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FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Which controller did you start with?

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Which controller did you start with?

FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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    deleted by creator

    • tuckerm@supermeter.social
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      Same, and that is still the way a d-pad should feel IMO.

  • criitz@reddthat.com
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    NES controller

  • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works
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    3 button megadrive controller

  • joeyv120@ttrpg.network
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    Commodore 64 joystick.

    • Redkey@programming.dev
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      Me too. I started with the little brown first-party stick that came with the Pro Pack, but soon switched to an inexplicably beige Quickshot II.

  • Calavera@lemm.ee
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    Atari 2600 joystick

    • SteveDinn@lemmy.ca
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      Also worked for the Commodore 64 and Vic20.

  • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
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    Atari 2600 controller. Joystick & button.

    My parents bought us a Nintendo 64 for Christmas when it came out.

    Never played any games or consoles that came in between those two. It was wild.

  • Null@pawb.social
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    A commodore 64 joystick. Next was the NES controller.

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
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      The reverse order for me. A borrowed NES first at 5-6, then a secondhand C64 at 8. Learned to type and program BASIC on that thing.

      • Null@pawb.social
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        Learned basic on that thing as well. I remember having a magazine subscription that included a program in the center fold. Then saving it to a cassette tape to enjoy later. Lol

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    Spectrum +2A

  • cheet@infosec.pub
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    N64, and no I’m still not sure how to hold it, I always end up walking funny.

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      There is no wrong way to hold an N64 controller. Any way you hold it, it is equally uncomfortable.

    • FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.worldOP
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      Lol I love this.

  • the16bitgamer@lemmy.world
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    Not a controller per say, but does a mouse and keyboard count?

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    Pong.

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    SNES

  • Cait@feddit.de
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    Yall making me feel like a little kid

  • RaineV1@kbin.social
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    The NES controller. Though I like 2 at the time. First one I remember playing is the SNES controller.

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    Intellivision II and Commodore 64 with joystick. Not sure which one we had first first.

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