====== Videogame Controllers ======
I feel like a have a big interest in different forms of computer and game input, but it's all kinda nebulous and I need to write it down and collect it somewhere.

I guess I started this: [[https://videogameinterface.wiki/index.php/Main_Page|videogameinterface.wiki]]

===== Kinds =====
==== 3-D ====
Particularly on the PC, there were some interesting controller concepts when 3-D games started becoming popular.

  * Microsoft SideWinder Dual Strike
  * Microsoft SideWinder Freestyle Pro

==== Motion Controls ====

==== Weight ====

Use some variety of weight sensors to measure how a person is standing on it.

  * 1982 - Joy Board
  * 1987 - Roll & Rocker
  * 2007 - [[nintendo_wii#Wii Balance Board]]

===== Adapters =====

  * DB9 -> USB\\ 9-pin, analogue connector used in lots of early consoles (with unique controllers): [[Fairchild Channel F]], [[Intellivision]], [[Colecovision]], [[atari|Ataris]] ...
    * Retronic: https://www.retronicdesign.com/en/store/
    * Ultimate PC Interface: https://intellivision.us/intvgames/interface/interface.php

===== Mine =====

I've started collecting some of the controllers I find most interesting and/or pretty. I have a vague goal of opening some kind of controller museum/art space/workshop, but for now am just working on a wiki with the info. I find.

<sortable>
^ Name ^ Company ^ Model No. ^ System ^ Notes ^
| ASCII Stick | ASCII | | Famicom | Nice microswitched stick! |
| neGcon | Namco | | PlayStation | White one. |
</sortable>

===== See Also =====

  * [[https://gamepad-tester.com/|Gamepad Tester]] - [[web_browser|Browser]]-based tool for testing controllers.

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