You have arrived at my CoG-blog, the home of my weekly-or-so "Scrapbook" column. 'Tis a very nostalgic journal wherein I reflect on a game from my past, often embarrassingly, and I then invite the community to respond with their own fond memories. That is my goal, at least.
Scrapbook, Vol. 4
Suave Peanut's Scrapbook returns this week after taking last Wednesday off for spring break. This week I will do something a little different and pick hardware as the topic.
THE NINTENDO 64 CONTROLLER
I remember the first time I saw it.
I believe it was the Sears at Deptford Mall. Sears isn't typically known for their gaming sales, and they weren't in 1996 either, but there was a Nintendo 64 demo kiosk set up. It was running Super Mario 64.
I noticed the odd, three-pointed controller. "That is the coolest thing I have ever seen," I thought to my ten-year-old self. "I need one of these."
I followed the N64's development then, reading GamePro and Nintendo Power whenever I could get my hands on them. I was fascinated by that controller: there was a little joystick in the middle, with another button behind it! There were four yellow buttons! Wow! And there was an expansion slot in the back? Endless possibilities!
What do you remember?
THE NINTENDO 64 CONTROLLER
I remember the first time I saw it.
I believe it was the Sears at Deptford Mall. Sears isn't typically known for their gaming sales, and they weren't in 1996 either, but there was a Nintendo 64 demo kiosk set up. It was running Super Mario 64.
I noticed the odd, three-pointed controller. "That is the coolest thing I have ever seen," I thought to my ten-year-old self. "I need one of these."
I followed the N64's development then, reading GamePro and Nintendo Power whenever I could get my hands on them. I was fascinated by that controller: there was a little joystick in the middle, with another button behind it! There were four yellow buttons! Wow! And there was an expansion slot in the back? Endless possibilities!
What do you remember?
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I remember not knowing how to use it correctly. There were (at least) 2 ways to hold it, one for using the d-pad, and one for using the analog stick. However, the concept of multiple ways to hold a controller was completely foreign to me at the time. So I would just hold it via the outside grips, even when using the analog stick. The reason I could do it was that I have pretty long fingers but still, it led to some wild hand cramps. At least some weeks or even months later I finally worked out how to hold it correctly.
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Posted 04-01-2009 at 07:13 PM by Chris_D
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I remember hating the N64 controller, basically because it seemed that it was developed for people with 3 hands and I was lacking that 3rd hand.
In all seriousness though, it had an analog stick. This revolutionized FPS gaming on consoles (I'm looking at you Goldeneye). It's more than could be said for the PS1 controller. |
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Posted 04-03-2009 at 12:35 PM by shunoshi
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Recent Blog Entries by Suave Peanut
- Scrapbook, Vol. 4 (04-01-2009)
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