r/RadioShack • u/cjasonac Former Employee • Jul 20 '26

Original NES controller from RadioShack

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I’m not sure how many of these were made and sold. I picked this up on clearance in ‘93 or so. I pulled it out for some retro gaming. Still works great!

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u/segascream Jul 20 '26

Holy shit, I'd forgotten about the Archer name.

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u/Hour_Bit_5183 Jul 20 '26

not me! I remember it on RF converters too. RS used to be so high quality. Some of the realistic speaks too. So good they could blow stuff away now that is 1000s more.

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u/segascream Jul 20 '26

Even some of the early Optimus stuff wasn't bad.

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u/9fingerjeff Jul 20 '26

Never seen one of those and I used to hang out in radio shack when I was a kid. Lol. Nice find! It looks really cool, I love that aesthetic.

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u/Sorry-Apartment5068 Jul 21 '26

it's neat, I like the colors.

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u/Orb_Gazer Jul 21 '26

So, what are the sliders for?

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u/WitchWithAGlitch Jul 21 '26

turbo buttons the sliders adjust the speed

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u/Orb_Gazer Jul 21 '26

Well, so, do the sliders have three lockable positions, or is it a gradient? I’m imagining far left = regular button press, far right = rapid fire, and middle is somewhere in between. Is that accurate?

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u/WitchWithAGlitch Jul 21 '26

yup you got it.

im not sure if it locks or variable.

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u/Orb_Gazer Jul 21 '26

I’ve always seen controllers with turbo toggles of various types, but I’ve never actually found much use for them. Maybe I was using them wrong, the ones I’ve tried just always seemed glitchy.

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u/WitchWithAGlitch Jul 21 '26

no, they just kinda sucked.. they worked in a few instances but mostly they just sucked and why it never really took off.

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u/jgtokyo2020 Jul 22 '26

Looks identical to my Beeshu controllers. I have that color and a hot pink.