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    15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"

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    Image of crapcakes crapcakes
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"

    This controller broke my heart. The Atari 5200 joystick, for some ungodly reason, DID NOT re-center; making every game for the system unplayable. What were you thinking, Atari?!?

    A few years ago I found a site that would install a composite, S-video, and simulated stereo modification to the Atari 7800, 5200 or Atari 2600 (no unsightly cables snaking out of the system) and a full refurbish and detail interior and exterior clean for $115.

    They would also rebuild and recalibrate Atari 5200 controllers, with a permanent fix, for around $30 per controller.

    Although, I was VERY tempted, I never followed-up on this mod.
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    Image of se.blackheart se.blackheart
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"
    if your console doesn't play Super Metroid, then your console is a piece of shit!
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"
    Some of those makes me go:
    ROAD ROLLER!
    WRRRYYYYYYYY!
    [xspblog.com]
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    Image of avconsumer2 avconsumer2
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"

    My vote for the best (console) controller of all time.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/11/09

    @avconsumer2: Comfy controller, but the joypad thing is kinda.. eh. I like the second gen NES controller the best, along with the SNES controller.
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    Image of avconsumer2 avconsumer2
    08/11/09

    @appletoad: yep - was the comfy-ness that did it for me... and the turbo buttons... actually liked the d-pad design. Build quality was also phenomenal. I destroyed uncountable bad guys in Contra with that little jewel.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/11/09

    @avconsumer2: Yeah, those things were solid as hell.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    08/11/09

    @appletoad: Well, they were made of Nintendium™ after all...
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"
    Call me crazy, but I liked the Intellivision controller mainly because it HAD so many buttons...
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    Image of BEERxTaco BEERxTaco
    08/11/09

    @UnderLoK: I wore out a lot of buttons on those things playing Baseball and Sea Battle. What fun...
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/12/09

    @BEERxTaco: Oooooo Sea Battle rocked
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    Image of Solertia Solertia
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"
    Every time I read "What were they thinking?" I heard the Angry Video Game Nerd's voice.
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    Image of Solertia Solertia
    08/11/09

    @Solertia: Also, the last few entries puzzled me. I thought this was supposed to be classic gaming related?
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    Image of Segador Segador
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"

    You stay classy, 2600.
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    Image of thisisboom thisisboom
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"

    les we forget
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    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment Edited by thisisboom at 08/11/09 12:38 PM thisisboom was starred thisisboom was unstarred
    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"
    I loved my 1st-gen xbox controller. The smaller ones just felt dinky to me.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    08/11/09

    @DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys...: I loved it too. Moslty because my little brother couldn't use it because he couldn't reach any of the buttons, but it could also withstand me constantly beating it.
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    DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys of Summermodo have gone. promoted this comment macpatrik was starred macpatrik was unstarred
    Image of TheDuckOfDeath TheDuckOfDeath
    08/11/09

    @DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys...:
    Me too. It's actually what convinced me to buy the system on release day. I knew it was a system with adults in mind, and I would be free of the cartoony fluffy-ness of Nintendo for good.
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    DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys of Summermodo have gone. promoted this comment TheDuckOfDeath was starred TheDuckOfDeath was unstarred
    Image of zmnatz zmnatz
    08/11/09

    @DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys...: Agreed. I played XBOX games all the time at my frend's place and finally gave in and bought one when Halo 2 came out. I had such a hard time looking for the Duke. I can't stand those dinky little smaller controllers.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    08/11/09

    In reply to 15 Gaming Designs That Make You Go "Whyyyyyy?"
    I happened to prefer N64's cartidges over PlayStations discs. Memory cards suck.
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    Image of n00nickn n00nickn
    08/11/09

    @appletoad: Other than the fact that alot of games still needed a memory card.
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    08/11/09

    @n00nickn: It was mostly just the 3rd party games, and generally subpar/lousy ones at that. Lol Quest 64
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    Image of zmnatz zmnatz
    08/11/09

    @Nintenboy01: Mario Kart 64 needed it to save time trials
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    Image of Nintenboy01 Nintenboy01
    08/11/09

    @zmnatz: True. But the worst offenders were the games that didn't even bother to put in a battery back-up or flash chip to save main game data.
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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    01/07/09

    In reply to RCA Voice Control Remote: It Talks to You, You Talk to It
    it's probably got the soothing voice of a female prison warden to boot.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/07/09

    @B1663R: You mean Alice from Superjail? Yeah. Soothing.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/07/09

    In reply to RCA Voice Control Remote: It Talks to You, You Talk to It
    Knight-mote


    "I'm sorry Michael, that show is rated NC-17."


    "Dammit Knight-mote! I'm in my 50's!"


    "And you look it too."

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    01/07/09

    In reply to RCA Voice Control Remote: It Talks to You, You Talk to It


    Can it handle voice "warbling" during intense physical activities, if you know what I mean?

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    01/07/09

    @CES.GitEmSteveDave: Damn, forgot not everyone speaks a foreign language.
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