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Hyperkin makes a SNES Optical Mouse
- Thread starter NOLA_Gaffer
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SuperDowns
Banned
There were other compatible games?!
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Some Japan exclusive games made use of the Mouse.
Like Mario & Wario. I can't think of another one though.
Yep. A few.
LinkSlayer64
Member
Jokes on them, I still have my original, and the mouse pad for it!
OnionPowder
Member
Civilization 1, Populus 2 and a bunch of other games
sixteen-bit
Member
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Have you tried to use a mouse with a ball lately?
CambriaRising
Member
Very ugly
zenspider
Member
Haha. No, why now?
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Because Retro Gaming is the new hotness.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I think the real question is:
Is there even still a market for this device?
The SNES has been dead for literally decades now.
The mouse itself didn't exactly set the world on fire.
Most people who knew that the SNES had a mouse peripheral know only of Mario Paint when it comes to games supporting it.
There really isn't that much of a reason to develop and produce an optical SNES Mouse these days.
Pretty sure they're not trying to win some stupid beauty contest with this. It's a very simple design. It'll work.
Azure Phoenix
Member
Yes. It functions like a mouse, as you'd expect. Not exactly as if Mario Paint and its 256x224 pixel resolution demands pinpoint precision.
GurgleBot20
Member
People still buy SNES consoles and games. There are plenty of products currently on the market designed for retro games.
Edit: Wikipedia has a list of compatible games.
Lupin the Third
Member
We have about 7 or so otherwise-dead copies of Mario Paint in our back room, so I'm really glad an alternative exists to unearthing actual old SNES Mice to make those playable/sellable.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
May want to contact Hyperkin to see if you can get a bit of a discount buying the mice wholesale and bundle 'em up.
mattwhite924
Member
I'm kind of tempted to get it for the 1st person parts of Jurassic Park
Drilbit777
Member
What year is It where Snes mouse are still being made?
Lupin the Third
Member
We're already using Hyperkin as a distributor, so when I got the email about it ~two days ago I was stoked.
economy of scale means it's actually more expensive to make a ball mouse now than an optical
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Well shit, there you go. Prep your shrinkwrap.
Harlock
Member
zephervack
Member
Wonder if they are banking on people just buying this as a collectible lol, there is so many other accessories that are more badly needed than this.
SirMossyBloke
Member
They really shouldn't have based the colour scheme off the ugly NA version.
It's a NA company, it would be stupid of them to not base it off the NA version.
sixteen-bit
Member
Never overestimate Hyperkin's quality control
MrCunningham
Member
Mike knows: https://twitter.com/Mike_Matei/status/880203782134657024
I swear, this mouse was made just for him.
I used to spend a lot of time with Mario Paint when I was a kid. I would make my own Mortal Kombat sprites using the sprite maker and then animate them with the animation tool. I would even make my own lame movies by recording all my animations with a VHS recorder and stitch it all together. If I still had an original SNES (which I do not), I might consider buying this.
Lupin the Third
Member
Yeah, they can be really uneven. Their Tomee SNES/Genesis/NES controllers were/are pretty flimsy garbage, but their slightly more expensive variants like the "Cadet"/N85 NES, S91 SNES, and GN6 Genesis controllers all seem pretty solid and are pretty good replicas, considering the price. We sell a lot of them and don't get complaints except from the biggest purists who only begrudgingly bought them in lieu of old Nintendo stock.
sixteen-bit
Member
First video review has hit youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FPy-2-moAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FPy-2-moAA
capylikesgames
Banned
Looks like it's skipping pixels in that Mario Paint footage. Though that might be normal. I never played Mario Paint, so I wouldn't know. Are SNES mice hard to find nowadays? It is cool that there's a third party alternative now, if that's the case.
goldenpp72
Member
Is this not in stock anymore?
SonicMegaDrive
Member
ITT people learn that yes, there is in fact a market for retro games and retro game accessories and paraphernalia.
GinoFelino
Member
The font on the packaging makes it look like it's called the Hyper Cuck mouse
Friend of Sonic
Member
Someone needs to tell Mike Mattei this. He was just complaining about the SNES mouse
Yep. It was designed primarily for the light gun but played best with mouse.
Which, ironically, doesn't run properly on Hyperkin's Retron 5.
Do you mean an adapter so you can plug in a Snes controller to PC? If so they definitely have them, not sure if it would work with the Snes mouse though.
This is what you want:USB Super RetroPort
You'd need to write a USB driver for the SNES and memory is at a premium, if you mean getting a USB mouse working on an SNES.