Control yourself Nov 20, 2008
Notable because its analog controller facilitated two of the best games of all time - Super Mario 64 and GoldenEye. Sony's Dual Analog Controller (which later morphed into the DualShock) with its twin analog sticks took the concept even further and enabled simultaneous movement and camera control - a much more elegant solution than the N64 pad's yellow buttons ... While otherwise very similar to the Sega Saturn's analog controller, the Dreamcast's pad was notable because of the Visual Memory... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Unreal Tournament III Patch Plans Jun 4, 2008
- Improved the turret controls on the rail turret with analog controller. - Fixed friendly fire mutator showing up as option for Duel. (IGN PC Games)
DualShock's 10th Anniversary May 3, 2008
In 1996, the Nintendo 64 was the first console to launch with an analog controller, although the controller had been revealed much earlier, leaving both Sega and Sony to play a small game of catch-up ... Sony, however, waited until April of 1997 to release its first analog controller, the Dual Analog Controller, in Japan ... The original PlayStation controller was quickly phased out of production following the Dual Analog Controller debut. (IGN PS2)
Nintendo dominates the world Jun 19, 2007
"It's easy to envision a Wii 2 in a couple of years that runs at full HD, and has both a Wii-mote and an analog controller, so that all games can be ported to it." he said. This isn't surprising considering FIFA producer Tim Tschirner's , stating that he believes the Nintendo Wii only matches up to the first Xbox in terms of power. (Inquirer)
Sony Announcement of SIXAXIS Emmy Win May Be in Error Jan 11, 2007
This is incorrect, Sony won for their dual shock analog controller ... I would like to confirm that Sony did not win for their PS3 controller, they won for their Dual Shock Analog controller. (DailyTech)
