An Abridged History of Game Controllers
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Marshall Bock
Can you name them all?
5 months ago
is that first one robbie the robot?!
5 months ago
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Marshall Bock
@mediahack: Heh, nope. Hint: it was made by Magnavox.
5 months ago
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3DROPS
Challenge accepted.
Atari 5200, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Super Nintendo, Dreamcast, Super Nintendo 64, Xbox, Xbox 360, Playstation 1-2-3. Nintendo Wii.
That's all I got.
5 months ago
I love those!
5 months ago
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Marshall Bock
@Farzad: Valiant effort, sir. Just 18 left ;)
5 months ago
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Cole Henley
What? No Kempston Competition Pro 5000 (admittedly not a console) …
Adding to the mix NES, Master Systerm, Neo Geo, Megadrive, Gamecube
5 months ago
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Ken Erickson
This has sparked my interest. Now really want to launch a blog about the history of video game consoles; focusing on the design & technical aspects.
Reading about the Magnavox Odyssey now and it is fucking fascinating. The early gaming consoles used removable PCBs for cartridges. Cool stuff.
As always, so many things to learn and so little time.
5 months ago
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Andrew-David Jahchan
Odyssey, Fairchild Channel F, Atari 2600, Atari 2600 Jr. (?), Intellivision (?), Colecovision, Atari 5200, Famicom, NES, SEGA Master System, Atari 7200, SEGA Megadrive, Turbo Duo, SNES, CD-i, SEGA Genesis, Atari Jaguar, 3DO (?), Neo Geo CD, SEGA Saturn, PSone, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, XBOX, XBOX (controller S), Gamecube, xbox 360, PS3, Wii.
The ones with "(?)" at the end are the ones I'm not 100% sure about.
5 months ago
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Marshall Bock
@Andrew-David: Wow, pretty close! You missed the Odyssey2 and Atari 7800 (not 7200). Otherwise, boom :)
5 months ago
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Andrew-David Jahchan
Damn, the 7200 was actually a typo :P
5 months ago
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Matt Kump
Make a game where I play these consoles. I command you.
5 months ago
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Brian Leach
Very nice. Ah, the memories ;)
5 months ago
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James Scott
SNES had the best feel.
5 months ago
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Marshall Bock
@James: Oddly enough, that's the one I'm happiest with :)
5 months ago
I can't name them all but this is just so bad ass!
5 months ago
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Oykun Yilmaz
damn fun to watch this :D
5 months ago
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Evan Dinsmore
Is the second one a lightsaber? ;)
5 months ago
wheres the vectrex?!
5 months ago
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James Scott
@Marshall: I'd say you nailed them all.
5 months ago
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Julian Burford
Haha! Awesome!
5 months ago
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Marshall Bock
@Lucas: Haha, yeah, I almost included that one. But "abridged." :)
5 months ago
Love them.
5 months ago
Holy f*ck! I'm surprised this hasn't got like 900+ likes...
5 months ago
This would make an awesome print.
5 months ago