Product Description

The controller for the Nintendo 64 was designed to be held in several different positions. It could be held by the two outer grips, allowing use of the digital D-pad, right-hand face buttons and the "L" and "R" shoulder buttons (but not the "Z" trigger or analog stick). It could be also held by the center and right-hand grip, allowing the use of the single analog stick, the right hand-buttons, the "R" shoulder button, and the "Z" trigger on the rear (but not the "L" shoulder button or D-pad). Finally, it could be held entirely by the left or right hand by the center grip, allowing it to be held like a pistol for FPS games.[citation needed] More often than not the analog stick was used in games while in some, both the analog stick and directional pad could be interchangeable (ex: Mortal Kombat Trilogy). Very few games used the directional pad exclusively; two examples are the 3D puzzle game Tetrisphere and the side-scrolling platformer Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. The controller also included four "C buttons", which were originally intended to control the camera in the N64's three dimensional environments. However, since the pad only contained three other face buttons, the C-buttons often became assigned to ulterior functions. An example of this is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where the C-buttons can be assigned to secondary items and the "Z"-trigger is used to orient the camera. One game, Robotron 64 allowed one player to use two controllers to control his avatar. This way the game played like its predecessor, Robotron 2084. The controller initially came only in gray, but other hues were released later on, many of them coinciding with the release of a similarly designed system. Some include: black, red, green, yellow, blue, atomic purple, and special edition colors like gold.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1702 in Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Platform: Nintendo 64

Features

• Official Nintendo Brand
• Original Gray Design

Customer Reviews

Previous experience - non amazon.com controller
The only problem I have found with this controller is the joystick - it tend to wear down after 5 years or so - a white powder material tend to pop up on the bottom of the joystick and its performance tend to make movements, etc "not right".

Too bad gamestop doesn't sell them anymore in the open but try to check with the clerk once in a while - always keep the receipt - like some of the reviewers says, it's risky to buy used equipments. Halfprice bookstores once in a while have those but there's limited stores in the states (mainly texas, great lakes states from Minnesota to Ohio, single stores most other states - so there must be some other half price bookstore types. Rarely I have seen vendors in indoor malls selling this kind of thing, etc but I hadn't any experience in buying from them.

I hadn't had any experience buying them online but it will be nice if several people recommend the best website to buy them. (have several people vow for a specific website help a lot!)

Wears out quick
The controller fits fairly well into your hands despite appearances, but a big problem with the N64 controllers is that the control stick technology was so new that they didn't quite know how to do it properly. The bits that hold the stick in place and keep it from wobbling are hard plastic and wear down over time. Lubricant helps, and they're relatively easy to repair if you can find stick installations alone.

excellent
We were having difficulties finding this item anywhere. This arrived on time and in excellent condition.