In my lap.
Right now.
Mmmmmmmmm.

no other controller fits so well in your hand without cramping *I'M LOOKING AT YOU N64 CONTROLLER*

it would be the current 360 controller for pure function. All Sony's pads - up to and including the current one - retain their FAIL value due to the rubbish deadzone in the middle of the sticks. Which they STILL refuse to fix after all this time, and make playing first person games a (comparative) bleedin' chore.

There's something weirdly loveable about the Gamcube controller too. So snug; and those ace shoulder buttons.

Retro value: the 6 button Megadrive pads. For SFII:CE, obv.

Retro comedy value: those amiga and ST ones that had a smooth disc where the pad should be. They didn't work, but every fucker bought them.

N64 pad ftw.

Although Wii Remote + Nunchuck is pretty sweet.

But the 360 wins in my opinion. Not the old X-Box one though, that was hideous.

Although I do have a soft spot for the N64 pad. "One joystick?? Yellow 'c' buttons for strafing! MADNESS!"

gamecube controller coming in second, but dualshock for football games.

It's a good size and weight, plus the sticks are perfect for controlling a character in an FPS (invert y axis FTW!). The d-pad is pretty shit though, luckily you rarely have to use it.

Not even any contest. All the buttons are accessible without moving your hand. The N64 one was fucking awful. It had three handles.

I tell you what else was EVIL. Megadrive. GOD. WHAT THE FUCK. Horrible.

PS2.

a tiny bit fussy at times (d-pad, z button?) but the build quality and stick were THE BEST.

the must have been made of the most indestructable material know to man, the amount of times I threw the against the wall or bit them in frustration

http://www.gooddealgames.com/articles/Game%20Consoles/52%20Panasonic%203DO%20FZ10.jpg

Acctualy I like the SNES and Playstaion bestist but I havent played on the new lot of consoles like xbox and all them lot.... oh yeah 3DO was a joke a shit shit joke.

Every new feature in gaming controllers was pioneered by Nintendo.

Shoulder buttons - SNES
Anolouge stick - N64
Wirelessness - Wii

Everyone follows Nintendo.

before they added those thumbsticks and a rumblepack.

It was a perfect fit for hands and intuitive to play with.

Fit like an extension of the hand, was basically the PS2 controller with all the problems sorted.

it's the only controller I feel genuinely comfortable handling, it's just big and reassuring feeling, everything was in the right place on it, although it could have been a tiny, tiny bit smaller maybe. Apart from that though it's fuckng ace.