The World's Crappiest Video Game Peripherals

[DarkwingChuck]

HelloGamers' Worst Game Peripherals list

10. Negcon Controller
9. Gameboy Camera
8. The Nintendo Scope
7. Atari Jaguar Controller
6. Original Xbox Conroller
5. Nintendo R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)
4. The Fragmast
3. Konami Laserscope
2. U-Force
1. Sega Activator

Gotta agree with them on the Activator, they even have a video to show you how lame it was if you don't already know. But how could they say R.O.B. was crappy? What's cooler than a video game playing robot buddy? Nothing, that's what.

[Red Dragon]

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I've always wanted an Activator...

Most are just because they look silly, not that they are actually bad.

Yet another dodgy peripheral for the NES, its amazing that the NES sold at all!

[Gustaff 13]

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Why is Gameboy Camera on a worst anything list?!

[Jamos' Old Account]

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What is the point of taking pictures with a gameboy?

[Red Dragon]

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early version of a digital camera.

[Drazus]

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The gameboy camera was more of just a fun-kinda thing, it's not like it'd have much use for most games.

[Goufunaki]

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But the gameboy camera let ya hook up to another peripheral to actually PRINT the pictures you took. O_O

It was a neat idea!

[Drazus]

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Yeah, it was kinda neat, but I never really took an intrest to it. It was kinda weird.

[Gustaff 13]

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What is the point of taking pictures with a gameboy?

Animating them. Making point-and-click hot spot games with them.
Pasting Pikachus and drooly lips all over them.

It wasn't just a camera, it was so in depth...
There was a DJ mini game where you could experiment with every sound the Gameboy could possibly generate.

The polish was amazing, every menu was cleverly animated. Even the music was memorable.

The Printer was bad, I'll concede, with it's 6 AAs, no adapter and low quality, expensive sticker paper. But the GB Camera was a limitless creative tool.

Perhaps it hasn’t aged well against the camera cell phones you whippersnappers daintily carry around. But back in 1995, we took our 4 colour palette, and we liked it.
RRRRGH... I'll be in the angry dome.

[Jamos' Old Account]

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Perhaps it hasn’t aged well against the camera cell phones you whippersnappers daintily carry around. But back in 1995, we took our 4 colour palette, and we liked it.
RRRRGH... I'll be in the angry dome.

I have a crappy cell phone with no camera.... I think I shall join you in the angry dome.

[Nixon]

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Hahahaha, the ROB is on there. I told Dave that thing was a POS, but he bought one anyway. It's just as noisy and slow as I remember.

Why is Gameboy Camera on a worst anything list?!

In the hands of a creative person, it can be a very dangerous weapon!

[gray]

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they need to ditch the gb camera. but i'm glad to see the laserscope on there. i can verify that yes, it pretty much is worthless. but it's awesome worthless.

[Thief of Dreams]

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man i had an activator and i can attest to its horribleness. i got it for Eternal Champions cause it was they game they always advertised as DOING EVERYTHING IN THE RING-ONSCREEN!!!!

anyways i hooked it up once and never touched it again. sorry mom and dad for looking for hours on christmas eve for it for me =(

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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Ah, the Game Boy Camera. Good times, good times. Wasn't Nintendo planning on a Game Boy Camera Advance? If it was anything like the old GBC (except, with color), I would've definately got it.

I never knew about the Super Scopes issues. My grandpa aquired a copy of Yoshi's Safari due to not knowing it required it, and thus we've never been able to play it. I almost got the Super Scope on several occasions. What's interesting, though, is it sounds like an early version of the Revmote. And here I thought it was a light gun for a while, until I learned just how light guns work.

Original X-box controller? Yeah, I'll agree to that, as I don't have the proper hands for it. I had to shift my hands around on that thing for more than just the black and white buttons. (The start and back buttons.) But then they were really on to something when they released the Controller S.

Just look at this toilet seat shaped contraption. ... The perfect controller already exists, its called a keyboard and mouse! Don’t forget to wash your hands after playing on this little beauty.

Studies show that the average keyboard has more germs on it than the average toilet seat.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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I had a power glove. They do suck.

Moving your arm to do things was cool. Twitching your fingers to do things was not.

Now Ive got a single handed PS1 controller thats pretty badass. Has a strap on glove that uses a gyroscope dealie to detect your hand movments, and a controller shapped like a gun handle with buttons all over it. It was friggin awsome playing FPS games, and airplane games.