Which controller did you start with?

MamboGator, 6 months ago

3-button Genesis controller.

tuckerm, 6 months ago

Same, and that is still the way a d-pad should feel IMO.

RaineV1, 6 months ago

The NES controller. Though I like 2 at the time. First one I remember playing is the SNES controller.

xfts, 6 months ago

Keyboard and mouse, but when I started using computers I was so young that my hands were too small to hold the mouse properly, so I left clicked with my thumb up until three or four years ago when I got my first ergonomic mouse. Kinda funny how long habits can stay with you.

pseudorandom, 6 months ago

Radio Shack Pong game.

almost1337, 6 months ago

Trackball/Portable computer keyboard, followed by NES

joeyv120, 6 months ago

Commodore 64 joystick.

Redkey, 6 months ago

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.

Null, 6 months ago

A commodore 64 joystick. Next was the NES controller.

Nemo, 6 months ago

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, 6 months ago

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

Corgana, 6 months ago

I played many systems before the Dreamcast but I consider that controller my first.

jeff_rose, 6 months ago

Atari 2600 followed by NES

Nunya, 6 months ago

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

sparky1337, 6 months ago

PS1. Unless mouse and keyboard counts….

GenXLiberal, 6 months ago

Atari controller

We upgraded to a Wica controller (same thing as the Atari controller just with better parts so it didn’t break so easily.)

natecox, 6 months ago

Paddle or joystick?

GenXLiberal, 6 months ago

Oh man, that brought back some memories, thanks!

First joystick and then paddles.