Broderbund U-Force
Broderbund was responsible for producing some of the most memorable games and educational titles of the early desktop PC era, including Prince of Persia, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, and even The Print Shop when printers sounded louder than cars. It was also responsible for an NES peripheral called the U-Force that promised the same motion-detecting functionality as later devices like Microsoft’s Kinect. It used a pair of infrared panels to detect hand movements, or the movements of untethered controllers, and while the idea was promising, the execution was poor at best, and the U-Force is often cited as one of the worst accessories ever offered for the NES.
