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Hynad on 16 November 2015
S.Peelman said:
This article and video already failed when it mentioned the N64 controller. That was a good controller, in fact, one of my favorites ever.


I don't get why anyone would think the N64 was a well designed controller. Three branches that, when you hold the middle one, prevents access to some controller parts. 

Plus, your wrists need to take a really cramped position when you hold the middle branch.  

The N64 controller isn't a well designed controller by any stretch.



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Ljink96 on 16 November 2015

The 64 controller doesn't belong on this list. The analogue was amazing to be so early and most of Nintendo's games didn't use the left side of the controller in main play. It felt so comfortable using one hand with the center control stick. For the first widely used analogue stick, I think it deserves more than to be on a list of amateur controller designs.



Mummelmann on 16 November 2015

The N64 controller was fantastic and really versatile. It's my favorite controller along with Dualshock 2 and Xbox 360 controller.



S.Peelman on 16 November 2015
Hynad said:
S.Peelman said:
This article and video already failed when it mentioned the N64 controller. That was a good controller, in fact, one of my favorites ever.


I don't get why anyone would think the N64 was a well designed controller. Three branches that, when you hold the middle one, prevents access to some controller parts. 

Plus, your wrists need to take a really cramped position when you hold the middle branch.  

The N64 controller isn't a well designed controller by any stretch.

This is what people don't seem to understand. Have you used it? No just held it, used it? You don't ever have to use all three handles on the controller for any single game. It is almost always only the middle and the right one, and a handful use only the left and right. If to use the middle and right in a game, the D-Pad, if used at all, only has a mundane assignment like toggling a mini-map on and off.

It was a well designed, and comfortable controller.



Netty on 16 November 2015

The N64 controller was pretty badass for its time.

The Steam controller on the other hand....



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Cobretti2 on 16 November 2015

The fact that the author thinks you need three hands to play the N64 controller clearly shows he is an amateur gamer.



 

 

Hynad on 16 November 2015
S.Peelman said:
Hynad said:


I don't get why anyone would think the N64 was a well designed controller. Three branches that, when you hold the middle one, prevents access to some controller parts. 

Plus, your wrists need to take a really cramped position when you hold the middle branch.  

The N64 controller isn't a well designed controller by any stretch.

This is what people don't seem to understand. Have you used it? No just held it, used it? You don't ever have to use all three handles on the controller for any single game. It is almost always only the middle and the right one, and a handful use only the left and right. If to use the middle and right in a game, the D-Pad, if used at all, only has a mundane assignment like toggling a mini-map on and off.

It was a well designed, and comfortable controller.


Nope. It wasn't. I used it, and it felt like crap in my hands. Rather insulting that you'd ask. 

Now, if most of the times, only the middle handle was used, why did they create a controller with 3 branches in the first place? That's a stupid design idea. The Gamecube controller on the other hand, got most things right. 

But I know, I know... Nintendo created it, so...



S.Peelman on 16 November 2015
Hynad said:
S.Peelman said:

This is what people don't seem to understand. Have you used it? No just held it, used it? You don't ever have to use all three handles on the controller for any single game. It is almost always only the middle and the right one, and a handful use only the left and right. If to use the middle and right in a game, the D-Pad, if used at all, only has a mundane assignment like toggling a mini-map on and off.

It was a well designed, and comfortable controller.


Nope. It wasn't. I used it, and it felt like crap in my hands. Rather insulting that you'd ask. 

Now, if most of the times, only the middle handle was used, why did they create a controller with 3 branches in the first place? That's a stupid design idea. The Gamecube controller on the other hand, got most things right. 

But I know, I know... Nintendo created it, so...

Wrong card to play, and an ignorant comment, because it doesn't apply. Talk about 'insulting', at least my question was valid because your post didn't seem to imply you understood the basic workings of this controller. We're done now.



Hynad on 16 November 2015
S.Peelman said:
Hynad said:


Nope. It wasn't. I used it, and it felt like crap in my hands. Rather insulting that you'd ask. 

Now, if most of the times, only the middle handle was used, why did they create a controller with 3 branches in the first place? That's a stupid design idea. The Gamecube controller on the other hand, got most things right. 

But I know, I know... Nintendo created it, so...

Wrong card to play, and an ignorant comment, because it doesn't apply. Talk about 'insulting', at least my question was valid because your post didn't seem to imply you understood the basic workings of this controller. We're done now.


Yeah, I don't understand it because I don't like it... Legit. ¬_¬




O-D-C on 16 November 2015

I like the Steam controller...