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Which controller did you start with?
(lemmy.world)
Atari 2600 followed by NES
A commodore 64 joystick. Next was the NES controller.
The reverse order for me. A borrowed NES first at 5-6, then a secondhand C64 at 8. Learned to type and program BASIC on that thing.
Learned basic on that thing as well. I remember having a magazine subscription that included a program in the center fold. Then saving it to a cassette tape to enjoy later. Lol
NES controller
Spectrum +2A
Commodore 64 joystick.
Me too. I started with the little brown first-party stick that came with the Pro Pack, but soon switched to an inexplicably beige Quickshot II.
3 button megadrive controller
Intellivision II and Commodore 64 with joystick. Not sure which one we had first first.
Atari 2600 controller. Joystick & button.
My parents bought us a Nintendo 64 for Christmas when it came out.
Never played any games or consoles that came in between those two. It was wild.
PS3
I appear to be quite young around here...
Perhaps a bit.
Mine was ps2. Grandparents still had the original nes my dad played on. Fortunately got some duck hunt and Mario 1 memories
I played many systems before the Dreamcast but I consider that controller my first.
PS1. Unless mouse and keyboard counts….
Not a controller per say, but does a mouse and keyboard count?
The NES controller. Though I like 2 at the time. First one I remember playing is the SNES controller.
Radio Shack Pong game.
SNES
Yall making me feel like a little kid
N64, and no I'm still not sure how to hold it, I always end up walking funny.
Lol I love this.
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Pong.
Atari controller
We upgraded to a Wica controller (same thing as the Atari controller just with better parts so it didn’t break so easily.)
Paddle or joystick?
Oh man, that brought back some memories, thanks!
First joystick and then paddles.
C64 joystick was the first (playing Professional Ski Simulator...) but the Mega Drive controller was the one I used everyday.
A PS1 controller (without analogs) 😊
Sega Master System II
Trackball/Portable computer keyboard, followed by NES
Vic-20 joystick and keyboard. And the rotary knob on the woodgrain "pong" game.
This bad boy:
(Mattel Intellivision)
Sega Master System II
I had tac-2 style joystick on my spectravideo sv-738
Technically NES but mostly N64. These days I just play everything on a PS5 controller. Pretty nice.
The weird-ass Dreamcast controller. https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/619JtZlXpWL.jpg
I never did figure out what the slot in the top was for as a kid.
You may already know this now, but I want to post it for those who don't because it's really cool and way ahead of its time.
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.
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.
ps1 (dualshock)
TI-99/4a keyboard.
Not counting dedicated Pong-type machines, this magnificent bastard. Still one of the best for precise twitch gaming with the short throw of the stick, and the paddles seemed slightly less prone to jitter.
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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