Worst video game controllers

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Worst video game controllers Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:01:13 2022 No.8520883 [Reply] [Original]

So many are awful

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:03:24 2022 No.8520890 >>8520883 Doesn't look that bad to me.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:13:29 2022 No.8520927 File: 1.67 MB, 3008x2000, Gravis_pc_gamepad.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:16:09 2022 No.8520936 File: 20 KB, 600x448, 1622306824148.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8520927

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:16:31 2022 No.8520938 File: 20 KB, 600x365, dualshock.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:16:34 2022 No.8520939 >>8520927 Shit taste, this controller is great

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:20:36 2022 No.8520950 >>8520927 Retard alert >>8520938 Facts. Fuck the gaystation.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:21:55 2022 No.8520953 >>8520950 Gaystation is gay and killed the dreamcast

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:24:08 2022 No.8520957 >>8520938 why is it so horrible in the hand? DS4 might be one of the best controllers ever though, at least ergonomically.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:26:09 2022 No.8520960 File: 9 KB, 300x225, 100A0F64-ED41-4E36-A1D5-0720972A4AF0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Mushy stick and unresponsive buttons, pure torture

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:30:07 2022 No.8520972 >>8520936 >>8520939 >>8520950 Uh oh, some poor kids were stuck with the shitty gravis on thier PC. >buh, but Jazz Jackrabbit! Recessed buttons alone are enough to qualify it as trash.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:34:55 2022 No.8520984 >>8520953 Sega killed itself by being an inept company run by retards that lost too much money to even stay in the console business. Also they followed up the Saturn's god-tier controllers with the shitty Dreamcast controller.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:42:54 2022 No.8521005 >>8520890 it was fucking awful; i tried to throw mine away so many times but it always just flew around in a big loop and came right back at me

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:45:18 2022 No.8521010 >>8520972 As opposed to fucking what? We weren't exactly spoiled for choices back then.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 22:49:45 2022 No.8521020 >>8520927 Had this, it was the best I could get and god was that ever a low bar. The lopsided shape (look, it's like an SFC controller but definitely not!) and screw-in thumbstick were cute but less than useful ideas.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 23:18:17 2022 No.8521085 File: 96 KB, 1300x1300, crocodiledundee.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8520883 what's wrong with that controller? Defo seems bonza to me, mate.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 23:32:54 2022 No.8521120 >>8520927 imagine being a pcfag

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 14 23:38:15 2022 No.8521134 File: 169 KB, 1175x471, fasadfsf.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8521120 >pcfag Imagine not having one of these

Anonymous Sat Jan 15 03:26:54 2022 No.8521615

>>8520957
>why is it so horrible in the hand?
Because they took the original Playstation controller and crammed a pair of sticks on it with as little effort as possible.

>DS4 might be one of the best controllers ever though, at least ergonomically.
Because their autistic demand for a touchpad finally forced them to design a new shell.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 03:29:31 2022 No.8521618 >>8521134 What games can you play with your fax machine?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 03:43:33 2022 No.8521649 File: 127 KB, 427x495, IMG_20220115_084204.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8521005

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 03:46:28 2022 No.8521658 File: 33 KB, 326x640, s-l640.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8520883 Part of me wants to start collecting weird N64 controllers - there's so many of them.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 03:50:23 2022 No.8521663 File: 26 KB, 500x500, 1641399764433.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8521658 Looks like a sex-toy. imagine taking this with you over a friend's house. lole

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 09:45:26 2022 No.8522161 File: 54 KB, 720x686, Intellivision-Controller.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8520883

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 09:48:53 2022 No.8522169 only official controllers should be posted, anyway, worst is the Master System controller >>8522161 Coleco one is worse

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 09:50:28 2022 No.8522174 File: 42 KB, 437x501, 1642189025606.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >mfw using n64 controller

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 10:20:19 2022 No.8522236 File: 121 KB, 1600x1443, nintendo-64-controller-picture-id512035978.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] A prototype that needed several more revisions before release.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 13:13:21 2022 No.8522680 File: 1.11 MB, 3263x2345, 1626822427313.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8520883 >Too big for anyone who doesn't have gigantic American gorilla hands

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 13:30:22 2022 No.8522718 >>8520960 I second this; pretty shit

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 14:09:05 2022 No.8522838 >>8521658 Where's the stick? Or the dpad? You know, the actual controlling part of a controller?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 14:38:02 2022 No.8522927 >>8522680 It's a controller designed for adult males. Did you think it was a kid's game console or something?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 14:39:03 2022 No.8522930 >>8520960 felt this too about NES Advantage

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 17:12:32 2022 No.8523323 >>8521134 K.I.T.T.?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 17:14:13 2022 No.8523328 >>8522838 >Where's the stick? Or the dpad? >You know, the actual controlling part of a controller? Wasn't that thing some sort of accelerometer gadget thing/monstrosity?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 17:23:20 2022 No.8523370 File: 48 KB, 507x522, +dey+all+chinese+remember+when+memes+were+a+thing_9b3a10_5211769.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 17:31:48 2022 No.8523404 >>8521005 kek

Anonymous Sat Jan 15 18:05:49 2022 No.8523514
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>>8521618
>What games can you play with your fax machine?
All of them. Every single one.
Get modem. Discover BBSes.
Download any PC game.
Play 100s of different online games
Read message boards. Discover emulators
Download those + endless dumps
Type 1,000s of messages discussing everything.
It's 10x better than 4chan and decades in advance
Sorry feels for neighbors who only play Mario jumpy games & watch tv.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 18:13:08 2022 No.8523536 File: 14 KB, 450x449, GGP.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8520927 There was also an upgrade version that had 4 shoulder buttons but needed a TSR for full functionality.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 18:18:35 2022 No.8523557 File: 63 KB, 640x480, GDT.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Good idea but tilt control before tilt sensors were accurate. The only thing it destroyed was your score

>>	Radiochan !!8R5IcuH3PgQ Sat Jan 15 18:34:33 2022 No.8523604 >>8523536 I'm sorry, you need something more?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 19:28:11 2022 No.8523750 >>8520927 Didn't the Philips CD-i have the same exact controller (apart from the colours/branding)?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 15 19:34:18 2022 No.8523765 >>8520960 These controllers are basically scams.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 00:46:46 2022 No.8524623 >>8523514 meds now

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 01:55:05 2022 No.8524817 >>8523536 this one was great. I played a ton of emulated RPGs and 3dfx Tomb Raider with it

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 02:06:41 2022 No.8524845 >>8522680 Based Have fun with your switch, manlet

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 02:09:28 2022 No.8524850 >>8522838 You twist the wheel for left and right on the joystick and the tiny buttons under the wheel are the dpad buttons. It's for racing games.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 02:11:44 2022 No.8524856 >>8523323 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcq1vq_utkI >>8522680 It grew on me, or should I say I grew on it?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 02:14:30 2022 No.8524867 >>8521005 Oh man I am laughing

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 02:17:49 2022 No.8524872 File: 356 KB, 1384x1407, 1636982336513.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8524856 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x9tFyEu6VI

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 04:21:16 2022 No.8525142 >>8520960 Wasn't this just a knockoff of the CPS Fighter stick?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 06:10:46 2022 No.8525270 File: 61 KB, 355x301, file.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8522680 The only bad part is the D-pad being based off their old Sidewinder line

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 06:53:03 2022 No.8525335 >>8520927 Never used it, but thought it was a nice design in that you could flip it for left handed players.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 06:56:33 2022 No.8525342 >>8525270 at least it's not 360 levels of bad. it's good enough for menu or inventory navigation

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 06:56:39 2022 No.8525343 File: 29 KB, 400x300, 309001299.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8522838 It was meant to be for racing games, you know like all those fishing controllers of the early 2000s

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 07:13:06 2022 No.8525363 >>8520960 The selection of snes arcade sticks out there is terrible. The sega one i have doesnt seem bad. Saturn and Dreamcast ones are nice. But all the snes ones seem to be ugly and suck.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 07:26:07 2022 No.8525385 >>8524872 Necronomicontroller 64?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 09:58:08 2022 No.8525695 >>8520883 >last round in Mario Party >Wario randomly switches stars with me >throw controller away >it comes flying back

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 10:12:05 2022 No.8525718 File: 3.65 MB, 1920x2076, [𝓢𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓵𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓮𝓻].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8521005

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 10:25:43 2022 No.8525740 >>8521134 Upscalers need to adopt this aesthetic, the current ones kinda stomps my nostalgia boner a bit to much.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 11:23:11 2022 No.8525895 >>8524850 Sounds logical, like it could work. But from it being posted in here I assume it's not very good?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 11:55:04 2022 No.8525974 >>8520883 This is unironically better than the original N64 controller. >>8520950 >Facts. Fuck the gaystation. Cope. Sony literally perfected controller design in 1997. >>8522680 People really gaslight themselves into liking this piece of shit

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 12:50:23 2022 No.8526081 >>8525695 kek

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 14:13:39 2022 No.8526323 >>8520927 Had this long ago, but I could never get it to work.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 14:16:26 2022 No.8526331 >>8522680 I kneel to the Duke. Only problem it has are the thumb sticks are kind of weirdly designed but the size is not an issue

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 14:20:50 2022 No.8526343 File: 92 KB, 649x870, 1625698300949.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8521005 very dumb but i laughed anyway

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 14:21:18 2022 No.8526345 File: 34 KB, 300x258, Acc-NintendoNES-TT360-2__42347.1614096868.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8520883 dad got this for us for christmas, it's such a piece of shit and never worked properly ever fuck these nigger devices

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 14:23:45 2022 No.8526349 File: 46 KB, 800x600, shit controllers.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] These two are the worst first party controllers ever.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 14:29:26 2022 No.8526364 >>8520927 this was the greatest thing ever back in the day. it was either this or the keyboard and everyone preferred the Gravis pad

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 21:41:48 2022 No.8527965 File: 50 KB, 500x375, 1635959499320.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525974 Zooma tumour. It perfected shit. That's why it still is needing to reevaluate it's design.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 21:47:41 2022 No.8527982 >>8526349 I can understand the Stock N64 controller to a point, but the Gamecube Controller? Yeah no! Look up the Standard Atari 5200 Joystick controller, OG Atari Jaguar controllers, and the CD-I game controllers, then come back.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 22:38:30 2022 No.8528108 File: 80 KB, 1280x720, proxy-image (8).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8527982

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 22:39:31 2022 No.8528113 File: 116 KB, 1195x957, N65-Controller-Gray.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8526349 N65

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 22:40:57 2022 No.8528116 File: 822 KB, 746x1304, large_madcatz_lynx2 h.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8528113 Modern stuff is worse.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 16 22:42:43 2022 No.8528119 >>8526349 They're literally two of the greatest controllers ever made

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 17 02:29:40 2022 No.8528647 >>8525740 That would require cases made in molds rather than being made of layers of acrylic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 17 02:40:51 2022 No.8528664 >>8526349 GameCube controller was fantastic from both an ergonomic and design perspective. I played 90% of my wii games with it just because it felt so much better

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 17 03:04:06 2022 No.8528714 >>8521010 The keyboard. Why would you ever need anything else? I understand wanting it, but ms-dos games played just fine on keyboard.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 17 04:39:35 2022 No.8528949 >>8523370 >口 is square >円 is circle lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 17 06:29:12 2022 No.8529124 >>8528714 >The keyboard. Get fucked with your cop-out, fucking coward. "Bad if you do, bad if you don't." Eat shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 17 06:50:58 2022 No.8529151 File: 12 KB, 355x330, xterminate.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8525270 get mogged

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 17 07:00:40 2022 No.8529174 File: 365 KB, 688x634, 1568364260161.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8520883

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 17 11:42:58 2022 No.8529721 >>8523370 I regret not picking that up at FUCKING GAMESTOP for less than 10 burgerbucks.

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