Engineering:U-Force
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Short description: Game controller for the Nintendo Entertainment System
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| Developer | Broderbund |
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| Manufacturer | Broderbund |
| Release date | 1989 |
| Platform | Nintendo Entertainment System |
The U-Force is a game controller made by Broderbund for the Nintendo Entertainment System.[1] It employs a pair of perpendicular consumer IR sensor panels to translate the user's hand movements into controller signals.
Reception
The U-Force was ranked the eighth worst video game controller by IGN editor Craig Harris.[2] MSN listed it as one of the top 10 worst game peripherals, writing "Second only to the Sega Activator in terms of all-out crappiness, the U-Force also used infrared sensors to create a truly nightmarish controller...'Don’t Touch' said the adverts for the device, in a rare example of an advertising campaign that got it spot on."[3]
See also
- List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories
References
- ↑ Tricked-out Videogames, BY FRANK VIZARD, Popular Mechanics, Oct 1989, Page 106
- ↑ "Top 10 Tuesday: Worst Game Controllers". IGN. 2006-02-21. http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/22/top-10-tuesday-worst-game-controllers.
- ↑ "U-Force". MSN. http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=149506348&imageindex=9.
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