15 Worst Video Game Peripherals

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10 – Sega Mega Drive – Action Chair,

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  • Have you ever wanted to control a game by leaning in your chair? No? Me neither, but it seems that Sega thought that someone wanted this since they made a weird and uncomfortable looking peripheral that did just that.
  • This device was so unpopular that it never made it past the product testing stage since it’s rarer than a good modern Rareware game.
  • The way it works is that the chair and the obtrusive metal sticking out was attached to a giant joystick at the base; it’s hard to imagine it not breaking whenever someone heavier than your average 13 year old tries to use it.

9 – NES – Roll & Rocker,

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  • Apparently LJN Toys thought that NES games were too easy because here comes yet another poorly-made device designed to replace your directional movement.
  • For some weird reason it never caught on, it could be due to the fact that people don’t want to stand on a balance board to control a game, oh wait, never mind; maybe they should have released some fitness games to go with it.
  • As if anyone had anyone doubts, this remains proof that gaming companies were always obsessed with replacing the controller with actual body movement.

8 – NES – Power Glove,        

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  • Flexing your hand has never yielded such lacklustre results, the power glove worked by moving your gloved hand in various ways to control what happened on the screen.
  • Shockingly enough, the Power Glove was considered a critical failure and the games released for it did even worse.
  • Maybe if they released a virtual pet patter or a jacking off game it would have done better, but we’ll never know.

7 – PS2 – Katana Soul Controller,

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  • The Katana Soul controller is basically the same thing as a Wiimote except a lot worse thanks to the awkwardly placed buttons on the controller, the poorly implemented motion controls and the fact that you couldn’t even use it for ritual suicide when you realised you wasted $190 on it.
  • The general idea is that you swing the controller in order to get your character to attack in Onimusha 3, however, no matter which way you swing your weapon your character will attack just the same way and sometimes the motion controls simply wouldn’t work.
  • The item was originally intended as a collector’s item, but it would have sold a lot more if it actually looked like a sword instead of a video game themed vibrator.

6 – PC – AlphaGrip AG-5,

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  • People sometimes wish that there were more buttons on a controller to allow more actions to be performed, but I don’t think anyone ever actually wanted a controller that has multiple buttons for each of your ten fingers.
  • The AlphaGrip AG-5 is designed to be a keyboard replacement as well as a gaming peripheral and while some people have managed to get used to using it as a keyboard very few have utilised all six million of its buttons in a video game, except perhaps typing of the dead.
  • You’d think that with the googolplex of buttons they would have added some analogue sticks to help promote the video game side of things, but nope, instead they added a track ball which is possibly the worst device to use in a video game that requires any level of precision.

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