Nintendo 64 accessories
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Nintendo 64 accessories are first-party Nintendo hardware—and third-party hardware, licensed and unlicensed—intended for use with the Nintendo 64, which was released in 1996. Nintendo's first-party accessories are mainly transformative system expansions: the 64DD Internet multimedia platform, with a floppy drive, video capture and editing, game designer, web browser, and online service; the controller plus its own expansions for storage, data transfer, and vibration; and the RAM-boosting Expansion Pak for improvements in graphics and gameplay. Third-party accessories include the essential game developer tools built for Nintendo by Silicon Graphics, Intelligent Systems, Kyoto Microcomputer Co.,Ltd. and SN Systems, an unlicensed SharkWire Online service, and unlicensed cheaper counterparts to first-party items.
First-party
First-party Nintendo 64 accessories have a product code prefixed with NUS, short for the console's pre-release name, "Nintendo Ultra Sixty-four".
Controller
The Nintendo 64 controller (NUS-005) features a distinctive "M"-shaped design, with a "control stick", making Nintendo the first manufacturer to include a thumbstick as a standard feature in its primary controller. It is functionally identical to an analog stick, but the control stick is digital, with the inner mechanism working more like a ball mouse.
The controller includes a D-pad and ten buttons: a large A and B button, a Start button, four C-buttons (Up, Down, Left, and Right), two shoulder buttons (L and R), and a Z trigger positioned on the back. A port on the bottom of the controller allows users to connect other accessories, including the Controller Pak, the Rumble Pak, and the Transfer Pak.
AC Power supply
The AC Power Supply (NUS-002, UKV-EUR-AUS-JPN-USA) is packaged with the Nintendo 64 and provides electricity to the Control Deck.
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