The Nintendo 64 receives a second life: they launch a bluetooth adapter to play with wireless controls

Released on June 23, 1996, the Nintendo 64 marked the history of the Japanese company. It was the first console developed for video games to jump from 2D to 3D, competing with SEGA’s Saturn and Sony’s PlayStation.

The N64, in addition to bringing the games on cartridges, had the particularity of a control that was loved by many and criticized by others. From the outset, the 64 controller was a strange arrival in the world of video games with Nintendo’s fourth game console.

It is an M-shaped controller, with 10 buttons and many changes to adapt to the third dimension. Here the company forgot about the select, from Y to X and added C and Z buttons to the back. It included an analog stick for varying degrees of movement, a trigger button with travel, and pioneered the rumble function thanks to the Rumble Pak.

At the time, the Nintendo 64 controller was wired, which is a nuisance in today’s times of playing with wireless controllers that work with bluetooth technology. Fortunately, to Has anyone thought of developing a device to solve this problem?.

The blessed adapter

According to a report published on the website of nintenderos, have presented a bluetooth adapter that allows you to connect the Nintendo 64 with wireless controlssuch as the one released by the company for Nintendo Switch Online.

As we can see in the images, the adapter was produced by RetroTime and, according to the report, It has a value of 30 dollars in different online stores.

Its function is very simple: when it is connected to one of the ports for controls of the Nintendo 64, it will start to work.