Evolution of game controllers
Check out the above and below mapping of game controllers from th past 25 years or so! This is a research project by Damien Lopez about game controllers, comparing different peripherals alike and the map has been made as a result of this project.
Lopez describes this map as a
“a collection of small multiples of game controllers of the main gaming systems from the past 25 years (..,) normalized, and the hands are all approximately the same size as each other, and thus the controllers all to scale“. His point was “to show the progression of controller design throughout the last quarter-century. With the introduction of the Nintendo Entertainment System, no more number pads were used on game controllers from that point on“.
This is such a cool idea and has been done very well! The only thing that i would like is to have a bigger version of this map as at the moment the website is displaying an error message!
(Found over @ Liftlab.com)
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September 16th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
We have seen countless controller maps on the internet.
The real beauty here is the evolution of interaction with the pad – the shape and position of hands interacting with the hardware.
Notice how comfy/natural the hands look on later pads, especially xbox 360.
Thats my two pence.
Matt
February 12th, 2009 at 5:01 am
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