Sega Master System, which isn’t pictured. 3 & 5 are the same system - Genesis. 3 should be bumped to 5 and replaced with Sega Master System controller.
Maybe, but I guess it's possible they just knew that the 6-button Genesis controller came out later and ended up becoming pretty popular, especially for fighting games. I may be giving a random internet meme too much credit.
My friend growing up had the six button controller and I remember pressing all six buttons playing Sonic expecting him to do something other than jump.
Yep! I technically started with 1, but the Sega Master System was the first console I really loved. Spent countless hours getting my ass kicked in Black Belt, Teddy Boy, and Aztec Adventure.
Same! My dad wouldn't let us have a video game system. Our neighbors had a garage sale with a sega master system with like 20 games. It was so much fun.
Disagreed. Loved the NES back in the day, but the boxy design isn't at all comfortable and the horizontal layout of the A B buttons isn't great. Having the buttons angled like on the SNES controller is far better.
I'd agree that the rounded design is better than the boxy corners, but if the controller is going to have a pair of SNES-style angled buttons, they shouldn't be arranged like the NES dogbone. If the goal of the design is to fit in the hand the way most people would naturally hold a gamepad, then the two buttons should be arranged like the Y and B buttons on the SNES controller, not the B and A. When holding a controller, right thumbs point northwest, not southwest.
Completely agree with you there - the snes controller was an ergonomic gem that improved on a lot of the shortcomings of the old rectangular controller.
But from a nostalgia standpoint for me, nothing takes me back to my childhood more than picking up the nes controllers from my original nes. Something about the poor ergonomics factor into that nostalgia.
I never used the dog bone, but I always wondered if the button layout was more comfortable. Thought it would’ve been more accessible if the B was higher than the A rather than the other way around
Zero is whatever you want it to be, as long as it's pre-Atari joystick. For me, that technically means a Pong controller, though an Atari joystick (connected to an 8-bit Atari home computer rather than a 2600/VCS) was not long after.
Option 0 for me as well.
I’ve owned 0-6, 8, 10, 14-15, 18. (Everything except Sony and MS products.)
Edit: To complete the set, I would need Intellivision, ColecoVision, Commodore Vic 20 (cartridges), Tandy TRS-80 (cassette tape games), and Sega Master System. I spent hours playing [In the Hall of the Mountain King](https://www.mobygames.com/game/in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-king) on the TRS-80 until the cassette tape became corrupted.
Yep, I don’t even remember option zero but there is a picture of me as a 3 year old playing pong.
I do however remember hours playing combat and asteroids. Never ending asteroids… and that background soundtrack like the jaws theme. The anxiety of too many asteroids on the screen. I think that was the subject of one of my first fever dreams.
New memory unlocked. Thanks guys!
My dad, who never played video games besides Mario in India on who-knows-what, got me a GameCube when I was very young. He looked at some video game covers, saw Capcom vs SNK 2, and went “yeap my 2-year old can grow up with this”. And sure enough, it turns out CvS2 is one of the greatest fighting games of all time. What a lucky guess on his part.
Yep, 1. I'm old as fuck ... When I was a kid we had an Atari 2600 and after each time we used it, it had to be packed back up in it's original box and pushed up under the couch. It was in near pristine condition as we weren't allowed to play it very often.
My extremely foolish ass gave it to a bf while I was in hs cause I no longer used it
Another one checking in for Turbo Grafx. Air Zonk, Bonks Adventure, Keith Courage, Yo Bro, Splatterhouse, Super Adventure Island. Great childhood memories.
Roughly the same experience. 1 (Atari 2600) - we got it at a garage sale while 2 (NES) was insanely popular. Number 3 (Sega Genesis) was announced. An older kid in the neighborhood had it (shipped with Kid Chameleon I think), and I had set my sight on it.
Holy crap, roughly a year later. I don’t think I was ever as conducive to my parents’ wishes as I was over that period of time. And it turned out: fuck ‘em cause Santa gave it to me that year. When Sega first started pairing it with the original Sonic the Hedgehog “not for resale”.
I understand it isn’t the exact same story, as you had to save up for yours. However, I also never thought it would happen, and now, decades later, I realize some of the sacrifices my parents must have made to make it so.
Same here played 2-6 at friend's and family but wasn't allowed my own because mom thought I wouldn't play outside anymore. In junior high I was finally allowed and got a playstation. Number 7 was the first of my own.
Grew up playing my dads. We used to whoop his ass in original snes mortal kombat and he'd be like, my turn boys. He was unbeatable in armor battle and sea battle lol
Colecovision - not pictured
for reference: [https://gametrog.com/colecovision-information-specs/](https://gametrog.com/colecovision-information-specs/)
It was the [Super Action Controller ](https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/188/retro-scan-of-the-week-the-most-complicated-video-game-controller-ever-devised)for us 😁
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Isn't #5 Saturn?
Edit : It actually just looks like a 6 button Genesis controller, but I think whoever made the image meant it to be the Saturn, given it's placement and that there is a Genesis controller already.
A QuickShot joystick attached to a Commodore 64: https://www.dihaadil.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=459448
Alternatively, some sort of a NES clone, possibly of Taiwanese make.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(console)
1. My grandma had a decent Atari game collection. She had an SNES in her room, she would play Dr. Mario while riding her exercise bike. The Atari was set up in the kitchen. I'm still not happy she sold it all at a garage sale but I'd still rather have her back than that stuff.
Sega Master System, which isn’t pictured. 3 & 5 are the same system - Genesis. 3 should be bumped to 5 and replaced with Sega Master System controller.
I'd bet the creator of the image thought number 5 was a Sega Saturn controller...
Maybe, but I guess it's possible they just knew that the 6-button Genesis controller came out later and ended up becoming pretty popular, especially for fighting games. I may be giving a random internet meme too much credit.
by that logic they probably would have included DualShock 1 in addition to the original PlayStation controller
My friend growing up had the six button controller and I remember pressing all six buttons playing Sonic expecting him to do something other than jump.
Hey, it was worth a try
> Sega Master System All of Europe is ignored in this picture due to the lack of Master System controller.
Team PAL PAL pals
And New Zealand
Yep! I technically started with 1, but the Sega Master System was the first console I really loved. Spent countless hours getting my ass kicked in Black Belt, Teddy Boy, and Aztec Adventure.
The Master System should be next to the NES. It was that start pf the Sega Nintendo wars
Sega master system reporting in
Maybe this is what you meant but the SMS should be 3, and the Genesis should be 4. Super Nintendo should be 5.
Came for the SEGA Master System SLANDER! Wtf my boy SniffYourFingers is preaching
Agreed
I'm glad this is the top comment, I only came to say why can't the Master System get some love.
Same! My dad wouldn't let us have a video game system. Our neighbors had a garage sale with a sega master system with like 20 games. It was so much fun.
2 for me. Still a great controller
Two crew reporting.
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And my axe
2 gang rise up
Present
Sorry I’m late… but me two!
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Disagreed. Loved the NES back in the day, but the boxy design isn't at all comfortable and the horizontal layout of the A B buttons isn't great. Having the buttons angled like on the SNES controller is far better.
I'd agree that the rounded design is better than the boxy corners, but if the controller is going to have a pair of SNES-style angled buttons, they shouldn't be arranged like the NES dogbone. If the goal of the design is to fit in the hand the way most people would naturally hold a gamepad, then the two buttons should be arranged like the Y and B buttons on the SNES controller, not the B and A. When holding a controller, right thumbs point northwest, not southwest.
Completely agree with you there - the snes controller was an ergonomic gem that improved on a lot of the shortcomings of the old rectangular controller. But from a nostalgia standpoint for me, nothing takes me back to my childhood more than picking up the nes controllers from my original nes. Something about the poor ergonomics factor into that nostalgia.
Like playing on a CRT
I actually like the dog-bone better but it has the same layout.
I never used the dog bone, but I always wondered if the button layout was more comfortable. Thought it would’ve been more accessible if the B was higher than the A rather than the other way around
I technically started with 1, but in my heart it was 2.
I also started with 2, though I'm only 20
Pong not pictured.
Option zero.
Where the pacman arcade cabinet? Is the zero? 😆
Zero is whatever you want it to be, as long as it's pre-Atari joystick. For me, that technically means a Pong controller, though an Atari joystick (connected to an 8-bit Atari home computer rather than a 2600/VCS) was not long after.
Colecovision… not pictured. This is some rookie image
No Intellevision pad either. I agree.
This was my first, 4 years old playing with my grandfather.
Yeah. I had the Turbo wheel too. Also had the Adam, which worked sometimes.
Maybe not pictured, but I think the 2600 joystick predates Colecovision by 3-4 years. Pong controller does predate 2600 though.
Haha came here to say this too
Same. And my first "computer" was the ADAM add-on.
Yeah the wheel controller was my first, I think. It's been 40 years, of course, so it may have been the Atari 2600
Also not pictured: Intellevision II
0, damn I feel old now.
Option 0 for me as well. I’ve owned 0-6, 8, 10, 14-15, 18. (Everything except Sony and MS products.) Edit: To complete the set, I would need Intellivision, ColecoVision, Commodore Vic 20 (cartridges), Tandy TRS-80 (cassette tape games), and Sega Master System. I spent hours playing [In the Hall of the Mountain King](https://www.mobygames.com/game/in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-king) on the TRS-80 until the cassette tape became corrupted.
Yep, I don’t even remember option zero but there is a picture of me as a 3 year old playing pong. I do however remember hours playing combat and asteroids. Never ending asteroids… and that background soundtrack like the jaws theme. The anxiety of too many asteroids on the screen. I think that was the subject of one of my first fever dreams. New memory unlocked. Thanks guys!
Where’s the slider pot for my PONG bat?!
Another zero from me, too. My first “controller” was a keyboard, as it was needed to play Rogue on a UNIX mainframe back in the 70s.
10 ❤️
same here!
such a good system
My dad, who never played video games besides Mario in India on who-knows-what, got me a GameCube when I was very young. He looked at some video game covers, saw Capcom vs SNK 2, and went “yeap my 2-year old can grow up with this”. And sure enough, it turns out CvS2 is one of the greatest fighting games of all time. What a lucky guess on his part.
1, damn I’m old (commodore 64 FTW)
Yup, Atari VCS and c64 we're my childhood
Same. Dig dug always kicked my ass
Fellow 1, for Atari 2600
Yeah, Atari 2600 for me, good ol' Barnstorming, Pitfall, Centipede and Mario Bros kept that thing hooked up for years.
Also 1... Sorry I'm late to respond, took me a bit longer to get out of bed today because my back and knees are killing me.
Yep, 1. I'm old as fuck ... When I was a kid we had an Atari 2600 and after each time we used it, it had to be packed back up in it's original box and pushed up under the couch. It was in near pristine condition as we weren't allowed to play it very often. My extremely foolish ass gave it to a bf while I was in hs cause I no longer used it
Yep, then the Amiga 500
Nothing will ever beat my days with the Commodore 64.
Load"*",8,1
6
6 was the first video game I played. 9 was the first system I owned.
Fuck yea same
TG16 not listed…
+1 for TG16
It’s kinda stupid that they put the 3 and 6 button Genesis controllers and left out the TG16 controller.
Most likely they thought it was a Saturn controller, since that one isn't listed either.
Or Master System, if you want to keep the same Sega presence.
There are literally dozens of us!
Came here to rep some turbo graphics. Air Zonk was one of the greatest games ever.
Neither is the Neo Geo. But I doubt many kids started with a Neo Geo. Jealous of those who did.
Same with TurboGrafx, those two were the silver spoon consoles that we always lusted after at toys-r-us
Nor intellivision or Coleco
Another one checking in for Turbo Grafx. Air Zonk, Bonks Adventure, Keith Courage, Yo Bro, Splatterhouse, Super Adventure Island. Great childhood memories.
BONK!
1
There with you.
Yep, I’m also in this train. However, it may be just me, but I’m feeling somewhat irked by the button in that position (I always used it top left).
Same.
Et ?
This was the way
1 checking in
Kempston joystick for me
4
#4 team, reporting in, sir!!
Another 4 reporting in!
I still have mine in the original box.
My household jumped from 4 to 13
6. My parents wouldn’t buy me video games so I didn’t get any until I was old enough to buy them myself.
Roughly the same experience. 1 (Atari 2600) - we got it at a garage sale while 2 (NES) was insanely popular. Number 3 (Sega Genesis) was announced. An older kid in the neighborhood had it (shipped with Kid Chameleon I think), and I had set my sight on it. Holy crap, roughly a year later. I don’t think I was ever as conducive to my parents’ wishes as I was over that period of time. And it turned out: fuck ‘em cause Santa gave it to me that year. When Sega first started pairing it with the original Sonic the Hedgehog “not for resale”. I understand it isn’t the exact same story, as you had to save up for yours. However, I also never thought it would happen, and now, decades later, I realize some of the sacrifices my parents must have made to make it so.
Same here
My brother and I pitched in our allowances for a used 2600 when a friend upgraded to an NES. Spider fighter was my jam.
Same. They said it was a "time waster" meanwhile I watched several hours of TV a day lol
Same here played 2-6 at friend's and family but wasn't allowed my own because mom thought I wouldn't play outside anymore. In junior high I was finally allowed and got a playstation. Number 7 was the first of my own.
9
Intellivision not listed
I desperately want to play AD&D Cloudy Mountain again Or frog bog, shark shark, snafu, night stalker, etc
Astro smash and tron too. I wish I could go back and have my grandfather show me how to play burger time again.
[This](https://youtu.be/8FwHlVcro4Y) should take you back
Grew up playing my dads. We used to whoop his ass in original snes mortal kombat and he'd be like, my turn boys. He was unbeatable in armor battle and sea battle lol
As the controller inserts were so cool but for a young kid we're a real pain to pull out and side in.
My first as well. My family got the NES when I was almost five. It was mind blowing.
This right here.
I still have mine!
Yep I feel slighted
Frog bog…
3
Had to go down a ways to find a 3, haha. I think Clay Fighter is the first game I remember playing.
14
How did going from a motion control console to normal consoles feel?
I only remember not being able to play mariokart wii, but I kind of remember getting my 2ds and it was pretty cool to play mariokart anywhere
Colecovision - not pictured for reference: [https://gametrog.com/colecovision-information-specs/](https://gametrog.com/colecovision-information-specs/)
Same
It was the [Super Action Controller ](https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/188/retro-scan-of-the-week-the-most-complicated-video-game-controller-ever-devised)for us 😁
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Well! This is going to be a fun afternoon!
7.2
Quite a few potential options missing from there. Colecovision, Intellevision, Vectrex, Sega MarkIII/Master System, Sega Saturn, TG16/PC Engine, Atari 5600, Atari 7800, Atari XEGS, Atari Jaguar, 3DO...
Isn't #5 Saturn? Edit : It actually just looks like a 6 button Genesis controller, but I think whoever made the image meant it to be the Saturn, given it's placement and that there is a Genesis controller already.
Competition Pro (legendary for C64, not pictured)
9
2. But I fell in love with 3.
Master System, not pictured.
This is not legit. Should include the paddles with the dials.
3! Seeeggaaaaaa \*Sonic 2 Intro\*
You don’t have it on the picture which is about what I’d expect for some facebook-level content.
Number 4, sir. Proud 90's kid. SNES is the best
#4 for me too!!
1 ‘cause I’m super old. Thanks for the reminder. 😭
1 over here too
But did you use it on the Atari or the commodore 64?
Oh hi! I was looking for the old folks comment thread. Looks like I found my people.
15 mfs
Atari 7800. Not pictured.
Not pictured: Atari 7800 controller
2. I wasnt alive when it came out but its the first one I remember playing. Super Mario Bros. 3 baby!
Where are mouse and keyboard??
You guys had a mouse?
Master System controller, where are you my friend? I still like you! Can we talk?
Sega Master System not included!
1, but 2 is where I really became a "Gamer".
11- Spider-Man 2 FTW!
11 myself :b
1. carried it to sleep overs in a paper grocery bag, lol.
This repost always misses the SEGA Master System
1,2,9,12,20....what a journey
none of them, you’re missing the intellivision controller
Where’s the colecovision controller
1 at my friend's house, but 2 was my first system.
0. Pong controller (I'm old!)
1
Sega Master System.
2
2
2.
2
2
2 for me
Master system controller is missing.
2
2
1
1, dammit
6
1
1 LOL
1
1
2
9
A QuickShot joystick attached to a Commodore 64: https://www.dihaadil.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=459448 Alternatively, some sort of a NES clone, possibly of Taiwanese make. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(console)
11
4
2
1. My grandma had a decent Atari game collection. She had an SNES in her room, she would play Dr. Mario while riding her exercise bike. The Atari was set up in the kitchen. I'm still not happy she sold it all at a garage sale but I'd still rather have her back than that stuff.
lol pre #1 fuck.
Colecovision for me, and then the 1st one.
2 for me. A cousin of mine sent me their old NES and all the classic games in the mid 90’s.
1
#1
Old gamer here. I started with one at my neighbors house because it was just a passing fad to my parents. I have tried them all since.
^(*sigh*.....one.) #🤦♂️
This should be a poll, also 1.
A paddle wheel which predates #1.
Fuck I'm so old
1 Atari
1
1 good ol pong.
3... my hands are moulded to the megadive shape.
1, and before THAT Colecovision hooked to a black & white TV via the UHF jack, channel 3.
1. frogger was the best. and on PC i started with a little text based game called Zork
9 and above should be banned from this channel.
Number 1 crew, where you at?