Craziest Game Controllers

[Red]

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/hard-to-handle-craziest-game-controllers/hard-to-handle-craziest-game-controllers/1399729/2

Gotta love that Wii Bowling Ball.

[Samstag]

Wow.  The relevant-info-per-page value is very low in this "article".

[danny_galaga]

I've played on that Steel Battalion controller. It's freakin' awesome! There's even a safety 'flip switch' for Eject and a button for the window washers! Made me want to buy a modded or US x box just for that one game...

[MidnightMenace!]

i dont really consider ROB a controller?? he actually holds in his hands a normal controller

[SavannahLion]

i dont really consider ROB a controller?? he actually holds in his hands a normal controller

Yeah, ROB is kind of a strange choice. I don't think the author really knows their ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, though they did pick up on the SEGA Activator.

A few things left out:

NES:
ASCII Stick L5
Konami Laser Scope/Gun Sight
U-Force (I actually wanted this when it came out)

2600:
Milton Bradley Cosmic Commander (Came across this while trying to figure out what the U-Force was called.)

PC:
DX1
A one handed keyboard meant for FPS gamers, I think this was called the Stingray?

Not really unusual per se, but I thought it worth mentioning in its context. Came across this when I was trying to decide if the Jaguar controller would qualify.
SNES:


I'm sure there's a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- load of controllers I've forgotten about. With about 25 years of game time, I'm sure I've seen more than a few bizarre console controllers.

[northerngames]

Snes super scope 6?

the way it is listed example wise the GC mic with odama could be in there too.

[RyoriNoTetsujin]

I had the U-Force when I was a kid.  I tried every game I had when I first received it.  The only game that even REMOTELY worked was Mike Tyson's Punch Out... and even then, it was incredibly bad. 

The operable range from the sensors was generally about 1 inch.  I remember it being initially responsive, but you had to COMPLETELY remove your hand from the beam before it could register another input... and *then* it would lag on you on the next input.

The port where that joystick plugs in?  Basically just a recessed notch over an internal D-Pad.  You could stick your finger in it and control Mario!  (That doesn't sound right...)  And nothing physically held the joystick in that port; you could pull it out at will -- right in the middle of the game, typically.   

Also, those great big red buttons on the joystick piece? They were spring loaded, and all they did was manually flip a reflective(? can't remember) paddle on the bottom of the handle which would then trigger the sensor below them... but again, only when you were DIRECTLY OVER THE SENSOR... kinda hard to play most games when you can't move and do an action at the same time...

You could even lay it flat (as opposed to that 90 degree angle) and access the sensors that way... but that was like playing with an awkward, over-sized, under-sensitive bastard Theremin on crack. 

Altogether, it was like the devil design spawn of the Stanford Prison and Milgram Experiments.  With a little Hitler thrown in.

[SlayerAlex]

aw was it really that bad. ive only seen it in AVGNs review and it diddnt seem too bad. lol

[SavannahLion]

aw was it really that bad. ive only seen it in AVGNs review and it diddnt seem too bad. lol

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!  !  ! FIRE!

I couldn't stop laughing.