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Nintendo 64 controller
The Nintendo 64 controller (model number: NUS-005) is the standard game controller for the Nintendo 64 home console. Manufactured and released by Nintendo, it debuted alongside the console in Japan on June 23, 1996, followed by North America on September 29, 1996, and Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997.
- First released
- 1996
- Made by
- Nintendo
- Generation
- 5
- Type
- Controller
Overview
The Nintendo 64 controller (model number: NUS-005) is the standard game controller for the Nintendo 64 home console. Manufactured and released by Nintendo, it debuted alongside the console in Japan on June 23, 1996, followed by North America on September 29, 1996, and Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. As the successor to the Super Nintendo controller, it features an "M"-shaped design, ten buttons, a "control stick", a D-pad, and a rear port for connecting accessories.
Details
- Manufacturer
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D3
- Type
- Gamepad
- Generation
- Fifth
- Released
- Nintendo 64 (original release)JP June 23, 1996; NA September 29, 1996; EU/AU March 1, 1997; CHL/BR December 10, 1997Nintendo Switch re-release and redesignWW October 25, 2021
- Connectivity
- Nintendo 64 controller port , Expansion port accessories: , Controller Pak , Rumble Pak , Transfer Pak
- Input
- analog stick, Control stick , D-pad , 10 × buttons (A, B, C up, C down, C left, C right, L, R, Z, Start)
- Predecessor
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System controller
- Successor
- GameCube controller
- Works with
- N64
Works with
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- Famicom 3D System 1987
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- Power Pad 1988
- Game Link Cable 1989
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- NES Four Score 1990
- Super NES controller 1990
- Super NES Mouse 1992
- Super Scope 1992
- Super Game Boy 1994
- Satellaview 1995
- Nintendo 64 Controller Pak 1996
- Rumble Pak 1997
- Game Boy Camera 1998
- Game Boy Printer 1998
- Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak 1998
- Nintendo 64 Voice Recognition Unit 1998
- Super Game Boy 2 1998
- Transfer Pak 1998
- e-Reader 2001
- GameCube controller 2001
- GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable 2001
- GameCube Broadband Adapter 2002
- WaveBird Wireless Controller 2002
- DK Bongos 2003
- Game Boy Player 2003
- Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter 2004
- GameCube Microphone 2004
- Nintendo DS Rumble Pak 2006
- Nunchuk 2006
- Wii Classic Controller 2006
- Wii Remote 2006
- Wii Sensor Bar 2006
- Wii Balance Board 2007
- Wii Zapper 2007
- Wii Speak 2008
- Wii Wheel 2008
- Wii Classic Controller Pro 2009
- Wii MotionPlus 2009
- Wii Remote Plus 2010
- Circle Pad Pro 2012
- Wii U GamePad 2012
- Wii U Pro Controller 2012
- amiibo 2014
- Joy-Con 2017
- Joy-Con Charging Grip 2017
- Nintendo Switch Pro Controller 2017
- Poké Ball Plus 2018
- Ring-Con 2019
- Joy-Con 2 2025
- Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller 2025
Sources
- Wikipedia overview and specifications
- Nintendo-64-Controller-Gray-Flat.jpg
- Nintendo Switch N64 controller vs original comparison.png Talkkaris CC0
- Nintendo-N64-Controller-Motherboard-Flat-Top.jpg Evan-Amos Public domain
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Checked October 2026.
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