Rare PlayStation Analog Controller (The One That Came Before The DualShock)

TheArabGamer writes: "Before the DualShock arrived on the PlayStation 1, Sony released the Dual Analog controller. Find out more about this strange rare controller in this week's Friday Facts."

[MasterCornholio]

Without rumble?

I had the other two but not this one.

Ape Escape was the first game that I played using the two analog sticks.

[bradleejones]

I think a lot of people have a couple of these in a box somewhere. Rare, lol.
Edit: Seeing this is from 'TheArabGamer' maybe it is rare in the Middle East? They were very common here in the USA if I recall.

[Hotabang]

not rare in the middle east

[KiwiViper85]

Im gonna check when I get home tonight, but pretty certain I have 2

[bub16]

Rare? I have four of these stashed away!!

[Angeljuice]

I have a couple.

[InTheZoneAC]

look at the analog sticks again

pay attention

[bub16]

I can read an article and listen to the video, I do have four of these, how am I not paying attention?

[GortJester]

I want pictures because I guarantee all the people saying they have this are wrong. They have the convex analog sticks on theirs which is what was mass released at retail.

[MRMagoo123]

I have 4 ps1 controllers and all of them are like this. I dont have ones without the dip in the stick.

[InTheZoneAC]

so apparently everyone has this old controller stashed away with concave sticks?

[Peace_Love_and_FPS]

Yeah they're not as truly rare as the video suggests. Both myself and my friends have them, still better sticks than the dualshock 1, 2 and 3 :)

[AndrewLB]

All these people claiming to have 3 or 4 of these controllers yet not a single photograph proving it. And with all the agree's you have, there must be thousands on N4G alone!

[MRMagoo123]

Since when do people put a picture everytime they say they have something ? I have a tv do you want a picture of that ? I have 2 legs do you need proof ?. If people have to post a pic for everything they said they had this site would take a month to load because of all the pics.

[Hotabang]

you can even find it on thiefbay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PLA...

[rezzah]

I used to have them until I gave them away to relatives in another country. The move to PS2 made the PS1 seem useless (I was a kid).

[rainslacker]

I have more than I can count. I got them a lot with broken systems I brought to do repairs. They came with PS1's for almost a whole year before the dualshock came out. They came with the systems when they did the switch to analog, and sold them for a couple years after the dualshock released as a cheaper alternative to the DS which was $40 at the time, while the regular one was only $25.

There was a version of this controller that came out in Japan that did have vibration, but it wasn't greatly supported at the time...and it is pretty rare.

Then of course there is this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

which is pretty rare.

[SynestheticRoar]

I have four with custom buttons.

[Xbonewone32015]

One in my roofspace.

These are nothing like being rare lmao

[Lukejrl]

Roofspace? Where are you from? Never heard that term before

[Xbonewone32015]

Near London.

Very common expression. Another word we use is loft. Or attic.

[Lukejrl]

Yea we use attic , I know about loft and roofspace seemed Brit just didn't know

[franwex]

I remember! It had longer handles!

[WizzroSupreme]

Wish Playstation had gone concave with their analog sticks.

[boing1]

I have one also. Yes, the one from before ds. They're not that rare.

[ocelot07]

Rare you say? Good job I have like 3 of these.

[spicelicka]

concave thumbsticks are way better, that's why I prefer the sticks on the xbox controller.

[masa2009]

Don't know why they thought it would be better to have those horrid convex sweat sponges instead of these.

[bluebenjamin]

Damn better sticks than ps4 and 3

[FallenAngel1984]

Its great to have DualShock 4 return back to the indented analog sticks that the Dual Analog came up with. Most people don't know that Sony came up with that design before Microsoft implanted it into their Xbox controllers.

[Spotie]

Wasn't a fan then. Not a fan now.

[XtaZ]

You mean Sony came up with the concave design first or the first to use TWO concave sticks at the same time? The Sega Saturn 3D Control Pad had a concave analog stick controller at retail before Sony showed their first concave analog controller at all for the first time.

From wikipedia: "The Dual Analog Controller was first displayed under glass at the PlayStation Expo 96-97 which was held from November 1 to November 4, 1996."

So the Sega Saturn 3D Control Pad was released July 5th 1996 in Japan, 4 months before Sony showed theirs for the first time.
http://segaretro.org/3D_Con...

Sony were however the first to use two concaves afaik. But they didn't come up with the concave design itself.

[KakashiHotake]

I can't believe they had Tiny Tank in that video. Tiny Tank makes you think back to when gaming was at it's best. Back when video game magazines had cheat codes in the last few pages and came with free demo disks. Those were the days.

[RashBandicoot]

Glad someone noticed it :P

[jay2]

Ah, I remember the controller, yes they don't rumble (in the UK at least).