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[edit] Lacking or flawed information

As someone who actually likes the bloody thing, i'm surprised at how little REAL information is contained in this article. For an article with a paragraph titled "how it works" there is no verbose mention of its use of a 3-point sensor bar whatsoever (though it is pictured), and the reader is left with the impression that the glove is simply a downgraded Dataglove, which is like saying a bicycle is a downgraded Ferrari F40. The sentences "It was the first peripheral interface controller to recreate human hand movements on a television or computer screen" and "It was based on the patented technology of the VPL Dataglove" seem contradictory. Compared to the R.O.B article, this one is uninformative and slapdash. --Decept404 (talk) 11:44, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Links

Hey would anyone consider linking this to the Wii page? Since the Power Glove might have been a very early inspiration to the motion-sensing version of gaming. Just like Duck Hunt.

Also this could be linked the the Angry Nintendo Nerd cause he just recently made a video about the Power Glove.

[edit] Stuff

"Various games were made just for the use of the Power Glove"

Wasn't Super Glove Ball the only game made specifically for the Power Glove?

some were but were never released, afaik. Family Guy Guy 19:42, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

There was also the terrible but somehow passable for it's day 'Bad Street Brawler'. Information on this game at http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/egm16.htm

The power glove underwent a sudden design change between unveiling and commercial release. I don't remember exactly what, but i seem to recall the d-pad being a quad of buttons in the photos, looking like a playstation d-pad.

Wasn't the power glove also used as the original controller for the system in the "The First $20 Million" Giant89 03:11, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

"It can be argued that the Power Glove is the predecessor of the Nintendo Revolution controller, which uses a sensor bar to detect movement in space. The method used is most likely some sort of triangulation." Most likely? It can be argued? Absolutely idiotic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.30.19.247 (talk • contribs)

"Power Glove is also the name of a Legend of Zelda item that first debuted in the Adventure of Link." In Zelda 2, I thought they called the item the "Handy Glove"? Anyone know for sure? I haven't played in years. -- DocSigma 20:01, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Is there no information on the the gloves ultrasonic positioning? The power glove is definitly an item is "A Link to the Past" Hackaday 06:19, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you to whoever remembered the power glove gaming series and added it to the entry. I agree with hackaday about the neccessity of adding information about the ultrasonic positioning, as it was both an important feature of the glove, and one of it's most annoying setup entailments.

DocSigma both names appear as items in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, as different 'strengths' of a similar item. The handy glove allows you to lift the 'single tile' sized light colored stones, and the power glove allows you to lift the dark single tile stones and light 4 tile stones. Both items are represented with icons that are similar to the power glove.

The Power Glove influenced The Glove for the Nintendo 64 and Playstation. The Glove was created by Reality Quest.

Shouldn't it be added that the Power Glove was also barely functional? At all? I mean, it's hardly a POV issue when you're talking about an item that provenly hardly works.

[edit] Sources are not cited

This article does not properly WP:CITE sources, can someone possibly help out with that? Yamaguchi先生 21:33, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

It has been almost one month and no one has offered to help with this — I am going to being removing unsupported content under the direction of Jimmy Wales [1] and adding reliable sources as I can locate them. Yamaguchi先生 01:37, 18 October 2006
I added the required references. Devil Master 16:21, 7 November 2006 (MET)

[edit] Compatible games list

What purpose does it serve to list all of these "compatible" games, would it not make more sense to list only those games designed for use with the Power Glove? No one would want to play the majority of these using the glove. Yamaguchi先生 01:34, 18 October 2006

Since the Power Glove included a standard controller, and the number buttons could be programmed to perform controller and button-press combinations, aren't all NES games not specifically designed for another peripheral (like the zapper) compatible with the Power Glove? Does this list have any meaning at all? — Gwalla | Talk 07:09, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
This list should be removed, because it adds little or nothing to the article. I suggest making a separate page List of Power Glove compatable NES games if you truely feel the list is necessary to include. ExplorerCY (talk) 03:33, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Objections to list removal

Please put objections here, or it will be removed.

[edit] Power Glove Picture

It says that the Power Glove in the picture is the Mattel Version, however it is obviously of the PAX Version. It says PAX and Famicom right on the glove! I've edited it so that it says the correct thing. ToyoWolf 06:40, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Power Glove flex sensor and some other details

Mattel (and presumably Pax) used a flex sensor supplied by Abrams Gentile Entertainment. [2] According to AGE, the product revenue "Gross $88 million"; if they sold for $99 that would be nearly 900k units sold; I'd be surprised if it really was that many but it's possible, esp. if maybe it was more popular in Japan than in US.

Source of the flex sensor is consistent with the Power Glove FAQ [3] "The PG was designed by Chris Gentile (the "G" of AGE) and someone named "Novak" at Mattel."

Here are two Web sites that claim the AGE flex sensor is currently available via Jameco as P/N 150551 [4] [5]

And here is the Jameco page with data sheets and price breaks [6]. 10 kohm resistance nominal, 30-40 kohm at maximum deflection. $12.95 in small quantities.

Michael Gold 20:59, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sizes

I think it'd be good info to add about the various sizes the Power Glove was made in. I don't know much about this, or I'd add it myself. Trey56 20:27, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Was realised in a movie.

Somewhere I heard the first place the power glove was mentioned or seen in was some movie I forget what it was called, or I would have put it in. Can anyone tell me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by The End 1493 (talk • contribs) 00:35, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

It was called The Wizard.--roddie digital 23:29, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Functionality/Problems

It's not written anywhere that the Powerglove didn't really serve it's purpose as a controller. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.172.169.21 (talk) 16:10, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

And it shouldn't be, because that's an opinion. — Gwalla | Talk 05:08, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

it didn't work. that's not an opinion, it's a fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.60.226.93 (talk) 23:43, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

No, it’s an opinion. The fact is, it DID work. It’s your opinion that it didn’t really serve its purpose as a controller. And fortunately, many people who have had the chance to use it share that opinion. — NRen2k5 22:24, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
So it's ok for movie pages to mention reviews, the Virtua Boy page to mention headaches, the Ford Pinto page to mention it regularly explodes, the Tivo page to mention firmware critcisms, the 360 page to mention RROD, and thousands of other pages to mention commonly published complaints, criticisms, and reviews, but it's not ok to mention the Power Glove was widely criticized and parodied by magazines of the time? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.60.226.93 (talk) 06:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Complaints, criticisms, and reviews are fine to mention in any article where they are relevant, but only if they are attributed to the critic/reviewer (or the publication in which the complaint, critique, or review appeared). "Some say", "it is widely thought that", or "it is often said by <non-centralized, diverse group>" is not sufficient: Avoid weasel words. — Gwalla | Talk 18:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Metal Band

Is there any real relevance of having information on the metal band Powerglove merged in this article? Perhaps it could be made into its own article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.177.66.2 (talk) 05:25, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "I love to Power Glove"

Does anyone notice that Lucas doesn't say "I love the Power Glove", he says "I love to Power Glove"? -- χγʒ͡ʒγʋᾳ (talk) 22:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)