Nintendo: Nintendo Magazine’s Best Nintendo Accessories Ever

The Official Nintendo Magazine has compiled a list of what it believes to be the greatest array of Nintendo related accessories available for gamers the world over. Take a look at the top five:

1. Famicom Disc System (1986, Japan)
   Like the Mega CD, except genuinely ace, the Japan-only Famicom Disk System plugged into the Famicom (known as the NES in the UK, of course) and used discs for the very first time on a Nintendo console. They boasted greater storage space and were re-writable too, meaning that you could save your game in titles including The Legend Of Zelda and Metroid. Awesome.
   
2. Konami Laserscape (1990)
   This was found under the post-apocalyptic rubble that is Chris’ desk, and is excitingly billed on the box as a “voice command optical targeting headset”. In English, that means it’s a novelty take on the classic NES Zapper. Instead of aiming your gun, you line-up a target through the lens dangling down in front of your eye and shout ‘fire’ to, erm, fire. It also sports a fairly impressive laser thing.
3. R.O.B. (1985, Japan and US)
   was released for use with NES games Gyromite and Stack-Up. The games were pretty rubbish, but the main attraction in each was a ‘Direct’ mode which let you command R.O.B.’s arms. Since then, R.O.B has become famed for cameos in loads of Nintendo games, including Mario Kart DS and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
4. Power Glove (1989, Japan and US)
   Playing games while wearing this, listening to Michael Jackson’s Bad album and sporting a bum bag all at the same time sums up ’80s cool perfectly. The Power Glove senses motion and the flexing of your fingers to control the on-screen action, and is perhaps most notable for the awe it inspires in Nintendo-themed movie classic The Wizard
5. Game Boy Printer (1988)
   This Game Boy add-on arrived in 1998 and gave users the chance to print out images and stickers (if you’ve got the right kit) from compatible games like Link’s Awakening, Pokémon and Super Mario Bros. Deluxe. But its main use was with the Game Boy camera, meaning that you could create and print out photos with the use of special filters and stamps – a lot like the stuff you can do on the DSi. Class.

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