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#1 doobie1975
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this surely has too got the atari jaguar. a truely bad design

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#2 SpaceDragonMan
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The worst one I have played with is the Gamecube controller.
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#3 Dualshockin
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The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.
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#4 BlueBarad
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The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.Dualshockin

Yeah, that thing was completelly horrible.

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[QUOTE="Dualshockin"]The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.BlueBarad

Yeah, that thing was completelly horrible.

Yeah, it really was the most brutally awful design I've ever seen.

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#6 SpaceDragonMan
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[QUOTE="BlueBarad"]

[QUOTE="Dualshockin"]The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.jethrovegas

Yeah, that thing was completelly horrible.

Yeah, it really was the most brutally awful design I've ever seen.

Still better than the GC controller though...

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#7 musicalmac  Moderator
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At least the old XBOX controller was good for people with big hands... If you ask me, the VIrtual Boy takes the cake in this department...
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#8 AdolescentDon
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I quite liked Ye old Duke.. No way is it the worst controller.

The Jaguar controller is easily the worst.

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#9 niall077
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the BIG origonal xbox controler or......NINTENDO POWER GLOVE
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#10 Svarthek
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The worst one I have played with is the Gamecube controller.SpaceDragonMan

I'm guessing you've been gaming for like two days.
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#11 jethrovegas
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[QUOTE="jethrovegas"][QUOTE="BlueBarad"]

[QUOTE="Dualshockin"]The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.SpaceDragonMan

Yeah, that thing was completelly horrible.

Yeah, it really was the most brutally awful design I've ever seen.

Still better than the GC controller though...

No it wasn't.

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#12 DarthaPerkinjan
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This should have been a poll

Im going to say the N64 controller. It sent gaming controllers down the right path but being the first of its kind it was too large and unbalancedamong other problems

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#13 drew0011
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Other than the Wii controller, the GC controller has felt just as natural, fitting perfectly in my hands and all the buttons in just the right place to hit. however the worst by far is Jaguar
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#14 Svarthek
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This should have been a poll

Im going to say the N64 controller. It sent gaming controllers down the right path but being the first of its kind it was too large and unbalancedamong other problems

DarthaPerkinjan

Too large?  Have you held the thing recently?  If anything it's too small for my now adult sized hands.
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#15 doobie1975
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the n64 pad was great when it was new, but if the slightest bit of dust or dirt got in it, it was ruined
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#16 Tom_Brady860
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The GC one, THE N64, Jaguar, virtual boy, the Wii.

the duke was good if you had big hands

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#17 SpaceDragonMan
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[QUOTE="SpaceDragonMan"]The worst one I have played with is the Gamecube controller.Svarthek

I'm guessing you've been gaming for like two days.

I've been gaming for 10 years now, what the hell do you know? I just never played the atari jaguar, CDI and al those other crap consoles.

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#18 50u1r34v3r
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I had to google for a picture of the jaguar controller but after seeing a picture of it, it does look like a terrible controller. :lol:

As for my own worst controller: Since I've only tried a few, I have to go with remote that came with the CD-I player.

If that doesn't count as a controller I'll pick the PS1 controller.

PS. I have the original Xbox controller aka The Duke, and I like it. (guess I must have big hands :P )

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#19 SpaceDragonMan
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[QUOTE="SpaceDragonMan"][QUOTE="jethrovegas"][QUOTE="BlueBarad"]

[QUOTE="Dualshockin"]The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.jethrovegas

Yeah, that thing was completelly horrible.

Yeah, it really was the most brutally awful design I've ever seen.

Still better than the GC controller though...

No it wasn't.

IMO it was...

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#20 LoG-Sacrament
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im going with the orignal xbox beastly controller. even my friend with big hands hated it.
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#21 cyprus646
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The worst I used would be the Playstation contollers (1,2 and 3) and the dreamcast controllers both had major analog placement issues.
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#22 Weslii
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The worst one I have played with is the Gamecube controller.SpaceDragonMan

Really, I thought it was the best last gen.
I didnt like the Dualshock because the analogs were side to side.
I didnt like the Xbox controller at all.
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#23 aroxx_ab
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Must be Wii.
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#24 Grive
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The GC one, THE N64, Jaguar, virtual boy, the Wii.

the duke was good if you had big hands

Tom_Brady860

That's a misconception. The duke's problem was that it wasn't held the same way as all the other controllers. I've seen people with huge and hugely small hands love that thing. Personally, it's the single best controller I've held in my life. Then again, I do have large hands.

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#25 blahzor
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The atari 5200's controller?

http://www.oldschoolgamer.ca/syspics/19-86.jpg

how about the atari 5200's trackball?

http://www.oldschoolgamer.ca/syspics/19-89.jpg

Its not a bad controller at all, but sony's ps/ps2/ps3 controller kinda pisses me off.. so bloody similar each generation! Though as far as i'm concerned the sixaxis took a step back, i hate those triggers for R2/L2.

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#26 the_wet_mop
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[QUOTE="jethrovegas"][QUOTE="BlueBarad"]

[QUOTE="Dualshockin"]The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.SpaceDragonMan

Yeah, that thing was completelly horrible.

Yeah, it really was the most brutally awful design I've ever seen.

Still better than the GC controller though...

ummmmmm....no. no it wasnt.

my vote goes to the original xbox controller, the smaller ones were better tho.

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#27 tomarlyn
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I've always hated the Gamecube controller's button configuration.
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#28 deactivated-5dd711115e664
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[QUOTE="BlueBarad"]

[QUOTE="Dualshockin"]The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.jethrovegas

Yeah, that thing was completelly horrible.

Yeah, it really was the most brutally awful design I've ever seen.

Come on. I hate the original Xbox and think it never should have been made...and yet only a complete gaming noob or fanboy would call it the worst controller. I am completely against 6 face buttons and MS definitely messed up making it so huge, but it WAS very comfortable to hold and the controller was very responsive. Sorry, but even an Xbox hater like myself is able to tell you all that you are delusional and wrong.

Controllers like the Jaguar (as mentioned) or its spiritual ancestorthe intellivision controller were pretty bad. While I personally didn't mind the GC conroller, to this day I still can't remember which is the X or Y button or find the Z-button without fumbling. The DC controller, while very responsive was big, ugly and gave me wrist pains if I tried playingfor more than an hour.

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#29 Wasdie  Moderator
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Some of the older ones are horrible. I never was a fan of the GG or the oringial size of Xbox controller, but there were far worse than those.
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#30 joeychew
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mine was the first xbox controller...man that thing is huge. Lucky they release a redesign controller soon after.
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#31 ramey70
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Anyone who doesn't vote for the Atari Jaguar controller knows nothing about gaming history.

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#32 jethrovegas
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[QUOTE="jethrovegas"][QUOTE="BlueBarad"]

[QUOTE="Dualshockin"]The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.ZIMdoom

Yeah, that thing was completelly horrible.

Yeah, it really was the most brutally awful design I've ever seen.

Come on. I hate the original Xbox and think it never should have been made...and yet only a complete gaming noob or fanboy would call it the worst controller. I am completely against 6 face buttons and MS definitely messed up making it so huge, but it WAS very comfortable to hold and the controller was very responsive. Sorry, but even an Xbox hater like myself is able to tell you all that you are delusional and wrong.

Controllers like the Jaguar (as mentioned) or its spiritual ancestorthe intellivision controller were pretty bad. While I personally didn't mind the GC conroller, to this day I still can't remember which is the X or Y button or find the Z-button without fumbling. The DC controller, while very responsive was big, ugly and gave me wrist pains if I tried playingfor more than an hour.

The ORIGINAL Xbox controller (not controller S) was absolutely awful.

From the unwieldy size, to the black and white buttons, to the retarded level of pressure you have to put on the triggers,and the ridiculous placement of the pause buttons, that was undoubtedly the worst controller I have ever used.

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#33 danielsmith2020
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sheep will hate me for this but the n64 controller was the worst. Stupid design who at nintendo decided that we have 3 hands?
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#34 SmashBrosLegend
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Jaguar. The damn thing looked like a calculator.
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sheep will hate me for this but the n64 controller was the worst. Stupid design who at nintendo decided that we have 3 hands?danielsmith2020

What game made you switch from analog to d-pad?

Anyways Dual shock 2 & sixaxis shows sony's lack of creativity, and its just horrible to play todays FPS or 3rd person shooters.

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#36 akif22
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The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.Dualshockin

agreed

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#37 hongkingkong
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The original Xbox 1 controller. No competition on this one.Dualshockin

agreed the new one is a vast improvement imo.

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#38 HarlockJC
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The atari 5200's controller?

http://www.oldschoolgamer.ca/syspics/19-86.jpg

how about the atari 5200's trackball?

http://www.oldschoolgamer.ca/syspics/19-89.jpg

Its not a bad controller at all, but sony's ps/ps2/ps3 controller kinda pisses me off.. so bloody similar each generation! Though as far as i'm concerned the sixaxis took a step back, i hate those triggers for R2/L2.

blahzor

Agreed, the 5200 controller would break down after only a week of use.

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#39 adidaw52
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I didn't think that the xbox was god awful, but then again I have big hands and an obsession with giant clunky orbs in the middle of my controllers.
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#40 solidgamer
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first xbox controller i could not use it
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#41 Platearmor_6
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I never really saw any of the oldies as bad. But in the PS2/Xbox/GC era the original xbox controller really stuck out as abismal, and it wasn't as if Microsoft hadn't made controllers either.
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#42 majadamus
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X Box controller is bad, I don't like the D-pad on the 360's controller either. The Nintendo 64 controller was crap too. It was a flimsy piece of crap that could break easily just by holding it too tightly.
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#43 Hermitkermit
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I liked the Original XBOX controller....still wish it did not have those memory card slots that was why it was so huge....felt like holding a gun....hehe still liked it though.
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#44 YD_11
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I lol at people claiming the origional xbox controller to be the worst. the dreamcast controller was about the same but the jaguar taes the cake.. c'mon now. besides, for the longest time i prefered the origional xbox controller over the s style. guess it just fit comfortably for me
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#45 Heil68
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No, its this one..  But you all are too young to remember it. :)
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#46 Pro_wrestler
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Say what you will about The Duke..but it was revolutionarily large in design and I loved it! It felt premium and It fit my hand.
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#47 Pro_wrestler
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Say what you will about The Duke..but it was revolutionarily large in design and I loved it! It felt premium and It fit my hand.
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#48 xBALOx
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Sega Megadrive/Genesis

I broke so many buttons on those...

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#49 Magical_Zebra
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this surely has too got the atari jaguar. a truely bad design

doobie1975

Its a tie between the Atari Jaguar controller and the Original xbox controller... :shock:

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#50 Ragnarok1051
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[QUOTE="danielsmith2020"]sheep will hate me for this but the n64 controller was the worst. Stupid design who at nintendo decided that we have 3 hands?-DarthVader-

What game made you switch from analog to d-pad?

Anyways Dual shock 2 & sixaxis shows sony's lack of creativity, and its just horrible to play todays FPS or 3rd person shooters.

So a controller needs to be innovative to be good now? PS1 and 2s controllers were the best that I gamed on. I hated Nintendo's controllers.