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tal@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Aside from broken controllers, which I don’t think can reasonably count, the Atari 2600 joystick.

One button, a lot of resistance to push.

After that, an elderly Logitech gamepad from the 1990s that had a D-pad that rolled diagonal way too easily. Don’t remember the model. White case, attached directly to a joystick/MIDI port.

After that, I think the NES controller. I have no idea why people like those or actually buy recreations. Yes, notalgia, but the ergonomics on it were terrible. Hard buttons and a squared-off controller made the thing downright uncomfortable.

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mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The Atari 2600 joysticks were a blight. The base was so small and the stick so unresponsive I remember having to hold the base steady with my feet to use that accursed controller. The breakout dial controller was pretty sweet tho.

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Grimpen@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Ironically, the Atari -like joystick from the 2000’s from Walmart for $15 that plugs directly into your TV with games stored in the joystick is a better joysticks than the original 2600 joysticks.

However, I would contend that the Intellivision controller was worse.

I had a Colecovision (and Vic 20), and although I will say that was better than the 2600 and Intellivision joystick, I have to emphasize to all these youngsters complaining about the original NES controllers that those were still an improvement over previous default joysticks.

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