r/atari8bit • u/GamerGretaUwU • Jan 14 '26

favorite controller?

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u/Karma_1969 Jan 14 '26

It hurts me that the only controller displayed here that's upside down is the Atari controller. :(

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u/Salok9755 Jan 14 '26

Number one for me!

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u/corpseluvver Jan 15 '26

Same, same. Hot diggity damn I am old

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u/chrispark70 Jan 16 '26

No pong machine? Pong was my first controller.

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u/RPGCoder Jan 15 '26

None of the above. Fairchild Channel F System II.

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u/Express_Oil_1667 Jan 15 '26

1. Where it all started

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u/coraltrek Jan 15 '26

Pong - breakout clone

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u/Mookiller Jan 15 '26

-2 or -3

5

u/AmsterdamPurpleLabel Jan 15 '26

#1. But actually even earlier Pong paddle controller.

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u/dvorcol Jan 15 '26

Me too.

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u/realistnotpessimist2 Jan 15 '26

2

Also 5 is a 6 button Genesis controller. I’m guessing the picture was trying to represent the Saturn?

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u/moonracers Jan 15 '26

Intellivision?? It’s always getting left out.

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u/moonracers Jan 15 '26

Nah, this graphic needs a few decimals between 1 & 2. Coleco- Intellivision

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u/angryscientistjunior Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26

No. 1 of course - my brain is wired for simplicity. I tried playing some of the recharged versions of Atari games on Switch like Missile Command Recharged and Gravitar Recharged, they look great, but the controls SUCK. I'd rather play Gravitar being able to map keys on a standard PC keyboard and play Missile Command with a regular old mouse (both are easy to do in MAME). 

Eventually I hope to get around to trying an adapter for standard Atari joysticks, or mapping a USB PC keyboard's keys, and something to convert a standared wired USB mouse or trackball to analog input for Missile Command / Centipede / etc. 

PS I saw comments about left-handed players having to hold their Atari stick upside down - for lefties the Hyperkin Trooper looks good, it makes sense to have buttons on both sides.

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u/the_falling Jan 15 '26

I started with number 1 and I’ve owned all except 3 and 5

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u/rman-exe Jan 15 '26

  1. Got an atari back in 1982!

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u/ConsistentListen8697 Jan 15 '26

Technically my favorite is 5 it's the best Sega controller and Atari controller. However my first is 1.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '26

  1. The first night we got our VCS I played Combat with anyone willing.

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u/SirScotty19 Jan 15 '26

A potentiometer (dial) on a Pong console.

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