produced by Camerica, and developed by Codemasters, is a cartridge based system that allows software on Compact Cartridges to be played on the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is similar to the Datach system for the Famicom, but without the Barcode feature...
- Allows the NES to play Aladdin game cartridges. (CamericaCamericaCamerica was a company owned and operated by David J. Harding. It was a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including...
) - Arkanoid ControllerArkanoid ControllerThe Arkanoid Controller, or Vaus, is an optional game controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System game Arkanoid which enhances the feel and play of the game.-Summary:...
- Specific controller for the game ArkanoidArkanoidis an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It is based upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which the player's ship, the Vaus, escapes.-Overview:...
. (TaitoTaito CorporationThe is a Japanese publisher of video game software and arcade hardware wholly owned by publisher Square Enix. Taito has their headquarters in the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, sharing the facility with its parent company....
) - NES Controller (Basic) - The original rectangle NES controller. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
)- NES Controller 2 (Basic) - The SNES styled NES controller created for the NES 2. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
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- NES Controller 2 (Basic) - The SNES styled NES controller created for the NES 2. (Nintendo
- Double PlayerDouble PlayerDouble Player is a set of two wireless controllers for the Nintendo Entertainment System created by Acclaim. This accessory has the Nintendo Seal of Quality....
- Wireless head-to-head system. (AcclaimAcclaim EntertainmentAcclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
) - Epyx 500XJ - Handheld JoystickJoystickA joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
for the NES. (KonixKonix MultisystemKonix was a British computer peripheral company primarily known for making joysticks such as the distinctive Speed King during the 1980s. Although this was its primary business for years, its place in videogame folklore was cemented by its ambitious and ultimately ill-fated plans to release its own...
) - NES Four ScoreNES Four ScoreThe NES Four Score is an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System created by Nintendo. It allows four-player gameplay on games that supported it. The Four Score was released in 1990....
- Allows 4 players to play games at once. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Freedom Connection - Adaptor to convert any controller into a wireless one. (CamericaCamericaCamerica was a company owned and operated by David J. Harding. It was a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including...
) - Freedom Deck - Arcade style joystickJoystickA joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
. (CamericaCamericaCamerica was a company owned and operated by David J. Harding. It was a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including...
) - Freedom PadFreedom PadThe Freedom Pad is a third party accessory that utilizes an infrared wireless game controller made by Camerica for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. While it used a similar colour scheme as the Nintendo Control Deck and NES Advantage, it could also be used on the Sega Master System and...
- Infra-red wireless NES controller. (CamericaCamericaCamerica was a company owned and operated by David J. Harding. It was a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including...
) - Game GenieGame GenieThe Game Genie is a series of cheat systems designed by Codemasters and sold by Camerica and Galoob for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Sega Game Gear that modifies game data, allowing the player to cheat, manipulate various...
- Cheat code adapter for NES cartridges. Normally only works on the NES1 (front loading) control decks. (GaloobGaloobLewis Galoob Toys, Inc. was a toy company headquartered on Forbes Blvd. in South San Francisco, California. Best known for distributing the Game Genie, a videogame cheat device, for Codemasters in the US, Galoob was founded by Barbara Frankel and Lewis Galoob in 1954 as an import business. Before...
)- Game Genie NES 2 Adaptor - A special adaptor that (when attached) allows the Game Genie to have compatibility with the NES 2. It was primarily given away for free to all Game Genie owners, but only if they made a mail order phone request for one. After mail orders were no longer accepted some of the leftover stock did appear for sale in limited quantities at lesser known convenient stores. (GaloobGaloobLewis Galoob Toys, Inc. was a toy company headquartered on Forbes Blvd. in South San Francisco, California. Best known for distributing the Game Genie, a videogame cheat device, for Codemasters in the US, Galoob was founded by Barbara Frankel and Lewis Galoob in 1954 as an import business. Before...
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- Game Genie NES 2 Adaptor - A special adaptor that (when attached) allows the Game Genie to have compatibility with the NES 2. It was primarily given away for free to all Game Genie owners, but only if they made a mail order phone request for one. After mail orders were no longer accepted some of the leftover stock did appear for sale in limited quantities at lesser known convenient stores. (Galoob
- The Game Handler - A one-handed flight stick that controls by tilting. (IMN Control)
- Game Key - NES cartridge adaptor. (Horeleg)
- HES UnidaptorHES UnidaptorThe HES Unidaptor is a video game adapter which allows any Nintendo Entertainment System console game to be operated on any NES hardware despite the 10NES region security chip. It was developed by Australian company Home Entertainment Suppliers Pty. Ltd. . Two models were released: the HES...
- Famicom and NES cartridge adaptor. (Home Entertainment SuppliersHome Entertainment SuppliersHome Entertainment Suppliers Pty. Ltd. is an Australian company that distributes computer games and gaming equipment. HES offices are based in Riverwood, Sydney....
)- HES Unidaptor MKII - NES adaptor.
- HFC (Hands Free Controller) - A hands free controller designed specifically for people with physical limitations and special needs. It was worn like a vest, uses puff and sippingSip-and-puffSip-and-Puff or Sip 'n' Puff ' technology is a method used to send signals to a device using air pressure by "sipping" or "puffing" on a straw, tube or "wand." It is primarily used by people who do not have the use of their hands...
motions on a straw for the A and B buttons, and a chin stick for directional movement. This product was offered exclusively through Nintendo's consumer service number and was not sold in stores. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Innovation Joypad - Turbo controller with cord on the left instead of top. "START" is labeled "CTART". Called "Innovation 8 Bit Controller" on box and "Innovation Joypad" on the actual controller. (Innovation Entertainment)
- JammerJammer (NES accessory)The Jammer is an arcade-style controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System made by Beeshu. It is a clone of Nintendo's officially-licensed arcade controller, the NES Advantage. On this controller, the turbo buttons are labeled "dial-a-speed" buttons. Beeshu also manufactured other controllers...
- NES AdvantageNES AdvantageThe NES Advantage is an arcade style controller released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The device is meant to rest on a flat surface at a comfortable level, such as a tabletop or the floor, with the player seated behind it...
clone. - Joycard Sanusui SSS - Controller with adapter for headphones. (Hudson SoftHudson Soft, formally known as , is a majority-owned subsidiary of Konami Corporation is a Japanese electronic entertainment publisher headquartered in the Midtown Tower in Tokyo Midtown, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with an additional office in the Hudson Building in Sapporo. It was founded on May 18, 1973...
) - LaserScopeLaserscopeThe Konami LaserScope is a head-mounted light gun used with and licensed for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. Konami originally released the peripheral in 1990, in Japan for the Famicom under the name Gun Sight...
- Voice activated laser headset. (KonamiKonamiis a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
) - NES LockoutNES LockoutThe NES Lockout was a combination lock device made by SafeCare Products, Inc. and Master Lock that featured a "Self-Setting" combination that attached to the open bay of a front-loading NES via a hole under the control deck directly below the chamber lid which enabled the lock to grab the console...
- Locking device with key to prevent play. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - NES MaxNES MaxThe NES Max is a gamepad that was released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. Like many later controllers , it has "wings": handles that extend from the edges of the pad.- Design :...
- A controller with a sliding control pad and rapid-fire buttons. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Magic Key - NES cartridge adaptor. (Magic Key)
- MegaMega (NES peripheral)The Bandai MEGATM controller is a programmable unit released in 1987 and officially licensed by Nintendo for play on the Nintendo Entertainment System. It includes a built in LCD screen that displays the active functions, and a built in game.The modes included are:...
- Programmable control pad with an LCD screen. (BandaiBandaiis a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...
) - Miracle Piano - Game that teaches keyboarding with a real keyboard. (The Software Toolworks)
- Power GlovePower GloveThe Power Glove is a controller accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and the first peripheral interface controller to recreate human hand movements on a television or computer screen in real time. The Power Glove was not popular and was criticized for its imprecise and difficult-to-use...
- Virtual hand controller. (MattelMattelMattel, Inc. is the world's largest toy company based on revenue. The products it produces include Fisher Price, Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox toys, Masters of the Universe, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles. The company's name is derived from...
) - Power PadPower PadThe Power Pad is a floor mat game controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a gray mat with twelve pressure-sensors embedded between two layers of flexible plastic...
- NES exercise mat. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
)- See also - Family Fun FitnessPower PadThe Power Pad is a floor mat game controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a gray mat with twelve pressure-sensors embedded between two layers of flexible plastic...
- See also - Family Fun Fitness
- Pro Beam Light GunLight gunA light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
- A Zapper Light GunNES ZapperThe NES Zapper, also known as the Beam Gun in Japan, is an electronic light gun accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Japanese Famicom. It was released in Japan for the Famicom on and alongside the launch of the NES in North America in October 1985...
clone for NES. (Dominator) - Quickshot ArcadeQuickshot ArcadeThe QuickShot Arcade is a Nintendo Entertainment System joystick. It is a NES Advantage clone, but it looks like the control stick of an aircraft. It has an 8-way joystick on a circular base, a trigger , and three buttons on top . This joystick is used primarily for flight simulators, such as Top...
- NES AdvantageNES AdvantageThe NES Advantage is an arcade style controller released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The device is meant to rest on a flat surface at a comfortable level, such as a tabletop or the floor, with the player seated behind it...
clone. - Quickshot Aviator 2 - Flight simulator style NES controller. (QuickShotQuickShotQuickShot was a line of joysticks and other input devices produced by Spectravideo for video game machines including Atari, Commodore, MSX, Amiga, Nintendo and Sega. Relatively famous was its Quickshot Maverick joystick, compatible with multiple consoles and home computers...
) - Quickshot TrackballQuickshot TrackballThe official name for this joystick is the Quickshot QS-121 Deluxe Joyball. The joystick is often confused with a trackball due to the similar shape, however the 'ball' is not a complete sphere, merely a large dome attached to a switching mechanism that slides forward, backward, left, and right...
- Controller with two buttons and a trackball. (QuickShotQuickShotQuickShot was a line of joysticks and other input devices produced by Spectravideo for video game machines including Atari, Commodore, MSX, Amiga, Nintendo and Sega. Relatively famous was its Quickshot Maverick joystick, compatible with multiple consoles and home computers...
) - Quickshot WizmasterQuickshot WizmasterThe Wizmaster is a wireless controller accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System created by QuickShot.This wireless controller has various adapters that would plug into the back of the controller. It came with a packaged remote adapter, but others could be purchased separately...
- Wireless controller. (QuickshotQuickShotQuickShot was a line of joysticks and other input devices produced by Spectravideo for video game machines including Atari, Commodore, MSX, Amiga, Nintendo and Sega. Relatively famous was its Quickshot Maverick joystick, compatible with multiple consoles and home computers...
) - Quickshot sighting scopeNES ZapperThe NES Zapper, also known as the Beam Gun in Japan, is an electronic light gun accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Japanese Famicom. It was released in Japan for the Famicom on and alongside the launch of the NES in North America in October 1985...
- N.E.S Zapper-scope. (QuickShotQuickShotQuickShot was a line of joysticks and other input devices produced by Spectravideo for video game machines including Atari, Commodore, MSX, Amiga, Nintendo and Sega. Relatively famous was its Quickshot Maverick joystick, compatible with multiple consoles and home computers...
) - R.O.B.R.O.B.R.O.B. , released in Japan as the , is an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in July 1985 in Japan and later that year in North America. It had a short product lifespan, with support for only two games which comprised the "Robot Series"; Gyromite and Stack-Up. R.O.B...
- A small battery-powered robot. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Roll 'n Rocker - A controller where the user tilt their weight in a direction to control games. (LJNLJNLJN was an American toy company and video game publisher. It created toy lines and video games based on movies, television shows, and celebrities. It was headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and later in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.-Founding:...
(AcclaimAcclaim EntertainmentAcclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
)) - SatelliteNES SatelliteThe NES Satellite is a Nintendo Entertainment System accessory created by Nintendo, and released in 1989.The Satellite allows up to four players to play the NES anywhere in the room without the necessity of wires running from the NES to the players' controllers. To use, a small infrared receiver...
- Wireless four-player adapter for NES. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
) - Speedboard - A piece of plastic that you put your controller in that "puts the speed at your fingers". (PressmanPressman Toy CorporationPressman Toy Corporation is a toy manufacturer based in New York City which was founded in 1922 by Jack Pressman. It currently focuses on family games and licensed products. Its slogan is "Games people play...
) - Speedking - NES controller that slowed down gameplay. (KonixKonix MultisystemKonix was a British computer peripheral company primarily known for making joysticks such as the distinctive Speed King during the 1980s. Although this was its primary business for years, its place in videogame folklore was cemented by its ambitious and ultimately ill-fated plans to release its own...
) - Super Chair - A chair controller; direction is determined by leaning in the chair and the A, B, Start, and Select buttons are on hand grips.
- Super ControllerSuper ControllerThe Super Controller is an accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was released by Bandai and was a plastic clip-on device that was supposed to allow the player to have a better NES playing experience. The original NES controller could be inserted inside by snapping...
- Joystick conversion cover for the NES Controller (Basic). (BandaiBandaiis a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...
) - Superstick - Infra-red wireless joystick. (Beeshu)
- Teleplay ModemTeleplay ModemThe Teleplay Modem was a modem for the Nintendo Entertainment System created by Keith Rupp and Nolan Bushnell, designed to provide online play between NES users, while also possessing compatibility with the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. The first prototype, called the "Ayota Modem", had a...
- A MODEM that enabled head to head play with other consoles (including the Sega Genesis). (Baton) - Turbo Tech ControllerTurbo Tech ControllerThe Turbo Tech Controller is a controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System made by an unknown company. This controller is similar in design to the Zipper controller.Like most other controllers, the Turbo Tech included a turbo feature....
- Controller for NES. - Turbo Touch 360Turbo Touch 360The Turbo Touch 360 is a series of aftermarket third-party controllers made by Triax for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Sega Genesis. What separated them from other controllers on the market was the fact that instead of a D-pad, they had a...
- Touch sensor controller. - TurbotronicTurbotronicThe Turbotronic is an arcade game-style controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System released by Camerica. It is a clone of the NES Advantage, and it has the same buttons....
- Arcade style joystickJoystickA joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
. (CamericaCamericaCamerica was a company owned and operated by David J. Harding. It was a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed Nintendo Entertainment System games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including...
) - U-ForceU-ForceThe U-Force was a game controller made by Brøderbund for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It employed a pair of perpendicular infrared sensor panels to translate the user's hand movements into controller signals.From a print advertisement circa 1989:...
- Programmable "hands free" technology. (BrøderbundBrøderbundBrøderbund Software, Inc. was an American maker of computer games, educational software and The Print Shop productivity tools. It was best known as the original creator and publisher of the popular Carmen Sandiego games. The company was founded in Eugene, Oregon, but moved to San Rafael,...
) - Ultimate SuperstickUltimate SuperstickThe Ultimate Superstick is a controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System made by Beeshu. A version was also made by Beeshu for the Atari 2600....
- Arcade style joystickJoystickA joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
. (Beeshu) - Zapper Light GunNES ZapperThe NES Zapper, also known as the Beam Gun in Japan, is an electronic light gun accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Japanese Famicom. It was released in Japan for the Famicom on and alongside the launch of the NES in North America in October 1985...
- Official NES light gun. Came in both grey and orange color variations. (NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
)- See also - Video game light gunLight gunA light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
- See also - Video game light gun
- Zipper - Turbo fire control pad with small removable joystick that goes into its D-pad. (Beeshu)
- Zinger - Turbo fire joystick. (Beeshu)
- Zoomer - Flight simulator joystick. (Beeshu)
See also
- History of the Nintendo Entertainment SystemHistory of the Nintendo Entertainment SystemNintendo's 8-bit video game console, the Nintendo Entertainment System , known as the , or in Japan, was introduced after the video game crash of 1983, and was instrumental in revitalizing the industry. It enjoyed a long lifespan and dominated the market during the rest of the decade...
- Nintendo Entertainment System hardware cloneNintendo Entertainment System hardware cloneOwing to the popularity and longevity of the Nintendo Entertainment System , the system has become one of the world's most cloned video game consoles...
- List of Super Nintendo Entertainment System accessories