Gamecube controller is still my favorite of all time
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I liked it, too. Better than the N64's "trident" controller! More than one way to hold it!!!
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While usable, I didn't like it as much as the DualShock 2. Ignoring the layout, which is personal preference, here are the reasons.
- The Cube controller offered less buttons (no L1 equivalent to go with Z, no Select, and neither stick had click function, limiting multi system games)
- Digital face buttons compared to pressure sensitive buttons for PS2 / XBox
- That DPad was honestly terrible and made some games more difficult than they could have been
They did have the Wavebird wireless controller though, much better than some 3rd party stuff for other systems.
Lucky I have a PS2 controller adapter to use it on Gamecube and XBox. :P
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But the dualshock 1-3 controller (haven't tried the dualshock 4 yet) all feel like they were made for the hands of little japanese people or kids D:
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The Cube and DualShock controllers are roughly the same size, and have everything in pretty much the same locations.
As for the Microsoft controllers, #### the Duke and SType. The 360 controller repeats placing everything in the same place but has slightly longer handles to grip.
There isn't that much difference between them. :P
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The I have with the dualshock controllers are that those things on the pic are way to short, so that my little finger (is that the right word? D:) doesn't fit.
I often get cramps in my hand when I playing with the dualshock cause of that
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The handles.
I get cramps with smaller system though, like the DS Lite. Its why I have a 2DS instead of a 3DS, easier to hold. Still, with the 360 and DualShock, I never found the size to be a real difference. 15 - 20 mm difference. :P
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That controller was very ergonomic but the D-Pad sucked major ass
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PC with the AlphaGrip controller
Kidding aside, I agree with the DualShock controllers. Very little I could fault on those, other than number of face buttons for Street Fighter (since I originally started playing those on a Mega Drive with 6 button controllers)
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My personal favorite is the Xbox One controller. Smooth analog with clicky D-pad along with clicky top-shoulder buttons and press-sensitive bottom-shoulder buttons. It also feels really smooth and comfortable when I hold it too.
That aside, I did have a Genesis growing up and had both the 3-button and 6-button controllers. I don't recall giving a whole lot of praise to the controller though.
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+1 The battery life is APPALLING! but damn is it comfortable! Massive improvement to the DS3.
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Uh...well, I like my Virtual Boy controller....
But no, I'll go with the...360 controller...I guess.
Would have loved a poll in here btw.
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My favourites are the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) and the Xbox 360 gamepads
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Atari!
:)
I currently use a wired XBox 360 controller and am very happy with it. It fits my big hands.
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The Genesis controller wasn't that great. If you want to use punches/kicks in Street Fighter II, you have to switch back and forth by using the start button, which is pretty annoying.
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Only if you had a three button controller. The 6 button was better.
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Yeah, but you had to purchase it separately. That's how they get ya. D:
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It came several years after the system.
Besides, beats Nintendo. They paid Capcom rename Turbo for Mega Drive so they could claim to have the better version. :P
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I thought that Street Fighter Turbo for the Mega Drive was only in beta, and never released to the public?
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Championship Edition is Turbo. It has all the Turbo stuff (including some settings you had to cheat to unlock on SNES) . :P
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Oh yes, I finally remember now!
You mean Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition. Because Championship Edition and Turbo Hyper Fighting are two different games.
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Since it and Super were the only Street Fighter games released on the Mega Drive, that is the right title. Its been years since I looked at my carts though, its always been CE in memory.
However, despite calling it CE on Mega Drive, it was Turbo. Ramps all the way up to 10 stars.
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I agree. The arcade games were in this order:
World Warrior -- Championship Edition (CE) -- Turbo Hyper Fighting -- Super -- Super Turbo.
While the Genesis games were only: Special Champion Edition (hybrid of CE & Turbo) -- Super.
My favorite is World Warrior (WW). The original, the best.
My favorite stage music are Ken, Guile, and Balrog, all pre-Super. In the Super era, it would be Cammy's. I like the main themes and the heavy damage themes for all 4 songs.
I like WW in particular because I can listen to the themes longer, due to the gameplay's slow speed. True!
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On the other hand, Eternal Champions was perfect for the way it was laid out.
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Dualshock 3. IMO Greatest controller in the last couple generations. I can not speak for anything older than the Ps1 as that is before my time and i havent touched most of them.
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As much as i love the Gamecube controller, ill have to go with the Xbox 360 controller.
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xbox 360 controller is the absolute best design of all time. sticks and buttons placed just right, concave thumbgrips, it feels great in your hands.
PS3 controller is a close second.
Now, as for which controller I loved the most, the N64 controller. unique, and not quite right, it has always been the most memorable controller for me.
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Out of the ones I've tried: The Gamecube controller. Had the Xbox 360 not had such a terrible D-pad I would probably have said that it would have been the best, but good god that thing was terrible.
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How does your thumb even handle that? I have a NES, but I've entirely stopped using it in favour of, shall we say other methods? And it's mainly down to the controller making my left thumb hurt.
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You grew up soft! The NES was my first console and my thumb accepts its punishment with no complaints.
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Don't know, i guess some guys have large(r) hands too which makes some controllers very uncomfortable.I have very slim hands.
Not saying i am using a nes controller every day, just i liked it, also for it's simplicity. But if there is a way (which there probably is) to use such a controller for pc, i will definitely looking to get it.
For pc i have a Ferrari Thrustmaster controller, which i only used like twice (for FF9 and 10), while i have so many games that support it, but guess i'm just lazy with setting it up everytime.
My last consoles are the original xbox (a second hand, which i haven't played on), ps2 and wii so i don't really have much experience with the new console controllers.
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Definitely the Atari 5200 Controller :) Kappa. No srsly Atari 2600 or NES
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Congratulations, you didn't read.
Also, if keyboard was a controller for a game console, it would be an awful one.
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Well, technically speaking...
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Its still a keyboard. PS2 could use them as well (admittedly, in only a few games like Final Fantasy XI and Dirge of Cerberus) but it doesn't make it a gamepad.
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Well, I did. I was just trying to be awkwardly uselelessly-sexily funny and out of context on purpose. :(
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Actually, playing Unreal tournament on the Dreamcast with the keyboard and mouse was really enjoyable.
And they both plugged in the controller ports, so they WERE controllers.
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would go with the Sega Dreamcast one - a rather big controller and likely not most comfortable analog stick, still great to handle/play with
... pretty much every console i had, had great controllers (Sega Mega Drive, SNES,N64,GC,X360, heck even Wii)
except for Playstation those are kinda mediocore at best, in my slowly fading PS memories ...
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I always wanted a Dreamcast, but even after years of looking, I've yet to find one in the wild.
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Bought a 2nd DC Console back in ~2004 on ebay - around that time there were still enough going around ...
meanwhile i guess their becoming somewhat scarce, since their either being hoarded or forgotten in some box/attic.
Would be a great buy, if you can get your hands on regardless - knowing you could download the games burn them on CD
with tools/instruction and simply play them in the Dreamcast without any modification of the console.
(since the games are either N/A or sold at fantasy-collector-whatever-prices)
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Live in New Zealand, Sega didn't go heavy over here after the Mega Drive. I honestly doubt we even got the Saturn, as I've never seen the games or system here at all, and even DC games were around for a while (though not seen for many years).
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NZ - for whatever reason i thought you were in Australia (not that, it would change much - r. availability) ... then not much of a choice then :/ good reason to bury that desire, and maybe try the Emulators or play the few DC released games on PC/other - even if its not the same.
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I believe it to be the Playstation, dual shock version. It was slightly updated for each generation of the Playstation line. The most recent of the line, the PS4 controller, no longer looks like a mere update of original controller, however.
Earlier generations may disagree, and say that the 3-button Genesis controller was the best; as it allowed more varied -- I would say complex" here -- gameplay compared to the aging two-button NES one. The original three-button Genesis controller also allowed comfortable play as your thumb would easily move between the three buttons, while your other thumb would be sliding within the d-pad.
The Playstation example above parallels that of the Saturn controller, born out of its predecessor -- the legendary 6-button Genesis controller. This was produced, in part to please players of Street Fighter II, which required six attack buttons to play properly. It was never as popular as the comfortable -- some would say perfect -- original 3-button Genesis controller, mentioned earlier.
What do you say about the above, too?
Your opinions please, and thanks
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