10 Rare & Valuable Video Game Controllers You Might Own
7. GameCube Keyboard Controller
The Dreamcast is largely regarded as a colossal disaster. That being said, the saving grace is that it's impact it had on the gaming industry is perhaps even greater than its failure.
Being the first games console with internet connectivity, Sega could only look at PCs for inspiration and thus peripherals like the Dreamcast Mouse and Keyboard were a requirement for online surfing and gaming. When Phantasy Star Online, Sega’s online RPG, released on GameCube some time later, hardware developer ASCII returned to Sega’s keyboard idea.
The GameCube Keyboard Controller is exactly what it sounds like: the two halves of a Gamecube controller bolted onto the sides of a keyboard. It’s like that moment in cartoons when a character eats an entire sandwich whole and you see it move horizontally down their neck.
Just pick your keyboard up into the air and imagine playing with a controller that wide. It’s certainly not the most comfortable thought, and having to place it down to type a message and then pick it back up again over and over seems ultimately dreadful.
On top of this, those who have used the controller have complained that the keys were too small and typing on the thing wasn’t that easy which sort of negates its entire point.