Hardware
11 December 2021, 20:00
author: Miriam Moszczynska
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.
Table of Contents
- Quirky Controllers - 15 Weirdest Game Controllers Ever
- Resident Evil Chainsaw – Game Cube, PlayStation 2
- Power Glove – NES
- Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard – Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- Maracas – Dreamcast
- Dream Machine
- Katana The Soul – PlayStation 2
- Wings – Wii
- LaserScope – NES
- Roll 'n Rocker – NES
- Hands Free Controller – NES
- Steel Battalion Controller
- Novint Falcon – PC
- Slime Controller – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
- Death Crimson
Maracas – Dreamcast
The Puerto Rican instrument made its way to Dreamcast, but it's definitely more fun in analog form.
Let's take a break from this festival of disappointments and have a siesta – accompanied by the maracas from Sega, released in 1999. They were extra gadgets in the box of Samba de Amigo video game developed for the Dreamcast. Their history isn't long, because their only functionality was inside that particular game. When Samba de Amigo was forgotten, the lovely maracas disappeared along with it. Interestingly, we could dance again to wonderfully polyrhythmic Latin songs a few years later, when the game received a Nintendo Wii port.