Worst console controller ever

[DragonmasterDan]

DDan: Why not the INTV?

It's basically that controller, only worse.

AND it's permanently attached to the system (unless its an INTV 2)

The 5200 controller has better buttons/feel than the INTV nonsense... !

INTV buttons are easy to hit, the disc while not perfect is lightyears more responsive than that awful limp 5200 controller.

I have a 30 or so year old INTV with the controllers still attached, while clunky they work. They don't go limp, the don't break from normal use.

Have you ever used the 5200 controller?

[Arkhan]

Yeah, it's got better tactile response than the INTV one, for one thing.

I have one. I have both actually

I even have INTV 1 and INTV 2.  That controller is lame.

[Black Tiger]

Playstation 1 - 3 pads
NES Max
backwards SMS stick
N64 pad

[roflmao]

While I wouldn't call it the worst, it is possibly the one I was most disappointed with once I picked one up:



I played a TON of Gran Turismo 1 and 2 back in the day and read a few glowing reviews about it.  It WAS pretty cool, but didn't give me the advantage I was expecting.  I held onto it for awhile and then noticed it was going for relatively crazy prices on ebay and sold it off.  I kind of miss it, just because it's so unique, but I know I'd probably never use it again.

[blueraven]

LOL a Neo-Con controller hahaha

I need one of those.

[SignOfZeta]

I love my NeGCon.

[Samurai Ghost]

Third party controllers count? That opens up a huge field of crap.

But as far as officially released/indorsed controllers go, this is a total piece of junk:



When I bought it I was expecting something like the analog flight sticks I used for my family's computer at the time for flight sims. But it's just a stick attached to where a regular d-pad is. The amount of movement the stick has is a joke, and it's really hard to control anything accurately. You can replicate the experience by taking a Genesis pad, then gluing a shift knob to the d-pad. The base is way too small, and while it has little suction cups on the bottom they are completely useless and in the end you just have to hold the base down with your other hand as you try to play. Why SEGA, WHY!?

[Arkhan]

oh, yeah



The Tac 3 is a giant pile of dick.

[Necromancer]

Third party controllers count? That opens up a huge field of crap.

But as far as officially released/indorsed controllers go, this is a total piece of junk:

That looks pretty similar to the Quickshot joystick for the Turbob, and your description makes it sound like a similarly painful experience. 

[Arkhan]

upside down is so RAD

[sunteam_paul]

SMS Mushroom stick is classic suck.

[HercTNT]

Of course third party stuff counts!! in all my threads. If that opens it up, have at it, lets hear your thoughts!!

[TheClash603]

I grew up on the Atari 5200 controller and had a shitty Apple II C+ joystick, and I honestly adapted to them quite well.  To me the 5200 controller bashing is just a fad, I honestly don't think it is that bad.

Honestly, the two controllers that confuse the hell out of me are:

1.)  Virtual Boy - The two d-pad set up always messed me up.  When I use the controller, somehow my hands go all over the place, and I just can't find any comfort in it.

2.)  Wii - The remote only controller for the Wii works very well, both for motion games and also for horizontally controlled classic style gaming.  Then some games ask for you to attach the nunchuk, and this is when it all goes to hell.  I am too uncoordinated to move both of my arms in specific directions.  When I play Zelda and have to do a spin attack, that movement just isn't natural to me.  As much as I enjoy the new Zelda game, I just struggle so much when I have to roll stuff and get my arms moving in various ways.  It reminds me of the short time period I tried to play drums as a kid, and it was just horribly difficult and I gave up.

**EDIT**

As soon as I hit submit, it came to me that I really dislike another controller.  The Sega Master System d-pad is a pile of garbage.  Since there is no definition in the directions on the pad, I always end up hitting diagonal when I just want to go straight.  In games where holding up is required, this can be a big issue.

Also, although I like the actual feel of the controller, special mention needs to go out to the Vectrex, as the sticks on them were incredibly fragile.

[SignOfZeta]

I really like the VB Controller...