NES Advantage

NES Advantage
ManufacturerAsciiware
TypeVideo game controller
GenerationThird generation era
Release dateJuly 1987
Input
  • Joystick (8 direction)
  • 7x digital buttons (A, B, Turbo A, Turbo B, Start, Select, Slow)
  • 2x adjustment knobs (Turbo A, Turbo B)
  • Toggle switch (Player)
ConnectivityNES controller port
SuccessorSuper Advantage

The NES Advantage is an arcade style controller manufactured by Asciiware and released by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987.[1] The device is meant to rest on a flat surface at a comfortable level, such as a tabletop or the floor, with the player seated behind it. This way, it can be used like an arcade game joystick—with the left hand using the joystick and the right hand operating the buttons.

  1. ^ Nintendo Power: "Also from Asciiware, who actually made the NES Advantage that Nintendo of America then licensed from them, comes the Super Advantage." Nintendo Power. Nintendo of America. June 1993, page 60.