Control device: Control Pad
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Model: NES 004
Year: 1985
Controlled device: Travel alarm clock
Manufacturer: IDEA international (Japan)
Designed by: Ippei Matsumoto (Industrial Facility)
Model: Jetlag
Color: Black, red
Year: 2009
Hard-wired year: 2010
Serial number: HWD-corp-044
Collection: Corporation
Dimensions: 35x60x3 cm
Cable: 120 cm original from device
Power: 3v button cell x1
Set up minutes up (alarm): D-pad left
Set up minutes down (alarm): D-pad right
Start set up: Hold 3 seconds any set up action
Light: A, B, Start or Select button
Unlike the Japanese Famicom Controllers launched in Japan in 1983, the NES controllers lauched in USA in 1985 were pluged in -not hardwired to the system. The NES console changed the video game market permanently. When the NES was released, it was impossible to call a product a “video game” and expect it to be sold by stores, due to the video game crash of 1983. In 1988, video gaming was a multi-billion dollar industry. This astonishing turnaround not only cemented Nintendo's rise from a playing card company to a worldwide powerhouse, it also set the stage for Japanese dominance of the video game industry.