Quirky Controllers - 15 Weirdest Game Controllers Ever

Human does not live by keyboard and mouse alone. Controllers are important for us, and as it turns out, they've had a few episodes of lunacy. We'd like to tell you about them.

Death Crimson

"How big do you want that controller to be?" "Yes."

Finally, something very unusual. Something that resembles a sculpture, and doesn't bring to mind a functional device. Here's Death Crimson, a controller by Japanese artist Takamasa Sumi, which was intended for one game only, and it was called... Death Crimson. The niche Japanese shooter from 2000 got its own, one-of-a-kind controller, which was even in a museum at one time.

Looking at Death Crimson, the question may arise – how does it work? Well, apart from a few buttons located on the controller, there was Sega Saturn console inside. However, this is not all: the console itself contains the mentioned game, which cannot be removed. On top of that, to be able to use the controller at all, you had to mount it first... Brr!

A word of closure

At the very beginning of the end, I want to point out – there are many, many more strange controllers, and choosing fifteen was quite a challenge. This list could easily have had 30 items and each would bring the ranking to a whole new level of bizarre (although NES would remain the king of strange controllers).

I also did not take into account the price of the controllers, and this is for two reasons – most of them are relics of the past or simply unique items unavailable in stores (except for the recently released Slime). The second reason is that the prices depend on the whims of the collector who is selling.

Altogether – controllers seem to be one of the few ways in the gaming industry that allows producers to introduce a hint of avant-garde madness into the player's everyday life. So let the strange controllers live!

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