Atari Game Program Case (ORG 400)
As in a book, eight modules can be stored in the Atari Game Program Case (Model No ORG 400), four on each page. Program booklets can be placed in two small …
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Atari Keyboard Controllers (CX50)
The keyboard controllers are an extension for the Atari 2600 Video Game System and are sold as a pair. They can be connected to the controller ports of the …
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Open pageAtari Kid's Controllers
The Kid's Controller is a variant of the Keyboard Controller, which is especially designed for smaller children with its large buttons. The seven games that …
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Atari Modular Cartridge Library (ORG 500)
While the average price for an Atari game in Germany is DM 139, the modules in the US are already available on average for $19 to $24, which makes it more …
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Atari Paddle Controllers (CX30)
Paddle controllers are analog potentiometers that allow an object to move over the screen at a chosen speed. They are technically identical with the …
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Atari Video Touch Pad (CX21)
The Video Touch Pad is a keyboard with 12 keys for the Atari 2600 game console. It is available individually or bundled with the game Star Raiders; since both …
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Bandai Family Trainer
Three years after the Famicom’s release, Bandai introduced the Family Trainer accessory. The mat is laid on the floor, and its printed buttons respond to …
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Capcom Street Fighter Power Stick
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CD32 ProModule from Elsat
The CD32 ProModule is an extension for the Amiga CD32 from the Polish company Elsat from Warsaw. (Other existing CD32 extensions are SX32 from DCE Computer …
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Codemasters/Galoob Game Genie
Game Genie is a series of cheat systems from the British video game developers Codemasters (sale by Galoob and Camerica) which were available for various …
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Coleco Expansion Module #2 Driving Controller
The expansion 2 for the ColecoVision does not use the expansion shaft of the console, contrary to its name, but is an alternative controller for racing games …
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Coleco Super Action Controller for ColecoVision
The Super Action Controller Set consists of two controllers, which are significantly more ergonomic than the standard controllers of the ColecoVision. At the …
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ColecoVision Expansion Module #1 Atari 2600 Module Converter
At its appearance in 1982, ColecoVision becomes a serious competitor for the Atari 2600. This situation worsens when Coleco develops the Expansion Module #1 …
Open pageCommodore CD 1200 Controller
The CD 1200 is an infrared Commodore controller for the Commodore CDTV system. The small device integrates a keyboard, a trackball and mouse buttons.
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Commodore Paddles (1312)
In the early 80s, Commodore released a pair of analogue paddles, model 1312, for the VC20, C64 and C128. Paddles were among the earliest input devices. While a …
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Dreamcast Fishing Controller
Sega’s Dreamcast Fishing Controller supports games such as Reel Fishing: Wild, Sega Bass Fishing, Sega Marine Fishing and Lake Masters Pro Dreamcast plus!. It …
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Guitar Hero Guitar Controller
Harmonix Music Systems developed this guitar controller for Guitar Hero and Rockband. Players use it to reproduce the music heard during the game as accurately …
Open pageInterton Electronic rifle V300
The Elektronisches Gewehr V300 (electronic rifle) is an accessory for the Interton VIDEO 3000 and 3001 consoles, used for clay pigeon shooting or driven-hunt …
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Koala Technologies KoalaPad Touch Tablet
The KoalaPad is a drawing tablet for the home computer and an extension for the popular drawing program KoalaPainter or KoalaPaint. Koala Technologies produced …
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Open pageKonami LaserScope
The LaserScope is a headset for the NES with integrated voice control and a light gun. Konami developed both the headset and the game Laser Invasion. To fire …
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Magnavox Odyssey Shooting Gallery
Shooting Gallery is an accessory for the Magnavox Odyssey. The box contains a rifle made of high quality materials, two additional plug-in modules, four screen …
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Mattel INTELLIVOICE (Voice Synthesis Module)
As the second manufacturer after Philips, Mattel offers an extension for voice output in 1982 with the Intellivoice. The sound chip used is the same as the …
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Microsoft Kinect for Xbox and PCs
Microsoft Kinect is a sensor accessory for motion and speech recognition. Introduced in 2010 for Xbox 360, the first generation allows supported games to be …
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Milton Bradley Cosmic Commander Control
The Cosmic Command Controller is a typical periphery of this era, insofar as a toy manufacturer strives to authentically recreate the gaming feeling of a …
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Open pageNEC Com Cable (PI-AN4) for PC Engine GT/TurboExpress
The Com Cable connects two PC Engine GT (TurboExpress in the USA) consoles. This allows two players to play with their mobile consoles.
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NEC DUO Monitor for PC Engine
The DUO Monitor is a portable LCD display for the PC Engine Duo console. With a sales price of more than €600, NEC accessories were launched on the Japanese …
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NEC TurboStick (HES-STK-01)
The TurboStick is a wired arcade stick (controller) for the PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16 in the USA) console. It combines joystick, two sliders and 7 buttons (two …
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NEC TV tuner (PI-AD11) for PC Engine GT/TurboExpress
NEC's TV tuner allows you to receive TV programs for the portable PC Engine GT game console (called TurboExpress in the USA). For the connection with the …
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Nintendo Expansion Pak for Nintendo 64
The Expansion Pak is a memory extension for the Nintendo 64 console that Nintendo launched in November 1998. It doubles the memory of the game console from 4 …
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Nintendo Four Player Adapter (DMG-07)
The Nintendo Four Player Adapter allows you to connect four Game Boy. Each Game Boy is connected to the hub with a cable. Since there were not many buyers for …
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Nintendo Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable (GTC-005)
Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable (AGB-005) connects up to four Game Boy Advance consoles for multiplayer games. This includes the Game Boy Advance …
Open pageNintendo Game Boy Link Cable (DMG-04)
With the DMG-04 link cable, two Game Boys can be connected, and so play together. Games that allow multi-game operation with the link cable carry a logo that …
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Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter (DOL-015)
Nintendo's GameCube (2001-2007) is the sixth generation of game consoles competing with Sega Dreamcast, Sony PS2 and Microsoft Xbox. They point to the 21st …
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Nintendo GameCube Memory Card (59, 251, 1019)
Nintendo's GameCube console has no permanent memory to store saved games. But there is a slot for memory cards that are available from Nintendo and other …
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Nintendo Super Game Boy 2 Adapter (SHVC-042)
The Super Game Boy 2, like its predecessor, the Super Game Boy, brings Nintendo Game Boy games to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom in …
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Nintendo Super Game Boy Adapter (SHVC-027/SNS-027/SNSP-027)
The Super Game Boy allows you to play games for the Nintendo Game Boy with the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom in Japan). Nintendo launches …
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Open pageOptec SS Pro Commander Controller Sega Saturn
The SS Pro Commander is a programmable controller for the Sega Saturn console from Optec. (The product was only brought to the Japanese market and would …
Open pagePanasonic Game Boy Player (SH-GB 10)
Nintendo’s GameCube was only moderately successful compared with the PS2 and Xbox, but it had numerous accessories. One interesting example is Nintendo’s Game …
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Panasonic Video CD Adapter (FZ-FV10)
The Panasonic 3DO consoles FZ-1 and FZ-10 are -- as are the equivalents of Goldstar and Sanyo -- equipped with a CD drive, but unable to decompress MPEG-1 data …
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Para Para Paradise Controller
Para Para is a fast dance style that is very popular in Japan. The aim is to perform predefined movements with the main arm and hand for para-para music. Para …
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Personal Peripherals Super Sketch for TI-99/4A
With the Super Sketch from Personal Peripherals, users were able to take copies of existing line drawings onto the computer on a small drawing board and a …
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Philips Digital Video Cartridge (22ER9956)
The CD-i models were not as powerful as originally planned. The usual games always contained small film sequences, but no long, smooth video sequences in full …
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Philips Peacekeeper revolver (22ER9020)
Blue revolver for CD-i consoles.
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Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Controller
The Chainsaw Controller, limited to 50,000 copies worldwide, was originally developed exclusively for the GameCube version of Resident Evil 4. Because of the …
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Open pageRGA International Video Game Brain Games Switch 6 to 1
From Hong Kong comes from RGA International the game switch Video Game Brain, whereby it hits the subtitle Select-A-Game and game-cartridge storage system …
Open pageRoll N' Rocker
The Roll N' Rocker, developed by LJN Toys, is an accessory for the NES. Under the disc is a kind of ball, so the player has to balance in different directions …
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Romscanner Command Center
The Romscanner Command Center is just one of several similar systems that make it unnecessary to switch modules in the Atari 2600. Several modules are plugged …
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Open pageSega Activator
The Activator was released in 1993 by Sega in America and is an all-body octogonal control unit for the Sega Mega Drive. The controller consists of eight …
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Sega Baiku Handoru
The motorcycle controller (BH-400) from 1985 was released only in Japan. It is built for the systems Sega SC-3000, SG-1000, SG1000II, Sega Mark III and …
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Sega Card Catcher
The Sega consoles Mark III and Master System (both the third generation of game consoles) were able to receive games either as a module or on Sega Card or Sega …
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Sega Control Stick (3060)
The Control Stick (3060) is a joystick for the Sega Master System. Its joystick sits on the right, the two buttons are left.
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Open pageSega Dreamcast 4x Memory Card (HKT-4100)
The Dreamcast 4x Memory Card (also Memory Card 4X) is pure flash memory for the Sega Dreamcast console to save game levels. Unlike the Sega Visual Memory Unit …
Open pageSega Dreamcast Karaoke
With the Dreamcast Karaoke accessory, the Sega Dreamcast console can be upgraded to a Karaoke station. Only the Japanese market is addressed, which is why the …
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Sega Dreamcast Keyboard
The Dreamcast Keyboard is a complete keyboard for the Sega Dreamcast game console. Various models came on the market, including a Japanese version without a …
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Sega Dreamcast Planet Ring Microphone
Planet Ring is a collection of four games for the Dreamcast console. The player had to keep a constant Internet connection and could enjoy up to 32 other …
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Sega Game Gear TV Tuner
The Sega Game Gear TV Tuner is an accessory for the Sega Game Gear.
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Sega Master System Converter/Power Base Converter
In 1985 Sega launched the Sega Mark III in Japan, which appears in the West as the Sega Master System (SMS). With an 8-bit processor and replaceable modules …
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Sega Power Memory for Sega Saturn (HSS-0111, HSS-0138)
Unlike, for example, Sony PlayStation, the Sega Saturn console has a small internal memory of 32 KiB, in which game levels can be stored. It has a small …
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Sega Tap/Team Player/Multiplayer
In 1993 Sega launched a 4-port distributor called "Sega Tap" (Japan), "Team Player" (Europe) and "Multiplayer" (USA) to allow several players to play on Sega …
Open pageSega Virtua Stick for Sega Saturn
Virtua Fighter is an early fighting game developed by Sega’s AM2 studio. It appeared on Sega Model 1 arcade hardware in 1993 and was ported to the Sega Saturn …
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Sega Visual Memory Unit/System (VMU) for Dreamcast
It is rare that the name of an extension (Memory Unit) and its appearance vary. The Sega Visual Memory Unit (VMU) is a permanent memory for the Dreamcast with …
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Open pageSpace Invaders 25th Anniversary Edition Controller Set (TCPS-10074)
Space Invaders has been one of the cornerstones of video game history since 1978 alongside Pac-Man. Space Invaders was programmed by Japanese Toshihiro …
Open pageSpectravideo CompuMate Extension (SV-010) for Atari VCS
In the early 80s, several expansions appeared, or were at least announced, that could turn games consoles into home computers. This became necessary as …
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STD Handy Gear (SV-800)
To keep a Sega Game Gear clean, you could put it in a plastic bag, or use the Handy Gear from STD: a protective shell shaped like an enlarged Game Gear. It is …
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Open pageSTD SG ProgramPad 2 (SV-443)
Under the name ProgramPad (subtitled Digital Action Learning System), US company Recoton launched some controllers for the Sega Mega Drive/Mega CD under the …
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Steel Battalion
In the robot simulation Steel Battalion, the player controls walking combat robots in various war scenarios. For the games Steel Battalion and Steel Battalion …
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SX 32 from DCE Computer Service
The SX 32 module from the German company DCE extends an Amiga CD32 to a complete Amiga 1200. Apart from the external interfaces, the SX 32 module disappears …
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