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The Power Pad is a Nintendo peripheral that the player must step on to control the game.

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The Power Pad is a flexible mat with pressure sensors that function as buttons triggered by the player's feet that was released for the NES. It was first released by Bandai in Japan in 1986 under the name Family Trainer. In 1988 it was released in North America as Family Fun Fitness. It became the Power Pad when Nintendo bought the rights in 1988, and re-released it alongside World Class Track Meet.

The pad is double-sided, with side A having eight buttons and side B having twelve buttons. The Power Pad games primarily test the player's speed, timing, coordination, and memory, though it also facilitated musically focused gameplay that would serve as a precursor to rhythm games such as Dance Dance Revolution.

Namco Bandai Games eventually developed a new Power Pad, now called the Active Life, which was released for the Wii in 2008 and worked in conjunction with the Wii Remote.

Power Pad Games

Street Cop
Athletic World - 1986

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