/cog/ - Traditional & Video Gaming

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>>421541

>>421542
>>421541

it's like someone put a snes controller on top of a x360 one and turned up the oven for the two to melt together.

this thing is an analog controller for the Sega Megadrive.

>>421533
Also comes in Playstation version.

Gee, it sure is boring around here...

>>421531
>>Aim for Mad Catz tier or higher

A prehistoric touchpad controller, so worked about as well as you think.

>>421533
>>421546
Should obvious novelty peripherals get something of a pass.
Since they are clearly not designed to actually be functional and are instead made specifically for collectors to put in a visual display on a shelf.

Okay, here's the most ridiculous and also coolest controller of all time: the Sega Activator.
It's a ring of sensors that project beams of infrared light to the ceiling; when you move a limb in one of the directions, it breaks the light and it is registered as a button press. So you can control Street Fighter by actually punching and kicking.

In practice it didn't work well because the idea is fucking stupid.

>>421565
>Should obvious novelty peripherals get something of a pass.
fuck no they shouldn't. they are still mass produced fully functional controllers.

>>421558
have a (extremely heterosexual) ad for the product

Something that was brought up in another thread >>421342 but bears repeating.
Are a promotional thing for the new Sonic movie that came out

Fluffy controllers are such a fucking bad idea, even if you aren't a filthy fuck with cheeto hands yours still naturally put out sweat and oil.
In no time at all these are gonna be matted and disgusting with the human grime, and its not like you can even just wipe them down like you can with normal smooth plastic controllers.

Shit is fucking nasty.

wu-tang is for the children

>>421541
>>421542
>>421543
YOU ARE 100 YEARS TOO EARLY TO CHALLENGE ME!

SHAMEFUL DISPLAY!

Always wanted to give this a go but never got the opportunity (Never actually owning the classic Xbox probably didn't help).

This is cheating since its clearly someones art project but when else are you going to get the chance to share it?

>>421550
The CDI had alot of stupid controller versions.
That's what happens when your start point is a tv remote fused with a gamepad.

>>421642
Another more prominent example.

>>421644
Modern consoles are basically DVD players, it counts.

Also there were a number of games that were developed specifically for it.

If the Phillips CD-I is not a console why did they later make a proper console-shaped games controller for the system.
Checkmate Atheists~

>>421648
>why did they later make a proper console-shaped games controller for the system

They didn't. They just licensed the Gravis PC gamepad (1991).

>>421531
Did someone say mad catz?

ROB was a stupid videogame peripheral gimmick.
But on the other hand he got to become a fighter in Smash Bros.
So he could have done worse for himself.

>>421566

I loved my SNES bazooka.
As a lightgun accessory it is needlessly oversized and awkwardly designed for its purpose but still was the best (So cool it was used as the basis for a plot-important prop in the Mario Bros movie).

The NES Zapper wasn't bad either to be honest.
Better to have one that looks like a sci-fi raygun than a lightgun that is trying too hard to look real and tactical.

Not only a gimmick controller but a total piece of shit

>>421733
Righteous.

>>421705
The main question for the nes zapper is; Grey or Orange?

Maximum Overtism.

>>421576
Just found out the controllers are only half fluffy and that somehow makes them seem really low quality.

Something a little different but no less absurd...

>>421621
Is it okay if I post this collection of impractical gaming-paraphernalia-themed coffee tables to this thread?

Gameboy Sewing Machine.

Train Controller for Densha de Go (a train simulator).

>>422490
>This though I have no explanation for.

Gameboy got a lot of weird ass stuff for it. There was a camera, which isn't as silly considering that all mobile devices have a built-in camera nowadays, except that the Gameboy had 4 shades of black as color. And it also got a *printer*.

>>422075

>>422579
Brazilian jank.

Fuck's sake

>>422628
wait, I thought that was just a photoshop.

>>422514
It seems like multiple teams of people thought being able to play DDR using only your hands was an important cause and moved to fill that intrinsic need.

>>422410

>>421576
>>422004

Something seems off about this controller, but... I just can't tell... what could it be?

why would one make such a thing

>>422410
>Fighting game players are mental.
Don't enter the ring of honor if you aren't prepared to face the beast

>>422817

>>421531
guess its cheaper than the old cheat of giving your kid/little sibling an unplugged controller and pretending you are playing together

>>421531
>>421541
>>421542
>>421543
>>422577
Novelty appearance shit that makes it look more like a toy than a controller.

Like you'd flip it open and there would be a Mighty Max playset inside.

>>423163
>Like you'd flip it open and there would be a Mighty Max playset inside.
That's actually a neat idea. Has it ever been done?

>>423365

All fishing specific controllers are retarded/

>>421566
Most of the people who bought it probably fucked themselves up trying to use it.

Third party, designed to be used one handed for some reason.

This is truly old school, the first of its kind, so you can forgive any awkwardness in the design.

A PS2 controller with the idea of replacing one of the sticks with a trackball to make it superior at playing certain kinds of games.

Also happens to look like a big angry swollen red testicle.

>>422125
>REZ vibrator

All musical instrument gimmick controllers are inherently limited in the amount of games they can be used for but at least they are pretty fun right?

A ridiculously over-expensive pad for casuals too shit to pull off fatalities by themselves.

>>423743

>>422489

The Saturn had a goofy-ass looking analog-stick version controller released for it.

>>422491
>>422488
>weird gameboy shit

Basically the same general concept as the Power Glove but made in the N64 era.

Less cool because it doesn't make you look as much like a cyberpunk decker.

>>424071
There was also a version made for the Playstation.

Honestly when strapped on looks more like a brace you're wearing because your Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is acting up.

>>424071
>>424072
The powerglove looks pretty sci-fi in comparison, like it could be part of a superheroes costume.

>>423573
you want a one-hander controller?

This seems like a meme photoshop

Fuckin genius

>>424472
arcade stick users are all sorts of autists.

No message

Have some keyboard shit.

>>424565

>>424195
the difficulties of being an oldschool console mmo player

>>423743

>>422491
Even 5 seconds spent on google and one can find multiple variations on Gameboys with all sorts of their add-on nonsense strapped to them.

>>421531

>>422302
Those would only work if the buttons were functional, so you could actually play games like Segata Sanshiro did. Until your fingers break!

https://blog.playstation.com/2023/07/13/access-controller-for-ps5-launches-globally-on-december-6/

>>425239