Comments on: So What Was The NES Select Button For?

By: ariel

ariel — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:24:10 +0000

“The most important use of Select is at the end of the Contra 30 lives code so two players gain benefit.”

I CONCUR!

By: Leon

Leon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:59:32 +0000

The mode button I think it was for some games that had problems with 6-button controllers, and mode was there to fix that.

By: Gentlegamer

Gentlegamer — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:27:10 +0000

The most important use of Select is at the end of the Contra 30 lives code so two players gain benefit.

By: moofree

moofree — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:46:12 +0000

IIRC if you hold the mode button while turning on the Sega Genesis, the controller will function like a standard 3 button controller (for the very very few games that don’t function properly with the 6 button controller)

By: Name Withheld

Name Withheld — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:24:27 +0000

Also, in the game Chojin Sentai Jetman (based on the Super Sentai series of the same name), Select pauses the game and Start uses some kind of special attack that destroys all the enemies on the screen.

By: fastbilly1

fastbilly1 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:45:16 +0000

Thanks for the updates and corrections fellas. They will be added as soon as free time is available.

An interesting thing I noticed is that many of the games that use the select button in the menu are arcade ports. Not all of them, but alot are.

As for the mode button article idea, that is a good idea. I will look into it.