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SmokedHostage on 15 February 2010

Analog Stick. Though Motion Controls, D-pads and Touch Screens are up there too.

Pixel Art can be fun.

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Demotruk on 15 February 2010

Gaming as we know it wouldn't exist if not for R.O.B. It was the only way Nintendo could get a games console into American retailers, R.O.B. made NES look like a toy rather than a video games console.

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Kantor on 15 February 2010

Slimebeast said:

Whats rob?

I would vote 3-D.

Some robot accessory for the NES which did nothing of any use.

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Katilian on 15 February 2010

For those who have dismissed the D-pad for not being "modern" and chosen analog stick, you do realise that analog sticks have been used in controllers for 30+ years? Also, it says the most important invention in "modern gaming", not that the tech needs to be modern.

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MasterZack on 15 February 2010

D-Pad!!!

MY ZELDA COLLECTION

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PhalanxCO on 15 February 2010

Kantor said:

Slimebeast said:

Whats rob?

I would vote 3-D.

Some robot accessory for the NES which did nothing of any use.

Says the Playstation Generation.

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GhaudePhaede010 on 15 February 2010

D-pad. This is not even close. Name me one modern controller that does not have a dpad.

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SnesTea on 15 February 2010

PhalanxCO said:

Kantor said:

Slimebeast said:

Whats rob?

I would vote 3-D.

Some robot accessory for the NES which did nothing of any use.

Says the Playstation Generation.

Says every gamer that knows that ROB did nothing.

I say "Other" even though it wasn't an option. My other is widescreen.

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Squilliam on 15 February 2010

GhaudePhaede010 said:
D-pad. This is not even close. Name me one modern controller that does not have a dpad.

Keyboard, mouse, joystick, touch pad...

Anyway its probably the optical mouse. More people game on them than they do on Wii + PS3 + Xbox 360 + DS + PSP combined. Flash games and solitaire do count...

Tease.

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GhaudePhaede010 on 15 February 2010

Squilliam said:

GhaudePhaede010 said:
D-pad. This is not even close. Name me one modern controller that does not have a dpad.

Keyboard, mouse, joystick, touch pad...

Anyway its probably the optical mouse. More people game on them than they do on Wii + PS3 + Xbox 360 + DS + PSP combined. Flash games and solitaire do count...

A keyboard, mouse are your only real options here. And those are not controllers in the traditional sense. But I really console gaming anyway.

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the most important invention in modern gaming
R.O.B	6	4.03%
D PAD	56	37.58%
ANALOG STICK	49	32.89%
XBOX LIVE	7	4.70%
TOUCH SCREEN	7	4.70%
MOTION CONTROL	24	16.11%
Total:	149

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