Comments on: up up down down left right left right a b a b wtf https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/09/16/up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-a-b-a-b-wtf/ Rich Lafferty's OLD blog Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.2 By: gottasneeze https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/09/16/up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-a-b-a-b-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-2075 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 23:50:12 +0000 #comment-2075 That’s just strange. I’d constantly feel like I was battling with my tv clicker to get it to change channels or something, in that once I got into the game, you can bet that thing would be in one very aggressive hand with me yelling ‘come on! No, I pressed right!!’.

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By: netfrost https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/09/16/up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-a-b-a-b-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-2074 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:39:14 +0000 #comment-2074 heh makes me think of the old intellivision controllers

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By: fweebles https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/09/16/up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-a-b-a-b-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:54:21 +0000 #comment-2073 I can’t tell if “bizarre” or “useless” is the more important descriptor here. (They’re both true, I would guess, just which one is more true.)

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By: roy https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/09/16/up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-a-b-a-b-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-2072 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:56:50 +0000 #comment-2072 Hey, don’t knock the NES.

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By: Rich https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/09/16/up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-a-b-a-b-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-2071 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:30:19 +0000 #comment-2071 Apparently, you can turn it sideways for an NES-like controller.

Yay, it’s 1989! I worry that that makes the analog stick even more of an afterthought.

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By: roy https://www.lafferty.ca/2005/09/16/up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-a-b-a-b-wtf/comment-page-1/#comment-2070 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:16:13 +0000 #comment-2070 Apparently, you can turn it sideways for an NES-like controller.

I agree with you on the gorilla arm thing.

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