I didn't see a single one that I would call "cool". They are all a bunch of cheap plastic gimmicks. The only one that looks good is that realistic recoil gun but it costs appropriately.
I convinced my cousin his mom's vibrator was a Wii remote.......when she got home and saw him swinging that thing around trying to bowl I nearly pissed my pants laughing
I have the dragon quest 8 remote. Its really uncomfortable. The plastic is really hard and the fuzzy material on the outside attracts a ton of dust and is really hard to clean. Not to meantion the triggers are on the bottom =(
An up vote here for the chainsaw controller. It looks awesome, its display case is great too. If you try hard enough it can actually be used for gaming. It being related to RE4 seals the deal. The cheesy motor sound when you pull the rip cord ties up nicely with the in game figurines with sound you can collect.
I like the buttons on number 6. Its a Playstation Controller but the buttons are labeled I, II, A, B. That won't be confusing if a game tells you to push X or O to do something.
Labeling the button I II or X O wouldn't make any difference and If your getting confused following basic button input commands maybe you shouldn't be playing video games
If that ist your first controller it would be quite confusing. I know my buttons. I played Playstation since the first one but good luck finding the right buttons if that would be your first controller.
yeah when you're legitimately good at gaming you no longer need to look at the buttons, your muscle memory will do the work without you thinking. just like with typing on a real keyboard you'll get good enough to a point where looking at the keyboard is no longer required to type.
A friend of mine actually had Samurai and ninja themed PS2 controllers. I can’t remember what they were from but they were highly detailed. The details were supposed represent weapons and clothing styles. They looked liked collectors items but they were fully functional and extremely durable. But they were extremely uncomfortable to use because they would make your hands raw do to how the controllers were sculpted.
"You probably DON'T REMEMBER" IT'S SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO ME. IT CAME OUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO. We all had one of these. Mine was the second one on the list. I love my X-91 controller.
BLUE FIRE You can't. Its not impossible to use it, but it does handicap you. The last time I used it was a couple of years ago, to play killzone on my ps 2. If I remember correctly...
If it is on top of your TV and you are looking at it, then it's doing what it does best: looking awesome. Congrats on it and I'm glad to hear you use it every now and then.
I always thought it was so awkward to use. Thought it was neat how you could slide different overlays for the controller depending on the game. You were screwed if you lost the card though, ha ha.
This is part of why I have never once actually used the ColecoVision that a friend of mine found me several years ago... the thing was still taped up in the styrofoam even though the box it originally came in had long since rotted away. The other thing is I don't know if I have a TV that can actually handle that signal anymore? Probably not
A more recent one is the Steam controller; the direction they took it in with the dual trackpads is an odd choice, but it surprisingly works really well for most games. I find first person games and top-down games to be exceptional, but games in which the camera is behind the player/over the shoulder, I find those to be difficult to control with it.
The bit about the Halo gun controller was really funny. I would not use this as a gun. or a controller. If it worked as a gun, an actual gun, I would not buy it. Hahaha
when I was in basic training back in 2001 I got to use that m16 nes light gun. It helped to practice your rifle fundamentals and was the closest to getting to play a video game during basic training.
The neGcon controller worked above and beyond for racing games. It only took about 1 minute to get used to and suddenly you could play Wipeout or Ridge Racer with an unparalleled ease.
The PlayStation Namco NGCON was developed before Dualshock controllers. Ironically, you mentioned the exact games it was made for. It added more precise movements when racing. It was groundbreaking at the time, and the Dualshock dug its grave a year later.
This was funny to watch. I get maybe keeping the run time short, but still I like the "This was a thing, it sucked. NEXT!" kind of attitude towards some of them.
Super late to this video but the Fairchild Channel F controller. First cartridge based console so you either forgot about it or never heard of it. The controller is a joystick that has 12 inputs: the 8 cardinal and ordinal directions (forward, left, backward, etc.), clockwise, anti-clockwise, press in like a button, and pull out like a lever. It's a whole Bop It with just 1 stick.
#6, The NeGCon, that thing was brilliant! I shit you not! In racing games It gave a level of control not possible with any other hand held controller available at the time. I wish they made a modern day version.
NES's Robi the Robot. Which was basically a controller for a controller. I believe it was only used for the game Gyromite. Basically, you set it on a table. It was a robot that has spinning disks, a spinner for the discs, a two button stand that the disks spun on, in which the P2 control was put it. The robot "watched" the screen put the disk top thing in the spinner while waiting. You get to a door that needed to be opened and it would take the spinning disc and place on which ever button would be used to open the door in your way. The disks had to spin in the even that you needed both buttons pressed at the same time to open more than one door at a time. It was over complicated and handing the P2 controller to a friend would accomplish the same thing only faster.
Nowadays, I think one of the oddest controllers is there are 3-D printable replacement grips that you can put on your real A.R. 15 or AK-47 rifle and slot in your oculus quest controllers, basically turning a real gun into a VR toy. Some thing that just seems fraught with peril because you’re pointing a real gun at things you do not intend to shoot and you’re waving a real gun around your house potentially swinging it into some thing and breaking some thing or worst-case scenario sending a real bullet through the wall and into someone who does not need to be shot
I remember seeing an ad for the re4 chainsaw controller for the first time and was confused and intrigued at the same time. It looked cool but I knew it would never work comfortablely.
#23 Is the best controller design ever made hands down. I want to see a revamped version for newer consoles SO BAD!!! I would literally pay any price they asked.
This doesn't technically count as a controller, but way back around the year 2001 Logitech released a mouse called the iFeel Mouseman which basically had force feedback functionality supported by the PC game Black and White. I owned this mouse and honestly don't remember how many other games had support for this mouse.
As far as I can remember, the golden age of third party controllers was during the 80's. Quickshot was a controller brand, they would release dozens of controllers for micro computers like the Atari 800XL or ZX Spectrum. Oooh, those days, life was so simple.
Number 23 is a cool controller and there’s a blue version for the PS2 it has a small screen on it that allows you to map the buttons, the idea behind it was that you never had to take your thumbs off the joysticks as the buttons are on the grips that are very comfortable.
The rifle simulator was modeled after the M16. The AP74 was a spinoff of the M16. Not that it really matters, they're basically the same rifle. The biggest difference is that a 5.56mm round is a .223, compared to a .22 round. The M16 round acts different when it hits a target, and will usually do more damage. Also, the recoil and trajectory are different.
I remember playing a fishing game on PS2 that came with a fishing rig controller. It was shaped kind of like the handle and reel of a fishing pole, but the reel was boxed shaped with the buttons of the PS2 controller on it, and there was a part at the top that moved and bent when the line was under tension along with the controller vibrating, and of course a reel handle on the right side of the controller to wind in your cacth. You could also cast the line by holding a button down and flicking it. Not that you couldn't play the game without a normal PS2 controller, it did make a fishing game somewhat fun.
NeGcon - I've never used one, but I know that in some PS1 games, it was the only form of analog control that they supported. Your only other choice in those games was steering with the D-pad. One time in Goodwill, I saw a strange PS1/PS2 controller. It was shaped like a normal Playstation controller, but instead of actual sticks, it just had two round balls in the sockets. They functioned like sticks, but there was no stick sticking up. Imagine if someone cut the analog sticks off at the base and sanded it smooth. I was kicking myself later for not buying it, especially as they only wanted $2 for it.
The Sega Master System Control Stick, where the control sticks are in reverse the rectangular shape joystick is on the right side while the buttons are on the left. It's an old shape controller for the Master System and I don't know of too many people who can play using your right hand on a joystick and your left hand for buttons.
Thank you for teaching me something Gameranx, I had NEVER heard of the NES Hands Free Controller before. There is one on EBAY right now for sale for about $2800. I would have to imagine it will continue to gain value.
i still own two namco neGcon controllers. before the analoguecontrollers "dualshock" as they were called later, they were the only way to have analogue controlls in racing games so you don't always steer, brake or throttle with either full steering angle, full throttle or brake or noke at all. they made sense in a way, though they were a nightmare to set up with all those deadzones and getting used to play with them.
That master chief controller is very similar to the PSX Resident Evil 2 controller, although only one of the "handles" was shaped like that of a gun grip, the other side was a weird textured cylinder... Oddly enough though, it worked very well for Resident Evil and Dino crisis, the button layout was very intuitive for those specific games, and the D-Pad was in two parts so the left/right and the up/down were two separate elements, even though it looked like a standard PSX d-pad, it actually made controlling the character a lot more accurate and smoother than the standard pad... it was actually a very good controller, I just had somewhat limited usage.
10:70 negcon was made for Wipeout games and it actually allows for much better accuracy. It is very comfortable, much better than the dual shock for that matter.
The Paradox for PS2 - This was an early version of crowdfunding. It never came to fruition (at least at the time as I don't know if they ever started it again) as they cancelled it and I got refunded. It was actually a great idea for some games.
I loved how as the video went on you could tell that Falcon's patience was wearing thin. Made watching this even more enjoyable! And I worked at GameStop circa 2002~2006... I've seen some effed up controllers in my day. Mostly MadCatz garbage licensed ones... but man oh man, that Halo controller was uncomfortable as heck!
Gimme a controller that's just a life sized Entry Plug seat, specifically made to play a badass Evangelion action RPG for Switch, and I'll never ask for anything again.
This should've been called 30 Controllers to Beat Dark Souls With
Isaiah Rosales If you can beat Dark Souls with Maracas, you deserve to be inducted into the hall of fame, like all of them
I. Defeated darksouls with a steering wheel
And you were beaten by the guy who beat dark souls with Bananas. No, really. Look it up.
How about with toasters?
yeah it's possible to beat dark souls with toasters but it'll require tons of toasters.
I collect weird controller, they get far far stranger than the ones you had on the list.
indeed they do. #14 (the hydraulic racing sim seat) isn't even bad or weird. That's actually awesome as heck.
Watch ur profanity
Play dark soul with it challenge?
let me see dotdotdot
no i really want to see them
some of these controllers are actually cool
2 2 fr
Cool, but still strange.
I didn't see a single one that I would call "cool". They are all a bunch of cheap plastic gimmicks. The only one that looks good is that realistic recoil gun but it costs appropriately.
@@imyourmaster77 I thought the mouse one was awesome
juan-jdra You sound like a boring tryhard.
I convinced my cousin his mom's vibrator was a Wii remote.......when she got home and saw him swinging that thing around trying to bowl I nearly pissed my pants laughing
the Wutang game has "Feel the pain" in the cover and that's exactly what you felt if you used that controller
Dylan J 😂 what I thought
protect ya neck...
"Taste the pain"
"I'm not gonna make fun of it"
Smart move.
B
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No Steel Battalion controller? Or the Farming Simulator one?
Literally the only control I wanted to see
I came here to post the same the about the Steel Battalion controller.
I also thought Steel Battalion would have been number one
rodrigo davet same. Still got ours. 9 year old tried to game on it and got confused in a matter of minutes :)
I was also going to say the steel battalion controller. I own one and it always impresses people, tons of people dont even remember or know it existed
"Controllers you don't remember"
"Power Glove"
GTFO
it's you PROBABLY don't remember you idiot
I am aware of the Power Glove
Never seen one in person
Who doesn’t remember the power glove like it’s very remembered
RayanImamiShark stfu EVERYONE knows what a Power Glove is
Regular Show
Who's hyped for the grease proof controller?
Not me, i never have grease but its awesome
Looks cool but I feel like it has no benefits under than eating and gaming which is honestly disgusting to think about
I think there only making a few of them so better get on it
Yall need games not another controller
Myst_Blaze I'm ready
Can we take a moment to appreciate how great the Dreamcast Fishing Rod was?
Declan Decke Yes!
7:37 Who else thought he said “Thot powered controller.”
3:21 Falcon just went Aight Bet-
#24 The ps4 slime controller bit got me laughing pretty good. That response was so petty I love it.
Also, please make more videos like this! Things that were created in gaming that the general public missed or didnt even know about. Love these vids
I own it and its a really comfortable controller
Therealxingend made a video on it
I have the dragon quest 8 remote. Its really uncomfortable. The plastic is really hard and the fuzzy material on the outside attracts a ton of dust and is really hard to clean. Not to meantion the triggers are on the bottom =(
An up vote here for the chainsaw controller. It looks awesome, its display case is great too. If you try hard enough it can actually be used for gaming. It being related to RE4 seals the deal. The cheesy motor sound when you pull the rip cord ties up nicely with the in game figurines with sound you can collect.
"There's no way someone could hurt themselves with that!"
"Challenge accepted"
Weirdest controller I used was my sisters vibrating controller she always kept under her bead.
Did it even connect to the console?
Probably wasn’t very big if she was able to hide it under a single bead
I don't think that was a controller.....
Under her bead? Must be a small controller.
@@Kyoto-P it was wireless dude, we live in the XXI century man!!
No mention of the Steel Battalion controller because it was so awesome?
It would be on a list of "Awesome Controllers" instead of "Strange Controllers"
the maracas made me laugh out loud for a solid 5 seconds. 🤣
I like the buttons on number 6. Its a Playstation Controller but the buttons are labeled I, II, A, B. That won't be confusing if a game tells you to push X or O to do something.
Labeling the button I II or X O wouldn't make any difference and If your getting confused following basic button input commands maybe you shouldn't be playing video games
If that ist your first controller it would be quite confusing. I know my buttons. I played Playstation since the first one but good luck finding the right buttons if that would be your first controller.
It took me quite some time to figure R B and T on xbox actually.
riemaennchen if you're still having to look at the controller to know which button to press you might be a noob.
yeah when you're legitimately good at gaming you no longer need to look at the buttons, your muscle memory will do the work without you thinking.
just like with typing on a real keyboard you'll get good enough to a point where looking at the keyboard is no longer required to type.
A friend of mine actually had Samurai and ninja themed PS2 controllers. I can’t remember what they were from but they were highly detailed. The details were supposed represent weapons and clothing styles. They looked liked collectors items but they were fully functional and extremely durable. But they were extremely uncomfortable to use because they would make your hands raw do to how the controllers were sculpted.
Falcon?! Can you ask Jake where the pizza he promised is at, I'm gettin hungry.
"You probably DON'T REMEMBER"
IT'S SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO ME. IT CAME OUT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO.
We all had one of these. Mine was the second one on the list. I love my X-91 controller.
I actually played thru RE4 with the chainsaw controller. Was definitely a chore but was happy to have accomplished that haha.
Listening to falcon’s confused explanations of these can be apply to so much in life. “Idk why it existed but it did” haha great vid👍🏽👍🏽
Gameranx: hey at the end of the video we should speed up how I'm talking 😂😂😂😂
The Negcon is a real cool device. It gives you an extreme fine steering. Loved it with Gran Tourismo on PS1.
And then you realize the "FREAKIN LASER IS BLINDING YOU, DAMAGING YOUR RETINAS"
The master chief controller actually looks very beneficial. I really wanna try it
Falcon's voice sounds less lazy in this video 😂😂
Really? I totally thought he sounded drunk.
@@Akael01No i mean compared to the usual voice its sounds a little bit, well umm let's say less drunk 😂
You noticed too... I was looking for this comment.
@@kenzito101
I watched the video again
Yep he didn't drink that day 😂😂
Damn that AK74 really looks like an M16
I have the onimusha 3 controller. I'm looking at it right now. It's on top of my TV... Collecting dust....
how to use it if i may ask
like i still dont know how you can press all the buttons without lifting your hands like you are getting electrified
BLUE FIRE
You can't.
Its not impossible to use it, but it does handicap you.
The last time I used it was a couple of years ago, to play killzone on my ps 2. If I remember correctly...
If it is on top of your TV and you are looking at it, then it's doing what it does best: looking awesome. Congrats on it and I'm glad to hear you use it every now and then.
7:30 Oooh.. I thought it'd be some kind of limited edition Rudolph controller.
Shut up and take my money. I'm getting this for Christmas.
I remember loving the Master Chief controller....maybe it was the Halo fan in me that forced myself to like it LOL. Sold it for a lot though.
Good for you!
I love the resident evil 4 controller the best controller for ps2
Who else remembered the power glove from regular show
Me
Are you related to Brian and Abagail snider?
I hope SCP: Containment Breach doesn't come out with their own SCP controller...
The Duke will be remembered as the most uncomfortable controller for my 7 year old hands
Because you were a 7 year old bitch. Jk, nah but seriously.
i always loved the Duke. Still have my original and bought the new one for the xbone, looking to get another actually
Sorry you have girl hands,the Duke is for man hands.
the negcon was a great controller that should be reinvented. loved that thing.
The Colecovision controller is easily the weirdest one for me. It looked more like a Zac Morris cell phone than a controller.
I dunno, I like it
I always thought it was so awkward to use. Thought it was neat how you could slide different overlays for the controller depending on the game. You were screwed if you lost the card though, ha ha.
This is part of why I have never once actually used the ColecoVision that a friend of mine found me several years ago... the thing was still taped up in the styrofoam even though the box it originally came in had long since rotted away.
The other thing is I don't know if I have a TV that can actually handle that signal anymore? Probably not
The cheap blue gamestop wireless controllers for ps2
Tom Gaughan yeeesss I remember those!
Dude did you even actually use the Jogcon? It was awesome with R4
"looks swollen" lmfaoooo
Namco Ngcon #6 Twist is how you steared your vehicle, it works good. even works on my PC
And he forgot to mention it came out before they had control sticks on the playstation controller
Yes Wipeout 2097 etc :D
A more recent one is the Steam controller; the direction they took it in with the dual trackpads is an odd choice, but it surprisingly works really well for most games.
I find first person games and top-down games to be exceptional, but games in which the camera is behind the player/over the shoulder, I find those to be difficult to control with it.
Hyperkin: We mixed the Xbox and Super Nintendo controllers
Hori: Do I look like a joke to you?
PowerA and 8bitdo: *cries outside the window*
that ball like controller feels confortable
It still beats me why SONY thought the boomerang was a good idea. If they hadn't listened to gamers Microsoft would've sold 100 million 360s
If you throw it, it flies back to you. Isn't that what gamers could dream of? :D
Falcon's commentary on this is the absolute best.
The bit about the Halo gun controller was really funny. I would not use this as a gun. or a controller. If it worked as a gun, an actual gun, I would not buy it. Hahaha
when I was in basic training back in 2001 I got to use that m16 nes light gun. It helped to practice your rifle fundamentals and was the closest to getting to play a video game during basic training.
Oh god. Dont talk about those light ass fragile controllers from the 90s
Oooooh the snes bazooka!! I loved that thing!
Atari 2600 controller , basic as hell but did the job .
Also it was indestructible. It was over engineered and over built. Those were the days.
The neGcon controller worked above and beyond for racing games. It only took about 1 minute to get used to and suddenly you could play Wipeout or Ridge Racer with an unparalleled ease.
7:21 the thumbnail (what you probably came for)
Thx
The PlayStation Namco NGCON was developed before Dualshock controllers. Ironically, you mentioned the exact games it was made for. It added more precise movements when racing. It was groundbreaking at the time, and the Dualshock dug its grave a year later.
Am I the only one who wants number 30? Yes? Okay . . . I'll take my leave then.
I want it.
That shit was actually pretty dope
I looked it up on Amazon, it's not available
I looked for it on Ebay. no results...😢
This was funny to watch. I get maybe keeping the run time short, but still I like the "This was a thing, it sucked. NEXT!" kind of attitude towards some of them.
7:13 theres a reason it says feel the pain
The Namco neGcon controller was the best! We strictly used it for the Wipeout series. It was so natural to use for anti-gravity racing.
3:00 i see that one everywhere tbh
Super late to this video but the Fairchild Channel F controller. First cartridge based console so you either forgot about it or never heard of it. The controller is a joystick that has 12 inputs: the 8 cardinal and ordinal directions (forward, left, backward, etc.), clockwise, anti-clockwise, press in like a button, and pull out like a lever. It's a whole Bop It with just 1 stick.
#6, The NeGCon, that thing was brilliant! I shit you not! In racing games It gave a level of control not possible with any other hand held controller available at the time. I wish they made a modern day version.
Agreed, I had one too, worked well for Rage Racer.
Rally Cross too, much better precison over the cars, really elevated the game experience.
Sarkazmo Loafy
Didn't they make two? One for the ps1 and one for PS2?
I don't remember a second Negcon. There could've been but I simply don't remember it.
NES's Robi the Robot. Which was basically a controller for a controller. I believe it was only used for the game Gyromite. Basically, you set it on a table. It was a robot that has spinning disks, a spinner for the discs, a two button stand that the disks spun on, in which the P2 control was put it. The robot "watched" the screen put the disk top thing in the spinner while waiting. You get to a door that needed to be opened and it would take the spinning disc and place on which ever button would be used to open the door in your way. The disks had to spin in the even that you needed both buttons pressed at the same time to open more than one door at a time. It was over complicated and handing the P2 controller to a friend would accomplish the same thing only faster.
The forever iconic, but weird, controller is the Nintendo 64 controller.
Gamecube one too.
Nowadays, I think one of the oddest controllers is there are 3-D printable replacement grips that you can put on your real A.R. 15 or AK-47 rifle and slot in your oculus quest controllers, basically turning a real gun into a VR toy. Some thing that just seems fraught with peril because you’re pointing a real gun at things you do not intend to shoot and you’re waving a real gun around your house potentially swinging it into some thing and breaking some thing or worst-case scenario sending a real bullet through the wall and into someone who does not need to be shot
Steel Battalion on the original XBOX. 40 buttons of straight up madness
I remember seeing an ad for the re4 chainsaw controller for the first time and was confused and intrigued at the same time. It looked cool but I knew it would never work comfortablely.
Sole purpose: yet an other collectable.
No mention of the cockpit controller for Steel Battalion on the original Xbox? How disappointing
Man in Tidy Whities
Because that controller was actually amazing
How is the Steel Battalion controller not on this list? That thing was epic.
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#23 Is the best controller design ever made hands down. I want to see a revamped version for newer consoles SO BAD!!! I would literally pay any price they asked.
Sharks Don't Have Bones
Ya they do their just made of cartilage
Fair, I should have said that. But I am way too lazy
@@raec1684 lol
This doesn't technically count as a controller, but way back around the year 2001 Logitech released a mouse called the iFeel Mouseman which basically had force feedback functionality supported by the PC game Black and White. I owned this mouse and honestly don't remember how many other games had support for this mouse.
LJN Roll 'n Rocker not was included...
As far as I can remember, the golden age of third party controllers was during the 80's. Quickshot was a controller brand, they would release dozens of controllers for micro computers like the Atari 800XL or ZX Spectrum. Oooh, those days, life was so simple.
I'm waiting for toaster controller
awesomejf03 wanna play in the bath also?
0:48
You see kids, when a Xbox controller and a really old controller like the Super Nintendo really loves each other, they give birth to this: 0:53
"My mom loved Valium and lot's of drugs"
Bro 30 is not weird it is amazing.
Those people are waay ahead of this time.
What's the background music
killmonger 7555 The opening music I’ve heard before 😀
Blon- inconforme
Number 23 is a cool controller and there’s a blue version for the PS2 it has a small screen on it that allows you to map the buttons, the idea behind it was that you never had to take your thumbs off the joysticks as the buttons are on the grips that are very comfortable.
Why wasn't the Steel Battalion controller in this list?
The rifle simulator was modeled after the M16. The AP74 was a spinoff of the M16. Not that it really matters, they're basically the same rifle. The biggest difference is that a 5.56mm round is a .223, compared to a .22 round. The M16 round acts different when it hits a target, and will usually do more damage. Also, the recoil and trajectory are different.
Hi
I remember playing a fishing game on PS2 that came with a fishing rig controller. It was shaped kind of like the handle and reel of a fishing pole, but the reel was boxed shaped with the buttons of the PS2 controller on it, and there was a part at the top that moved and bent when the line was under tension along with the controller vibrating, and of course a reel handle on the right side of the controller to wind in your cacth. You could also cast the line by holding a button down and flicking it. Not that you couldn't play the game without a normal PS2 controller, it did make a fishing game somewhat fun.
NeGcon - I've never used one, but I know that in some PS1 games, it was the only form of analog control that they supported. Your only other choice in those games was steering with the D-pad.
One time in Goodwill, I saw a strange PS1/PS2 controller. It was shaped like a normal Playstation controller, but instead of actual sticks, it just had two round balls in the sockets. They functioned like sticks, but there was no stick sticking up. Imagine if someone cut the analog sticks off at the base and sanded it smooth. I was kicking myself later for not buying it, especially as they only wanted $2 for it.
At first I was like "oh these aren't too bad." Then we got to the final 12 and I'm scratching my head.
The Sega Master System Control Stick, where the control sticks are in reverse the rectangular shape joystick is on the right side while the buttons are on the left.
It's an old shape controller for the Master System and I don't know of too many people who can play using your right hand on a joystick and your left hand for buttons.
Thank you for teaching me something Gameranx, I had NEVER heard of the NES Hands Free Controller before. There is one on EBAY right now for sale for about $2800. I would have to imagine it will continue to gain value.
By the end of the video Falcon sounded like he was tired of all these horrible controllers, like "whose idea was it to do this horrible list?!!!"
i still own two namco neGcon controllers. before the analoguecontrollers "dualshock" as they were called later, they were the only way to have analogue controlls in racing games so you don't always steer, brake or throttle with either full steering angle, full throttle or brake or noke at all. they made sense in a way, though they were a nightmare to set up with all those deadzones and getting used to play with them.
That master chief controller is very similar to the PSX Resident Evil 2 controller, although only one of the "handles" was shaped like that of a gun grip, the other side was a weird textured cylinder... Oddly enough though, it worked very well for Resident Evil and Dino crisis, the button layout was very intuitive for those specific games, and the D-Pad was in two parts so the left/right and the up/down were two separate elements, even though it looked like a standard PSX d-pad, it actually made controlling the character a lot more accurate and smoother than the standard pad... it was actually a very good controller, I just had somewhat limited usage.
The Negcon is one of the best controllers i ever used for playing racing games. I bought it with wipeout 2097 and i loved it.
10:70 negcon was made for Wipeout games and it actually allows for much better accuracy. It is very comfortable, much better than the dual shock for that matter.
The Paradox for PS2 - This was an early version of crowdfunding. It never came to fruition (at least at the time as I don't know if they ever started it again) as they cancelled it and I got refunded. It was actually a great idea for some games.
I remember G4TV showing off a demo of the thought controlled thing, the game was just about controlling your emotions
I loved how as the video went on you could tell that Falcon's patience was wearing thin. Made watching this even more enjoyable!
And I worked at GameStop circa 2002~2006... I've seen some effed up controllers in my day.
Mostly MadCatz garbage licensed ones... but man oh man, that Halo controller was uncomfortable as heck!
Gimme a controller that's just a life sized Entry Plug seat, specifically made to play a badass Evangelion action RPG for Switch, and I'll never ask for anything again.
number 6 was also for a aviation game and it actually worked for that game pretty well