Nintendo's Forgotten PC Joystick - The NJS-3D1 | Nintendrew 

Drew, if you were to rank this controller from every other Nintendo controller, where would you place it? 🤔

PC = Personal Computer PC Computers

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HAHAHA Drew: * Tries SM64 with joystick. * then immediately after * Tries GTA 5 with joystick. *

Someone will speedrun Mario 64 with that

IDK about y'all, but the idea of Nintendrew mowing down civilians in GTAV feels weird to me.

Manufactured exclusively by Laral. But not Yanny, of course.

I saw one of those at my pre- School, because my School used to have a N64 and had a pc that had Mario’s missing and Mario’s time machine! Nice video

I remember seeing this on lazy game reviews, nice video!

Dude I had no idea this even existed enjoyed the video keep up the good work!

I saw this joystick on LGR a long time ago. Great see you review it.

Man this is so cool! I hope I find one of those out in a thrift store or yard sale. Thanks for making videos like these.

Your videos just keep getting better. Thanks for all the hard work buddy!

Never heard of this one! Great deep dive, Drew!

I'm so glad I found your channel! So excited to see your videos

Nintendo: makes product for PC Nintendo fans: Wait. That's illegal.

That mario kart DS theme in the background is giving me nostalgia :)

“CZroe” here again. FYI, I’ve owned two of these sticks including one I purchased from the store new, but I also have a strange stick that uses an almost identical base/buttons with a different logo. I believe it’s a CH or Thrustmaster stick, so it seems Laral Group LLC was mostly just rebranding it with some tweaks. I got my Nintendo 3D-1 after it hit closeout stores but I also recall seeing the wireless headset at Software Etc around 1997 or 1998.

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Pretty smooth flyin,' Fox...

Saw LGR's video on this too, both really cool videos, I think it be a great crossover if you two did a video about all the random nintendo games that were on PC

I remember going off this channel like a year ago, I'm proud the amount your channel has grown and I've resubscribed

I had never seen your channel before until about 12 hours ago. Then, rn I watched NB's video, what a coincidence!

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“CZroe” here. My thought were a little more along these lines: Nintendo partnered with Laral Group LLC to bring a flight stick to the N64. Their competitors had flight stick options on Saturn and PlayStation, but the N64 ultimately didn’t really need it due to the analog thumbstick. Still, they bragged about having famed flight sim producers like Paradigm Simulation (Pilotwings 64), so it would make sense for them to hedge their bets... just like that North American 64DD that Metal Jesus Rocks featured which was seemingly ready for the USA way back when the console first launched (probably in case the cartridge format crashed and burned). Nintendo famously scuttled their deal with Sony and never released the PlayStation attachment for SNES by undermining it, even though they had an agreement. In the case of Laral Group LLC, it’s very possible that they were designing it as an N64 accessory that was canceled. The contract may have been written in such a way that allowed Laral Group to move ahead with their designs in one way or another even if Nintendo canceled the supporting games or N64 accessory... kinda like a Plan B or exit clause. It would certainly explain it, a bit like the near-inexplicable CD-i Zelda and Mario games. ;)

Wow! Didn't even know this was a thing! Very informative and amazing content as always, Nintendrew. Keep it up!!

ur vids are really asteticly and visually pleasing to the eye.

Hell yeah! New vid! You are the best Drew!

I’ve actually never heard of this before! Nice video

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I played Goldeneye with a Microsoft Sidewinder very similar to your controller and It was super precise felt as though I was wielding an actual gun. You need to map turn to the twist functions and R to one of those tiny buttons on the stick. granted moving isn't the best but aiming feels super nice you can get head shots with ease.

Nice Video Drew!

Who knew yanny was involved with nintendo. Edit:fixing mistakes

"We all know Nintendo has a tenancy to change a contract" Sounds like something that happened to a company that starts with an S and ended up taking the top from Nintendo.

Imagine someone bringing this to a tournament

Never knew this was a thing, this is awesome!

I have no idea who had that when I was a kid, it certainly wasn't my family since we weren't a nintendo household. But I remember the feel of that joystick in my hand, and the sensation of those buttons, it was incredibly comfortable and pleasant to use. Especially when compared to standard joysticks for home use at the time, the classic stick with a ball on top kind, with one or two buttons at the base, and one button on the top.

Nintendrew channels his inner LGR. I jest as I love learning about stuff such as this so keep up the awesome work Drew :D

Love ur channel

Interesting to see you cover a retro PC peripheral. I'm into old computer stuff myself and I recall LGR covered this joystick as well. From what I remember, he said it really wasn't anything spectacular as far as flight sticks go, which I think I believe. Also worth stating, the "directional pad" you pointed out at the top is actually called a "point of view hat". You usually use it to look to the left or right in combat games. The analog slider is also called a "throttle", since you usually use it to get your vehicle going. I liked your idea of emulating some N64 games with it. Star Fox 64 seems like quite an experience with this.

I have like three game port controllers (sadly, none of them this Nintendo beauty). I remember getting each one. You have no idea how old this video made me feel.

Another excellent video

My mom got me one of these joysticks in the late 90s from Big Lots (apparently the market wasn't demanding it) and I was thrilled! Good job, mom!! I still have it and treasure it! So glad you featured this! People don't believe me when I tell them about it. I wish yours was up to snuff and worked properly, though.

Found one of these a few months ago and almost picked it up until i realized it wasn't N64 compatible, great video!

I already knew about this, I watched it on LGR. Nice video

I love your vids there perfect for me keep it up my guy

@Nintendrew one trick I use to restore old analog sticks is electrical contact cleaner just spray the inside of the stick assembly on the board inside with a generous amount of the spray and move the sticks around then let its sit for about a day just to be on the safe side to let the cleaner evaporate

I never realised how much I wanted to play Lylat Wars with a joystick until now

"For use with Personal Computer computers only"

1:08 - The "circular directional pad" is a hat-switch.

"I don't have a 20 year old PC lying around." Where's LGR when you need him?

You've got one cool ass collection man...

This was the first time in *months* (and in 2019) that I watched one of your videos. I'm so glad that I watched it. I had no idea that the NJS-3D1 existed until now. 🤓

Nintendo joystick almost two decades old = Half Life 3 for Switch confirmed!

Very interesting! Thanks!

I can appreciate that your shirt says END just before the outro.

NJS-3D1 would probably work good with Mario paint

Every time I see one of these pop up on these Retro Gaming channels, it makes me smile. Me and my friends ALL had these back in the day and we never knew they weren't a household item that everyone knew 😂. I think we got them at big lots or compusa deeply discounted.

This is really cool. A Nintendo joystick

Huh. Interesting stuff as always,Drew.

Ahh~ the first bgm you used here always gives me a good laugh, the GB Camera is still one of my favorite GB parts. However, speaking of the joystick... I dunno. It'd make sense if it was meant for the N64 given there are also official joysticks for its predecessors. You however must be happy to own that game, pretty sure it is a rare item these days.

never seen that joystick. cool video!

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PC Computers?? Personal Computer..Computers.. Nice

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Nintendo has done alot of weird things, but this is the weirdest by far

Love it channel

I had one of them, I am sure I got it at a clearance price. It was a solid built joystick, every feature needed in the day. Eventually replaced by a Sidewinder 3d, which had better sensitivity and gave finer control. I am not sure how much that one has aged, but maybe it wasn't all that wonderfully more accurate in the day based on what I remember of mine new out of the box.

This definitely is pretty weird considering Nintendo doesn’t make a whole lot of peripherals for other platforms (if any), but it’s still cool nonetheless. As always I loved the editing in the video, keep up the good work!

Yay! I was shocked when I saw it and you said PC only.

I actually found out about this vid because of nathanel bandys vid about controllers but i was already subed to nitendrew

I would love to see a stream where you play retro/modern games, I know that's not what you do, but it would be cool to try streaming for once. Just a suggestion that I thought I should tell you.

Happy, feal, good video, Perfect.

Sound blaster cards often have game ports on them, SB Live is widely available for cheap and like 90% of them have DOS support and hardware game port.

My Phenom II PC's motherboard from 2009 has that connector as a pin header, so somewhat modern pc should pick it up. You might need a wrapper such as x360ce for it to be seen by the games, but could work. As for the wear, try dissasembly it and give it a good clean, most of the time is enough to get it working properly again

I have a Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 PC joystick, which has the same number of inputs as the Nintendo 3D1. And the one game I play most with my Sidewinder 2 just happens to be Star Fox 64. Playing that game with a flight joystick is a totally different experience than with a controller, almost as if I was playing an entirely different game.

When it mentions the input it showed a picture of a Gravis game pad... this controller came with a game demo disc that I'd imagine is pretty rare now.

I saw one at my local Goodwill... I regret not getting it. :((

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This controller would've have probably been fun to use on a game like Pilotwings 64 as well.

Also a friend of mine is getting into retro console/controller repair, if you ever want someone to take a look at it.

Who would have guessed Nintendo made a computer controller?

Now there is going to be “Beating Super Mario Odyssey with a Nintendo PC Joystick”

Nice of that Bandy guy to link to your video.

I love the Toshiba scream in the background

Shows it working on a modern computer Does it work on a modern computer???????

Dang imagine seeing nintendo as a competitor for sony electronics like headphones or competitor to pc companies.

Very good video

Thanks for showcasing this! I know others have already mentioned using this thing with flight sims, and I'm also curious how it would perform with some of the PC titles from the '90s like Star Wars: TIE Fighter. Have you tried any? Assuming the input errors aren't as bad with a flight sim, it might be fun!

7:11 I think for a third-party peripheral for the N64. I think you third-party flight stick compatible with the console can be great when used for games like Sox.

I saw this in a PC Gamer mag in the 90s (Quake II issue). Could never find it again.

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That's cool old computer stuff.

1:58 Man, that music choice made me smile

I would have loved to have this to play Rogue Squadron with. I used the Mad Catz flight stick.

Nice video

That jitter is likely from tarnished internal variable resistors/potentiometers/sliders. Without seeing the insides, I can't tell you which it uses for the axis, but the two pack Deoxic DB5, and Deoxic fader lube should be able to fix this. Drown the pots in the correct chemical, then actuate it a hundred times or so, check on pc if it is fixed, repeat as needed. This will clean the buttons as well.

Hey... That song in the background is so nostalgic. Mario Kart DS!!!

That's honestly cool