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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 71 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Nobody's been brave enough to name the buttons N(orth), S(outh), E(ast), and W(est).

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

In my middleware, it's like that, with the optional Btn_V and Btn_VI for reasons.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago

It would be weird to have buttons changing position to face north all the time

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

The Duke has entered the chat

You mean 11, 2, 5, and 8? ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

[–] abcd@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago

Thanks for waking memories! I had one of these. Highly modded, with a modchip, other OS and a large HDD for my game backups. I could also watch videos etc. Most fun I had with a console. This was the pinnacle IMHO. The next gen started with the enshittification process.

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm old enough to remember this and I approve of your suggestion. But tbh i'd also be fine with 10, 1, 4 and 7.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

I actually started with 10 initially. But it was bugging me so I went and overlaid a clock onto the face buttons. 11 and 5 are bang-on, the other two are closer to 2:30 and 7:30 lol.

[–] CatsPajamas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] trslim@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How about a regular boomerang?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is what happens when you let the guys at Area 51 into the design team

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wouldn't mind if they hired those guys for the next playstation tbh lol

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yas Queen.

The only correct controller.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 5 points 1 day ago

Now that's the kind of innovation we need!