N64 Fishing Rod?

[ubelaffe]

I was in my favorite thrift store yesterday and stumbled across the madcatz rumble rod for nintendo 64. I had no idea that the n64 even had a fishing controller. I've had trouble finding any online and that makes me wonder if they're worth a lot or just not worth having. I'd have to order a game online to even use the thing, but if it's awesome, then I'll just have to deal with that.

Anyone ever seen/used one? Thoughts?

What's a reasonable price?

All help appreciated.

[ubelaffe]

So, I went ahead and bought the rod. I don't have a fishing game, so I can't test the realness factors of the reel and response. I did play Zelda: OoT and THPS:2 with it. Of course, the mini-fishing game does not make use of the fishing controls. It's mapped to the A and B buttons.

Skating in tony hawk was quite difficult due to the button layout. The hand position is basically overlapping. I posted some pictures of the rod.

It was still in the packaging. It had been opened, but the only thing removed was the force pak.

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I'll try to get some video of it in action in the near future.