News Tagged: Peripherals

Tuesday 7th April, 2009 - 10:57 BST

News: 20 Years On, The Power Glove is Still Awesomely Bad

20 Years On, The Power Glove is Still Awesomely Bad

“I love the Power Glove. It’s so bad.”

When Lucas Barton uttered those immortal words in the 1989 movie The Wizard it made every single Nintendo fan on the face of the planet want one.The reality was a little less impressive, but thankfully modder Matt Mechtley is ensuring that this iconic peripheral isn’t forgotten; he’s tinkered around with it to add additional functionality, although..

14 comments | In Power Glove, Retro, Modding, Peripherals, Controllers.

Wednesday 2nd January, 2008 - 09:28 GMT

News: SNES CD Prototype Pad On Ebay

SNES CD Prototype Pad On Ebay

Totally useless but historically interesting all the same!

We don’t usually get too excited about ‘prototype’ items but this caught our attention here at NintendoLife Towers. Some lucky chap is currently selling a SNES CD joypad prototype on eBay.For those of you that don’t know, the SNES CD never actually existed; it was supposed to be a wonderful collaboration between Nintendo and Sony..

3 comments | In Amusement, Hardware, Peripherals, Retro.

Friday 2nd November, 2007 - 12:20 GMT

News: A Brief History Of The Light Gun On Nintendo

A Brief History Of The Light Gun On Nintendo

With the imminent launch of the Wii Zapper here at NintendoLife we've gotten a little nostalgic as memories of the NES Zapper and Super Scope are brought flooding back.

Light guns were around in the 1930’s beginning with Seeburg’s Ray-O-Light arcade shooter all the way back in 1936. The game involved a moving duck which must be shot in order to achieve a point. Arguably this early arcade title..

3 comments | In Wii Zapper, NES, Peripherals, Retro, Features.