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The Gamecube, yes. But the N64 analogue stick was the first of its kind, no?
by everling 10y ago
The Gamecube, yes. But the N64 analogue stick was the first of its kind, no?
- coldpie 10y agoEh, not really. Analog sliders were common, including Pong. The joystick itself is a clear extension of the Atari 2600 joystick. It's a small tweak to existing control methods, not a whole new paradigm like motion controls.
- __david__ 10y agoAnd don't forget the rumble pack on the N64. It cracks me up that Sony still calls their controller the "DualShock", since that was a direct "2 is better than 1!" response to the N64 rumble pack. On the other hand, Sony's one-upmanship also added the 2nd analog joystick to controllers and that turned out to be incredibly important.
- k__ 10y agoWell, when they added it, it was rather useless. I think I only played one game on the PSX that really used 2 sticks and that was Ape Escape. Only when FPS became a thing on consoles, the second stick was finally used in more than a few games. And when did this become the case? With the XBox?
- __david__ 10y agoThere were FPSes on PS1 and PS2 but they were not good and didn't use modern control schemes (though maybe Red Faction used it?). I would credit Halo more than XBox for inventing/popularizing the good controller scheme for FPS games.