what was the leftmost prong of the n64 controller for?

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Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

Hoodrich posted:

I know what you mean dude. If I told my child self that on September 11, 2011 four passenger airliners would be hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks, two of them colliding into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, killing almost 3,000 people, including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four planes, my child self would be like WTF?

my child self would ask if they still aired pokemon that day

# ? Sep 2, 2014 05:51

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Hoodrich posted:

I know what you mean dude. If I told my child self that on September 11, 2011 four passenger airliners would be hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks, two of them colliding into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, killing almost 3,000 people, including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four planes, my child self would be like WTF?

my child self would be pretty pissed I'm too loving stupid to count years when 2001 rolled around

# ? Sep 2, 2014 09:29

Fredrik1: Jan 22, 2005; Gopherslayer; Fallen Rib

They thought the joystick would just be a gimmick, the pad would be the primary input that most games would use. (no joke)

# ? Sep 2, 2014 10:21

MarioTeachesWiping: Nov 1, 2006; by XyloJW

Fredrik1 posted:

They thought the joystick would just be a gimmick, the pad would be the primary input that most games would use. (no joke)

well they really hosed that up when they made mario 64 didn't they

# ? Sep 2, 2014 11:23

Concordat: Mar 4, 2007; Secondary Objective: Commit Fraud - Complete

Like I said, they were hedging risk with the design. The joystick and c-buttons reflect Nintendo's intent to make 3D games, but they weren't sure if other game developers were willing to make use of it.

It was only after the N64 was released and Nintendo took those cautious steps with the joystick and to a lesser extent the rumble pak that Sony saw that game devs were willing to make use of it, and released controllers with analog sticks and rumble.

Concordat fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Sep 2, 2014

# ? Sep 2, 2014 21:28

Zoq-Fot-Pik: Jun 27, 2008; Frungy!

Hoodrich posted:

I know what you mean dude. If I told my child self that on September 11, 2011 four passenger airliners would be hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks, two of them colliding into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, killing almost 3,000 people, including the 227 civilians and 19 hijackers aboard the four planes, my child self would be like WTF?

# ? Sep 2, 2014 21:38

The Sharmat: Sep 5, 2011; by Lowtax

my child self would have just asked me when Starcraft 2 was coming out

# ? Sep 2, 2014 23:39

Plebian Parasite: Oct 12, 2012

The Sharmat posted:

my child self would have just asked me when Starcraft 2 was coming out

You've got some very bad news for your child self.

# ? Sep 3, 2014 05:14

mabels big day: Feb 25, 2012

Pewdiepie posted:

Sticking up your butt hole Lol.

Someone finally had the guts to say it. Thank you.

# ? Sep 3, 2014 05:17

darealkooky: Sep 15, 2011; You sayin' I like dubs?!?

tbh between the n64 controller being an easily broken awkward piece of poo poo and retarded ps1 devs thinking that tank controls where a thing that ever needed to exist i'd take n64 controller any day

# ? Sep 3, 2014 05:20

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Schnedwob posted:

and all of them are WIRELESS. and there's memory storage inside the console. and INTERNET MULTIPLAYER. if I had told my child self this he would have gone insane

when i got my 360 in 2006, the concept of a wireless controller baffled me. i'd literally point the controller at the console while playing to make sure it worked, like i was using a tv remote

starting the console by pressing a button on the controller blew my mind

i wasn't that impressed again until my kinect logged me into my xbone when i walked in front of it

i'd do stupid poo poo like poke my face over the couch slowly or around corners and it'd still log me in

anyways this is all poo poo we take for granted

*crams left prong of n64 controller up butthole*

# ? Sep 3, 2014 05:52

kill you are self: Jun 17, 2005; pa rum pum pum pum

my xbone

# ? Sep 3, 2014 05:53

Zoq-Fot-Pik: Jun 27, 2008; Frungy!

matrix ripoff posted:

when i got my 360 in 2006, the concept of a wireless controller baffled me. i'd literally point the controller at the console while playing to make sure it worked, like i was using a tv remote

starting the console by pressing a button on the controller blew my mind

i wasn't that impressed again until my kinect logged me into my xbone when i walked in front of it

i'd do stupid poo poo like poke my face over the couch slowly or around corners and it'd still log me in

anyways this is all poo poo we take for granted

*crams left prong of n64 controller up butthole*

I didn't because I'm a normal person who owned a Wavebird with my Nintendo Gamecube.

# ? Sep 3, 2014 05:54

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matrix ripoff posted:

when i got my 360 in 2006, the concept of a wireless controller baffled me. i'd literally point the controller at the console while playing to make sure it worked, like i was using a tv remote

starting the console by pressing a button on the controller blew my mind

i wasn't that impressed again until my kinect logged me into my xbone when i walked in front of it

i'd do stupid poo poo like poke my face over the couch slowly or around corners and it'd still log me in

anyways this is all poo poo we take for granted

*crams left prong of n64 controller up butthole*

you sound like an idiot

# ? Sep 3, 2014 15:06

Seshoho Cian: Jul 26, 2010

Zoq-Fot-Pik posted:

I didn't because I'm a normal person who owned a Wavebird with my Nintendo Gamecube.

# ? Sep 3, 2014 15:54

BigLeafyTree: Oct 21, 2010

I wonder, what percent of n64 controllers garage been inside a butt? I'm thinking 40%.

# ? Sep 3, 2014 16:00

BigLeafyTree: Oct 21, 2010

zen death robot posted:

What the gently caress does this post even mean?

'Have' got phone autocorrected to 'garage' somehow.

# ? Sep 3, 2014 16:21

Machai: Feb 21, 2013

BigLeafyTree posted:

'Have' got phone autocorrected to 'garage' somehow.

I thought you were referring to controllers in garage sales. Made sense to me. :shrug:

# ? Sep 3, 2014 16:23

But Rocks Hurt Head: Jun 30, 2003; by Hand Knit; Pillbug

N64 controller construction was bad, it's like they didn't expect the analog stick to see nearly as much use as it did.

# ? Sep 3, 2014 16:47

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

matrix ripoff posted:

when i got my 360 in 2006, the concept of a wireless controller baffled me. i'd literally point the controller at the console while playing to make sure it worked, like i was using a tv remote

starting the console by pressing a button on the controller blew my mind

i wasn't that impressed again until my kinect logged me into my xbone when i walked in front of it

i'd do stupid poo poo like poke my face over the couch slowly or around corners and it'd still log me in

anyways this is all poo poo we take for granted

*crams left prong of n64 controller up butthole*

are you my dog because he does the same thing

# ? Sep 3, 2014 17:34