NES WORLD Forum - Print Page

NES WORLD Forum
https://www.nesworld.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl General Video Gaming >> Your Game Finds >> Honyu Explorer I https://www.nesworld.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1152309383 Message started by JC on 07. Jul 2006 at 22:56

Title: Honyu Explorer I
Post by JC on 07. Jul 2006 at 22:56

Got this at at a Goodwill today. Anyone know what the two top buttons (# and *) do? And why does it have a space for 4 AA batteries but no connectors for them (logo portion opens up)?

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by FamicomJL on 10. Jul 2006 at 07:09

Looks very weird...the two extra buttons could've possibly been filler, or to make it look bigger.

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by Michael the Great on 10. Jul 2006 at 09:26

It's interesting that it plugs into both spots. Maybe the buttons have something to do with that? Could they let you choose which controller plug you're using?

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by Speedy_NES on 11. Jul 2006 at 02:02

IIRC, the top button is for choosing the player, not sure about the one below that. I recently bought the Teqniche version with the box, and I'm pretty sure that it had a diagram on the box showing which buttons do what. I'm away from home at the moment, but I will check it out later this week and let you know.

The battery compartment is odd, I also don't understand why that is there. I'm pretty sure other controllers had similar empty compartments, likely incase they wanted to use the same casing for a wireless version.

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by Gundam_Pilot_ on 11. Jul 2006 at 03:16

To be completely honest, i have the box and diagram here and it has the 2 buttons but the box says that they do nothing. LOL POS

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by JC on 11. Jul 2006 at 03:49

Any truth to the claim that those buttons correspond to buttons on the Power Glove?

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by FamicomJL on 11. Jul 2006 at 05:51

Gundam_Pilot_ wrote on 11. Jul 2006 at 03:16:

To be completely honest, i have the box and diagram here and it has the 2 buttons but the box says that they do nothing. LOL POS

Lol, I knew it!

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by Speedy_NES on 15. Jul 2006 at 22:33

Gundam is correct, I just got back and checked the box of the Teqniche variant, and it says "RESERVED BUTTONS for future function." :)

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by JC on 21. Jul 2006 at 20:17

That's plain silly. ;D

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by Michael the Great on 23. Jul 2006 at 22:18

I wonder if you plugged this into a snes if they would equal one of the snes's 4 extra buttons?

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by TheFinalDayComes on 25. Jul 2006 at 18:11

how much did you pay for that JC there is a game store around me that has one in the box for $7. is it worth it, is it rare

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by JC on 25. Jul 2006 at 18:34

I paid more than I should have -- $10. But that's before I knew that they were pretty common. I've seen them at thrift stores -- without the box/manual -- several times since I bought it. I don't atually know what they're worth, but I figure it can't be more than the Advantage, which isn't much.

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by Speedy_NES on 27. Jul 2006 at 10:55

It's funny that a lot of these have been popping up on eBay in the last few weeks, because I used to think that they are quite rare. The variant from Teqniche (Power Mate) and the Champ variant (same name, different publisher) seem to be a lot more rare. I think $7 for a boxed one is a great deal. If the box is in very good condition, I might be willing to buy the box off you ;)

Title: Re: Honyu Explorer I
Post by TheFinalDayComes on 27. Jul 2006 at 19:39

I don't plan on buying it I wouldn't even use it but if you want the next time I am in that area I will buy it and you can buy it from me the same price I paid for it + shipping. The box was in great condition.