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This is a 1993 ad for the AdLib Gold 1000 sound card for PCs. By the time this ad was released, AdLib had already lost most of its marketshare to Creative Labs' SoundBlaster line of cards and had filed for bankruptcy. Their assets were purchased by a different company and this card was relaunched, but it was to be their last before shutting down for good. -
Joy Radar, Joyball, Joypair (Hudson Famicom peripherals) (Japan)
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An interesting set of early peripherals from Hudson released in 1985/1986: The Joy Radar is the first wireless adapter for the Famicom. It plugged into the system and sent an RF signal to your television, making the Famicom unit itself wireless (though of course the controllers were still wired, The Joyball is the first ever third-party controller for the Famicom, replacing the D-pad with a ball-shaped joystick. The Joypair is the first multitap device, created to allow two players to use a peripheral device such as the Joyball. (Unlike the NES, the standard Famicom controllers were hardwired into the system itself, making a peripheral like this necessary for using other controllers) -
The Joyball was an early alternate controller for the NES from HAL Laboratories. It featured a ball in place of the d-pad (but was not a trackball) Released: August 10, 1985