The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoLet's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers.media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up1797arrow-down17
arrow-up1790arrow-down1imageLet's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers.media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square197linkfedilink
minus-squareProve_your_argument@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-24 days agoThe transition period from the 90s to mid 2000s for control schemes was so fragmented. I remember a dozen games with wildly different control schemes. Wasn’t until the late 2000s when things started getting more standardized to what we know today.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoImagine if people kept having to port their games to Dreamcast with its single-stick controllers. We dodged a bullet when that console failed.
minus-squareProve_your_argument@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agobut we could be playing samba with maracas!
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThe DC had so many great specialized controllers! Maracas, a fishing rod, mouse and keyboard…and even the regular controllers had screens!
The transition period from the 90s to mid 2000s for control schemes was so fragmented. I remember a dozen games with wildly different control schemes. Wasn’t until the late 2000s when things started getting more standardized to what we know today.
Imagine if people kept having to port their games to Dreamcast with its single-stick controllers. We dodged a bullet when that console failed.
but we could be playing samba with maracas!
The DC had so many great specialized controllers!
Maracas, a fishing rod, mouse and keyboard…and even the regular controllers had screens!