Nintendo 64 Controller - Black

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Official Nintendo Product!
• Black N64 Video Game Controller!

Product Details

• ASIN: B00000JHPD
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,794 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

Reach new levels of accuracy and play-control with this ergonomically designed controller featuring 14 buttons and analog control stick.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only use the official controllers, July 26, 2001

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Kent (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nintendo 64 Controller - Black (Video Game)

The point of these reviews isn't to bash on the setup of the Nintendo 64 controller. If you're looking at this product, then you most likely already own the console. With that said, I highly recommend you ONLY buy controllers manufactured by Nintendo. Even if they are more expensive, they are definitely more trustworthy and last longer. All third-party companies tend to stray from the original format and slop them together in an easy-to-break style. Don't buy any other kind of controller... period. Oh, and... black's a nice color, too.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, August 7, 2001

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"lord187reaver" (..Mars) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nintendo 64 Controller - Black (Video Game)

The first,the best ,and the only.There have been many different trys at the N64 controller but none could,surpass the original.I have tried most others but this one is by far the best.The shape fits great in the palm or most normal sized hands.The analoge stick is one of the toughest I've tried.So all and all this one beats the competition.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kinda weird..., February 5, 2005

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Haywood Jablomei - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nintendo 64 Controller - Black (Video Game)

Kinda weird talking about a controller, and they usually arn't thought of too much. But this controller is really quite easy to get used to. In several situations, it can be used however the person wants, for comforts sake. It has the classic arrow directions, the newer joy stick, your average A and B buttons, a C button, split into 4 parts for specifics (left right up and down), the return of the L and R buttons from SNES, and a new, never before seen, Z button. All buttons are very reachable, however you choose to hold the controller. It has a total of 13 buttons and a joystick, yet they are all easily accessed. It is complex, but not complex so that things are hard to access. Everything from this point on, is the game programers idea of how it would be best to configure buttons to functions. The Z feels like a good trigger and the joy stick is great for directions in a way the key pad never was.
Another thing, for people who have smaller hands, or bigger hands, it really does not handicapt you in anyway, as some of the bigger, blukyer controlers do (Xbox). The only problom I have noticed, is with my 5 year old brother, he sometimes can't reach a L R or Z, since he is still growing, and really is too small to understand most of the games he's playing anyway.
Another plus is how all the buttons are color coded. With things like Triangle, Square, ect, I remember having big problems remembering which was which, and had to keep glancing down, handicaping me significantly. But it is easy to remember, blue is naturally down, B is a slight extention, and the c's can be felt easily, since they are close together.
To tell you the truth, I can only think about 1 time in a game where I had problems reaching something, and that was the L button while using the joy stick. Usually I just let go with my right hand and tap the L. But what I really, really want to see in the future, is a controller where I can hold it with one hand and do everything. (To use the other for pop-corn stuffing.) The N64 can be held with the left hand alone, and navigated, but the a and b are virtually impossible to tap without dropping the controller.
Enough! The point is, this is like a glove to a hand, exept it isn't warm and fuzzy. Get it in your favorite color! :-)