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Why did the N64 controller have a D-Pad?

nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
edited 2011-12-22 17:47:24 in Media
Kichigai birthday!!
Seriously,how many games actually used it? Three? Four? And on the same note,why did the PsOne controller have not one,but two analog sticks?

Comments

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Because menus with analogs are a horrible bitch from hell.
  • BeeBee
    edited 2011-12-22 18:04:25
    That and it was better for most 2D games.

    IIRC the original PS1 controller had zero analog sticks, but there were a few games that used the dual-shock controller to pioneer the two-stick style we're all used to now.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Yup, I had one of those. I actually preferred it to analogs for a long while.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    edited 2011-12-22 18:08:45
    Kichigai birthday!!
    ^ Yeah the PS1 controller was basically a SNES controller in the beggining, but the analogs one is the most remembered.

    And as for N64 games that used the D-Pad not in menus, I can only think of Kirby's Crystal Shards,Yoshi's Story and Mischief Makers
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    Because some minigames on Pokemon Stadium are easier to play with a d pad
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^^Those are some pretty good games.
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    I didn't say anything about their quality,but I agree with you. Still have to play Mischief Makers though
  • DYREDYRE
    Mischief Makers is like my favorite N64 game.
  • StormtroperStormtroper
    Killer Instinct Gold used both. Maybe the other fighting games did, too?
  • WaltzyWaltzy
    Holy SHIT other people that are familiar with Mischief Makers.

    That game was so Nintendo Hard it wasn't even funny.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ Except to those watching the person play? :D?
  • WaltzyWaltzy
    Zing!
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    You know what game pissed me off as a kid?

    Castlevania 64.

    "Oh I loved the Super Castlevania games I bet this will be great!"

    And thus was I opened to a harsh reality.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    They tried to do certain things with those games, and they didn't do them well.

    They wanted:
    * level-by-level format (like the classicvanias)
    * lots of plot events/complexity
    * 3D platforming

    If only they had instead done 3D castletroids.
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