NES Four Score

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NES Four Score
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A NES Four Score
Developer Nintendo, Hori
ManufacturerNintendo
Type Multitap
Generation Third generation
Release date1990 (1990)
InputNES controller port
Controller inputNES controllers
Platform Nintendo Entertainment System
Backward
compatibility 		See list

The NES Four Score is a multitap accessory created by Nintendo in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Select games can utilize it to enable up to four-player gameplay. [1] The NES Four Score is essentially a wired version of the NES Satellite, a device that also allows four players to connect to the NES, but uses infrared wireless communication instead; both devices are interchangeable with supported games. [2] Both devices were shown at the 1990 Winter Consumer Electronics Show. [3]

Contents

Prior to the advent of multitap support, NES games supporting more than two players (such as Anticipation ) required at least two of them to share an NES controller. [4] Some games that originally featured support for more than two players, such as some arcade titles, support only two simultaneous players in their NES versions.

The NES Four Score plugs into both controller ports on the NES console and allows input of up to four NES controllers. On the NES Four Score, there is an option to switch between two-controller and four-controller modes, and there are turbo A and B buttons that give any of the connected controllers a rapid-fire boost. The NES Four Score can also be used as a controller extension cable because the wire which leads from the accessory to the NES is several feet in length. [5]

Games

These licensed games are compatible with the NES Four Score for more than two concurrent controllers: [a]

These homebrew games are also compatible:

These cancelled games were planned to support the devices:

Famicom counterparts

Since the Famicom has hardwired controllers, all games supporting more than two controllers require the use of a controller or peripheral that plugs into the console's expansion port. [31] Some titles (such as Nekketsu Kakutō Densetsu and Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu ) require separate controllers to connect to it, [32] [33] while others (such as Downtown Nekketsu Kōshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundōkai and Wit's ) require the Four Players Adapter [34] , a multitap manufactured by Hori Electric  [ ja ]. [35] [36]

Notes

  1. ↑ Game compatibility with the NES Satellite extends to the NES Four Score since they are interchangeable with each other. [2]

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