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| Manufacturer: |
Nintendo |
| MSRP: |
$19.95 US |
| Country: |
US, Japan, Europe |
| Licensed: |
Yes |
| Year: |
1990-1991 |
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| This is the standard controller that comes with the SNES, and
can be purchased separately. These controllers are strictly vanilla; it is a controller
with all the buttons, and that's it. No turbo fire or slow motion. The first SNES sets to
ship when it was released back in late 1991, have defective controllers. There are broken
pieces of plastic inside, and the wire plug, which insetrs onto the circuit board, can
easily come loose. I had these controllers; the plug inside came loose, and I opened the
controller and plugged it back in, only to have it keep coming loose. Pretty
disappointing, considering I never had any problems with my NES controllers. Nintendo
reported they knew about the defect, and corrected the problem with the controller shortly
after the first SNES sets shipped, so if you buy one today, there shouldn't be any
problems with it. I still question the quality of the controllers; I had another break
fairly easily, and not from the defects I noted. But, this controller, when it works, it
works, and the cable length is better than some third party controllers. If you don't need
a fancy controller, and you already have one of these, use it. Just be careful... |
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