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Power Glove


   

Manufacturer:  Mattel (US)
PAX (Japan)
MSRP:  $49.95 US?
Country: US/Japan (Europe?)
Licensed:  Yes
Year: Unknown
Number of games supported: 1
Additional Info: Manual

Ah, the Power Glove. Definately one of the most famous, as well as infamous, of all NES peripherals ever released. Few Nintendo accessories were as hyped as this. Technically, this device was impressive for its days (I was told of a story of a bunch of guys from some tech college who spliced this into a UNIX machine and used it for virtual reality). However, this device really has no practical use, beyond the only game made for it, Super Glove Ball from Mattel (another game, Glove Pilot and Manipulator Glove Adventure were announced but never released. Oddly Super Glove Ball *was not* released in Japan, the glove was only sold as a "unique" controller for use with the exisiting Famicom library. It tanked, and bankrupted PAX, according to |tsr.

If anyone has a typed up or scanned copy of the setup guide that came with the Power Glove, it would be greatly appreciated. I have a PDF copy of it in my possession, but cannot put it up due to various issues.

Some pics and info ripped from |tsr's NES Archive