However, for every awesome accessory there are ten that come across as just a little silly.
It’s become an iconic part of video game history and pops up in all sorts of media.
You’d be better off just using the NES pad instead.
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It was (and is) undeniably cool, but also 1000% silly.
Part of that marketing magic was R.O.Byour plastic pal who’s fun to be with.
Sorry, wrong franchise.
Public Domain
R.O.B is a toy robot that can be integrated into a limited number of games.
I wouldn’t know, since R.O.B.
is one year older than I am.
Nintendo
I guess you had to be there!
However, the peak of RE madness might not even be in any of its games.
The chainsaw controller takes the cake, shreds it, and gets icing all over the room.
Pete Barr-Watson from the UK., CC BY-SA 2.0
That’s for little babies.
You’ll have to embrace the pain if you want your hands to conform to this monstrosity.
As a collector’s item it’s pretty cool, as an actual controller it’s ridiculous.
CTA Digital
Such as a bowling ball shell or a tennis racket attachment.
Those plastic toys would just have bounced off a CRT.
5Tony Hawks Skateboard Controller
Video games and skateboarding are a match made in heaven.
Activision
It’s certainly made a certain Mr. Hawk a wealthy household name.
The idea was that you’d control your on-screen skater by mimicking real-world skating movements.
It had some good games, and many people loved it.
SEGA
The Activator, on the other hand, was just too far ahead of the technology of the day.
Then, hopefully, the character on screen would do the same.
In practice, few games worked with the Activator and even those that did were unreliable.
Azeron
7Azeron Cyborg One-Handed Keyboard
You know all those silly input devices we see in Cyberpunk sci-fi?
Well, what if someone decided to make one of those real, and you could actually buy it?
That’s basically what theAzeron Cyborgis.
Yes, yes it’s very silly.
OK, maybe I do actually want one.
