Table of Contents Dreamcast controller Power Glove Atari Jaguar Pro controller SEGA Activator Atari 5200 controller Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw controller Tony Hawk: RIDE Skateboard controller The best video game controllers are the ones you don’t even think about.
They let you fully immerse yourself in the game and let you forget you’re even holding them. The best controllers today all follow a mostly standard design, but in the early console generations, each system took a completely unique approach.
In fact, many consoles would experiment with multiple types of controllers of various shapes, sizes, and input methods. Most of them were bad, and there were a few that were even painful.
No matter how amazing the game was to play or how great the graphics were, a bad controller would completely tank the experience.
Looking back from the days of the NES up to the PS5, we’ve recalled the very worst video game controllers of all time. Dreamcast controller We’re starting off with a tame one here before working our way up.