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videogame_controllers [2020/10/31 05:41] – tags, a link rjtvideogame_controllers [2023/04/04 22:22] (current) – 'Mine' section. wip save rjt
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 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 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.
  
-===== 3-D ===== +===== Kinds ===== 
-Particularly on the PC, there were some interesting controller concepts when 3-D games started becomign popular.+==== 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 Dual Strike
   * Microsoft SideWinder Freestyle Pro   * Microsoft SideWinder Freestyle Pro
  
-===== Motion Controls =====+==== 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 ===== ===== See Also =====
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   * [[https://gamepad-tester.com/|Gamepad Tester]] - [[web_browser|Browser]]-based tool for testing controllers.   * [[https://gamepad-tester.com/|Gamepad Tester]] - [[web_browser|Browser]]-based tool for testing controllers.
  
-{{tag>controller hardware input videogames}}+{{tag>controller hardware input interface videogames}}
videogame_controllers.1604083278.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/10/31 05:41 by rjt