tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post1596712473234950643..comments2024-01-25T15:49:41.150+09:00Comments on Famicomblog: A Layman and a 6 Month Old Puppy Try to Make a Power Glove Work Without Thoroughly Reading the ManualUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-33586162313705663522011-09-24T05:33:36.653+09:002011-09-24T05:33:36.653+09:00Haha, thanks a bunch man. Yep, you should be right...Haha, thanks a bunch man. Yep, you should be right about that figure. Once I figure out more about how my blogging system works I'll link you as well :)<br /><br />Kiddo @ FamicomworldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-83058747096432432122011-09-23T09:42:14.933+09:002011-09-23T09:42:14.933+09:00That is OK, there are what, about 300,000 Icelandi...That is OK, there are what, about 300,000 Icelandic speaking people out there? I have a few Icelandic friends here actually, though none of them are video game people.<br /><br />Anyway, I put a link up because your blog has that awesome Famicom game shelf on it:)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-64067966384715707492011-09-22T02:08:28.212+09:002011-09-22T02:08:28.212+09:00The link is http://kiddo.blog.is . But don't f...The link is http://kiddo.blog.is . But don't feel obligated to link it, since 99.9% of people who'll click the link won't be able to understand anything that's written there :)<br /><br />Kiddo @ FamicomworldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-88338919477221510132011-09-21T08:22:58.095+09:002011-09-21T08:22:58.095+09:00Hi Kiddo,
Thanks! And good luck with your blog, ...Hi Kiddo,<br /><br />Thanks! And good luck with your blog, it can be a fun thing to do! If you have a link I can put it on my list.<br /><br />SeanSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-68468475547144787282011-09-21T06:19:52.042+09:002011-09-21T06:19:52.042+09:00Hey Sean. Just wanted to let you know that I love ...Hey Sean. Just wanted to let you know that I love your blog and that it's in my regular rotation of bookmarks that I check almost daily. In fact, your blogging has inspired me to start my own blog, although in my native Icelandic language :)<br />Keep up the good work!<br /><br />Kiddo @ FamicomworldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-19108227930490780082011-09-19T20:05:15.076+09:002011-09-19T20:05:15.076+09:00lol, I have the DVD around here as well. Might try...lol, I have the DVD around here as well. Might try and convince my wife that it would be fun to watch it again :)Sean @ Retro otakuhttp://www.retro-otaku.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-979986235487751822011-09-19T14:38:06.958+09:002011-09-19T14:38:06.958+09:00LOL, yeah I have to watch the Wizard again now tha...LOL, yeah I have to watch the Wizard again now that I have the Power Glove. It looked so awesome in that movie, even though the kid wearing it was the stereotypical 80s bad guy kid.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-14674953814694511142011-09-19T12:02:21.727+09:002011-09-19T12:02:21.727+09:00Damn, I'm too late to make references to The W...Damn, I'm too late to make references to The Wizard :)<br /><br />Never had a NES back in the day, but one of my mates did, and he also had a Powerglove. It... kinda didn't work. It certainly didn't give the tacit feel that the little snippet in The Wizard suggested for Rad Racer.<br /><br />But still... now I have a Famicom, I kinda want one :)Sean @ Retro Otakuhttp://www.retro-otaku.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-65877377519424600092011-09-16T19:53:30.642+09:002011-09-16T19:53:30.642+09:00Yes, Doogle does a good job of eliciting laughs. ...Yes, Doogle does a good job of eliciting laughs. It is his only saving grace:)<br /><br />I dont have the ROB and have never tried one out. I have heard much the same about it though. For some reason it is much more expensive than the Power Glove so I havent bought one yet. They seem to be a bit harder to find, which I guess is why.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-61116910525637108452011-09-15T22:21:01.862+09:002011-09-15T22:21:01.862+09:00Chortle! Your dog would make me laugh even if he w...Chortle! Your dog would make me laugh even if he wasn't called Doogle! :P The Power Glove has always made me chuckle too. I remember the adverts for it and the complaints from the few gamers who actually bought it. It's amazing that this appeared on a Nintendo console, they of the (usually successful) controller innovations. Did you ever have a ROB the Robot? I hear he was just as bad... :PRetroKingSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609689348601442117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-9251515359202898482011-09-12T11:21:46.962+09:002011-09-12T11:21:46.962+09:00Nate - Sweet, thanks for the CMs! I just checked ...Nate - Sweet, thanks for the CMs! I just checked WIkipedia too, rather unfortunate that the only two games made for it were never released here (yet the glove itself was, very cheeky of them).Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-21745527813345273752011-09-12T11:19:31.171+09:002011-09-12T11:19:31.171+09:00Samsa - YES! I`m not sure how long it will last b...Samsa - YES! I`m not sure how long it will last but if you buy over 2000 yen worth of stuff you get 40% off. It only applies to some stuff in the store, but most of the retro game stuff is included. Get some deals while they last!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-42547566786783659132011-09-11T23:45:35.395+09:002011-09-11T23:45:35.395+09:00Actually, according to the Power Glove Wikipedia a...Actually, according to the Power Glove Wikipedia article, the two games that the Power Glove was made for (Super Glove Ball and Bad Street Brawler) never were released in Japan.<br /><br />So, it seems it might have been the other way around? Mattel created it and Pax imported it to Japan. The article also says that because of this, Pax declared bankruptcy.<br /><br />EDIT: Check out the Japanese commercials for this thing! <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMeog5rt5GU<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr9ja0Scko0Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121556443188603610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-72061209200508180922011-09-11T23:37:59.091+09:002011-09-11T23:37:59.091+09:00This comment has been removed by the author.Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121556443188603610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-37191018855711924152011-09-11T23:25:11.739+09:002011-09-11T23:25:11.739+09:00They have a sale at Omocha souko?! Man, gotta make...They have a sale at Omocha souko?! Man, gotta make a visit there again and fast!Samsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207920139533587815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-5933545356279130072011-09-11T08:32:04.870+09:002011-09-11T08:32:04.870+09:00Bryan and Skyrunner- thanks. hopefully someday I`l...Bryan and Skyrunner- thanks. hopefully someday I`ll be able to figure it out. I`m not sure which games it goes well with. Er...if any such games exist.<br /><br />Nate - Yeah, I have no idea who PAX are. I`m not sure that they even exist anymore. You are probably right too, looking at the picture of the glove and its name the Mattel folks (while snorting rows of cocaine during a board meeting) probably just thought people would buy it like crazy before realizing how difficult it is to use.<br /><br />I read somewhere that the Wii`s technology traces its roots back to the Power Glove though, so it wasnt a completely wasted effort, it just took them 20 years to get teh bugs out!<br /><br />And thanks a lot for putting the pics of that lot up on tumblr! So nice to see my christmas lights box again:)Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-39980988435534996472011-09-11T08:12:13.883+09:002011-09-11T08:12:13.883+09:00Sorry for the double post, but if anyone is intere...Sorry for the double post, but if anyone is interested in the games Sean sent me I made a tumblr post about it here: http://lifeinplaid.tumblr.com/post/10055340892/famicomgoodiesNatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121556443188603610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-3436485856886770252011-09-11T07:51:54.971+09:002011-09-11T07:51:54.971+09:00I always thought that the Power Glove ("it...I always thought that the Power Glove ("it's so bad") was officially licensed from Nintendo, because of it's prominence in The Wizard. But it's made by PAX (who?) in Japan and Mattel in America. <br /><br />You figure that after seeing that it, you know, doesn't work, Nintendo or Mattel or someone would not attempt to bring it to the US. But it was probably a situation where Mattel saw it in Japan and said "POWERGLOVE? KIDS WILL WANT THIS FOR SURE! WHAT'S THAT? DOESN'T WORK? SCREW IT, THIS WILL SELL LIKE HOT CAKES, NOW PASS ME MY COCAINE" (it was the 80s after all). <br /><br />But perhaps the "Nintendo Gold Seal of Approval" doesn't mean as much as we thought...Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121556443188603610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-66102669235793010282011-09-11T03:23:49.809+09:002011-09-11T03:23:49.809+09:00In before the "The Power Glove is so bad"...In before the "The Power Glove is so bad" jokes. Anyway, be sure to let us know how this works out for you. I don't have one, but I've heard it... doesn't work...skyrunner14https://www.blogger.com/profile/01229439263777499255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-80180556613277489212011-09-11T01:34:27.265+09:002011-09-11T01:34:27.265+09:00Ah, yes, the Power Glove! I wanted one of these ba...Ah, yes, the Power Glove! I wanted one of these back in the day, too -- well, at least until the negative reviews started coming out. Anyway, it'll be interesting to hear if you're ever able to get it to work fully -- and keep your pup away from it while you're playing :PBryan Ochallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16256591698209804728noreply@blogger.com