StalkerUKCG
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Motherfucking octopus be playing golden eye indeed.
I never owned an N64 but I'm 26 now and It's never made a lick of sense to me
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So just how were you supposed to hold a N64 Controller
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Motherfucking octopus be playing golden eye indeed.
I never owned an N64 but I'm 26 now and It's never made a lick of sense to me
sixteen-bit
Member
depended on the type of game
Herp Derpington
Member
Ah kids...
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Why is this so hard for people? Just hold the middle and the right, dpad was almost useless anyway.
kingkaiser
Member
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
You hold either the left or middle grip with your left hand depending on the controls of the game or what directional method you want to use.
It's not hard.
edit: I think the only people with the "lulz three handles how even" talk are the ones who have never actually played a 64 before, as seen in the OP.
It's not hard.
edit: I think the only people with the "lulz three handles how even" talk are the ones who have never actually played a 64 before, as seen in the OP.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
For the thousandth time, with all three hands.
Shizzlee
Member
Hold the middle for the control stick with the left hand. Hold the left for the d-pad with the left hand if you had to use that. Right hand was always on the right handle. Figured it out after about ten minutes of Super Mario 64 when I noticed the d-pad wasn't doing anything. I was like six.
backflip10019
Member
Sweet merciful Christ I hope not.
Inferno313
Banned
This was never complicated. 99% of the time, you'd hold the middle prong with your left hand, resting your index finger on Z and your thumb on the analog stick. You'd hold the right prong with your right hand, resting your thumb on the face buttons and your index finger on, or near, R.
If you were playing a game that heavily used the D-Pad, then you'd hold the left prong, but that was rare.
If you were playing a game that heavily used the D-Pad, then you'd hold the left prong, but that was rare.
Yup.
Designed so that if a game used D-pad, you'd hold left + right or if joystick, you'd use middle/right.
This was a first draft. They hadn't thought a game would ever use both d-pad and joystick and that you'd want them to be convenient enough to access both.
DownGrader
Member
Chop off your left hand for that act of blasphemy.
The right hand on the right handle, the left one on the middle handle. Index finger on a Z trigger, just like on Wii's Nunchuk. Disregard the D-pad and the L button unless absolutely needed.
zenosparadox
Member
This is the correct answer
DownGrader
Member
Why? How would one press Z then?
Middle finger, awkwardly
I posted the second image... you could control many games with the d-pad, Kirby 64, Pokemon Stadium, Dr. Mario 64, etc.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Was I the only that read the goddamn manual?
Caffeine
Member
I remember my left hand being on the middle and right hand on the right for most games
thats how Me and my friends held it
Inferno313
Banned
pretty much this... depends on the game.
I was going to ask what on earth kind of game would've used the left handed position, but the URL of your link answered my question. I had only ever played Sin and Punishment on a Wii Classic Controller, but that does make sense.
Yup, was never exactly hard to work out
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Right-hand finger
DownGrader
Member
Not like this you monster! Not like this.
zenosparadox
Member
The "right position" is the only one that makes sense.
Emperor Bohe
Member
"Home position" get rekt fuckin' righties.
It's true, I do have long fingers. Having my left hand on the middle prong always felt awkward as fuck cause I had to bend my thumb at such an extreme angle due to it's length.
It's true, I do have long fingers. Having my left hand on the middle prong always felt awkward as fuck cause I had to bend my thumb at such an extreme angle due to it's length.
pretty much this... depends on the game.
This is the post you are looking for. "Right Position" on the first image is the way you hold it for most games.
Not saying i did this, just how you could
I used to hold it all wrong and still do. My left hand would stay in front of the controller and I would use both my indicator and Thumb to control the stick. There was no need for L, so I didn't used it. And since I got big hands ever since I was a kid, my middle finger from the right hand was used for the Z Button.
It's a bizarre way of using it, but I was damn good at smash/mario kart/mario party, etc.
It's a bizarre way of using it, but I was damn good at smash/mario kart/mario party, etc.
secretanchitman
Member
Right position 99% of the time.
One guy I used to know just held the joystick with his left fingers on the top and his right hand was on the right side where the buttons are - always thought that was weird. I remember him playing Mischief Makers and Mario 64 with it too.
Edit: He held the controller like this.
One guy I used to know just held the joystick with his left fingers on the top and his right hand was on the right side where the buttons are - always thought that was weird. I remember him playing Mischief Makers and Mario 64 with it too.
Edit: He held the controller like this.
JinjoUnchained
Member
Wait, what game used the left position?
DownGrader
Member
Sin & Punishment (and, AFAIK, it was the alternate layout in Rare's shooters).
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
You could map Goldeneye & Perfect Dark to use it if you wanted. Handy for right-handed players.
akidnamededdy
Banned
And what's the deal with airline food? Am I right folks?