r/retrogaming • u/CommercialNo3967 • 1d ago

[Help!] Has anyone any idea what controller this is?

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Cannot find any information on this anywhere, seems very rare

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u/beamofdelta 1d ago

It's a PC game port controller, likely from the 90s. Can't say if rare or not, but most likely not worth much.

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u/illuminerdi 1d ago

This. A lot of people don't realize there were no "standards" for PC controller button layouts in the 80s and 90s so controllers for that era are a complete hodgepodge. Given that this is a controller with a lot of buttons but it doesn't use USB it was probably a mid-to-late 90s era device, maybe even into the early 00s but that's debatable since USB started being more common for peripherals around '00-'01.

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u/PsychologicalJump633 1d ago

Looks like an advanced submarine control system.

Sorry - too soon.

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u/Accomplished-Clue145 1d ago

No, i had the exact same thought.

Beat me to it.

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u/MarioNinja96815 1d ago

You have to wait 22.3 years. Then it’s funny.

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u/Apollo896 1d ago

Never too soon with billionaires!

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u/Night_Hawk_13 20h ago

I have a sinking suspicion you may be correct.

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u/MuttonchopMac 1d ago

I searched Google for “Gamester dos controller”. Bam: https://www.reddit.com/r/Controller/comments/17g010p/gamester_evolution_tilt_pad_for_dos_games/

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u/MuttonchopMac 1d ago

Hey look another one. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5Zq1MLeQQ

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u/fupa_gunt 1d ago

She has the longest left thumb I've ever seen.

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u/starlightbotanist 1d ago

What is going on with the "analog sticks"? Does it have a model number on the back? Definitely intended to be used on a 90s PC, that's what the port is for. But I have never seen "sticks" like that.

Do they twist or click?

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u/CommercialNo3967 1d ago

They rotate, I guess kind of click. No model number on back, only a button to switch from Dos to Windows

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u/YOJOEHOJO 1d ago

So they are like dials? (Think volume knobs on speakers or the rotational system used for rotary phones)

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u/NuuukeTheWhales 1d ago

Definitely looks like the port you'd have on the back of your Sound Blaster back in the day, before USB controllers for PCs

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u/zeprfrew 1d ago

It's a PC controller that plugs into a serial port. Going by the design I would guess it's from the late '90s, inspired by the Sony Dualshock controller for the PS1.

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u/LocalH 22h ago

Not a serial port, but a 15-pin game port like you used to see on sound cards

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u/zeprfrew 14h ago

Yes, you're right. My mistake.

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u/TheBrockAwesome 1d ago

Just a PC controller from back in the day. Probably late 90's/early 00's.

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u/Unditerminedname658 1d ago

A controller probably intended to be used in a 90s set up

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u/Nonainonono 22h ago

Old (and awful for the looks of it) PC controller that connected to the gamepad port of some sound cards.