Worst Game Controllers of All Time

[Lemur]

This is some pretty funny stuff. I'm particularly horrified by their "honorable mention," the Spiderman Plug'n'Play. It's obscene.

[Paul Peru]

Nice.
My Wingman Warrior didn't make it!

Actually it was very good for games like Doom, but once you got true 3D in Quake, it became very very obsolete.

[Xiahou]

U force:What looks like a laptop when folded and a Death Star access panel when open is one of the most ridiculous third-party controllers ever conceived. Infra-red beams shot out of this unit's surface and tried to interpret hand motions as controller movements, but did it work? Know anyone who owned this thing? There you go.

Hey, I owned one!

I also remember the early joysticks that didnt self-center... *cringe*

See the little joysticks in the upper right corner? I went thru half a dozen of them at least.

[Xiahou]

I'm not familiar with some of the awful third party stuff, but as far as mainstream systems go I think I can safely say that the Nintendo 64 had a pretty bad controller.

Pffft, I'd say the Dreamcast controller would get that title. The cord came out of the thing facing you, not the console... what the hell?

That said, I think we can all agree the PS2 Dual Shock 2 is the best controller out there. Can't say I like the looks of the PS3 one, however. Hopefully it's backwards compatible with my PS2 controllers.

I actually like the GCN controller, myself. But it's what Im used to, so that no doubt plays a role.

[Fragony]

I have had this atari. Wasn't that bad.

[Beirut]

I loved Intellivision, and the controller wasn't that bad at all.

Stayed up late many a night playing furious games of Sea Battle.