History Has Seen Some Weird-Arse Video Game Controllers
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Here’s an interesting look through video game history from Redditor and Imgur user zadoc, who posts a picture of every control pad he has in his extensive collection.
40 in total, from the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey (up there) – which looks like a piece of medical equipment doctors don’t like to talk about anymore – through to far more familiar present day pads.
You can see the full gallery below, but there’s a couple that really stood out for me, starting with this thing:
1988 – View-Master Interactive Vision Television System
For reference, here’s the console this monstrosity went with. It couldn’t be more 80s unless it started playing the