/vr/ - Retro Games

Any idiot who claims you needed "Three Hands" obviously never had an N64, at most they might have played one for ten minutes at an uncle's house or something.

NO game used the left, middle, and right side of the controller at once. The whole point was that you could either use the d-pad and buttons at once, the analog stick and buttons at once, or the d-pad and analog stick at once (very few games used that last configuration). Practically no games expected you to use the d-pad, analog stick, AND buttons at once, since that would require moving your hands all over the controllers three intended grip styles depending on the game.

That being said, yeah, the DualShock ran circles around this thing in comfort, usability, features, and overall design. But that only came out AFTER the N64.

Also unpopular opinion: The N64 controller doesn't even come close to the worst console controller Nintendo ever designed, the GameCube holds that title for me. I don't get why anyone seems to praise that piece of shit so much. Just look at it! It's like it was designed by a 5 year old using a toddler's paint program drawing random shapes. An A and B button where the B button is three times as large for some reason. The X and Y buttons orbiting the gravity of the massive B button that are shaped like a fucking Emesis pan. A d-pad made for ants. Two analog sticks, but different sizes. One side having two shoulder buttons and the other having one, with said Z button being a tiny flat trigger compared to the large concave L and R buttons that stick out. The L and R buttons for some reason being both analog AND digital.

What was that fucking random nonsensical mess? About the only thing they got right was the analog triggers... so of course that's one feature Nintendo NEVER used again in any console ever after the GameCube.

Fuck you

>>6698776
If you're a hardcore gamer and have multiple hour long sessions the sharp corners start to get uncomfortable after a while. I like the Neo Geo CD pad with the clicky thumb stick, the Japanese Saturn pad (white one) and the GameCube controller best.

>>5476753
With the GC pad they made a point of avoiding a SNES/PS type button layout for the sake of making something different; the result is simply less versatile than the more traditional option

No thanks, I've got pic related.
With an adapter, it works on both the N64 console and my PC. By far the best N64 stand-in controller I've ever used.

>>4179718
>dual analog
>shoulder buttons
>nes controller
What in the actual fuck?