Bandai Gamepad

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Bandai Gamepad
Designer Timetop
Manufacturer Bandai
Distributor Bandai
CPU various
Graphics various
Memory various
Media built-in media
Released Japan: 1997
Added to Museum August 15, 2025

The Bandai Gamepad (ゲームパッド) is a dedicated console inside a controller.

The included games developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

The software was developed by Timetop and the hardware was manufactured by Bandai.

The Bandai Gamepad was released exclusively in Japan in 1997.

The console was preceded by the Pippin and was succeeded by the Go! Go! Connie! Let's Play Mouse (ゴー!ゴー!コニーちゃん!あそぼうマウス, Go! Go! Connie-chan! Asobou Mouse).

It is one of the first known consoles to use the single-chip NES component known as the UMC UM6578.

Included video games

The Bandai Gamepad included a simple menu in Japanese.

It contained ten card and board games.

These games included Mahjong, Illustration Puzzle (Minesweeper), Reversi, Card Solitaire, Blackjack, Solitario (Hexxagon), Ludo, Survivor Runner (Keno), and Bingo.