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    Default Has anyone ever seen a TRAK-BALL controller for NES?

    A member posted in our Guide section that we missed it. I've never personally seen one, and I can't find any information online. Does anyone here own one?

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    I found this photo on a page in Spanish, looks like a third-party trackball..
    http://www.iespana.es/museodeconsola..._trackball.jpe

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    I have an unroller controller for the nes, it looks like a track-ball, but it works just like a regular controller

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    I've got an NES controller with the Quickshot brand on it. In pictures it may appear to be a trackball, as the upper half of the controller has a plastic ball sticking out of it. The thing is actually just a weird controller, though. The "ball" is in fact a hemisphere that doesn't roll or rotate. You just shove the hemisphere up, down, left, or right. It requires some effort and actually turns videogaming into something of a workout for one of your arms.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bargora
    I've got an NES controller with the Quickshot brand on it. In pictures it may appear to be a trackball, as the upper half of the controller has a plastic ball sticking out of it. The thing is actually just a weird controller, though. The "ball" is in fact a hemisphere that doesn't roll or rotate. You just shove the hemisphere up, down, left, or right. It requires some effort and actually turns videogaming into something of a workout for one of your arms.
    This is the Unroller Controller.

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    Never heard of a NES trackball untiil this day. If one exist and it's not made by Quickshot, that can be a great find.
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    Quote Originally Posted by punkoffgirl
    I found this photo on a page in Spanish, looks like a third-party trackball..
    http://www.iespana.es/museodeconsola..._trackball.jpe
    Good find, but the little "FF" next to "Hori Track" indicates that it's for Famicom, not NES, technically speaking.
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    Oh shit!, i saw a few months ago a trackball like the one in the picture of the spanish site and also i saw other but i donīt remember very well the description. I had the oportunity to buy it, but i thought that is a pirate hard.
    I saw it in Mercado Libre (Ebay Argentina)

    I hope this help you Joe
    Here in Argentina there are a lot of strange systems and accesories

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