Movie introducing controllers of successive game machines from Nintendo Switch to Atari 2600

byMatt Brown

A movie that introduces controllers indispensable for playing with home game machines, retroactively 40 years from the present age introduces the history of various things by animation4096It is published by.

History of Game Controllers - YouTube


The controller of Nintendo Switch released in 2017 is a detachable "Joy-Con" attached to the left and right sides of the main body. HD vibration and motion IR camera are installed.


In addition to attaching to the main body, Joy - Con can also be used as one controller by attaching two left and right Joy - Con to Joy - Con grip.


"DUALSHOCK 4" is a wireless controller for PlayStion 4 released in 2013. A touch pad is mounted in the center of DUALSHOCK 4, and the SHARE / OPTION buttons arranged on the left and right are features. It can also be used as a wired controller by connecting to the main unit with Micro-USB cable.


In Japan, Microsoft's Xbox One controller, released in 2014, is a wireless controller that drives with two AA batteries. The controller of Xbox One S released in 2016 is capable of BlueTooth connection by itself.


The Wii U GamePad controller, released in 2012, features a 6.2 inch LCD touch panel in the center, allowing you to play games on two screens. With the virtual console and some software, I was able to play with Wii U GamePad alone.


"Wii Remote" is a Wii controller released in 2006. Although it is a remote control type, it has been designed to allow sideways holding besides vertical holding. I was able to read the movement and position of the Wii remote by the infrared LED built in the sensor server connected to the Wii main unit. Also, the bottom part was able to connect extended controllers such as nunchaku and classic controller. I will play by turning the strap on my wrist so as not to slip out when you have it.


Remote control type controllers also exist in the PlayStation series. "PlayStation Move" that appeared in 2010 was a motion controller that used a camera, and the rounded portion of the tip lighted up. Originally released as a controller for PlayStation 3 released in 2006, it is later adopted as a controller for PlayStation VR.


Similarly, PlayStation 3 controllers are "SIXAXIS" and "DUALSHOCK 3" two kinds. SIXASIS became the first wireless controller in the PlayStation series. Although there is no big difference in appearance in both cases, SIXAXIS was not equipped with vibration function, it was about 70% of DUALSHOCK 3 which is a generic model equipped with vibration function.


The controller of Xbox 360 released in 2005 was a wired controller, and the same type was released as a genuine controller of Microsoft. In addition, wireless type was also released later.


The prototype of the controller of Xbox 360 is the controller of Xbox released in 2002. The original controller that was attached at the time of release was not so popular because it was hard to have too much, and overseas10 worst controllers selectedIt also has been chosen for. The miniaturized model proposed later by Microsoft of Japan became the 2nd generation controller and was adopted abroad. Model of the image is second generation.


The controller of the Nintendo GameCube released in 2001 has been changed to the position of the left analog stick and the cross key and it is designed based on analog input. The L · R button is a trigger type for pushing in a little.


SEGA's Dreamcast controller released in 1998 looks like this. Because the controller cables were coming out from the bottom instead of from above, the handling was not good. Also, in the center there was an expansion slot, it was possible to install a memory card and visual memory. The visual memory has a liquid crystal screen, it was able to display the icon of the game or remove it and play the mini game, but if you turn on the power of the dream cast by inserting the visual memory in which the battery runs out It was a specification that the high-pitched electronic sound "Pee" resonates at the time of start.


The NINTENDO 64 controller released in 1996, which had a unique shape like a fork, has a 3D stick in the center. Also, the Z trigger was mounted on the back of the center part. One of the features is also the C button in four directions above the A and B buttons.


Sega Saturn's controller released in 1994 has easy-to-hold size, direction key like analogue and cross key, directional key, and 6 buttons easy to handle fighting fighting games, so the popularity from core gamers is also high It was very expensive, and conversion boards for USB use and USB type models were also on sale.


Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) of oversea version Super Nintendo was released in 1990. The controller has the same shape as the Super Nintendo of Japan. With a controller of reasonable size, the cross key, the four color buttons, the central start button, the select button, and the left and right L / R button arrangement are also the basis of the controller of the subsequent game machine I will.


Sega 's mega drive was released in 1988 along with a copy called "era demanded 16 - bit." The control pad is rounded design which assumes that it fits comfortably in the hand, it is composed of direction button and start button, A · B · C button. There was a little habit in the direction button, there was a unique operation feeling. Also, the shape of the connection terminal is the same as Atari 2600.


In the control pad of the Sega Master System released in 1987, the direction keys are rectangular rather than cross shaped. Although inserting a stick into the hole in the center makes it possible to operate with a sense like a joystick, the accuracy is not very high and there was something a bit hard to play the action game.


Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an overseas version of a family computer, which was released in 1985, but the structure of its controller is almost the same as that of Japan. Unlike the Japanese version, the NES controller is removable. Mike was attached to 2P controller of Japanese family computer, but it is not attached to NES. Therefore, for example, appear in the first "Legend of Zelda"Porse voiceAlthough I could defeat it by speaking to Mike, since NES does not have a microphone, it can not be defeated in overseas version.


The controller of the Atari 5200 released in 1982 has a joystick and a numeric keypad. However, the joystick of this controller was hard to operate, it was very fragile, and it was unpopular overseas.


Corecovision is a home game machine released in 1982 and was made compatible with Atari 2600. Nintendo, which had not owned its own hardware yet, transplanted "Donkey Kong", an arcade game that became popular in North America, to Coreco Vision. The connection standard of the controller is the same as Atari 2600.


It is not released in Japan, but the controller of Odyssey 2 that appeared in 1982. It has 8-way joystick and 1 button.


Various kinds were prepared for the controller of the Atari 2600 which is a home game machine released in 1977, and among them the most typical one is a joystick type controller. Connector terminals of the controller were later adopted by many PCs, and it became standard as a game machine controller for a long time.