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Nintendo Entertainment System Control Deck instruction manual (1988)

Nintendo. 1988. “Nintendo Entertainment System Control Deck instruction manual (1988).” NES Control Deck instruction manual, chapter I (NES Instruction Manual). Nintendo of America.

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NES Control Deck manual
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https://archive.org/details/NESManuals
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https://archive.org/download/NESManuals/NES%20Control%20Deck.pdf
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2026-11-07
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© Nintendo
Credit
Nintendo of America; scan hosted by the Internet Archive (NES Manuals item).
Notes
Scan of the Control Deck's booklet, whose copyright line reads © 1988 Nintendo, so it is a later printing than the 1985 launch. Its "Using the controllers" section names the controls (Control Pad, SELECT BUTTON, START BUTTON, BUTTONS A AND B) and a labelled controller figure.

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The NES controller's parts are the Control Pad, the Select and Start buttons, and buttons B and A, with B to the left of A.p. 2, 1. NES Components, Controller figurep. 2, 1. NES Components, Controller figurep. 2, 1. NES Components, Controller figurep. 2, 1. NES Components, Controller figureManual
Nintendo's Control Deck manual gives Select and Start to controller 1 only: Select picks a variation of the game from its menu, and Start begins the game and pauses it. The 4-way Control Pad moves the main character up, down, left, and right, and buttons A and B do different things in different games.p. 10, Using the Controllersp. 10, Using the Controllersp. 10, Using the Controllersp. 10, Using the Controllersp. 10, Using the ControllersManual
The controller came with the NES, two to each console, and has the model number NES-004. Nintendo of America introduced the NES in the New York City area before Christmas 1985.p. 10, Using the ControllersManual