Open Menu
AllLocalCommunitiesAbout
lotide
AllLocalCommunitiesAbout
Login

Which controller did you start with?

⁨32⁩ ⁨likes⁩

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨retrogaming@lemmy.world⁩

source

Comments

Sort:hotnewtop
  • jeff_rose@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Atari 2600 followed by NES

    source
  • Null@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A commodore 64 joystick. Next was the NES controller.

    source
    • Nemo@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The reverse order for me. A borrowed NES first at 5-6, then a secondhand C64 at 8. Learned to type and program BASIC on that thing.

      source
      • Null@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Learned basic on that thing as well. I remember having a magazine subscription that included a program in the center fold. Then saving it to a cassette tape to enjoy later. Lol

        source
  • MamboGator@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    3-button Genesis controller.

    source
    • tuckerm@supermeter.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same, and that is still the way a d-pad should feel IMO.

      source
  • calavera@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Atari 2600 joystick

    source
    • SteveDinn@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also worked for the Commodore 64 and Vic20.

      source
  • criitz@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    NES controller

    source
  • joeyv120@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Commodore 64 joystick.

    source
    • Redkey@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Me too. I started with the little brown first-party stick that came with the Pro Pack, but soon switched to an inexplicably beige Quickshot II.

      source
  • rah@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

    source
  • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Atari 2600 controller. Joystick & button.

    My parents bought us a Nintendo 64 for Christmas when it came out.

    Never played any games or consoles that came in between those two. It was wild.

    source
  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    3 button megadrive controller

    source
  • Nunya@lemdro.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Intellivision II and Commodore 64 with joystick. Not sure which one we had first first.

    source
  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This bad boy:

    Image

    source
  • kaboom36@ani.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    PS3 I appear to be quite young around here…

    source
    • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Perhaps a bit.

      Mine was ps2. Grandparents still had the original nes my dad played on. Fortunately got some duck hunt and Mario 1 memories

      source
  • pseudorandom@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Radio Shack Pong game.

    source
  • cheet@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    N64, and no I’m still not sure how to hold it, I always end up walking funny.

    source
    • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There is no wrong way to hold an N64 controller. Any way you hold it, it is equally uncomfortable.

      source
    • FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol I love this.

      source
  • Caitlynn@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yall making me feel like a little kid

    source
  • tslnox@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    SNES

    source
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pong.

    source
  • the16bitgamer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not a controller per say, but does a mouse and keyboard count?

    source
  • RaineV1@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The NES controller. Though I like 2 at the time. First one I remember playing is the SNES controller.

    source
  • Corgana@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I played many systems before the Dreamcast but I consider that controller my first.

    source
  • sparky1337@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    PS1. Unless mouse and keyboard counts….

    source
  • GenXLiberal@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Atari controller

    We upgraded to a Wica controller (same thing as the Atari controller just with better parts so it didn’t break so easily.)

    source
    • natecox@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Paddle or joystick?

      source
      • GenXLiberal@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh man, that brought back some memories, thanks!

        First joystick and then paddles.

        source
  • sv1sjp@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A PS1 controller (without analogs) 😊

    source
    • FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Without analogs? Was it custom made… just kidding

      source
      • sv1sjp@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hahaah “back in my days”, dualshocks were luxurious things

        source
  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    C64 joystick was the first (playing Professional Ski Simulator…) but the Mega Drive controller was the one I used everyday.

    source
  • SVcross@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sega Master System II

    source
  • jared@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Vic-20 joystick and keyboard. And the rotary knob on the woodgrain “pong” game.

    source
  • almost1337@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Trackball/Portable computer keyboard, followed by NES

    source
  • SpaceTurtle224@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Xbox 360 controller. we got the console quite late, around 2012-ish? other than that we were mostly a pc household.

    source
  • retrieval4558@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

    source
  • HKT3020@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not counting dedicated Pong-type machines, this magnificent bastard. Still one of the best for precise twitch gaming with the short throw of the stick, and the paddles seemed slightly less prone to jitter.

    Image

    source
-> View More Comments