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EXPLAINED: 3 crazy game controllers that make you double take | Vintage Vibes

Pile of retro game controllers.

The vast majority of modern video games are played using a pretty traditional gamepad or mouse and keyboard, as they more often than not they get the job done just fine. But occasionally a traditional controller just won’t do.

As games have evolved, developers have experimented with how we play them, and while innovations like the touch screen and Nintendo’s motion-controlled Wii Remote revolutionised the industry, others were swiftly abandoned. I want to give those contraptions another moment in the spotlight.

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