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Seriously, who ever used the N64 controller properly?
- Thread starter Shahadan
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Define 'properly.' That was the first Nintendo console I didn't own because I couldn't stand the Rubik's Cube that was its controller.
Net_Wrecker
Member
WTF, there are people on Earf who didn't hold the middle?
You people crazy.
You people crazy.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
Sorry. Guess I was a smart kid... :/
PhoenixSFT
Member
I always used it with left hand in the middle. Almost every game I played had the controller set up that way, and I never had a problem using the controller.
That settles it. When I did play the thing, I did use it properly.
That's nice to know.
Cheesecakebobby
Banned
I knew I was doing something wrong trying to play with the darn thing lodged up my bumhole.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I could never work out how to hold that controller. Holding the left handle made me unable to reach the analogue stick with my thumb, and holding the middle handle just felt uncomfortable. Hated the N64 controller.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
This.
Can we somehow capture and interrogate the people who did this? What possible thought process could result in holding the controller like that?
EmCeeGramr
Member
I held the left handle for about 30 seconds when I first touched the controller.
Then I held the middle part for the next 6 years because I wasn't crazy.
Seriously, like 5 games actually used the L button and D-Pad. It was for all intents and purposes a 2 pronged controller like any other with a growth on the left.
Then I held the middle part for the next 6 years because I wasn't crazy.
Seriously, like 5 games actually used the L button and D-Pad. It was for all intents and purposes a 2 pronged controller like any other with a growth on the left.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Ah, the N64 pad.
AKA the secret six-button controller.
AKA the secret six-button controller.
To Far Away Times
Member
That looks painful.
Oni Link 666
Member
I only knew one kid who used it like in that picture and that was because he was a hard headed idiot. Everyone else used it the right way.
The same people who designed the GameCube controller. Gods, in other words.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
It wasn't until after the Wii released that I found out you weren't supposed to hold the left handle when playing games that used the analog stick.
I used to play it with my left hand on top of it and I used my thumb and index finger on the stick. Only years later did I find out that I "was doing it wrong". Even if I was able to play everything well. That controller was by far the most uncomfortable one I've ever had to use though.
Grinchy
Banned
If you had the rumble pack, you were doing it right.
Sega Saturn controller, see cause its called Saturn and you said space so...nevermind.
cosmicblizzard
Banned
I just reached my left middle finger over to it. Never had a problem.
Silphonica
Banned
What the fuck is that?
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
Watch out. Stealth IQ test thread...
disappeared
Banned
I never even thought to hold it that way. I just naturally held the middle section.
Different strokes, I s'pose.
Different strokes, I s'pose.
Augemitbutter
Member
it's the only explanation. hand goes in the middle.
darkpaladinmfc
Member
Would be better if he had his fingers over the buttons like an actual arcade stick.