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isayx3, simoncpage, Yayoboy©, jeffjdillon, and 602 other people added this photo to their favorites.
isayx3 (51 months ago | reply)
this is so sweet! pretty comprehensive list....
there was an magnovox odyssey 2 released in 1978 too :)
simoncpage (51 months ago | reply)
You missed a couple lol - nevertheless an awesome design concept.
LipYttо (51 months ago | reply)
Table of Mendeleeva for a designer! Looks very well)
Pixel Fantasy (51 months ago | reply)
Well there are a lot of consoles out there. a lot. Most of them look exactly alike I think I saw like 5 versions of the Odyssey in one year lol. It's funny to looking at the button placements and only the buttons. I had to sit back and wonder how the hell did I ever learn those controls?
isayx3 (51 months ago | reply)
yes but odyssey 2 was the most popular magnovox system..it went head to head with the atari 2600...i remember those times well :)
Pixel Fantasy (51 months ago | reply)
Well when I get to V.2 i'll have to put that in. I never really knew about the Odyssey until a few years ago when I read about Ralph Baer
simoncpage (51 months ago | reply)
Before my time but just looked up about the magnovox and that is one sweet design!
martinjhoward2 (51 months ago | reply)
Very cool work...
The Design Inspiration page
.benben [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)
Nice work !
® Zù Totò (51 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Schnitzel Workshop, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Sean Mort (51 months ago | reply)
this is on a similar theme to a tee i submitted for threadless. but yours is better
www.threadless.com/submission/196875/The_Gami ng_Revolution
sean
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nicoruk (51 months ago | reply)
clap clap.
frymyox (51 months ago | reply)
This one was also a Sega Saturn controller: images4.wikia.nocookie.net/egamia/images//4/4 c/Saturn3Dco...
Pixel Fantasy (51 months ago | reply)
In the second version I plan to add that along with a bit more linkage to the controller family
Richard Faulder [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)
don't forget the iPod Touch!
ClintonOddfellow (51 months ago | reply)
Slight correction, Element #23, 3DO, had shoulder buttons :)
Awesome chart!
Doctor Memory (51 months ago | reply)
FWIW: there were two official Jaguar controllers. The "pro" version had six buttons (for fighting games) and shoulder buttons.
Kelly Hirano (51 months ago | reply)
this is awesome! not sure if you want to include official, but secondary controllers. several come to mind:
colecovision super action controller
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Super_Action_Contr oller_Coleco...
atari 2600 paddles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atari_Paddle.JPG
nes zapper
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nes_zapper.jpg
and my favorite, the nes advantage
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nesadvantage.jpg
TheGooch90 (51 months ago | reply)
Now you just have to add the iPhone, like a blank space! I think it qualifies as a gaming console! :D
wob76 (51 months ago | reply)
Very nice, but don't forget the Nintendo Game & Watch, the pioneer of handhelds.
MCAllinder. (51 months ago | reply)
VisualBoy?
thinking pixels mediendesign (51 months ago | reply)
Awesome! :)
cheyrou (51 months ago | reply)
Excellent work. Neo-Geo Pocket Colour!
Sean Mort (51 months ago | reply)
gizmondo made very small waves in the handheld market a few years ago
Pixel Fantasy (51 months ago | reply)
I was skeptic on adding Gizmondo just because of all the "questionable" goings on and if indeed it was ever intended to be an actual hand held console. Ha, if it ever makes a comeback i'll add it.
Pixel Fantasy (51 months ago | reply)
I was thinking about the iPhone but I'm not sure. I mean I have the n-gage but the iPhone doesn't seem right yet. I still see it as a phone/mp3 player. While the n-gage was a game/phone system.
wob76 (51 months ago | reply)
Surely you can't deny the Game & Watch?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_And_Watch
Ignore me I just noted your comments on the pic, I think even just including the original Silver game and watch button layout would do.
dannydulai [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboExpress
it is the portable TurboGrafx-16
rik1138 (51 months ago | reply)
You _have_ to add the Microvision- the first true cartridge based handheld game:
www.handheldmuseum.com/MB/uVUS.htm
:)
As for Nintendo Game and Watch, just use the first one (Ball), that should represent the line well...
wob76 (51 months ago | reply)
I think the widescreen ones probably best represent the Game & Watch, it was the most common unit (http://www.geocities.com/nintendogandw/PicWi descreen.html)
Personally I would have two listed, one with a single button either side (like widescreen) and one with a D-Pad (like the dual screen) units.
You can see some images of all the differnt types here.
www.geocities.com/nintendogandw/GamdandWatchP ictures.html
LasherMyLasher (51 months ago | reply)
Geektastic! Nice. I'd like to add the Nintendo Virtual Boy.
(couple tiny corrections: Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, GameCube)
brownspank (51 months ago | reply)
Best non-chemistry periodic table yet! :)
etoswald (51 months ago | reply)
This is Great but it will never be complete with out the Power Glove
ocnghst (51 months ago | reply)
Any plans to make a widescreen version of this? The scrunch on my desktop is killing me, Smalls!
R2Dork (51 months ago | reply)
Okay, there's lots of comments on this table, but I think what's really missing here is the body of the controller in addition to the button layout. Maybe just a really transparent or ghosted outline of the controller at least? Awesome idea,btw. :)
blatanikov (51 months ago | reply)
nice!!
me2flickr [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)
Periodic Table of Video Game Controllers. 몇개나 알아보시겠습니까? >.<bbb by 요!쾌남
MEGAFATBOY (Adam Leung) (51 months ago | reply)
LoL Poor N-Gage...
livingtech (51 months ago | reply)
I side on the "add the iPhone" camp. With the sheer number of games on there, it has, for me, become my favorite mobile gaming platform. (Seriously, I've played my PSP and DS about 10 minutes total since getting the iPhone.)
David Hepworth (51 months ago | reply)
Additional corrections: Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3.
JasonBlait (51 months ago | reply)
An interesting one that you left out was the Virtual Boy (
) but apart from that fantastic list :d
C4NT1 (51 months ago | reply)
This is pimp! XD
vigilante2.o (51 months ago | reply)
def my desktop background as of now :P
mgabrys (51 months ago | reply)
The Atari 2600 / VCS controller has the fire button on the wrong side. It's supposed to be on the Left. Also the 7800 had 2 controllers - the pro-line and the NES knockoff.
BlueisCoool (51 months ago | reply)
tobor0 (51 months ago | reply)
Sega made a six-button controller for the Genesis which I thought came bundled with later Genesis consoles. It looks pretty much like the Nomad controller. Good work!
willandbeyond (51 months ago | reply)
Please explain the periodic trends, they are escaping me.
Deuce Halo (51 months ago | reply)
Not to be a geek, but you need to rotate the Atari joystick about 90 degrees. The buttons were on the top left and not the top right. :)
@jsuplido (51 months ago | reply)
Genius. Two presses up.
ehurtley (51 months ago | reply)
If you're going to include the N-Gage, you should include the N-Gage QD and the Tapwave Zodiac. (Pictures of both to be found on their respective Wikipedia pages.)