D.Lo
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I could eventually lol. Much shorter list though.Edit: Quick question D.Lo: Will you be doing a 16-bit Nintendo and Sega controller write up or are you strictly a 8-bitter?
Nintendo effectively had a single controller the entire generation, visual changes aside. Controller cord length and the concave X/Y on the American pad are the only actual functional changes.
Sega mostly had three, the original fatty 3 button, the Japanese 6 button and the western 6 button. Various colours and controller cord lengths for different territories. There are also optional 3 and 6 button wireless official pads, but they never shipped with a console so aren't really 'standards'.
NEC had only two to start with, PCE pad and the second edition which added the turbo switches, and various colours of the latter. Plus the two official 6 button pads at the end.