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Nintendo NES Controller
The Nintendo NES Controller is the rectangular wired gamepad for the original Nintendo Entertainment System console. Choose a direction with the pad on the left and operate the red A and B buttons on the right. Start and Select sit in the middle. Input is digital: it registers a pressed direction, without an analogue stick or pressure-sensitive triggers. How long you hold a button can still matter within a game, for example to Mario's jump height.
The fixed cable connects to an NES controller port and supplies the necessary power. Batteries, charging and wireless pairing are unnecessary. This is not the NES Classic Mini or Nintendo Switch controller: those versions use different connections. A PC or modern system requires a compatible adapter. A Super Nintendo controller does not plug directly into the same port either, despite the familiar layouts across both Nintendo generations.
You can use this gamepad with the five NES games below, but no games are thereby included. In two-player titles, the software decides whether you take turns or play simultaneously; a second controller is needed only when the chosen type of play requires it. The controller has no progress memory or vibration. It replaces a missing pad or adds another to your console. Games built for special accessories still require the specified accessory.
History
The NES controller built on the directional control Nintendo had used for handheld Game & Watch games. The Japanese Famicom of 1983 had two controllers attached to the system. The international NES received detachable controllers with their own plug, allowing replacement or connection of other supported accessories. This connection difference matters: a similar appearance does not mean every Famicom or NES accessory fits every version.
The controller combined a directional pad and A and B with separate Start and Select buttons. The layout matched on-screen action: choose direction with the left hand, jump or attack with the right. Developers created very different games within this small set of buttons. Super Mario Bros. focused on movement and jump distance, while The Legend of Zelda combined exploration and item use. Limited input did not determine how large an adventure could become.
During its life, the NES library grew through sequels, new characters and more technically elaborate cartridges. Games could use their own storage or additional capabilities in the cartridge, so not every title had the same features. Super Nintendo later retained interchangeable games and detachable controllers but used different cartridges and connections. Later NES reissues added modern conveniences. The original console instead retains the controls and saving rules of the physical games inserted into it.
Five popular Nintendo NES Games
Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo NES has you running and jumping through eight worlds to free the princess from Bowser. Each world consists of four levels, featuring outdoor areas, underground passages, water and castles. You cross gaps, dodge fire and land on Goombas to progress. How long you hold the jump button and whether you take a running start determine how high and far Mario jumps. Meanwhile, the clock keeps ticking.
Super Mario Bros. 3 for Nintendo NES takes you through eight worlds, each with its own map. You choose routes between levels, visit Toad Houses and try to clear fortresses. Bowser and the Koopalings have taken the kings' magic wands. You chase the airships to recover them. Along the way, grasslands give way to deserts, water areas, ice and a world where enemies and blocks are much larger than you are used to.
The Legend of Zelda for Nintendo NES is an action adventure in which you explore the land of Hyrule as Link. Princess Zelda has divided the Triforce of Wisdom into eight pieces to keep it out of Ganon's hands. You search underground dungeons for the fragments and prepare for the confrontation in Death Mountain. Above ground, you choose your own route past forests, lakes, caves and shops.
Mega Man 2 for Nintendo NES is an action platformer in which you stop Dr. Wily and his eight new Robot Masters. You choose which robot area to try first. Each route has its own setting and obstacles, from Air Man's clouds to Wood Man's forest and Quick Man's deadly beams. Jumping, climbing ladders and shooting form the foundation, but the order of your victories determines which extra tools you can use later.
DuckTales for Nintendo NES is a platform adventure in which you join Scrooge McDuck in search of five lost treasures. From Duckburg, you choose which destination to visit first: the Amazon, Transylvania, the African Mines, the Himalayas or the Moon. Each environment has its own dangers, hidden riches and guardian. Huey, Dewey, Louie and other familiar characters help along the way with hints, food or a lift to a hard-to-reach place.
