Favorite Weird Game Controllers | State of Retro Game Collecting -

[@PatTheNESpunk]

What are some of your favorite "strange" video game controllers? And is Ian too mean to me? Let me know!

[@MrMegaManFan]

As strange controllers go I've always enjoyed the Samba De Amigo maracas and the Donkey Kong congas. Rhythm controllers are a gimmick, but they're fun. Ian is not too mean or vice versa -- your relationship with each other is great entertainment to listen to as is.

[@MrAdrenaline1982]

As a kid I loved the TurboTouch 360 controller for Sega Genesis. It had a touch pad instead of a traditional D-pad, and it made fighting games a lot easier for me at the time (aside from being a 3 button pad).

[@rynomclaughlin1595]

I love collecting all types of N64 controllers, it's my favorite system and all, my favorite weird one is this one handed glove type N64 controller released by Reality Quest (Made a PS1 version too I think) it's wired so no infrared non responsive BS like the Power Glove, it's fun to use it to beat games I've played for years like Starfox 64 and and Legend of Zelda OOT/MM

[@thejackal007]

I think the one I like that nobody talks about is the Ultraracer 64. It's an odd looking controller, but the steering wheel built in responds really well on games like Mario Kart 64.

[@TVsMrNeil]

The ASCII Grip is great. I play virtually all of my classic RPGs using that thing. I've got both the Super Famicom and PS1 versions and USB dongles for both. I also like the Madcatz Retrocon, which was sent to me from a listener of mine. I used it until it stopped working. RIP Retrocon. You were very comfy, but I suppose the 8Bitdo is an acceptable replacement.

[@JackieTheBold]

"How come it feels like you're so annoyed and fed up with Pat?" Pat: *Near spit take* 😂

[@marccaselle8108]

Hi Pat and Ian, great show! I agree diners are where it's at! 🙂 My wife would agree with me as we go to diners now and then.

[@Mack_B]

I dropped my drink when that girl asked Ian why he's so annoyed

[@575forza]

I can’t wait for the call from Tommy in Irvine California.

[@TheMicWillExperiment]

Oh my god. Stephanie had me weak lmaoooooooo

[@CliffConway]

Hahaha cracking up when Pat admitted she “turned him on” with the white knighting.

[@WaysideWade]

NES Advantage was great besides the sharp edges making it a formidable weapon during heated disputes. 🦾🎮

[@adamwilson1691]

I actually love how annoyed Ian gets with Pat. It’s funny and it brings me joy.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

"Bommy Ballarico" said that the Amico controller is his favorite weird controller. He goes on to say "I bet that Tommy Tallarico guy is really cool and fucks good!"

[@NerdyMeathead]

I'd lose my shit if mr. talarico left a voice message lol

[@shaggy92279]

One of my favorite NES controllers is the Sansui joycard SSS. It has a headphone port in it and separate turbo settings. It feels good in your hand too.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Not a "weird" controller, but still a goodie!

[@MasterZebulin]

Oh God. I was wondering when someone was going to bring up that controller. That's one controller that I swear by. Seriously, if you don't own that controller, *get it now.*

[@marccaselle8108]

I just looked up that controller as I've never heard of it. Boy, it looks cool! I wish I had it on my 13 inch TV with the side headphone jack. It would have been great to have back then so I could play my Nintendo and not wake up my parents lol.

[@BawesomeBurf]

Hey, Sirius XM blessed us with that 'amazing' Nirvana cover from Puddle of Mudd last year, so there's that.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

13:25 I'd rather buy videogame soundtracks on CD's like it was the late 90's/early aughts than have to turn on a "streaming service" or radio station to get my OST fix

[@skywalkergreen9012]

#STEPHANIEGATE2021 PAT WILL NEVER FORGET 🤣😂🤣😂😂😂😂😂

[@ronjeremy4571]

Come on Pat, what would've happened to Master Higgins if he had decided to fast

[@PatTheNESpunk]

Ripped Higgins.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

19:20 "you are watching an entertainment program" Ian breaking kayfabe, I don't know what to believe anymore :P

[@philipcohen7192]

Hey Pat. Yup that was the same Phil from last week from Wayne, NJ. I lived around the corner from the toy show growing up. I didn’t realize you guys were behind with voicemails. So when I didn’t make the show the week I asked the Virtual On question I called again. Thanks for the podcast I love it and listen to it every week and have had for years.

[@OwenMorganTelltale]

i dont care who puts the butter on but i want it on the toast before it gets cold. absolutely mandatory

[@theclash6032]

Zappers was fantastic. Was the first place I ever played a 3DO, you could pay $1 to play any game they had for rent for 15 minutes. Also when they went out of business, I loaded up on early PS1 games for pennies on the dollar. RIP

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

3:55 I bought the R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 bundle with the JogCon but could never really figure out how to use that special controller

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

Yes Pat, Easy Video!!!! I remember that shit in Monmouth County, NJ in the early 90s.

[@keithellwoodhasneverbeenla9981]

Boomerang 64..reminds me of my ex boyfriend - weird, awkward to hold, but always comes back for more

[@shoked99]

I have fond memories of using the NES Max as a kid too. I remember using it a lot with Blades of Steel. Thanks for the nice video guys.

[@urdad1984]

The slime controller for ps2 is prolly my fav weird controller

[@topchief1]

I'm a WNY native as well. There was a flea market called Super Flea and Farmers Market on Walden dr. I went there a lot as a kid, but collected sports cards at the time, so I remember the booths with tons of games in them, even if i never took advantage. By the time I got into game collecting, naturally it was being torn down due to turning into a health and safety hazard over the years

[@BigSnipp]

03:07 Garbage plates are the food of kings. I can taste the Nick Tahou's now.

[@NatiPerPerdereNPP]

I always wanted to ask Ian the same thing that last girl asked. Now I know

[@donbirdman69]

The DEATH STARE at 18:22

[@KageMaxwell]

On AOL Radio they have a video game music channel. Don't know if it's still a thing, but I listened to it back in the day. In fact, hearing some tracks from games I've never played got me to buy some game soundtracks.

[@outlander5151]

Steel battalion controller is one of the most dynamic controllers

[@TheCreepypro]

all these questions were good but that last question was especially good and I'm glad someone asked it cause it seems that a lot of people don't get the kind of friendship these two have to me it seems obvious what they are doing and who they are but some people just need to hear it out loud

[@revjim123]

Annoyed Ian is best Ian!

[@DonaldMohrMusic]

Just occurred to me that both Ian and pat are due for new laptops

[@BlueCrasher01]

13:30 aren't there already a couple on YT? I could've sworn I was subbed to a channel that's Nintendo music 24/7 called "Hinrieko Magnifico" or something like that.

[@drivethrujedi83]

Thank you for the Zappers memory. I practically lived in mine as a kid.

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

I love you both Pat AND IAN.

[@christopherdisorbo4964]

I graduated from North Tonawanda High school about 10 years ago. There used to be a Zappers right next door to the school that had been closed for years by the time I ever got there. The sign for the store was still up and that's where all the kids used to go smoke before school.

[@ewrooney]

Believe it or not that soldier pad design is making a comeback with a peripheral called the Thumb Pro arcade stick. It's exactly how it sounds, a arcade stick box with a sorta PlayStation style D-pad portion of on the left connected with a cord and has a base plate for your hand to rest on.

[@rmkarros]

dinners are more expensive now, but it's the same food and I miss it so much up here in VT

[@TheBaer3103]

EACH of you get their own single podcast as well and I get 2 more to enjoy.. DO IT! ;)

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

21:22 "Stephanie, thank you for white knighting for me, it turned me on a little bit" Pat must watch a lot of _Himekishi_ hentie

[@melissacanal860]

Your daily uploads are so great, thank you😍👍👍👍

[@DavidRomigJr]

There are two bakeries that produce Girl Scout Cookies. They mostly produce the same cookies but some are unique to the bakery. And the common ones have different names between the bakeries. Example, Samoas and Carmel DeLites are the same cookie by the different bakeries. The recent lemon cream ones I remember were Lemonades unique to the one bakery. There once was a Lemon Chalet Cremes that was discontinued.

[@skins4thewin]

There's actually a pretty easy to do mod now for the NES MAXX that lets you replace the thumb disc with an analog pad from a PS2. Pretty neat, been thinking about doing the mod myself.

[@neverwin2518]

Pat "Try to keep it short, 20 seconds" Contri

[@MikeStavola]

I have over 50 obscure game controllers in my collection, and I don't have a NeGcon or a Capcom Soldier pad. I love the Epyx 500xj series of controllers. Also, I have a wireless light gun for the NES called the Nexoft Dominator Pro Beam, and it's a fun step up from the standard zapper.

[@winterburden]

I also love the NES Max. Had one as a kid. Best controller ever. Granted, I never used the red knob thingy, I just have long fingers and just used the black ring for pressing directions.

[@skins4thewin]

Yup, the Peanut Butter & the Coconut Girl Scout cookies are THE best!

[@Starlesslight]

The Advantage actually had better turbo than the Max. My friend and I found that out playing Track and Field.

[@gmcnewlook]

Storm crow manor in Toronto is pretty cool (I finally got around to going there for my birthday last year in February, damn...that was lucky)

[@MegaDoubleJump]

Hey, thanks for answering my questions. Love the nes max too.

[@wailingentity]

🤣 damn that was the best thing I have seen in a long time.

[@mikewhoelse]

Before I managed to get a 4th n64 controller to play goldeneye, one person used the racing wheel. Winner used the wheel next game to keep it fair. Eventually I got a 4th controller and only one odd friend still liked using the wheel

[@neoasura]

The NeGcon was very ahead of its time, I kick myself in the ass for not getting one when they sold them new at Babbages.

[@audrianaonline]

Damnnn, Stephanie. 🤣🤣

[@toshironikko]

My favorite off brand controller was the superpad 64 - it was imo the gamecube controller for the n64

[@dacatindahat8275]

You can get the lemon cremes in lunchables.

[@maxdrive007]

What ascii controller is for rpgs what does it look like.

[@TraceVandal]

I loved the xbox Duke controller, if they made one with the bumpers in the modern position I would totally use it still, there probably is one, I should look.

[@rynomclaughlin1595]

Hyperkin made a wired Duke that works on PC and Xbox One (and probably series too) that has the extra buttons plus the black and white buttons that also function as shoulder bumpers so you can still have six face buttons

[@NeedlessJ93]

I'm Atari 2600 keypad old lol, was great for a couple games I had. Star Raiders I think.

[@paulrainey4990]

Star Raiders is one of the greatest Atari games ever.

[@joshmartimez2235]

Use to have a Touch 360 SNES controller. Its white controller with a plastic touch d pad. Didn't like that controller i might still have it in a closet at my house. You twos interractions remind me of who me and my co-workers are when around each other, despite that we get along pretty well.

[@monkeypunk4083]

I remember Zappers on Delaware ave was awesome at the time..Cool memories

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

I own both the Playstation and Saturn versions of the ASCII Grip, which are 1-handed. ASCII's d-pad from that era is great, too bad it the Grip was the only time it was used on the Saturn.

[@LeafGreenRikkor]

I love Ian :) Pat is also Awesome :) I would be friends with both

[@TechWithSean]

They changed the shortbread cookie recipe a few years ago and ruined them

[@Aragorn7884]

Getting toast _already_ buttered or not Pat? It doesn't matter due to fatalism or predeterminism.

[@skins4thewin]

Mian Ian. That has a nice ring to it. Time to rename the show.

[@retrogamerfan123]

i have a strange see through snes controller with turbo switches

[@urdad1984]

The soldier pad is the only useable 6 button pad for 3do n the bwst port of ST

[@maxxdahl6062]

Best version of the 32 bit road rash too.

[@retrojustplay7426]

Ian.....don't you ever change! 👍

[@TonyLikeGames2]

Those Smores cookies are going away after this year.

[@TheShachattack13]

Best weird controllers are the nes power glove and the rock band drum kit. As cool as they are practical

[@jerrythekazzyy]

dusk looks great, waiting for the switch port myself edit: the lemon GSCs were my favorite as well

[@JohnnyReading]

18:17, exactly

[@RetroToonsOfficial]

Awesome

[@pbailed8007]

Plates are the best!!

[@blainesworld6404]

Pat I also doing intermittent fasting. It sucks but its working

[@PatTheNESpunk]

You'll get used to it!

[@GamingHistorySource]

to the last caller. Pat & Ian are like Yin & Yang. They complement each other in their differences. If it were sunshine & lillie pops all the time the show would be dull.

[@liamboyle6345]

TOPIC IDEA- Has a game ever caught you off guard by how much you ended up playing it.

[@liamboyle6345]

I picked up the monster super cross 2 on switch Eshop sale. I can’t put it down, it’s a good sim, once you really get the dual analog controls (street,lean), it’s great. It sits a 69 or so on review sites.

[@jellyboy123]

i still own the negcon it was a good idea but the problem it didn't have a L2 or R2 plus select wish they made a limited negcon with the L2 R2 select think it would go down as a good idea.

[@undergroundironentertainment]

Sirius XM is only good for Howard Stern, pandora is still the gold standard for music in interstate travel.

[@ihavetubes]

Too bad they don't make enough unique controllers anymore.

[@tbone5757]

I think diners under butter the toast

[@opaljk4835]

God damn, i can't wait to go to a diner again

[@hellboundTX333]

I’ve taken the old NES Max controllers and added an xbox joystick to replace the silly sliding pad.

[@PatTheNESpunk]

[@MikeStavola]

I've added teflon drawer slide tape to the slider, really makes a huge difference, especially when they wear out over 30+ years. It requires some grinding to loosen the tolerances for the teflon tape.

[@rynomclaughlin1595]

Yep, it's a popular mod and I did it to my Max too, it just works better

[@undergroundironentertainment]

The 3rd party joy stick controller, more like a aviation stick. I could destroy bigfoot with that controller.

[@daedaethomas47]

Drives me crazy that pat has a gaming podcast and clearly hasn't played a new game since 2003.

[@juggalo4life247mfrs]

I remember beating strider with the nes max...lol

[@theomacer3094]

I enjoyed the "Interact Super Pad 64" controller for n64. The stick was typical 3rd-party junk but it was nice to see someone at least try to fix that ridiculous n64 controller design

[@robocoppd11]

Ascii pad for the SNES

[@BiffMcSkylark]

Hedon and Ion Fury are great boomer shooters I liked. Totes recommend!

[@bsimms3686]

Stephanie was being sarcastic.

[@TheNaturalPatHarris]

The Original Duke controller

[@DarbySagala]

Sirius XM? Nah, but a streaming youtube channel ala those chillhop channels would be neat.

[@BigSnipp]

15:58 Dry toast is preferable. Why does every dinor gob the shit out of the butter on toast?

[@DampeS8N]

At what point does Pat just admit he likes to be dominated and gives us the skinny on his dominatrix.

[@Aragorn7884]

Pat would definitely not go to 'Golden Corral' for lunch again 🤢🤮💩

[@PatTheNESpunk]

[@skins4thewin]

Ah Pat, I am right there with ya man on Diners! Whenever I travel I ALWAYS keep my eye out for the local diners. They are THE BEST! Good wholesome American food for cheap ass prices! Right up my alley man. And yeah, I LOVE the places that serve breakfast foods all day long. That's my jam right there! Give me some god damned French Toast, Bacon, Eggs & Sausage at 2AM after a drinking binge. Wafflehouse. Best effing place ever.

[@devilmikey00]

I'd be shocked if zelda WW/TP didn't make it to the switch. They've been going through and porting literally everything else. I personally don't find TP to be a particularly spectacular remake but WW was fantastic and fixed a lot of problems folks had with the original. I would rather them release them bundled together instead of trying to sell both at full price though.