Acclaim Wireless Controller is one of the many joypads created for the NES over the years, but what made this one special is that is was infared and thereby wireless, but its disadvantage was that it was badly created.Family Fun Fitness, known as the Powerpad in the US and Canada, would turn your NES system into a powerful fitness unit after you've eaten a ton of burgers, emptied bottles of coke and made a good burp.
Time to jump into your gym suit.THE FAMICOM 3D GLASES.Kinda like a virtual helmet, only released for the Famicom. It only worked with very few games, mostly Famicom Disk Games I think.THE KONAMI HEADSET.A weird accessories for the NES. It was released by Konami and works like a Zapper lightgun. You shout "fire" when you wanna try to hit something.... hmmmf! shut up kid, I'm trying to read the newspaper!THE TELEPLAY NES MODEM.The Teleplay is a modem which you plug into the secret bottom connector of your NES unit or the game slot of the Sega Genesis.
This would allow to play games with your friends without being in the same room, or even using the same unit. You can even link a PC keyboard to the Teleplay modem for educational use.THE FAMICOM DISK SYSTEM.The system released by Nintendo around 1986. Almost everyone outside Asia have always thought that this was some kind of backup unit like those that were made for the Super Famicom.
But no, this is an official Nintendo product and was made because the disks are cheaper to produce and the total price of the game therefore was cheaper.CAMERICA'S VIDEOGAME ENHANCER (GAMEGENIE).The GameGenies real name was "PowerPak" and was developed by the english software giant Codemasters. It was quickly sold to the mysterious American Distribution company Camerica who gave the PowerPak a final touch, then renamed it to GameGenie and it was ready for release.FAMILY BASIC PROGRAMMING MODULE.Designed as peripheral equipment for "Family Computer".
BASIC now is usable with Family Computer by adding a keyboard to the expansion connector and a cartridge with a basic program inserted into the cartridge slot.THE POWERGLOVE.Released by Mattel in the US and by PAX in Asia. The Powerglove was designed to function as a normal joypad, which means that it works with any game and one of them are the star wars galaxy of heroes hack.U-FORCE JOYSTICK.The U-FORCE is a hands-free NES controller created by Brøderbund Software (the company that brought you the Carmen Sandiego series).GameKey Universal Adaptor was probably one of the best known convertes at the time. It was distributed by the same company which distributed the GameGenie in England and the converter was widely advertised.
These game converters are not legal, atleast that's what Nintendo of Denmark says. Nintendo does also say that these converters can damage your Nintendo system, but I've been using these converters on the same NES system for the last 4 years, and nothing have happened yet.THE ROBOT OPERATING BUDDY (R.O.B.).is a special accessory which once was included with certain NES sets.
The idea was to provide an interactive medium between the TV screen and player.THE MIRACLE SYSTEM.Now you're console is more than a console... it's a music system. That's right, with the Miracle keyboard plugged into your Nintendo you can play the music straight away.THE ALADDIN DECK ENHANCER.is a special accessory which once was included with certain NES sets. The idea was to provide an interactive medium between the TV screen and player. (Please note that this page has quite a few pictures and therefore might take awhile to load).
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