Atari 2600 followed by NES
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3-button Genesis controller.
Same, and that is still the way a d-pad should feel IMO.
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
3 button megadrive controller
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.
Spectrum +2A
Intellivision II and Commodore 64 with joystick. Not sure which one we had first first.
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….
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.
The NES controller. Though I like 2 at the time. First one I remember playing is the SNES controller.
Radio Shack Pong game.
Not a controller per say, but does a mouse and keyboard count?
SNES
Yall making me feel like a little kid
Pong.
N64, and no I'm still not sure how to hold it, I always end up walking funny.
There is no wrong way to hold an N64 controller. Any way you hold it, it is equally uncomfortable.
Lol I love this.
C64 joystick was the first (playing Professional Ski Simulator...) but the Mega Drive controller was the one I used everyday.
Vic-20 joystick and keyboard. And the rotary knob on the woodgrain "pong" game.
This bad boy:
(Mattel Intellivision)
Trackball/Portable computer keyboard, followed by NES
A PS1 controller (without analogs) 😊
Without analogs? Was it custom made... just kidding
Hahaah "back in my days", dualshocks were luxurious things
Sega Master System II
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.
I had tac-2 style joystick on my spectravideo sv-738
Atari
Sega Master System II
Xbox 360 controller. we got the console quite late, around 2012-ish? other than that we were mostly a pc household.
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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