first controller you have ever used?

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#1  Edited By polishkid99
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Curious to see what was the first video game controller you have ever used, or your favorite controller overall.

First one i have ever used was the snes controller with light purple and dark purple buttons.

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#2  Edited By Archangel3371
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Well considering that my first gaming system was the Atari 2600 then the first controller I used was that one. As for which controller is my favourite I would have to say that it's the Xbox One controller. It's perfectly contoured, perfectly weighted, and I like the positioning of the analog sticks.

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#3 mastermetal777
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First controller I ever used was the SNES one. My favorite so far is the PS4 controller. The grips are comfy, the buttons are solid, and it doesn't make my palms sweat too much for some reason.

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#4 SovietsUnited
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First controller belonged to some unknowable bootleg chinese console, favorite is DualShock 2

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#5 Renegade_Fury
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The first one I used was the intellivision controller, and I have the blisters to prove it (not really). Not counting KB+mouse, my favorite controller is the Saturn model II gamepad.

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#6 Kage1
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Pong Paddle if that counts

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#7 jun_aka_pekto
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Atari

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#8  Edited By nethernova
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#9 hrt_rulz01
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First controller I ever used would have been the Sega Master System controller... as for my favourite, I still think the Gamecube controller is pretty cool. But in terms of sheer comfortableness, have to go with Xbone controller.

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#10 ojmstr
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Joystick for commodore 64 then the NES controller.

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#11  Edited By raugutcon
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Kids y´all

This is with I played first:

For the real obscene price of 200 US dollars ( 1973 ), my father thought I was insane, but still he purchased it for me.

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#12 Byshop  Moderator
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@nethernova said:

Yup. One button on the controller turned out to be pretty lame. The Atari 7800 joystick added a second button, at least.

-Byshop

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#13 SoNin360
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Good question... I don't even remember, honestly. I think we had a SNES, but I am pretty sure we also had a Sega Genesis. I vaguely remember playing the Sega when I was very young (4 or 5), but I don't have many console memories until the PS1 and N64.

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#14  Edited By EnoshimaJunko
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First controller I ever used was a PS1 controller, since that was my first console. But my favorite one would be the Gamecube controller....that thing was pretty damn nice, unlike its predecessor the N64 controller.

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#15  Edited By bussinrounds
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@Byshop: Meanwhile Intellivision had how many buttons ? 16...plus the sweet overlays ! And the disc was 16 directions too.

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#16 MuD3
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@polishkid99: first was intellivision... favorite is 360, have yet to try ps4 and xbox one though.

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#17 Sepewrath
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The NES controller, favorite is the grandfather of all modern controllers, the SNES controller.

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#18  Edited By VoodooF-101
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Very first? That was in the late 70's on a trip to my aunt's and uncle's home. They had one of the original 70's marketed consoles that played one game and one game only...Pong. had a simple controller with a turn knob on it. I couldn't tell you the name of that gaming console since it was the first and last time I ever touched it. About three years later (1981?...) we ended up buying our first system, the Atari 2600. Had gaming systems off and on ever since. Had to fight my mother for play time on them too. Today at age 77, she now plays games on her iPad.

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#19 thehig1
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@hrt_rulz01 said:

First controller I ever used would have been the Sega Master System controller... as for my favourite, I still think the Gamecube controller is pretty cool. But in terms of sheer comfortableness, have to go with Xbone controller.

same for me too.

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#21 TrappedInABox91
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First was a NES controller for SMB/DH. Favourite is between Gamecube/360 with SNES a very close 3nd.

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#22 Ryagan
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Sega Genesis.

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#23 mgools
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Paddles on pong. Then that Atari 2600. I even have a controller for the Atari still unwrapped in the box.

Favorite controller is PS4 followed by Xbox 360. In the past I like the Microsoft Sidewinder for the PC a lot.

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#24 WolfgarTheQuiet
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Atari 2600. My fave is DS4

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#25 onesiphorus
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The Atari 2600 controller.

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#26 FreshBakedGames
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First controllor was the Atari 2600 joystick. Or was the pong controller first? I guess it must have been, yes? Anyway, we had pong and the 2600. My favorite I think has to be the Wii controller with the nunchuck. For some reason I really liked it for driving and for regular gameplay, like in Metroid Corruption.

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#27 deactivated-57d8401f17c55
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First pad I ever used was a SNES pad. My favorite is the 360 pad (wired, no bulky battery pack).

Ergonomically the best is the Gamecube pad but it's dated input wise.

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#28  Edited By darktruth007
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First controller I ever used was this:

From playing an nes at a friends house, followed by this:

Which belonged to the first console I ever had.

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#29  Edited By bezza2011
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Amiga 500 Controller, was amazing lol

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#30  Edited By Black_Knight_00
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Must have been the 1981 Adman Grandstand controller. It was basically just an analog Pong controller.

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#31 The_Last_Ride
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@polishkid99: first: NES controller Favorite: PS4 controller

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#32  Edited By Celldrax
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These ones (never used the adapter though).

I actually have the controllers and games sitting under my bed right now, though I have no idea what happened to the console itself.

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#33  Edited By alim298
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First one was an NES controller. I really enjoyed this one too:

But my favorite is the PS1 controller whatever it's name is.

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#34 polishkid99
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Really enjoying the pictures everyone. You can feel the nostalgia pouring out!

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#35 pyro1245
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First was probably the genesis controller. Either that or this really old school tanks game my parents had; it was a standalone console thing probably from around the Atari days.

My favorite is the DS3, I haven't tried the DS4 yet.

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#36 Catalli  Moderator
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N64 controller... God that was a weird introduction to games.

Favourite so far is the 360 controller though I haven't used the dualshock 4, and this is excluding kb/m.