I think the most strangely named consoles, are the Bally Astrocade, and the Gizmondo. The strangest design is probably the Atari Jaguar's controllers, with all those numbers Sorry if this topic was already made.
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I agree on the N64 controller. The D-pad is almost useless.
The Dreamcast controller looks pretty weird. The weirdest old game I've ever played would probably be Marble Madness. You navigate a marble through a futuristic maze, very strange indeed.
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Weirdest controller: N64 Name: Genesis. Great console, but the name was pulled from the Bible. Design. I am going to have to go with the Genesis again. My neighbors Genesis is a lot smaller than mine which is weird. The smaller one looks so........... unnatural.
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the n64 controller still baffles me why Nintendo made it that way the first time i picked it up i was all confused with my why d pad didn't work and why the stick was all the way away from where i was holding it it felt wrong and where the hell was the b button the game keeped telling me to push then someone showed me on how i was holding it wrong and it made since from there but still the design is just odd the c button was more a d pad then the d pad as for names i have to with the Jaguar naming a console after a cat/car that was ahead of its time so it ended up insanely priced to make up for expansive costs
Yeah, the awkwardness of the N64 controller was the reason I got a Playstation instead. Even after it got analog sticks, its controller still had a clean layout.
The Gamecube controller is a bit wacky, but it's a step up from the N64 controller.
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The N64 controller was made so designers could choose to use the D-pad or the Control Stick (holding the left or center handle as necessary). Almost all of them chose the Control Stick (Mischief Makers is the only game I can name that didn't use the Control Stick).
There was also Pokemon Stadium 1 & 2 that used the d-pad (except for the mini-games) I'm surprised only 1 person said Wii for wierdest name - sorry, it's just fact For wierdest controller, I'd also have to say: 1. Wiimote + Nunchuck combo 2. Colecovision controller 3. N64 controller 4. Gamecube controller (Probably my favorite "traditional" controller though) 5. QWERTY keyboard
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At least the Gamecube controller improves upon the N64 controller while redesigning it to make better use of the D-pad and have two grips instead of three.
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The Lynx really takes the award for strangest name. I mean, I'd understand it if it was playing off the Jaguar's name ("Jaguar" worked okay), but it was released years prior to that. Seriously, "Lynx"? Where did they get that from?
Weirdest name - wii Weirdest controller - N64, but I loved it. Weirdest design - Lynx...it was so big for a portable. In the commercials it's held vertically too. Weird.
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