Sunday, April 7, 2013

Nintendo 64 Controllers


On facebook, I got into a conversation with my younger brothers and their friend in which I raised the question: Why did Nintendo 64 controllers have three handles? 
The third prong just seems superfluous, antiquated, and downright silly, right?

After some further discussion in which a few theories were proposed, I had an epiphany.

Adina OH--I got it. Light bulb moment. 
One handle was so you could scratch your face w/o taking your hands off the controller in the middle of an intense Mario Kart race.


MYSTERY SOLVED!





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