Atari 2600 followed by NES
3-button Genesis controller.
Same, and that is still the way a d-pad should feel IMO.
A commodore 64 joystick. Next was the NES controller.
The reverse order for me. A borrowed NES first at 5-6, then a secondhand C64 at 8. Learned to type and program BASIC on that thing.
Learned basic on that thing as well. I remember having a magazine subscription that included a program in the center fold. Then saving it to a cassette tape to enjoy later. Lol
NES controller
Also worked for the Commodore 64 and Vic20.
Intellivision II and Commodore 64 with joystick. Not sure which one we had first first.
3 button megadrive controller
Commodore 64 joystick.
Me too. I started with the little brown first-party stick that came with the Pro Pack, but soon switched to an inexplicably beige Quickshot II.
Atari 2600 controller. Joystick & button.
My parents bought us a Nintendo 64 for Christmas when it came out.
Never played any games or consoles that came in between those two. It was wild.
Spectrum +2A
PS3
I appear to be quite young around here…
Perhaps a bit.
Mine was ps2. Grandparents still had the original nes my dad played on. Fortunately got some duck hunt and Mario 1 memories
PS1. Unless mouse and keyboard counts….
I played many systems before the Dreamcast but I consider that controller my first.
SNES
Pong.
