Top 10 Controllers of All Time

The latest Top Ten list on AAG is a good one, people - taking a different approach to the Top Ten lists and bringing us the Top Ten controllers in Gaming History instead of the usual game-type lists.
Check it out here, its quite a read; Top Ten Controllers

So, on the subject of great controllers - or just controllers in general - what are some that stand out to you?

Ill kick things off with the one controller required for any discussion on the topic. I am of course talking about the great Steel Battalion mega-controller! For those of you no tin the know, it just so happens to be the biggest, most expensive and downright amazing controller ever developed for a console. Too bad it cost an arm and leg and had you searching the dreary underbellies on the internet to locate one here in Australia.

You played with this;


Which translated to this on screen;


Pretty insane, huh? Also, getting a little off topic, a sequel to the infamous Steel Battalion has been confirmed and will be leading the 'core' lineup of Kinect games in the near future. Very interesting.

Discuss!!!

Thanks Lax. It seems to have generated some discussion on the site, which is a good thing.

I have seen a picture of the controller above once before. It is a monster, do you have one???

Nah mate, dont have one. Had one a few years back when I still had my original Xbox but sold it all together to get a 360. Imported it from england for a whopping $300. Game was terrible though...

Just seen the idiodic comments some people feel the need to say on the site. Dont worry about them dude, the list is solid.

That's a lot for one controller hey. Almost as much as the original Xbox would have been if I recall.

yea a good read. ive used them all apart from the glove thing. I own the NES gun along with a NES. And i still play duck hunt when i go to my grandparents house. Ive had it since i was about 3. The nintendo 64 controller was a bad boy. In a good way. I love to hold it.

10/10 mate good stuff

Yeah ive heard heaps of people bad mouthing the N64 controller. Apart from the terrible joystick quality I thought it was downright awesome. It was good how developers just made you have to use one of the left/middle handles instead of having to switch between them all the time (at least, I cant remember a game that made you use both?).