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TIME TO ACCESSORISE

After a night of looking up how to adapt an LCD-compatible lightgun for classic hardware, Nick got to thinking about his favourite specialised controllers. Going down the resulting rabbit hole, he ended up ambushing the team with the following question…

NICK

So what’s the finest peripheral in the history of gaming, and why is it the Power Glove?

TIM

Because it’s so bad.

DARRAN

I can still remember seeing the Power Glove in and desperately wanting one of my own. The Power Glovemay have been pretty rubbish for playing games, but it did look cool. But not as cool as the Master System’s 3-D Glasses.

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