What' s the most comfortable controllers you' ve had the pleasure of using?

1. 6 button Genesis...not too many button and not overly complicated

2. XBOX Controller S... a DC rip off but a great one

3. DC

4 PS/PS2- lots of buttons and small

1. PSX / PS2 Dual Shock design: I' ve grown accoustomed to this design and it feels the most comfortable of any controller design since 1995.

2. NES Controller: Simplicity at its finest. One D-Pad... two buttons. The " dogbone" style of this controller is more ergonomically correct, but I like both styles.

3. SNES Controller: Four solid face buttons and two less-comfortable trigger buttons (which tended to break down after extended use). Still, it had a good feel and seems to have been the influence behind Sony' s controller design.

1. GameCube. This pad just melts into your hands.

2. Contoller S. After playing a few hours of Halo, I just can' t use the PS2 pad.

3. N64. The Z button was genious.

Gamecube has the best ergonomicaly designed controllers ever ..

But now everything feels like a featherweight bit of plastic in comparison to the sturdyness of an XBox controller ..

Nothing is better than the PS2 controller, IMO. It' s just perfect for my hands. I would say the XBox controller as well if it weren' t for the buttons. I can' t stand them.

ps1/ps2 controller is the most comfortable. that' s all that really matter for me

1:Xbox S

2:Dreamcast

I loved the SNES controller back in the day, I think it' s easily the best of its time. As for these days, Im going to have to second the Xbox notion, both Controller S and original model wise. I simply love the way both controllers feel... I also enjoyed the Dreamcast game pad, by the way. However, I can' t agree on the PS2/PSX controllers being at the same level as either the Xbox or Dreamcast ones. I always get cramps with Sony' s models, and although I owned a PSX and had a blast with it for a long time, the acking just killed experiences time and time again. It was alright, but I wouldn' t compare it to the other controller pads competitors have to offer right now.

In a simplistic list of best controller pads out there:

- Xbox
- SNES
- Dreamcast

1 - Dreamcast (perfect after I' d used the Saturn analogue for so long)
2 - Xbox (just a copy of the Dreamcast, essentially)
3 - Saturn analogue (nice and chunky)
4 - Jaguar (amazingly enough, though it looked like a box with far too many buttons, it was actually quite comfortable)
5 - Saturn 2nd controller (possibly the best pad ever for beat-em-ups)
6 - Megadrive (nice size, did everything, no complaints)
7 - GameCube (fits nicely, but sometimes I feel I' m going to break the shoulder buttons)
8 - SNES (felt a bit small and complex back then, but now just feels small)
9 - PlayStation/PS2 (weird, small but chunky, and I cannot stand the buttons)
10 - Saturn original (what the hell where they thinking?!?)
11 - NES (small, two action buttons, a pause and a SELECT, but still too small and uncomfortable)
12 - Master System (like the NES, but even less comfortable, and less buttons so you had to go to the console to pause it)

Well I did a qiuck bit on pad evolution back on GW a couple of years back.
Without doubt the SNES was a real step foward, followed by the Playstation, then PS2.
Other controllers have had some nice ideas, but when it comes down to it these 3 have been pratical in every way.

SNES are the best IMO.

And I' ve so gotten used to the PS2 controllers that they are very comfortable too.

PSX/PS2 controllers are the best ever designed, IMO.

The SNES controller runs a close second though, and I really like the S-Controller for the XBox. Ones I really hate are the original XBox, DC and GC controllers...uugh.

Now if you want to just go by comfort the GC controller wins that contest hands down. With that being said it' s not the best designed controller for anything though, only a few games really work well on that pad. The S-Class and PS2 controllers are the best control wise, offering a nice combination of comfort and control. I will say though that I prefer the Xbox controller over the PS2 for certain games, FPS' s for sure. But I also think the PS2 controller is a lot better for fighting games and sports titles. May be just me though...

The dreamcast is perfect for me, but thats probably due to the endless hours i spent using that pad!

DC pad? I just can' t see it myself? its ok for driving and platform games but for beat' em ups