Super Joy III LX

Info and pictures supplied by Patrick McCauley

The Super Joy III LX super joystick TV game (what a name) is an entire Famicom built into an N64 style controller! I like to think it's the 8th wonder of the world, but that's just me. In addition to the cartridge slot, it has 7,600 games built in! Yes my friends, seven thousand six hundred totally different games…ha…actually it has around 150 games, the rest are just repeats, lots and lots of them.

The buttons are arranged quite awkwardly, identical to that of the Mega Joy II (with the exception of turbo-fire buttons and the joystick). The A and B buttons on a normal N64 controller are replaced by the start and select buttons and the N64's C-buttons are replaced by the A and B buttons (including turbo-fire). Using the regular A and B buttons, which is the lower set, is not a problem. But when you try to use the turbo-fire buttons on top, it is almost impossible not to hit the standard A and B buttons. The N64's start button becomes the reset button on the SJIII. This isn't a problem for someone who isn't familiar with the N64's controller. But for people like me, who play the N64 every once and a while, it can get to highly annoying and frustrating levels. I can't tell you how many times I've reset the system in the middle of a game trying to push start. Probably the coolest (looking) part of the SJIII's on board controller is the joystick. Despite its deceiving appearance, the joystick does absolutely nothing but look pretty. I know it's a major disappointment, but you have to move on.

In addition to the on board controller, the SJIII also has another controller port and comes with an alternate controller for 2-player games and a light gun; this is the best feature of the system. The controller the system was packaged with is an obvious rip off of the SEGA Genesis' controller. The only notable feature of the controller is a whole where you can screw in a rod to simulate a joystick (although the controller did not come with one). Also, the controller makes a great replacement to the piece of shit the Game Axe comes with. Aside from the controller, the SJIII comes with a pretty nice light gun. There is nothing special about it, just how it looks.

The Super Joy III connects to your TV with av cables, making the color quality better than that of the actual nes. It plugs into the wall with a standard 9 volt ac adapter, and if for some reason you don't have an ac adapter for it-not to worry, your nes' will do just fine. It also comes with a battery pack that plugs into where the memory card or rumble-pack on an N64 controller would be. The battery pack takes 4 AA batteries which won't last you all that long, so your better of just finding an outlet (they tend to be close to TV's). As for the pin connector, I've had no problems and American games work perfectly with an adapter. The cartridge gets in the way of your hands a bit, but it's not a major problem.

The games built into the SJIII are great! Well, some. I am not going to list all the games, as they are many and most are insignificant. But the good games include Super Mario (the arcade game), Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, Tetris (the Tengen version!!!), Contra, F1 Race, Popeye, Wild Gunman, Dig Dug, Twin Bee, Pacman, Elevator Action, and a few more. With all the games built in, and a light gun and spare controller in hand, who needs cartridges?

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