Author Topic: Videogame controller family tree  (Read 299 times)

guyjin

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Videogame controller family tree
« on: May 14, 2007, 05:04:08 PM »
http://www.axess.com/twilight/console/index.html

has a few inaccuracies and omissions, but an interesting visualization of the evolution of the videogame controller.
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_joshuaTurbo

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Re: Videogame controller family tree
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2007, 03:39:22 AM »
yeah- that is pretty awesome!  At least Atari tried to go back to its roots with the Jag controller.....lol

BTW- I posted that link in another thread a while back.  Its an awesome site-

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nat

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Re: Videogame controller family tree
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2007, 04:10:38 AM »
I looked at that when it was posted the first time a while back.

Definitely far from complete, but interesting none the less.

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Re: Videogame controller family tree
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2007, 02:03:24 PM »
how can it be a family tree when no link exists from controllers prior to the NES? if anything its an evolution from the control disc coleco and intv had.