The Rarest Nintendo 64 Controller Ever

In this video I discuss the rarest Nintendo 64 controller which is the transparent Fire Orange Hori Pad Mini. There is only one of these controllers known to exist.

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Video looking at a complete set of boxed Hori's

Video comparing Hori Pad to official N64 Controller

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[Larry]

most excellent video Sir! I'm suirprised no one has tried to reproduce it yet.

[LSuperSonicQ]

Was honestly expecting this video to end with the mystery unsolved, but that's amazing Philippe came through with the proof!

[ShadowLinkxMaster]

Plot twist: He took a clear Horipad shell and dyed it orange to create the elusive color.

[TayoEXE]

"If you don't know the story..."

Did ANYONE here know about this before this video?

[bryantnonya]

I want the silver boomerang PlayStation 3 controller they showed off before the system launched...

[Cristian]

A tattoo of a controller? Now I’ve seen it all.

[redorange]

Didn't even know these controllers existed.

[GTM_]

2:18 the snow white hori also has a counterpart but that one never made it to the market publicly. that might also be how the atomic orange horipad happened as well, hori and nintendo are pretty buddy buddy when it comes to making products so there might even be some more unreleased horis in the vault.

[razeboxanimations]

It's like a beta GameCube controller

[GTM_]

sheeeeit. mystery solved, good stuff.

[dembonesTV]

finngamer has it locked in his safe deposit box...

[chepclark]

Great vid snoop! At 3:38 the solid green one is missing as there are 2 white ones, but regardless its still cool af!!

[MistuhHamp]

I see Hori Pads used by some SM64 speed runners. It's interesting because the layout seems much more comfortable. Using the Retail N64 controllers today is always an exercise in nostalgia.

[spongyoshi]

I love your variety yet quality of content, keep it up!

[Diwasho]

I fell for the hype on these N64 Hori mini pads, imported one thinking that my analog wear worries are now over, but turned out this stick barely works. Doesn't respond to movements at certain angles, there's no way to calibrate it, needless to say it's worthless and performs worse than a heavily worn official first party OG stick. Money wasted, what a stupid thing to tattoo on yourself.

[GraniteValleyDave]

Very cool! I love Hori MIni Pad's so much. I've got a purple one and a black one, paid under $50 USD each years ago. Would love to get a yellow one but can't easily justify the price especially since my n64 is broken...

[kitterbug]

HORI was an OEM for Nintendo at some point. I'm pretty certain that in the Super Famicom days, they did actually manufacture official first party branded controllers, I know they manufactured OEM spec video cables. I'm not quite sure if they manufactured first party controllers for the N64, but them ever having the approval from Nintendo to make first party controllers explains their high quality compared to other licensed manufacturers. To this day I still feel like HORI makes more substantial controllers than their counterparts.😊

[waynetemplar]

I have a transparent Atomic Purple Hori pad N64 controller and it is great. Cost me a small fortune, hate to think what that transparent Fire Orange one would cost

[LunexLunertic]

Interesting, so it was a prototype unlike the other released hori controllers.

[Ecktor]

There’s a transparent organge n64 gamepad called “Daiei Hawks” apparently. It’s back plate is smoke gray though.