Unusual NEC controller

[thewestexit]

I buy and sell lots of PC Engine games and hardware, therefore I come across a lot of different things, but I've never seen this controller before:

http://www.thewestexit.net/images/neccontroller.jpg

I know it's hard to see (blame it on the webcam) but it's a black two button controller with some purple and grey accents, also for each button there's another function: "display" for select, "sub" for run, "main" for II, and "enter" for I.

Any idea where this controller comes from?  I thought maybe it was from a laseractive, but don't those controllers say "pioneer" on them?  This one says NEC.

In any case, if you have any info, I'd love to hear it  

[Keranu]

Very interesting controller. Once when I was browing through Yahoo! Japan auctions for PCE stuff, I saw this very odd controller for one of those Pachinko games. I think the controller might've originally come with the game or something. I forgot what it looked like exactly, but I remember it was very odd and had grey and yellow colors I believe.

[thewestexit]

Ah, the pachinko controller, yeah it is a pretty funky shape.  I've come across a few of them, and I have it in box with the game it was packaged with (Pachio-kun Maboroshi no Densetsu) for my collection.

[esteban]

Any idea where this controller comes from?  I thought maybe it was from a laseractive, but don't those controllers say "pioneer" on them?  This one says NEC.

In any case, if you have any info, I'd love to hear it  

hi westexit... I've purchased many games from you in the past

Now, there were many color variations for the pads, but what makes your controller so kool is the different functions associated with each button.  

I am 99% certain (EDIT: now i'm 25% certain) that you have a Japanese LaserActive controller.  I just looked in Electronic Games # 15 (December 1993) and they had the North American LaserActive controller with.... yup, a grey pad with extra functions written alongsite all the buttons.  For the curious: the North American controller has "TurboGrafx-16" molded onto the controller and has "TurboDuo" logo printed in the upper left-hand corner (next to the direction pad).

here's a great page that is *missing* the LaserActive pic:

http://www6.airnet.ne.jp/wataru/pce/pce_pad.htm

[Zerojean]

Its deffinately Laseractive pad like the guy said, probably from NEC's version, not Pioneers.

[Keranu]

Hey, thewestexit, I checked out your site and you have some nice deals for PCE stuff! I'll remember to buy from you if I can ever get another job this year.