List of game controllers

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The following is a list of game controllers . It includes input devices that are notable and whose primary function is to control how the video games are played. Regional variants and models containing insignificant changes are not included.

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Controllers

NameImagePlatformSpecificationsOriginal release dateRefs
Magnavox Odyssey controller Magnavox-Odyssey-Controller-FL.jpg Magnavox Odyssey Connectivity: Magnavox Odyssey controller port
Input: 3 knobs, 1 button		September 1972 [1]
Shooting Gallery Magnavox Odyssey Shooting Gallery controller.jpg Magnavox Odyssey Connectivity: Magnavox Odyssey controller port
Input: 1 trigger, photodiode 		September 1972 [2]
Atari CX40 joystick Atari-2600-Joystick.jpg Atari 2600 Connectivity: Atari joystick port
Input: 1 digital button, eight-directional digital joystick		1978 [3]
NES/Famicom controller Nintendo-Famicom-Controller-I-FL.jpg Nintendo-Entertainment-System-NES-Controller-FL.jpg NES Connectivity: NES controller port
Input: 4 digital buttons, D-pad, microphone (Famicom only)		July 15, 1983 [4]
NES Zapper Nintendo-Entertainment-System-NES-Zapper-Gray-L.jpg NES Connectivity: NES controller port
Input: 1 trigger, photodiode 		February 18, 1984 [5]
Master System controller Sega-Master-System-Controllers.jpg Master System Connectivity: Master System controller port
Input: 2 digital buttons, D-pad 		September 1986 [6] [7]
NES Advantage Nintendo-NES-Advantage-Controller.jpg NES Connectivity: NES controller port
Input: 4 digital buttons, 2 adjustable knobs, 3 toggle buttons, 1 switch		1987 [8]
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive controller Sega-Genesis-3But-Cont.jpg Sega Genesis Connectivity: Sega Genesis controller port
Input: 4 digital buttons, D-pad 		October 29, 1988 [9] [10]
Nintendo Power Glove NES-Power-Glove.jpg NES Connectivity: NES controller port

Input: D-pad, A, B, Start, Select, Turbo Buttons

December 3, 1989
SNES/Super Famicom controller Super-Famicom-Controller.jpg SNES Connectivity: SNES controller port
Input: 8 digital buttons, D-pad 		November 21, 1990 [11]
Gravis PC GamePad Gravis pc gamepad (cropped).jpg DOS Connectivity: DA-15 game port
Input: 4 digital buttons, 2 switches, D-pad 		1992 [12]
Menacer Sega Menacer cropped.jpg Sega Genesis Connectivity: Sega Genesis controller port
Input: 4 buttons, 2 infrared transmitters		1992 [13]
Super Scope Nintendo-SNES-Super-Scope-L.jpg SNES Connectivity: 2nd SNES controller port
Dimensions: 23 inches long
Input: 3 digital buttons, 1 switch, photodiode 		1992 [14]
6-Button Arcade Pad Sega-Genesis-6But-Cont.jpg Sega Genesis Connectivity: Sega Genesis controller port
Input: 8 digital buttons, D-pad 		1993 [9] [15]
Sega Saturn controller Sega-Saturn-Controller-Mk-I-NA-FL.jpg Sega Saturn Connectivity: Sega Saturn controller port
Input: 9 digital buttons, D-pad 		November 22, 1994
PlayStation controller PSX-Original-Controller.jpg PlayStation Connectivity: PlayStation controller port
Input: 10 digital buttons, D-pad 		December 3, 1994 [16]
Virtual Boy controller Virtual-Boy-Controller.jpg Virtual Boy Connectivity: Virtual Boy controller port
Input: 2 D-pads, 6 digital buttons, power switch		July 21, 1995 [17] [18]
Apple Pippin controller Bandai-Apple-Pippin-Applejack-Controller-FL.jpg Apple Pippin Connectivity: P-ADB
Input: 9 digital buttons, D-pad, trackball 		March 28, 1996 [19]
Nintendo 64 controller N64-Controller-Gray.jpg Nintendo 64 Connectivity: Nintendo 64 controller port, Controller Pak slot
Input: 1 analog stick, 10 digital buttons, D-pad 		June 23, 1996 [20]
SpaceOrb 360
Spaceorb360-3.JPG
PCConnectivity: Serial

Input: 6-axis rubber ball, 6 buttons

1996
ASCII Sphere 360
ASCII Sphere 360.jpg
PlayStationConnectivity: PlayStation controller port

Input: 6-axis rubber ball, 10 buttons, D-pad

3D Pad Sega-Saturn-3D-Controller.jpg Sega Saturn Connectivity: Sega Saturn controller port
Input: 9 digital buttons, 1 analog stick, 1 toggle switch, D-pad 		July 5, 1996
Dual Analog Controller PlayStation Dual Analog.png PlayStation Connectivity: PlayStation controller port
Input: 10 digital buttons, 2 clickable analog sticks, 1 toggle button, D-pad 		April 25, 1997 [21]
DualShock DualShock.png PlayStation Connectivity: PlayStation controller port
Input: 10 digital buttons, 2 clickable analog sticks, 1 toggle button, D-pad 		November 20, 1997
Dreamcast controller Sega-Dreamcast-Cont-n-VMU.jpg Dreamcast Connectivity: Dreamcast controller port, 2 expansion sockets
Input: 1 analog stick, 2 analog triggers, 5 digital buttons, D-pad 		November 27, 1998 [22]
DualShock 2 DualShock 2.jpg PlayStation 2 Connectivity: PlayStation controller port
Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 8 pressure-sensitive buttons, 2 digital buttons, 1 toggle button, pressure-sensitive D-pad 		March 4, 2000
Nintendo GameCube controller GameCube controller.png GameCube Connectivity: GameCube controller port
Input: 2 analog sticks, 2 clickable analog triggers, 6 digital buttons, D-pad 		September 14, 2001 [23]
Xbox controller
(aka The Duke)		 Xbox-Duke-Controller.jpg Xbox Connectivity: Xbox controller port, 2 Memory Unit slots
Dimensions: 6.5 × 5 × 3 in
Input: 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 digital buttons, 6 pressure-sensitive buttons, D-pad
Mass: <16 oz.		November 15, 2001 [24] [25]
Xbox Controller S Xbox-s-controller.jpg Xbox Connectivity: Xbox controller port, 2 Memory Unit slots
Input: 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 2 digital buttons, 6 pressure-sensitive buttons, D-pad 		2002
Xbox 360 controller Xbox-360-Wireless-Controller-White.jpg Xbox 360 Connectivity: USB, wireless (proprietary 2.4 GHz protocol), 2.5 mm headset jack
Input: 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 10 digital buttons, D-pad 		November 22, 2005 [26]
Sixaxis PlayStation3-Sixaxis.jpg PlayStation 3 Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB
Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 analog triggers, 6 pressure-sensitive buttons, 3 digital buttons, pressure-sensitive D-pad, accelerometer, gyroscope 		November 11, 2006 [27]
Wii Remote Wii Remote Image.jpg Wii Connectivity: Bluetooth, Accessory connector port (400 kHz I²C)
Input: 8 digital buttons, accelerometer, D-pad, gyroscope (Wii Remote Plus only), infrared sensor 		November 19, 2006 [28]
Nunchuk Wii Remote & Nunchuk.jpg Wii Connectivity: Accessory connector plug (400 kHz I²C)
Input: 1 analog stick, 2 digital buttons, accelerometer,		November 19, 2006 [29]
Classic Controller Wii-Classic-Controller-White.jpg Wii Connectivity: Accessory connector plug (400 kHz I²C)
Input: 2 analog sticks, 2 clickable analog triggers, 9 digital buttons, D-pad 		November 19, 2006
DualShock 3 DualShock 3.jpg PlayStation 3 Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB
Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 analog triggers, 6 pressure-sensitive buttons, 3 digital buttons, pressure-sensitive D-pad, accelerometer, gyroscope 		November 11, 2007 [27]
Classic Controller Pro Wii-classic-controller-pro.jpg Wii Connectivity: Accessory connector plug (400 kHz I²C)
Input: 2 analog sticks, 11 digital buttons, D-pad 		Early 2009
PlayStation Move Sony-PlayStation-Move-Controller.jpg PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 Connectivity: Bluetooth, mini-USB port
Input: 1 analog trigger, 8 digital buttons, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer 		September 15, 2010 [30]
PlayStation Move Navigation controller Sony-PlayStation-Move-Navigator.jpg PlayStation 3 Connectivity: Mini-USB port
Input: 1 analog trigger, 1 clickable analog stick, 4 digital buttons, D-pad 		September 15, 2010 [30]
Kinect for Xbox 360 Xbox-360-Kinect-Standalone.png Xbox 360 Connectivity: USB 2.0
Dimensions: 282 × 68 × 70 mm
Input: 1 RGB camera, 2 infrared depth sensors, four-microphone array
Mass: 1360 g		November 4, 2010 [31]
Wii U GamePad Wii U controller illustration.svg Wii U Connectivity: Proprietary wireless, Accessory Connector port, AC adapter port, headset jack, near-field communication
Input: 13 digital buttons, 2 clickable analog sticks, touchscreen, D-pad, accelerometer, front-facing camera, infrared transceiver, gyroscope, magnetometer, microphone, slider		November 18, 2012 [32] [33]
Wii U Pro Controller Nintendo-Wii-U-Pro-Controller-Black.jpg Wii U Connectivity: Bluetooth
Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 13 digital buttons, D-pad 		November 18, 2012
Ouya Controller Ouya-Controller-FL.jpg Ouya Connectivity: Bluetooth
Dimensions: 163 x 109 x 53.5 mm
Input: 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 2 analog triggers (LT, RT), 2 shoulder buttons (LB, RB), 5 digital buttons (O, U, Y, A, Menu), Touchpad, and Digital D-Pad
Mass: 275 g		June 25, 2013 [34]
DualShock 4 DualShock 4.jpg PlayStation 4 Connectivity: Bluetooth, Micro-USB, 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, extension port
Dimensions: 161 × 57 × 100 mm
Input: 9 digital buttons, 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks, accelerometer, D-pad, gyroscope, two-point capacitive clickable touchpad
Mass: 210 g		November 15, 2013 [35] [36]
Xbox Wireless Controller Microsoft-Xbox-One-controller.jpg Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Connectivity: Propriety Wireless, Micro USB (revisions prior to Elite Series 2), USB-C (Elite Series 2 and third revision), 3.5 mm stereo audio jack (after first revision), Bluetooth 4.0 (second revision), Bluetooth LE (third revision)
Dimensions: 153 × 102 × 61  mm
Input: 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 2 analog triggers (LB, RB), 2 shoulder buttons (LT, RT), 9 digital buttons (Y, B, A, X, Menu, Options, Home), 1 Share button (third revision) and Digital D-Pad 		November 22, 2013
Kinect for Xbox One Xbox-One-Kinect.jpg Xbox One Connectivity: USB 3.0
Dimensions: 249 × 66 × 67 mm
Input: 1 RGB camera, 1 infrared depth sensor, four-microphone array
Mass: 1.4 kg		November 22, 2013 [31]
Steam Controller Steam Controller B.jpg Linux, Mac OS, Windows Connectivity: Micro-USB, wireless
Input: 2 clickable analog triggers, clickable analog stick, 2 clickable touchpads, 9 digital buttons, accelerometer, gyroscope 		November 10, 2015 [37] [38] [39]
Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Controllers.png Nintendo Switch Connectivity: Bluetooth; R: near-field communication
Dimensions: 102 × 35.9 × 28.4 mm
Input: Accelerometer, gyroscope; L: 10 digital buttons, clickable analog stick; R: 10 digital buttons, clickable analog stick, infrared motion camera
Mass:L: ≈ 49.3 g; R: ≈ 52.2 g		March 3, 2017 [40]
Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Nintendo-Switch-Pro-Controller-FL.jpg Nintendo Switch Connectivity: USB-C, Bluetooth, near-field communication
Input: Accelerometer, gyroscope; 13 digital buttons, 2 clickable analog sticks 		March 3, 2017
Google Stadia Controller Google Stadia Controller.jpg Google Stadia Connectivity: Wi-Fi, USB-C, Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2 (BLE), 3.5mm stereo headset jack
Dimensions: 163 x 105 x 65 mm
Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 analog triggers (L2, R2), 2 shoulder buttons (L1, R1), 9 digital buttons (Y, B, A, X, Menu, Options, Capture, Google Assistant, Stadia), and Digital D-Pad
Mass: 268 g		November 19, 2019 [41] [42]
Sinden Light Gun Windows, Linux Connectivity: USB-A
Input: D-pad, 4 buttons		September 2020 [43]
DualSense Playstation DualSense Controller.png PlayStation 5 Connectivity: USB-C, Bluetooth 5.1, 3.5mm TRRS (OMTP) stereo headset jack
Dimensions: 160 × 66 × 106 mm
Input: 6 axis motion sensing (3 axis accelerometer, 3 axis gyroscope), 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 analog triggers, 9 digital buttons, D-pad, 2 point capacitive touchpad with click mechanism (see buttons)
Mass: 280 g		November 12, 2020
Amazon Luna Controller Amazon Luna Connectivity: Wi-Fi, USB-C, Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2 (BLE), 3.5mm stereo headset
Dimensions: 156.4 x 107.6 x 58.5 mm
Input: 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 2 analog triggers (L2, R2), 2 shoulder buttons (LB, RB), 8 digital buttons (X, Y, A, B, Home, Action, Menu, Microphone), and Digital D-Pad
Mass: 281.5 g		March 1, 2022 [44] [45] [46]

Mice

The following is a list of gaming mice , mice which are designed specifically to play games:

NameImagePlatformSpecificationsOriginal release dateRefs
Super NES Mouse SNES-Mouse-and-Pad.jpg SNES Connectivity: SNES controller port
Input: 2 buttons		July 14, 1992 [47]
PlayStation Mouse PlayStation Mouse.jpg PlayStation Connectivity: PlayStation controller port
Input: 2 buttons		December 3, 1994 [48] [49]

See also

Notes

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Virtua Tennis 4, known in Japan as Power Smash 4, is the third sequel to Sega's tennis game franchise, Virtua Tennis. It was released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Wii and PlayStation Vita. This is the first main series Virtua Tennis game to not have an arcade release before the console releases. An arcade version was also released, which is powered by the PC-based Sega RingEdge arcade system. There are two versions of the cabinet: an upright 4-player cabinet, and a deluxe 4-player cabinet.

<i>Puss in Boots</i> (video game) 2011 video game

Puss in Boots is an action game based on the film of the same name. It was developed by Blitz Games Studios, and released by THQ for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS. It features support for Kinect and PlayStation Move on the respective platforms.

<i>Angry Birds Trilogy</i> 2013 video game series

Angry Birds Trilogy is a video game co-developed by Rovio Entertainment, Exient Entertainment, Housemarque, and Fun Labs and published by Activision.

Just Dance is a rhythm game series developed and published by Ubisoft. The original Just Dance game was released on the Wii in 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Xbox</span> Video gaming brand owned by Microsoft

Xbox is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, as well as applications (games), streaming service Xbox Cloud Gaming, and online services such as the Xbox network and Xbox Game Pass. The brand is produced by Microsoft Gaming, a division of Microsoft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Majesco Entertainment</span> American video game publisher and distributor

Majesco Entertainment Company is an American video game publisher and distributor based in Hazlet, New Jersey. The company was founded as Majesco Sales in Edison, New Jersey in 1986, and was a privately held company until acquiring operation-less company ConnectivCorp in a reverse merger takeover, becoming its subsidiary and thus a public company on December 5, 2003. ConnectivCorp later changed its name to Majesco Holdings Inc. on April 13, 2004.

<i>Just Dance 2018</i> 2017 video game

Just Dance 2018 is a 2017 dance rhythm game developed and published by Ubisoft. It was unveiled on June 12, 2017, during its E3 press conference as the ninth main installment of the series, and was released in October 2017 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch. This was the last Just Dance game to be released on the PlayStation 3 console, and by extension, the final PlayStation 3 video game to be published by Ubisoft.

The ninth generation of video game consoles began in November 2020 with the releases of Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S console family and Sony's PlayStation 5.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Home video game console generations</span> Video game consoles released during the same period

In the video game industry, the market for home video game consoles has frequently been segmented into generations, grouping consoles that are considered to have shared in a competitive marketspace. Since the first home consoles in 1972, there have been nine defined home console generations.

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