POWER GLOVE (1989) --
MISS! The original motion-sensing
controller (sort of), the Power Glove made awesome promises to 80's
gamers. Then, it made a fist and punched those promises in the nose. The
device was supposed to let gamers move onscreen objects with the wave
of a gray, plastic hand, except it didn't really work. Nintendo made
matters worse by releasing a measly two games specifically designed to
utilize the quirky controller, but ...
more POWER GLOVE (1989) --
MISS! The original motion-sensing
controller (sort of), the Power Glove made awesome promises to 80's
gamers. Then, it made a fist and punched those promises in the nose. The
device was supposed to let gamers move onscreen objects with the wave
of a gray, plastic hand, except it didn't really work. Nintendo made
matters worse by releasing a measly two games specifically designed to
utilize the quirky controller, but The Glove's coup de grace came during
the Nintendo promotional film, "The Wizard," which coined the
unforgettable phrase, "I love the Power Glove. It's so bad!" Exactly.
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