TheU-Forceis agame controllermade byBroderbundfor theNintendo Entertainment System.[1]It employs a pair ofperpendicularconsumer IRsensorpanels to translate the user's hand movements into controller signals.

U-Force
DeveloperBroderbund
ManufacturerBroderbund
Release date1989(1989)
PlatformNintendo Entertainment System

Reception

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The U-Force was ranked the eighth worst video game controller byIGNeditor Craig Harris.[2]MSNlisted it as one of the top 10 worst game peripherals, writing "Second only to theSega Activatorin terms of all-out crappiness, the U-Force also used infrared sensors to create a truly nightmarish controller...'Don’t Touch' said the adverts for the device, in a rare example of an advertising campaign that got it spot on. "[3]

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References

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  1. ^Tricked-out Videogames,BY FRANK VIZARD, Popular Mechanics, Oct 1989, Page 106
  2. ^"Top 10 Tuesday: Worst Game Controllers".IGN.2006-02-21.Retrieved2013-09-16.
  3. ^"U-Force".MSN.Archived fromthe originalon 6 September 2009.Retrieved23 September2009.