[Skaarg]

I understand I said I was going to do this a long time ago, but honestly I got so bogged down with college work and actual work this got pushed far behind other items. Anyways I promised it would get done eventually so here is one of my Smash controllers opened up and disassembled so that it can be documented for the wiki and those interested about it.

For those that do not know Whac-a-Critter (or Mallet Legend or Mallet Legend's Whac-a-Critter, whatever you want to call it) is a whack-a-mole type game where you press the d-pad direction of the hole (or none for the center) and a button to use your hammer. Well Realtec themselves and 3rd party accessory Innovation released the same controller (both versions say Realtec on the controller, I have the Innovation box). So since a buddy of mine came across a ton of brand new controllers I received one as my Christmas Bonus, and I bought another one in case it had to be damaged to be opened.

These boxes were all in about the same condition. This was the best one I was able to pick from so the scans are about the best quality I can personally get.
Box Scans:
Front - "For use with SEGA Genesis and SEGA Megadrive" so it was obviously meant for multiple regions. SEGA Retro says the game only came out in the US though. Has anyone ever seen a EU or JP (unlikely due to no Japanese directions) release for this game?
Back - "Designed for years of bashing and thrashing" becuase the game is so god awful? "Whac-a-Critter and Video Simon" Well Video Simon to the best of my knowledge never came out.
Inner Flap - This flap is inside the box over the controller. These directions don't get much simpler than that. =P
Top/Bottom - Just says Smash Controller.
Left Side - Back and Inner Flap info in other languages
Right Side - Back and Inner Flap info in other languages

Controller Pictures:
The Controller - Fairly simple design. No pause or start button however. The game just progresses to gameplay by pressing any button. There are no settings or anything.
Controller Bottom - Again it doesn't get much more plain than this. There are 4 screws hidden under the pads. I really don't know why they put the pads over the screws when there are circles on the plastic that show where they are supposed to be...
Controller Board Top - It really doesn't get much simpler than this. The IC chip is just a Motorola SN74LS147N.
Controller Board Bottom -Again there's not really a whole lot to see here. =P

If anyone else wants any other pictures or information feel free to ask.

[Vangar]

It needs a little plastic hammer. Pretty rare?!

[Skaarg]

Honestly I think it would be a lot harder with a plastic hammer. In order to even beat the first level you have to be ridiculously fast about hitting the buttons, and it usually requires both hands.

These we're considered quite rare becuase nobody could even find any. We just got lucky with what we found. There is a chance in a few weeks the guy we got them from might have some more. Will post on here/retrobay if/when we do.

[Toasty]

Wow, I remember this being discussed in this very forum and nobody seemed to have much information other than "it exists."

Nice scan, interesting.

[Skaarg]

Just thought I would bump this and mention I have decided to sell the remainder of my controllers (4 of them to be precise), and I was going to be putting them up for sale but am offering them on forums first. My buddy was selling his for $70-100 on ebay. I'm selling them for $60 each. I have to go back home next week to grab them out of my storage at my parents. They're new old stock, but in "okay" condition. I feel like these were just sitting in a box on a pallete somewhere for a long time...