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Title: Nintendo's Gamepads: Episode 2
Post by: John Rairdin on October 29, 2014, 02:32:02 PM

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http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/video/38870/nintendos-gamepads-episode-2

If you missed the first episode you can check it out here

In episode 2 of Nintendo's Gamepads we meet an inventor name Gunpei Yokoi. Yokoi invented what might very well be the most important thing in the history of controllers, the D-Pad. As Nintendo moved from the third generation with the NES through to the fourth and fifth generations they'd have to get creative with their controllers.

Learn all about the design philosophies behind the NES, SNES, and N64 controllers in this video!

Title: Re: Nintendo's Gamepads: Episode 2
Post by: pokepal148 on November 01, 2014, 11:16:40 PM

Spoiler alert, the n64 controller sucks.

Title: Re: Nintendo's Gamepads: Episode 2
Post by: John Rairdin on November 02, 2014, 05:13:36 PM

Quote from: pokepal148 on November 01, 2014, 11:16:40 PM

Spoiler alert, the n64 controller sucks.

Compared to what? It was all we had.

Today everyone bases their controllers off a standard dual analogue design but back then there were no pre-defined design philosophies. Not sure if you grew up during that time but for me it never struck me as an odd controller when there was nothing to compare it to :)