/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.9722060]

what is the "correct" way to hold a nintendo 64 controller?

[Anonymous No.9722065]

Definitely not like that. You have to be a moron to not understand how to use it, there’s only two ways, although some game settings allow for more.

[Anonymous No.9722093]

Depends on the game you play, but you'd grip the center prong with your left hand and the right prong with your right hand.

[Anonymous No.9722096]

>>9722060
Oh come on now.

[Anonymous No.9722098]

Technically there are 3 intended ways, depending on the game. But most games use 1 of 2, the 3rd being for more niche 2D-esque games.
I wonder if any armored core style grip exists for an N64 game.

[Anonymous No.9722104]

>>9722060
left hand left prong
right hand right prong
then you sit your gooch over the middle stick and use your bodyweight to steer. it's not hard.

[Anonymous No.9722106]

>>9722060
you dont.

You get yourself a Hori Pad

[Anonymous No.9722110]

>>9722106
that looks awful for puzzle games. D-pad so close to A/B

[Anonymous No.9722112]

like this, ez

[Anonymous No.9722113]

>>9722060
I remember my friend's older sister used to play Star Fox 64 by holding the controller from both outer prongs, extending her thumb all the way from the left prong to the analog stick. Even back then I was wondering what the fuck was wrong with her.

[Anonymous No.9722129]

>>9722110
It's infintely better for most games. This pad is also good but would have been better if the pad / stick positions were swapped

[Anonymous No.9722159]

>>9722112
this, literally how it was designed

[Anonymous No.9722348]

>>9722060
i wanna fuck the girl with the green controller

[Anonymous No.9722349]

>>9722129
I had that pad. It was cool, but it was absolutely the "Here's your controller bro" when multiplayer happened.

[Anonymous No.9722364]

>>9722060
>that hair
>those hands
You can hear the vocal fry.

[Anonymous No.9722385]

>>9722060
Why are americans like that? That cant be real

[Anonymous No.9722387]

>>9722348
Those are all men.

[Anonymous No.9722710]

>>9722060
Maybe they're playing a mini game that requires to rotate the joystick like you're cooking, like a Mario Party mini game or some shit like that

I don't know, I don't N64 and if I did I'd emulate using a modern controller

[Anonymous No.9722781]

>>9722387
No they’re not, ur jewish

[Anonymous No.9722792]

>>9722060
i used to hold it like a regular controller and stretch my thumb to the analog stick

[Anonymous No.9723397]

>>9722060
>what is the "correct" way to shitpost on /vr/
You nailed it

[Anonymous No.9724083]

>>9722060
Do women really?

[Anonymous No.9724086]

>>9722106
This one is nice, I have it too.
Dpad is uncomfortable but thats not a big issue for n64 gaming in general.

[Anonymous No.9724624]

>>9722060
It's a three-handed controller. You're better off with a third party version of an N64 controller made two-handed people

[Anonymous No.9724778]

>>9722060
It depends on the games control scheme
There are three ways to hold it

[Anonymous No.9724780]

>>9722060
this is literally the only "wrong" way to do it

[Anonymous No.9724831]

>>9722159
>>9722112
Exactly. Now if only I felt like I had a use for the dpad in most games

[Anonymous No.9724839]

By whichever of the two prongs the game in question was designed for.
Nintendo just sort of thought the d pad and the stick would be completely mutually exclusive and there would never be any reason one would design a game that required both, so they designed the controller with the idea of that mutual exclusivity in mind.

[Anonymous No.9724852]

>>9722060
I've always held it like picrel.
>but anon, that will give you carpal tunnel
Only if you're weak and frail to begin with. I never had any problems with it.

[Anonymous No.9724856]

>>9722060
I've always held it like picrel.
>but anon, that will give you carpal tunnel
Only if you're weak and frail to begin with. I never had any problems with it.

[Anonymous No.9724860]

>>9722060
I hate women even more now.

[Anonymous No.9724868]

>>9724839
It's unironically this, Nintendo just thought most people would switch their grip depending on the game, but nobody did, so only treasure made games for the other grip types.

Grip 1: Most games
Grip 2: Shooters like Goldeneye and Sin and Punishment
Grip 3: Mischief Makers, puzzle games

[Anonymous No.9724869]

>>9724856
do you play without hitting Z?

[Anonymous No.9724902]

>>9724869
My right ring finger hits Z

[Anonymous No.9724915]

>>9722060
You hold the right handle with your right hand. If the game uses the analog stick you hold the middle handle, if the game uses the Dpad you hold the left handle.

I've never known how people don't get this concept. Obviously the modern configuration is better and more versatile, but it was the first real analog stick (if you ignore the Vectrex and Atari 5200, etc, but N64 was the first popular console to do it) and I managed to figure it out at 5 years old, so why is this such a common issue for people?

At the time people thought that Dpads were just for movement, nobody thought about the possibility of a weapon wheel or using them as extra buttons like in CoD for example.

Even on PS1 with its DS controller, the first controller to have the modern configuration, games still used the Dpad solely for movement.

The N64 controller isn't the best, nowhere near. But it's still way more comfortable and usable than the majority of people make it out to be. N64 games just aren't right without the proper controller.

[Anonymous No.9725183]

>>9722387
I've seen the full image, they're not. They are however the kind of women I want nothing to do with.

[Anonymous No.9725194]

>>9724860
>I hate women even more now.
kek'd

[Anonymous No.9725301]

>>9722060
>>9724856
>Operating an analog stick with two fingers like you're pinching it to move it
what the hell kind of lower evolved brain type does this ?

[Anonymous No.9726174]

>>9722112
>>9722159
This sucks because I was only born with two hands.

[Anonymous No.9726571]

>>9726174
Splains why the head is missing

[Anonymous No.9726601]

>>9722060
If you want to look elegant, you hold it like that while lifting your pinky.

[Anonymous No.9726719]

Get the burger version

[Anonymous No.9727148]

Why people think to handle the N64 pad with 3 hands.

What games need 3 hands to play ?

[Anonymous No.9727282]

>>9725301
The same type that went to an arcade. Zoomers wouldn't understand.

[Anonymous No.9727612]

>>9727282
>my stock pic trumps your stock pic
nta you're pretending to be a grownup to but that was just embarrassing

[Anonymous No.9727619]

>>9727612
agreed

[Anonymous No.9727645]

>>9727282
That's a completely different mechanism and form factor. But Maybe you're joking and I'm too old to get it.

[Anonymous No.9728158]

>>9727645
>too old to get it.
Shirley you're just too high IQ and not a day over 29