These days, gaming peripherals are fairly standard and utilitarian. Custom controllers, extra storage, and maybe an arcade stick or steering wheel for specialized games are about the limit of what you can expect. Back in the day, though, companies were willing to experiment with all kinds of hardware to enh💜ance the꧙ gaming experience.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Nintendo consoles of the '80s and '90s had their fair share of iconic peripherals. Whﷺile some were certainly more successful than others, they have an undeniable nostalgia factor that means even the flops can make fun collectors' pieces today. Here are some of the most notable, and what they're worth.

We used , which tracks collectiඣbles sales around the world, to determine the prices♏ for these items. Their values are subject to change.

12 N64 Con💟troller Pa𒐪k

Release Year: 1996

Why would a cartridge-based system need a memory card? The Controller Pak was part of the initial strategy for the N64, and while ostensibly it could be used to transfer save data between two copies of the same game, its main use was for saving files externally, freeing up space on the cartridge itself.

While a few games require the Controller Pak by design in order to save data, the idea was phased ou൩t relatively quickly as developers opted to simply use cartridges' onboard storage.

11 𓆏 NES Power Pad

Release Year: 1988

The Power Pad didn't have many games available for it, but its heart was in the right place. Originally released in Japan as the Family Trainer in 1986,♌ its intent was to bওlend video games and fitness. Players would jump and stomp on the pad's buttons according to the inputs on the screen.

It's not a particularly rare item, but it's a fun accessory, especially taken as a precursor to the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dance Dance Revolution pad.

10 ܫ N64 Expansion Pak

Release Year: 1998

Despite being seen as backwards for sticking with cartridges over CDs, the Nintendo 64 was a very 🐭powerful machine for its time. With 4MB of RAM, it outpaced its biggest competitor, ♕the PlayStation, which had only 2MB.

Yes, that's MB, not GB. It was a lot back then.

For some games, though, notable Majora's Mask and Donkey Kong 64, the console needed even more processing power. That's where the Expansion Pak came in. Slotting this accessory into the console added another 4MB of RAM, rendering these big titles playable and enhan𒈔cing the performance of other🐈s.

Today, an Ex🅠pansion Pak still holds value even if it's not sealed or complete-in-box, since it's necessary to play some classic games on original hardware. That makes it more utilitarian than a pure collection pieꦯce.

9 🌳 N64 Rumꦗble Pak

Release Year: 1997

We expect modern controllers to have a vibration feature built-in, but that was new and exciting technology in the mid-90s. The N64 controller couldn't vibrate on its own, but instead had a peripheral slot where you could insert the Rumble Pak (sold separately, of course).

The Rumble Pak made games like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Star Fox 64 all the more exciting, but it also added a lot of weight to the top of the controller, making it unwieldy. Still, for many gamers it was the first glimpse👍 of a feature that would become standard going forward.

8 🔴♒ Game Boy Camera

Release Year: 1998

The release of Pokemon brought the Game Boy back from the brink, and as the handheld's ten-year anniversary approached new accessories were still being developed for it.🥂 Gadgets like the Game Boy Camera were little more than novelties, but they're emblematic of Nintendo's quirkiness.

A standard Game Boy Camera is usually pretty easy to come by, but true collectors will want to find a limited-edition 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Legend Of Zelda gold version. Only 2000 were made, an🦋d they were available by mail order from Nintendo Power Magazine. Obviously, they're extremely rare, and when they surface.

7 NES Advantage 🏅𝓰

Release Year: 1987

The precursor to the modern arcade stick, the NES Advantage was a heavy joystick controller that used both of the console's ports. Its standout feature was its adjustable turbo buttons, which allowed you to button-mash simply by holding A or B, and using the di♔als to set how fast you wanted the input to go.

Despite its name, the controller only provided an "advantage" on some titles, and even then it was more a matter of preference compared to the standard thumb controller. It does have a very satisfying weight to it, though, and if you just want to try it out a loose unit is fairly inexpensive.

6 ❀ ✃Game Boy Printer

Release Year: 1998

One of Nintendo's weirder accessories, the Game Boy P🧸rinter used thermal paper to create low-r🦩esolution images. A few games were compatible with it, but it was mostly used with the Game Boy Camera, another peripheral for the aging handheld.

The Game Boy Printer is a fun addition to a retro gamer's collection, but if you're lucky enough to get a sealed unit, it could be worth getting it graded if it's in good shape.. Highly-graded Printers have sold for around $1500 when they've turned up in the past.

5 ⛦ NES Zapper (Orange Version)

Release Year: 1988

The Zapper light gun is the most iconic NES accessory; you never forget the satisfying feeling of blasting targets in Duck Hunt, Hogan's Alley, or my personal unappreciated classic of choice, To The Earth. The gray Zapper was part of the original NES package in North America, released in 1985, while the orange version was available separately from 1988.

While both versions are easily available to collectors if you just want one out of the box, a sealed or in-box orange Zapper will cost a bit more to get your hands on than the original model. This is likely because fewer were sold overall; most NES owners had a gray Zapper that came with the console, and wou🎃ld only have bought an orange one if they needed a replacement or felt⭕ like dropping extra cash on the alternate color scheme.

4 ꦗ Super Game Boy 🔯

Release Year: 1994

Long before the Switch merged a handheld and a home console into a single, convenient unit, the Super Game Boy (PAL version pictured above) astounded players by bringing their portable games to the TV screen - in color, no less! By slotting the SGB into a Super Nintendo console, then putting a Game Boy cartridge into the SGB, you could play the game without having to squint over a two-and-a-half inch, non-backlit screen.

A few Game Boy games, notably the parallel release Donkey Kong had their own color palettes and custom borders preloaded onto the cartridge, while older games let players customize their look with four-color options.ꦜ Best of all, it didn't require batteries.

3 SNES Super Scope 6 ⛦

Release Year: 1992

The Super Scope 6 was a great idea on paper; the Zapper had worked well for the NES, so why shouldn't the Super NES have its own super light gun? Everything about the Super Scope went bigger; its design went from a pistol to a shoulder-mounted bazooka, and ♔it was packed in with a cartridge that inc✱luded six shooting games.

Developers weren't keep on making games for the Super Sc♎ope, though, and only a handful of titles from the SNES's extensive library ended up using it. A complete set, with the carꦗtridge, gun, and all the components, is a pretty good find nowadays, though.