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Felice:
Why is the joystick always on the left in arcade-units, in stead of on the right? Because most people are right-handed it isn't most handly, especially in sport games.
RayB:
I was thinking about that the other day...

I think it has to do with the fact that's it more important to have fast reflexes with "actions" (jump, attack, etc) than it is with direction (the joystick).

Other than that, I have no clue. It must have been researched and determined long ago by the pros. It WOULD be interesting to know why this ended up being the best configuration.
Thenasty:
I think it only became the best because WE got use to it being like that. I have my second player joytcik on the right and in the beginning it was awkward playing MK but now, I got use to it and no diff at all once you got the hang of it.
Fat_Trucker:
Probably something to do with which lobes in the brain deal with spatial awareness and reaction.....probably. ???
ErikRuud:
There are older threads on this board that discuss this.

My sticks are on the right, because in the old days of Atari and Oddysey2 the hand controllers were built that way.

A lot of the old arcade games were setup to ambiextrous, with the stick in the middle and duplicate buttons on either side.

I think it was in the days of the original Nintendo Entertainment system and the head to head fighter that the stick on the left became common.
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