I had a knockoff wavebird for the GameCube. Guzzled batteries, introduced lag, and sometimes your character just slowly rotated in a circle. It was cool to have a wireless controller though!
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I remember trying a Terminator joystick at a friend's house on his C64. That was a very bad controller.
Any controller using Bluetooth.
I like wired too but that's a pretty big range lol
Anything by Logitech.
Makes sense, there Is one old, dodge Logitech tontroller in one of the local tech stores.
What's so bad about them tho?
Well, both of the ones I used (one was second hand) had a very small range for the analog stick. Like it would take a few seconds to turn the character around in a game even if I put the sensitivity up to max. Though if you had good experiences, maybe it wasn't the controllers fault. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Oh, never used them but ouvh that ducks
Had a Logitech sidewinder joystick that was pretty dope back in the day
I was pretty happy with my most-recent Logitech gamepad -- I think an F310 -- but I had another from the 1990s that was terrible, had a D-pad that rolled to diagonal movement far too easily.
Oh dang, the F310 was the same one I was complaining about lol. Maybe it waos because I was using it on a linux machine or something.
I was using it on Linux too!
Then I likely had a defective one ;-;
I've played an Atari Jaguar before. Those controllers were fucking awful.
The 64 controller is a close contender, although it's hard to give it shit when it was from when 3D first started being a thing and nobody really figured shit out. But I mean, it should have been a no brainer to not design it so you'd need 3 hands to comfortably use all the inputs.
If you mean specific brands and what not; I can't even remember all the garbage 3rd party things I've used throughout my life. Not good enough or terrible enough to even remember.
Any controller that's thin and rectangular: NES, Turbografx-16, sega master system, or more recently the switch in handheld mode
Handheld switch is pai
I haven't used much controllers but I don't like the xbox controller. It doesn't get too comfortable to grip after a while and it doesn't react well to sweat.
Every madcatz controller I've used has been terrible. Xbox, Dreamcast, and PSone. Just terrible.
Classic madcatz
I switched from Xbox 360 controllers to PS5 controllers (on pc). They weigh at least twice as much and the battery maybe lasts 4 hours if you're lucky.
Oh.
Do they feel good at least?
The N64 Controller is not one I miss, the stick was just... trash
Worst controller? Eh, I have controllers I don't like. N64 controller. Original Xbox controller. Dreamcast controller. But are they the worst? Idk. Maybe I just didn't have a whole lot of experience with any of those (didn't own any of those consoles).
Maybe the Wiimote. Like I get the idea, but as a dedicated controller, meh. Same with the Switch Joycon; maybe even more so. I have a Pro controller because the Joycons just don't cut it. When they're attached to the Switch, they're OK, but not as individual controllers.