Picture this. You spent your hard-earned money purchasing a top-of-the-line big screen HDTV. You bring the new "family member" into the house and attach the various cords to their designated places. Everything is set up and working. The only thing left is to hit POWER. Being the NES freak that you are, testing out an HDTV channel reception, or DVD, to see and hear the beauty of crystal clear digital picture/sound never once crosses your mind - Super Contra is instead started and put on surround sound full blast. Shelling out a thousand dollars to play a 20-year-old game pak to see it on the big screen and listen to every awesome bleeping sound is your main prerogative; "high definition stuff" is just a bonus. But wait - you didn't factor in the distance between your home theater and the couch! The cussing begins because the NES cord is too short to reach across the room.

Don't be caught off guard like this person! Introducing your best solution to the big screen problem: an NES controller extension cord. There are many different kinds; the only big difference is the distance in feet of the cord can be - usually ranging from 6', 8', or even as much as 10'. In this case the company Control Links has put out an eight-foot cable. They all do the same thing, and for the most part, all three of these distances are sweet spots for big screen setups.

Where to buy? Unlike the abundant N64 and current console cables, NES extensions are rarely found in used game stores. For better or worse, you're stuck with Ebay to find these babies - but they're well worth the cost.