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Which controller did you start with?

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

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  • Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    ps1 (dualshock)

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  • FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Atari

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  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The weird-ass Dreamcast controller. m.media-amazon.com/images/I/619JtZlXpWL.jpg

    I never did figure out what the slot in the top was for as a kid.

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    • bear@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      That was for the VMU, the visual memory card. It stored your game saves but also some games had minigames you could play directly on it, often with bonuses in the main game. In the Sonic Adventure games you could take care of chao and such on it. That thing ate batteries like candy though.

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  • amio@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Technically NES but mostly N64. These days I just play everything on a PS5 controller. Pretty nice.

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  • jesta@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had tac-2 style joystick on my spectravideo sv-738

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  • helloharu@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve just had to search for the right model but the earliest that I remember is the Coin Control Competition Pro 5000. We had it in a dark/deep blue colour.

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  • Pratai@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TI 99 4a keyboard.

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  • levi@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sega Master System II

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  • lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My first controller was probably an NES knockoff. Nintendo never did (and still doesn’t) sell consoles officially in my home country.

    If you’re not counting the GBA SP’s controls, my first official controller was the Wii’s Wiimotes.

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  • xyzzy@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    An Atari 800 joystick, which was basically the same as the 2600 one. Many evenings spent playing Zaxxon, Miner 2049er, and so on, as well as simple games typed in from magazines.

    Then I bought an NES and didn’t look back. Super Mario Bros. was way more advanced, not only in terms of graphics but also the fluidity of movement and the game pad design. And it was more fun!

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  • Sentrovasi@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sega Saturn controller. Unplugged while my Uncle played Sonic and told me I was Tails.

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  • Sentrovasi@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sega Saturn controller. Unplugged while my Uncle played Sonic and told me I was Tails.

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  • CapgrasDelusion@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Whatever you would call the little dials on this thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TeleGames-Atari-Pong.jpg

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  • xfts@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Keyboard and mouse, but when I started using computers I was so young that my hands were too small to hold the mouse properly, so I left clicked with my thumb up until three or four years ago when I got my first ergonomic mouse. Kinda funny how long habits can stay with you.

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