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This is a list of accessories released for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] by [[Nintendo]] and other various [[Third-party developer|third party]] manufacturers.
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== Family Computer ==
Since the Famicom lacked traditional [[game controller]] [[Computer port (hardware)|port]]s, third-party controllers were designed for use with the console's expansion slot.

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!width="200"|Accessory Name
!width="600"|Description
!width="200"|Manufacturer
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|[[Arkanoid Controller]]
|Specific controller for three Arkanoid games.
|[[Taito]]
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|ASCII Stick L5
|One handed Famicom controller.
|[[ASCII Corporation]]
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|Bandai [[Karaoke Studio]]
|Famicom Microphone and unit that operates on its own cartridges
|[[Bandai]]
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|[[Barcode Battler II]]
|Connected via a cable included in Barcode World
|[[Epoch Co.]]
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|BPS-Max
|NES-Max equivalent for the Famicom
|[[Bullet-Proof Software]]
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|[[Datach]]
|Mini-Cartridge adaptor with barcode reader
|[[Bandai]]
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|FamiCoin
|Licensed colored "coins" that can be placed on the controller's directional pad (possibly to provide extra grip or reduce the "Nintendo thumb")
|[[Taito]]
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|[[Famicom 3D System]]
|A [[Active shutter 3D system|liquid crystal shutter]] headset which gave compatible games the illusion of 3D depth, like the [[Master System]]'s SegaScope 3D glasses.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|[[Famicom Data Recorder]]
|Device for saving and loading programs onto standard audio cassettes for programs made in [[Family BASIC]]. The Data Recorder and cassettes could also be utilized to store user-created data for the cartridge games [[Excitebike]], [[Mach Rider]], [[Wrecking Crew (video game)|Wrecking Crew]], and [[Castlequest]]. This feature was unavailable in the NES version due to it not being compatible with the Data Recorder.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|Famicom Controller
|The original Famicom controller. Two controllers were permanently attached to the Famicom. The second player's controller included a built in microphone but lacked the "start" and "select" buttons.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|Family Converter
|NES/Famicom cartridge adaptor.
|Honey Bee
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|[[Family Computer Disk System]]
|A unit that read non standard disks with content downloaded from Nintendo Disk Writer vending machines at stores.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|Famicom Fitness System (FSS)
|Bicycle Trainer
|[[Bridgestone Cycle]]
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|Famicom 4-Player Adaptor
|Allows 4 players to play games at once. Not compatible with the NES Satellite or other NES 4-player adapters.
|[[Hori (company)|Hori]]
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|[[NES Zapper|Famicom Light Gun]]
|A handgun-style [[light gun]].
|[[Nintendo]]
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|[[Family Computer Network System]]
|Used to connect to a Nintendo server which provided content such as jokes, news (mainly about Nintendo), game tips, weather reports for Japan and allowed a small number of games to be downloaded.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|Famicom RF Booster
|[[RF connector]].
|[[Hori (company)|Hori]]
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|Famicom S.D. System
|Plugs into system's expansion slot for use with headphones.
|[[Hori (company)|Hori]]
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|Family BASIC Keyboard
|A Famicom keyboard only used in conjunction with the [[Family BASIC]] software.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|[[R.O.B.|Family Robot]]
|A small battery-powered robot.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|[[Power Pad|Family Trainer]]
|A mat that allowed users to control games using their feet.
|[[Bandai]]
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| FAM-NET/FAM-NET II
| Connected the Famicom to an online service.
| [[Bridgestone]]
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|TV-NET
|Connected the Famicom to an online service. There are many option IC cards for connecting online services.
|Microcore
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|Piste
|Connected the Famicom to an online [[Keirin]] service.
|Microcore
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|TV-NET printer
|printer for TV-NET system
|Microcore
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|TV-NET RANK2
|Connected the Famicom to an online service.
|Microcore
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|[[LaserScope|Gun Sight]]
|Voice activated laser headset.
|[[Konami]]
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|Head Cleaning Card
|A cleaning kit for the Nintendo FDS.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|Joystick-7
|Arcade style joystick with Turbo control for the Famicom. Joystick-7 Mk II
|[[Hori (company)|Hori]]
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|Joycard Sanusui SSS
|Controller with turbofire and adapter for headphones.
|[[Hudson Soft]]
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|Multi-Box
|Wireless RF transmitter for the original model Famicom. Connected to the right side controller nest.
|[[Hori (company)|Hori]]
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|Party Room 21 Controller
|A quiz show buzzer controller for use of up to six people.
|Yonezawa
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|[[Power Glove]]
|Virtual hand controller.
|[[PAX (company)|PAX]]
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|Spica T89
|NES to Famicom cartridge adaptor.
|[[Spica]]
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|Super Controller
|Joystick conversion cover for the Famicom Controller.
|[[Bandai]]
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|Toyo Stick
|Famicom arcade style controller.
|Toyo
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|[[Turbo File (ASCII)|Turbo File and Turbo File II]]
|External storage devices
|[[ASCII Corporation]]
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|Wu Ho Cassette Adaptor
|A NES to Famicom adaptor.
|[[Wu Ho]]
|}

== Nintendo Entertainment System ==
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!width="200"|Accessory Name
!width="600"|Description
!width="200"|Manufacturer
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|[[Acclaim Remote Controller]]
|The officially licensed wireless infrared remote controller for the NES.
|[[Acclaim Entertainment|Acclaim]]
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|[[NES Advantage]]
|Arcade style [[joystick]] for the NES. NES-026.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|[[Aladdin Deck Enhancer]]
|Allows the NES to play Aladdin game cartridges.
|[[Camerica]]
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|[[Arkanoid Controller]]
|Specific controller for the game [[Arkanoid]].
|[[Taito Corporation|Taito]]
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|[[Battlestation II]]
|Multi-system controller NES/[[SNES]]/[[Mega Drive]].
|[[Multicoin Corp|Multicorp]]
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|NES Cleaning Kit
|A cleaning device that cleans the console and gamepak.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|[[Nintendo Entertainment System#Controllers|NES Controller (Basic)]]
|The original rectangle NES controller. NES-004.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|NES Controller 2 (Basic)
|The SNES styled NES controller created for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System (Redesigned Model NES-101)|NES-101]]. It's also nicknamed the Dog Bone controller. NES-039.
|[[Nintendo]]
|-
|Double Player
|Wireless head-to-head system.
|[[Acclaim Entertainment|Acclaim]]
|-
|[[ENIO EXP Board]]
|Allows Famicom expansion port accessories to be used on the original NES, also mixes extra audio input from the cartridge slot.
|Chykn
|-
|[[Epyx 500XJ]]
|Handheld [[Joystick]] for the NES.
|[[Konix Multisystem|Konix]]
|-
|[[NES Four Score]]
|Allows 4 players to play games at once. NES-034.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|[[Freedom Connection]]
|Adaptor to convert any controller into a wireless one.
|[[Camerica]]
|-
|[[Freedom Deck]]
|Arcade style [[joystick]].
|[[Camerica]]
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|[[Freedom Pad]]
|Infra-red wireless NES controller.
|[[Camerica]]
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|[[Game Genie]]
|Cheat code adapter for NES cartridges. Normally only works on the NES-001 (front loading) control decks.
|[[Codemasters]]
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|Game Genie NES-101 Adaptor
|A special adaptor that (when attached) allows the Game Genie to have compatibility with the [[Nintendo Entertainment System (Redesigned Model NES-101)|NES-101]]. It was primarily given away for free to all Game Genie owners, but only if they made a mail order phone request for one. After mail orders were no longer accepted some of the leftover stock did appear for sale in limited quantities at lesser known convenience stores.
|[[Galoob]]
|-
|[[The Game Handler]]
|A one-handed flight stick that controls by tilting.
|[[IMN Control]]
|-
|[[Game Key]]
|NES cartridge adaptor.
|[[Horeleg]]
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|HES Unidaptor
|Famicom and NES cartridge adaptor.
|[[Home Entertainment Suppliers]]
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|HES Unidaptor MKII
|NES adaptor.
|[[Home Entertainment Suppliers]]
|-
|HFC (Hands Free Controller) <ref>[https://archive.today/20080820023123/http://www.nesplayer.com/database/accessories/neshandsfreecontroller.htm NES Player - Accessories: NES Hands Free Controller<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|A hands free controller designed specifically for people with physical limitations and special needs. It was worn like a vest, uses [[Sip-and-puff|puff and sipping]] motions on a straw for the A and B buttons, and a chin stick for directional movement. This product was offered exclusively through Nintendo's consumer service number and was not sold in stores.
|[[Nintendo]]
|-
|[[Homework First]]
|Locking device with key to prevent play.
|[[Master Lock]]
|-
|[[Innovation Joypad]]
|Turbo controller with cord on the left instead of top. "START" is labeled "CTART". Called "Innovation 8 Bit Controller" on box and "Innovation Joypad" on the actual controller.
|[[Innovation Entertainment]]
|-
|Jammer
|[[NES Advantage]] clone.
|[[Beeshu, Inc.]]
|-
|Joycard Sanusui SSS
|Controller with turbofire and adapter for headphones.
|[[Hudson Soft]]
|-
|[[LaserScope]]
|Voice activated laser headset.
|[[Konami]]
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|[[Magic Key]]
|NES cartridge adaptor.
|[[Magic Key]]
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|Mega
|Programmable control pad with an LCD screen.
|[[Bandai]]
|-
|[[Nintendo’s Minnesota Lottery experiment|Modem]]
|Modem allowing people to use Nintendo equipment to play the state lottery in the comfort of their living rooms. Use the expansion port.
|[[Nintendo]]
|-
|[[Miracle Piano Teaching System|Miracle Piano]]
|Game that teaches keyboarding with a real keyboard.
|[[Mindscape (software publisher)|The Software Toolworks]]
|-
|{{anchor|nesmax}}NES Max
|A controller with a sliding control pad and rapid-fire buttons. NES-027.
|[[Bullet-Proof Software]]<ref>{{cite interview |last1=Rogers |first1=Henk |title=My 2 Year Journey to Solve the 30-Year Myth of Faceball 2000 - Stop Skeletons From Fighting|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2AG-gAuS-U&t=6348 |access-date=24 April 2025 |interviewer-last=Alexander |interviewer-first=Derek |quote='''[[Henk Rogers]]:''' You know, in a previous... like in the late 80s, I sold 2 million joypads to Nintendo.  We created a new kind of joypad. It was called BPS Max in Japan, and it was called NES Max in the US.  Basically, I was selling like 100,000 a month, and finally- and [[Minoru Arakawa|Arakawa]] and I would negotiate on a monthly basis trying to get the price down, and finally I said, "Look, you know, you want to get the price down, order a million, and I'll give you, you know, I'll get you the best price." And he did. So we ended up making altogether 2 million joypads.}}</ref>
|-
|[[Power Glove]]
|Virtual hand controller.
|[[Mattel]]
|-
|[[Power Pad]]
|NES exercise mat. NES-028. See also - [[Power Pad|Family Fun Fitness]]
|[[Nintendo]]
|-
|[[Light gun|Pro Beam Light Gun]]
|A [[NES Zapper|Zapper Light Gun]] clone for NES.
|Dominator
|-
|[[Quickshot Arcade]]
|QS-128n [[NES Advantage]] clone.
|QuickShot
|-
|[[Quickshot Aviator 2]]
|Flight simulator style NES controller.
|QuickShot
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|[[Quickshot Trackball]]
|Controller with two buttons and a trackball.
|QuickShot
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|[[Quickshot Wizmaster]]
|Wireless controller.
|Quickshot
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|[[NES Zapper|Quickshot sighting scope]]
|NES Zapper-scope.
|QuickShot
|-
|[[R.O.B.]]
|A small battery-powered robot.
|[[Nintendo]]
|-
|Roll & Rocker
|A tilting [[teeterboard]] directional controller in which a standing player tilts their weight in the four cardinal directions to control the game<ref>{{Cite news|last=McClain|first=Buzz|date=May 21, 1989|title=LUNCH WITH CAPT. LOU ALBANO WRESTLING STAR STUMPS FOR HIS MOVIE 'BODY SLAM'|work=Buffalo News|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/lunch-with-capt-lou-albano-wrestling-star-stumps-for-his-movie-body-slam/article_238a8c53-f67f-53e5-a396-812468984af1.html|access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Edwards|first=Benj|date=October 25, 2018|title=10 Bizarre Gaming Accessories That Were a Waste of Money|work=PC Mag Asia|url=https://sea.pcmag.com/gaming/30103/10-bizarre-gaming-accessories-that-were-a-waste-of-money?p=1|access-date=October 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rouner |first1=Jef |title=5 More Nintendo Controllers You've Never Heard Of |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/5-more-nintendo-controllers-youve-never-heard-of-6395182 |work=Houston Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109034347/https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/5-more-nintendo-controllers-youve-never-heard-of-6395182 |archive-date=November 9, 2015 |date=November 1, 2012}}</ref>
|[[LJN]]
|-
|[[NES Satellite]]
|Wireless four-player adapter for NES. NES-032.
|[[Nintendo]]
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|Speedboard
|A piece of plastic that you put your controller in that "puts the speed at your fingers".
|[[Pressman Toy Corporation|Pressman]]
|-
|[[Speedking (NES accessory)|Speedking]]
|Joystick with buttons on the side of the base and autofire setting.
|[[Konix Multisystem|Konix]]
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|Super Chair
|A chair controller; direction is determined by leaning in the chair and the A, B, Start, and Select buttons are on hand grips.
|[[Sangkharom Trading Company]]
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|Super Controller
|Joystick conversion cover for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System#Game controllers|NES Controller (Basic)]]
|[[Bandai]]
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|[[Superstick]]
|Infra-red wireless joystick.
|[[Beeshu, Inc.]]
|-
|Turbo Tech Controller
|Controller for NES.
|Unknown Manufacturer
|-
|[[Turbo Touch 360]]
|Touch sensor controller.
|[[Triax]]
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|[[Turbotronic]]
|Arcade style [[joystick]].
|[[Camerica]]
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|[[U-Force]]
|Programmable "hands free" technology.
|[[Broderbund]]
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|[[Ultimate Superstick]]
|Arcade style [[joystick]].
|[[Beeshu, Inc.]]
|-
|[[NES Zapper|Zapper Light Gun]]
|Official NES light gun. NES-005. Came in both grey and orange color variations. See also - [[Light gun|Video game light gun]]
|[[Nintendo]]
|-
|[[Zinger (NES accessory)|Zinger]]
|Turbo fire joystick.
|[[Beeshu, Inc.]]
|-
|[[Zipper (NES accessory)|Zipper]]
|Turbo fire control pad with small removable joystick that goes into its D-pad.
|[[Beeshu, Inc.]]
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|Zoomer
|Flight simulator joystick.
|[[Beeshu, Inc.]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[History of the Nintendo Entertainment System]]
* [[Nintendo Entertainment System hardware clone]]
* [[List of Super Nintendo Entertainment System accessories]]

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