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SuperPad 64 Colors[Green - Licensed by Nintendo]
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Console: Nintendo 64
Year: 1998
RFG ID#: U-064-H-00432-J
Region: North America North America
Part Number: P-307
UPC: 741948003073
Manufacturer: Performance
Class: Controller
Subclass: Wired
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Variations:


Console Region Type Title Manufacturer Year Class
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64[Red] Performance 1999 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64[Grey] Performance 1996 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Black] Performance 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Red] Performance 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Limited Edition Gold] Performance 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64[Grey - Licensed by Nintendo] Performance 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64[Grey - Wal-Mart Exclusive - Bonus Extension Cable] Performance 1998 Accessory
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64[Grey - Bonus Pak] Performance 1999 Accessory
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64[Prism Color Series - Hyper Blue] Performance 1999 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Green] Performance 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Blue] Performance 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64[Clear - RadioShack] Performance ---- Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Black Ice] Performance 2000 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Blue Sky] Performance 2000 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Red Storm] Performance 2000 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Gold - Value Pak - K-Mart Exclusive] Performance 2000 Accessory
Nintendo 64
North America
H EA Sports GamePad InterAct 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Red - Licensed by Nintendo] Performance 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Black - Licensed by Nintendo] Performance 1998 Controller
Nintendo 64
North America
H SuperPad 64 Colors[Blue - Licensed by Nintendo] Performance 1998 Controller
Overview

The SuperPad 64 name was applied to numerous controller variants:

  • a two prong variant (with a later SuperPad 64 Plus revision with turbo and slow mode functionality)
  • this chunkier "one prong and two nubs" variant, which is the most common variant, was called SuperPad 64 by both Performance and InterAct and SuperPad 64 Colors (Performance only), and was even released as the SuperPad 64^2 by InterAct
    • Several variants were also licensed by Nintendo, including the black, blue, green, gold and red SuperPad 64 Colors by Performance, the grey SuperPad 64 by Performance as well as the SharkPad Pro 64^2 by InterAct
    • Each of these variants licensed by Nintendo were also released without the license under their respective brand name and are indistinguishable hardware-wise
    • The EA Sports GamePad was licensed by Nintendo and released under InterAct branding
    • The SharkPad Pro 64^2 includes turbo and slow mode buttons, but the underlying shell is the same as the other variants. In fact, if you remove the cover on the other variants, there are cut-outs for those buttons in the shell
    • The SharkPad Pro (not 64^2) features the same PCB as the 64^2, but in a three-prong shell.
  • a variant released in 2001 with a slow mode button in a "a prong and two slightly longer nubs" shell with InterAct branding
  • confusingly even a variant of the Arcade Shark

Several of the SuperPad 64 Colors series of controllers were officially licensed by Nintendo. Variants released without the Nintendo license are identical hardwise-wise and only differ by packaging. The SuperPad 64 Colors (the chunkier style, not the InterAct branded releases with the slow mode button which were never licensed) releases that were licensed by Nintendo were released in boxes similar in design to Nintendo's own controllers and featured the Nintendo logo on the package. Non-licensed releases in these colors had boxes with a plastic window that displayed the controller, aside from the gold color which released in a cardboard box. The gold variants also did not have the SuperPad logo on the face of the controller like every other release in this variant.

Performance later released SuperPad 64 Colors variations in translucent colors: Black Ice, Blue Sky and Red Storm. These were released in blister packaging and weren't licensed by Nintendo.

The SuperPad 64 releases (no Colors branding) include a grey variant (released by Performance, both licensed and unlicensed), the EA Sports GamePad (released by InterAct and only licensed by Nintendo), a "Hyper Blue" color under the Prism Color Series by InterAct (licensed), and a clear variant (unlicensed and released by RadioShack, but has no Performance/InterAct branding and mentions that the SuperPad 64 name is a trademark of STD Manufacturing, Inc.).

Trivia

Nintendo eventually licensed the SuperPad 64 controllers around 1998. The green SuperPad 64 Colors controller has two box variants - the initial release has a clear plastic window displaying the controller whereas the licensed release has the Nintendo logo in the bottom left corner.

This entry is for the licensed variant.

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