A few months ago, [Ben] saw a video of the world’s largest NES controller. “I bet I could make the smallest,” he thought in a strange game of one-upmanship.

The controller for the original Nintendo Entertainment System is a classic, but perhaps not best known for its adherence to good ergonomic principles. Regardless, it can grow awkward to use for lon… ...

Of course, not every game is compatible with an NES controller, but some have such limited controls that you can make due with only two buttons, a D-Pad, and a little mapping.

Some Germans Austrians have gutted out an NES controller and replaced it with some bottom-of-the-line flash MP3 player. All of the original NES buttons function as the controls for the MP3 player.

Playing old-school games on the Switch thus far has been a choice between various control compromises. You can use two Joy-Cons held in two hands, but the tiny buttons and lack of a true d-pad ...

The Anbernic RG28XX packs punchy handheld performance for under $60, ... is the same size as an NES controller, ... FPS that's missing far too much of what made Control special" 3. ...

The NES Hub is currently available for preorder through 8BitMods for $57.28 and is expected to ship as early as December 2024. Installation doesn’t require any soldering, hardware modifications ...

It doesn't matter how great a console's games are if it has a terrible controller. These are the best controllers we've laid our hands on of all-time, ranked.