Well I woke this morning and a quick check on endgadget I saw this;
- N-Control Avenger
After tweeting the link to Twitter a discussion began about controllers and which were the best.
In my eyes it has to be the original SNES joy pad.
- The Daddy of controllers?
Initially released in 1991, the SNES standard controller added two extra face buttons to the design of the NES pad, and introduced the first appearance of 'shoulder buttons'.
As you can see from the picture the SNES pretty much designed the blueprint for controllers for years to come.
Aside from the number of face buttons, look at the layout, how many pads these days use the same 'diamond' layout.
The shoulder buttons, handy in games like Street Fighter II and Star-wing were never really used to their full potential in other games. Certainly not to the extent that we use them these days.
The main thing I liked from the pad though was the shape of it. It actually felt like it was designed to sit comfortably in the gamers hands, rounded edges and perfect size.
These days though most pads seem to favour the dual shoulder buttons, dual analog sticks as well as wireless capability. But we must not remember the importance of the SNES control pad.
The SNES pad was a great controller but personally I think the most influential pad of recent years (ish) has to be the N64 pad.
ReplyDeleteOoh I can understand what you're saying I'd say the N64 is a good pad, certainly better than the Gamecube pad.
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