Favorite Controller?

[spongerob]

What's your favorite controller of all time?

Mine's a little nostalgic, as I don't find it as comfortable as an Xbox 360 pad but I grew up with it and want to get another.



I played SF2 with this thing so much as a kid I think the part of my brain that registers empathy or tastes of food was replaced with the ability to do that 4 hit trip combo without thinking first.

[Auto-Fox]

My favorite pad of all time?
Easy, really, the official Sega Genesis 6-Button Arcade Pad.
It just has to be one of the most responsive, well made and comfortable game pads ever designed. Granted, there are other pads which are MORE comfortable, or MORE responsive, etc, but none of them mix it nearly as well as the pad I mentioned.
Well, maybe the model 2 Saturn controller is a close second. I dunno.

[buzz_n64]

The Playstation Dual Shock analog controller. A ton of features in a comfortable design where you didn't have to change hand positions for the different buttons and stuff.

[Ro-J]

I don't have a favorite, but I saw this the other day on The Chive, would've been fun to have in college.

[ScottK]

NES Max for me. perfect fit.

[kedawa]

I'll take a good arcade stick over any pad, but I've always been a fan of the 3D analog controller for Saturn.

[Pichu]

Gamecube controller. It just adheres to my hand so well and is very comfortable.

[Dangerboy]

The original PSX Dual Analog (i.e. the "Single Shock") and the Game Cube controller.

Super NES and 360 were close 2nds.

[XYXZYZ]

NES Advantage. Finally, consistency between the arcade and NES games at home. I swore off gamepads the day I got my Advantage.

[OldSchoolGamer]

What's your favorite controller of all time?

Mine's a little nostalgic, as I don't find it as comfortable as an Xbox 360 pad but I grew up with it and want to get another.



I played SF2 with this thing so much as a kid I think the part of my brain that registers empathy or tastes of food was replaced with the ability to do that 4 hit trip combo without thinking first.

Funny I got one recently for the exact same reason I just LOVE it! In fact it was one of SEVERAL controllers for NES I got a few being interesting that I had never owned or used previously, check out the videos I made about them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1m6_cbai0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg_4COFYm6c

[SuperGamecube64]

Depends on what I'm playing. Xbox 360 for shooters, ps1/2/3 or SNES for fighters, Gamecube for pretty much everything else.

[Pk116]

The original NES controller!!

[dreamcaster]

Sega Saturn


Runner up: Super Famicom/Super NES (PAL)

[spongerob]

^Me too. I still use the SNES button combinations when I play 2D fighters.

NES Advantage. Finally, consistency between the arcade and NES games at home. I swore off gamepads the day I got my Advantage.

There's also the significant advantage of being able to control the statue of liberty.

Funny I got one recently for the exact same reason I just LOVE it! In fact it was one of SEVERAL controllers for NES I got a few being interesting that I had never owned or used previously, check out the videos I made about them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1m6_cbai0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg_4COFYm6c

Those were cool. That's a pretty good view you have there.

I also have no idea how anyone would use that NES quick shot lol.

Eventually one day I'm going to start collecting special NES pads, as my friggin Andre the Giant hands are way too big now as an adult to use them. It's probably why I always liked the original Xbox giganto hamburger controller.

[sixwayshot]

The Sega Genesis 6-Button pad is amazing. I've actually worn out a few of my pads because I play too much Marvel Vs. Capcom on my PC with the pads...

For Arcade sticks, I love the NES Advantage-- it's probably due to my wanting one since I was a kid. I always saw the thing in that old official Nintendo Players' Guide, but I never had one 'cause I never had a working NES. I love the one I've got now.

[spongerob]

I remember finding the NES Advantage at a garage sale when I was around 7 in 1991 for about $5. I got it and loved it. The radio dial style turbo blew my mind as a kid.

[Oldskool]

Most controllers with split D-Pads suck, but this one is the best.



VERY close second, if not a TIE:

[LynchJustRules]

Toss up between the SNES and PS2 controller.

[scooterb23]

[Arkhan]

I like the original PS1 controller, pre-analog thumbsticks