Evolution of the game controller

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited January 2009 in Gaming
Evolution of the game controller

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  • jokerz4funjokerz4fun Michigan Icrontian
    edited December 2008
    Im surprised they didn't have an intellivision controller.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2008
    **** yeah intellivison! Atari blows.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited December 2008
    I found this via http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/12/26/game-controllers in which Gruber laments the same omission.
  • MiracleManSMiracleManS Chambersburg, PA Icrontian
    edited December 2008
    And, alas, ye handheld as been pretty damned consistent.
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited January 2009
    It's only half a job. Where are all the PC game controllers? Microsoft, Logitech, Saitek and all the rest should at least get a mention or the title needs 'Console' adding.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    They did put 'keyboard/mouse on the one poster (not the tree), but I think the PC gamepads wouldn't be good inclusions because they are always direct copies, rather than derivative evolutions. I've personally only owned three PC game pads in my life: My Gravis GamePad looked exactly like a SNES game pad, my WingMan was just a N64 controller, and my current gamepad, the Saitek p2900, is just an XBox controller.

    Notice that the chart also didn't include any console controllers that didn't make any improvements on the previous generation (for example, the NES controller that came with the 'new' NES was literally just a small SNES controller with fewer buttons, so it's not on the tree).
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