NES Advantage Controller Review (HD)

The NES Advantage is one of the few NES accessories which is actually useful for something. But is is really all that it's made out to be, or does it just look great because it's being compared to even worse accessories?

I'd say it's the latter. The only reason I would recommend this controller is because there is, unfortunately, no alternative available.

However, if you own a Generation NEX, you may be in luck, because there is an arcade-style controller available specifically for that system! This controller, called the Generation NEX Wireless Arcade Stick, is based aesthetically a lot like the NES Advantage and has all the same features, but seems like it might be better than the Advantage. The listing on Amazon.com can be found here:

http://ow.ly/3zASD

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• nintendo
• nes
• advantage
• joystick
• controller
• entertainment system
• arcade

[MrGamerBoy1212]

FEW??? THEY HAD A FREAKIN PIANO MAN!

[onpon4]

@MrGamerBoy1212 That's one more for the few. NES Advantage, NES Max, NES Zapper, the piano accessory. I think that's small enough to call "few".

[videogameobsession]

No offense man, but that stick is worn and your review would probably be much different if you were to open it and clean the "gunk" out. It's really easy to do. Your buttons wouldn't stick and your controller might possibly work easier too.

I bought mine in '87 and never had issues with it, but then again I didn't use it a whole lot. It was considered cheating to use this. It was too easy for a player hit Turbo while playing Track & Field for instance. An unfair "Advantage" if you will. :P

[onpon4]

@WildWaddledee R.O.B. only had two games released for it. It was pretty much discarded after its initial purpose, which was to avoid the American stigma against video games. AFAIK, R.O.B. only has value these days as a collector's item.

[onpon4]

@EquilibriumGaming Would you care to supply a brand new, unopened accessory from 24 years ago?

[onpon4]

@EquilibriumGaming The first one I got was broken, so I've actually used two. Both of them had the same problems.

As for being an "entirely different decade"... I think it's fair to compare the NES Advantage to Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Galaga arcade machines which are much older than it. Every time I've played on one of those arcade machines (within the last few years), the joystick and buttons have been better than the NES Advantage.