I've never heard of Top Rider, but at first blush this Famicom game looks like an unremarkable motorbike racer with almost nothing going for it. Well, it did have one thing going for it: an inflatable motorcycle controller. Yeah, you read that right. Inflatable motorcycle controller.

After seeing that lame Wii-mote wheel doohickey from Thrustmaster that we posted yesterday, it just goes to show how far we've evolved in the gimmick department. Got a crap racer? Here's a crap peripheral to go with it!

Check out more pics of this Varie developed controller that was responsible for some weepy Christmas mornings over at the Video Game Memorabilia Museum. Michael McWhertor

Odd blowup bike peripheral

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