Great NES Mouse
The Super NES Mouse is an input and control device for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System , which was first released in 1992 in conjunction with the painting and music program Mario Paint . The two-button mouse from Nintendo was marketed under the name Mouse (Europe), Super NES Mouse (Europe / North America) or Super Famicom Mouse (Japan) , depending on the region .
With the mouse, Nintendo transferred a control concept common to personal computers to its game console and, above all, made the operation of some strategy games, simulations and puzzle games more convenient. After Mario Paint , which made the device most popular, the Super NES Mouse was also sold separately. The mouse was more popular than in the West in Japan , where a second mouse game set was released in August 1993 with the puzzle game Mario & Wario .
description
The Super NES Mouse is an opto-mechanical mouse with two buttons. In terms of shape and color, it is based on the rounded console housing of the European and Japanese SNES versions as well as on the US counterpart with its purple controls. With a length of 140 cm, the mouse has a cable that is around 40% shorter than the standard gamepad. It is connected to the first or second controller socket on the Super Nintendo console, depending on the game in question.
Unlike the mega-drive mouse released by its main competitor Sega in 1993/1994, Nintendo's peripheral device appeared worldwide with the same design and accessories. In addition to the Super NES Mouse , a hard plastic pad and a cleaning pen for cleaning the inner mouse ball rollers were also included in the scope of delivery.
Game support
With Mario Paint and Mario & Wario , only two titles were published that required the device or could only be played with Nintendo's SNES mouse. Comparatively few games offered mouse control as an additional option. The vast majority of SNES titles did not have built-in controls using the mouse, which lacked six buttons compared to the standard controller.
From 1992 to the late 1990s, the number of Super NES Mouse compatible games grew to over 100. However, a large part of the title was reserved for Japanese console owners and did not experience international distribution.
Probably the largest group among the SNES mouse games are strategic games . In addition to porting well-known PC titles such as Civilization or Populous II, they also include exclusive works (e.g. King Arthur's World ). The operating concept was also very well received in simulations ( SimAnt , Tokimeki Memorial, etc.), puzzle and skill games ( BreakThru ! , Mario's Super Picross, etc.) as well as in the implementation of tried and tested placement games . Several role-playing games and shooters were also found under the SNES mouse titles. Games from other, console-typical genres , on the other hand, made hardly any use of the device.
Individual evidence
- ↑ マ リ オ と ワ リ オ (Mario & Wario) , nintendo.co.jp, accessed October 12, 2012
- ↑ マ リ オ ゲ ー ム ＞ ＳＦＣ ＞ マ リ オ と ワ リ オ , a-suma.com, accessed October 12, 2012
- ↑ John Honniball: Evolution of the Game Pad ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , gifford.co.uk, accessed October 12, 2012
- ↑ SHVC ： ス ー パ ー フ ァ ミ コ ン , maru-chang.com, accessed on October 12, 2012
- ↑ Winnie Forster (ed.): Joysticks. An illustrated history of game controllers 1972-2004 , Gameplan Verlag, 2003, p. 60
- ↑ See Controllers in SNES Development , superfamicom.org, accessed October 12, 2012
Web links
- Game compatibility lists at superfamicom.org and gamefaqs.com