iQue Player

Nintendo 64 built into a controller, sold only in mainland China from 2003, with games loaded by download.

The iQue Player is a Nintendo 64 built into a controller that plugs straight into the TV. It was made by iQue, a company set up in December 2002 by Nintendo and engineer Wei Yen, who had worked on Project Reality at Silicon Graphics. The format was chosen to get around China's 2000 ban on selling home consoles, and the device was pitched as an official alternative to piracy. It was announced at the 2003 Tokyo Game Show and launched in November that year.

Games were loaded onto a memory card at "iQue Depot" kiosks and, from October 2004, online through iQue@Home and a PC. Each game was tied to one console through encryption. It received 14 games adapted from the Nintendo 64, the last being Animal Crossing in 2006. A built-in clock let parents limit play time. The iQue@Home service closed at the end of 2016 and digital distribution ended by 2018.