List of game controllers

The following is a list of game controllers. It includes input devices that are notable and whose primary function is to control how the video games are played. Regional variants and models containing insignificant changes are not included.

Controllers

Name	Image	Platform	Specifications	Original release date	Refs
Magnavox Odyssey controller		Magnavox Odyssey	Connectivity: Magnavox Odyssey controller port Input: 3 knobs, 1 button	September 1972	[1]
Shooting Gallery		Magnavox Odyssey	Connectivity: Magnavox Odyssey controller port Input: 1 trigger, photodiode	September 1972	[2]
Atari CX40 joystick		Atari 2600	Connectivity: Atari joystick port Input: 1 digital button, eight-directional digital joystick	1978	[3]
NES/Famicom controller		NES	Connectivity: NES controller port Input: 4 digital buttons, D-pad, microphone (Famicom only)	July 15, 1983	[4]
NES Zapper		NES	Connectivity: NES controller port Input: 1 trigger, photodiode	February 18, 1984	[5]
Master System controller		Master System	Connectivity: Master System controller port Input: 2 digital buttons, D-pad	September 1986	[6][7]
NES Advantage		NES	Connectivity: NES controller port Input: 4 digital buttons, 2 adjustable knobs, 3 toggle buttons, 1 switch	1987	[8]
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive controller		Sega Genesis	Connectivity: Sega Genesis controller port Input: 4 digital buttons, D-pad	October 29, 1988	[9][10]
Nintendo Power Glove		NES	Connectivity: NES controller port Input: D-pad, A, B, Start, Select, Turbo Buttons	December 3, 1989
SNES/Super Famicom controller		SNES	Connectivity: SNES controller port Input: 8 digital buttons, D-pad	November 21, 1990	[11]
Gravis PC GamePad		DOS	Connectivity: DA-15 game port Input: 4 digital buttons, 2 switches, D-pad	1992	[12]
Menacer		Sega Genesis	Connectivity: Sega Genesis controller port Input: 4 buttons, 2 infrared transmitters	1992	[13]
Super Scope		SNES	Connectivity: 2nd SNES controller port Dimensions: 23 inches long Input: 3 digital buttons, 1 switch, photodiode	1992	[14]
6-Button Arcade Pad		Sega Genesis	Connectivity: Sega Genesis controller port Input: 8 digital buttons, D-pad	1993	[9][15]
Sega Saturn controller		Sega Saturn	Connectivity: Sega Saturn controller port Input: 9 digital buttons, D-pad	November 22, 1994
PlayStation controller		PlayStation	Connectivity: PlayStation controller port Input: 10 digital buttons, D-pad	December 3, 1994	[16]
Virtual Boy controller		Virtual Boy	Connectivity: Virtual Boy controller port Input: 2 D-pads, 6 digital buttons, power switch	July 21, 1995	[17][18]
Apple Pippin controller		Apple Pippin	Connectivity: P-ADB Input: 9 digital buttons, D-pad, trackball	March 28, 1996	[19]
Nintendo 64 controller		Nintendo 64	Connectivity: Nintendo 64 controller port, Controller Pak slot Input: 1 analog stick, 10 digital buttons, D-pad	June 23, 1996	[20]
SpaceOrb 360		PC	Connectivity: Serial Input: 6-axis rubber ball, 6 buttons	1996
ASCII Sphere 360		PlayStation	Connectivity: PlayStation controller port Input: 6-axis rubber ball, 10 buttons, D-pad
3D Pad		Sega Saturn	Connectivity: Sega Saturn controller port Input: 7 digital buttons, 1 analog stick, 2 analog triggers, 1 toggle switch, D-pad	July 5, 1996
Dual Analog Controller		PlayStation	Connectivity: PlayStation controller port Input: 10 digital buttons, 2 clickable analog sticks, 1 toggle button, D-pad	April 25, 1997	[21]
DualShock		PlayStation	Connectivity: PlayStation controller port Input: 10 digital buttons, 2 clickable analog sticks, 1 toggle button, D-pad	November 20, 1997
Dreamcast controller		Dreamcast	Connectivity: Dreamcast controller port, 2 expansion sockets Input: 1 analog stick, 2 analog triggers, 5 digital buttons, D-pad	November 27, 1998	[22]
DualShock 2		PlayStation 2	Connectivity: PlayStation controller port Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 8 pressure-sensitive buttons, 2 digital buttons, 1 toggle button, pressure-sensitive D-pad	March 4, 2000
Nintendo GameCube controller		GameCube	Connectivity: GameCube controller port Input: 2 analog sticks, 2 clickable analog triggers, 6 digital buttons, D-pad	September 14, 2001	[23]
Xbox controller (aka The Duke)		Xbox	Connectivity: Xbox controller port, 2 Memory Unit slots Dimensions: 6.5 × 5 × 3 in Input: 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 digital buttons, 6 pressure-sensitive buttons, D-pad Mass: <16 oz.	November 15, 2001	[24][25]
Xbox Controller S		Xbox	Connectivity: Xbox controller port, 2 Memory Unit slots Input: 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 2 digital buttons, 6 pressure-sensitive buttons, D-pad	2002
Xbox 360 controller		Xbox 360	Connectivity: USB, wireless (proprietary 2.4 GHz protocol), 2.5 mm headset jack Input: 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 10 digital buttons, D-pad	November 22, 2005	[26]
Sixaxis		PlayStation 3	Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 analog triggers, 6 pressure-sensitive buttons, 3 digital buttons, pressure-sensitive D-pad, accelerometer, gyroscope	November 11, 2006	[27]
Wii Remote		Wii	Connectivity: Bluetooth, Accessory connector port (400 kHz I²C) Input: 8 digital buttons, accelerometer, D-pad, gyroscope (Wii Remote Plus only), infrared sensor	November 19, 2006	[28]
Nunchuk		Wii	Connectivity: Accessory connector plug (400 kHz I²C) Input: 1 analog stick, 2 digital buttons, accelerometer,	November 19, 2006	[29]
Classic Controller		Wii	Connectivity: Accessory connector plug (400 kHz I²C) Input: 2 analog sticks, 2 clickable analog triggers, 9 digital buttons, D-pad	November 19, 2006
DualShock 3		PlayStation 3	Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 analog triggers, 6 pressure-sensitive buttons, 3 digital buttons, pressure-sensitive D-pad, accelerometer, gyroscope	November 11, 2007	[27]
Classic Controller Pro		Wii	Connectivity: Accessory connector plug (400 kHz I²C) Input: 2 analog sticks, 11 digital buttons, D-pad	Early 2009
PlayStation Move		PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4	Connectivity: Bluetooth, mini-USB port Input: 1 analog trigger, 8 digital buttons, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer	September 15, 2010	[30]
PlayStation Move Navigation controller		PlayStation 3	Connectivity: Mini-USB port Input: 1 analog trigger, 1 clickable analog stick, 4 digital buttons, D-pad	September 15, 2010	[30]
Kinect for Xbox 360		Xbox 360	Connectivity: USB 2.0 Dimensions: 282 × 68 × 70 mm Input: 1 RGB camera, 2 infrared depth sensors, four-microphone array Mass: 1360 g	November 4, 2010	[31]
Wii U GamePad		Wii U	Connectivity: Proprietary wireless, Accessory Connector port, AC adapter port, headset jack, near-field communication Input: 13 digital buttons, 2 clickable analog sticks, touchscreen, D-pad, accelerometer, front-facing camera, infrared transceiver, gyroscope, magnetometer, microphone, slider	November 18, 2012	[32][33]
Wii U Pro Controller		Wii U	Connectivity: Bluetooth Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 13 digital buttons, D-pad	November 18, 2012
Ouya Controller		Ouya	Connectivity: Bluetooth Dimensions: 163 x 109 x 53.5 mm Input: 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 2 analog triggers (LT, RT), 2 shoulder buttons (LB, RB), 5 digital buttons (O, U, Y, A, Menu), Touchpad, and Digital D-Pad Mass: 275 g	June 25, 2013	[34]
DualShock 4		PlayStation 4	Connectivity: Bluetooth, Micro-USB, 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, extension port Dimensions: 161 × 57 × 100 mm Input: 9 digital buttons, 2 analog triggers, 2 clickable analog sticks, accelerometer, D-pad, gyroscope, two-point capacitive clickable touchpad Mass: 210 g	November 15, 2013	[35][36]
Xbox Wireless Controller		Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S	Connectivity: Propriety Wireless, Micro USB (revisions prior to Elite Series 2), USB-C (Elite Series 2 and third revision), 3.5 mm stereo audio jack (after first revision), Bluetooth 4.0 (second revision), Bluetooth LE (third revision) Dimensions: 153 × 102 × 61  mm Input: 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 2 analog triggers (LT, RT), 2 shoulder buttons (LB, RB), 9 digital buttons (Y, B, A, X, Menu, Options, Home), 1 Share button (third revision) and Digital D-Pad	November 22, 2013
Kinect for Xbox One		Xbox One	Connectivity: USB 3.0 Dimensions: 249 × 66 × 67 mm Input: 1 RGB camera, 1 infrared depth sensor, four-microphone array Mass: 1.4 kg	November 22, 2013	[31]
Steam Controller		Linux, Mac OS, Windows	Connectivity: Micro-USB, wireless Input: 2 clickable analog triggers, clickable analog stick, 2 clickable touchpads, 9 digital buttons, accelerometer, gyroscope	November 10, 2015	[37][38][39]
Joy-Con		Nintendo Switch	Connectivity: Bluetooth; R: near-field communication Dimensions: 102 × 35.9 × 28.4 mm Input: Accelerometer, gyroscope; L: 10 digital buttons, clickable analog stick; R: 10 digital buttons, clickable analog stick, infrared motion camera Mass: L: ≈ 49.3 g; R: ≈ 52.2 g	March 3, 2017	[40]
Nintendo Switch Pro Controller		Nintendo Switch	Connectivity: USB-C, Bluetooth, near-field communication Input: Accelerometer, gyroscope; 13 digital buttons, 2 clickable analog sticks	March 3, 2017
Google Stadia Controller		Google Stadia	Connectivity: Wi-Fi, USB-C, Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2 (BLE), 3.5mm stereo headset jack Dimensions: 163 x 105 x 65 mm Input: 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 analog triggers (L2, R2), 2 shoulder buttons (L1, R1), 9 digital buttons (Y, B, A, X, Menu, Options, Capture, Google Assistant, Stadia), and Digital D-Pad Mass: 268 g	November 19, 2019	[41][42]
Sinden Light Gun		Windows, Linux	Connectivity: USB-A Input: D-pad, 4 buttons	September 2020	[43]
DualSense		PlayStation 5	Connectivity: USB-C, Bluetooth 5.1, 3.5mm TRRS (OMTP) stereo headset jack Dimensions: 160 × 66 × 106 mm Input: 6 axis motion sensing (3 axis accelerometer, 3 axis gyroscope), 2 clickable analog sticks, 2 analog triggers, 9 digital buttons, D-pad, 2 point capacitive touchpad with click mechanism (see buttons) Mass: 280 g	November 12, 2020
Amazon Luna Controller		Amazon Luna	Connectivity: Wi-Fi, USB-C, Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2 (BLE), 3.5mm stereo headset Dimensions: 156.4 x 107.6 x 58.5 mm Input: 2 clickable analog sticks (offset), 2 analog triggers (L2, R2), 2 shoulder buttons (LB, RB), 8 digital buttons (X, Y, A, B, Home, Action, Menu, Microphone), and Digital D-Pad Mass: 281.5 g	March 1, 2022	[44][45][46]

Mice

The following is a list of gaming mice, mice which are designed specifically to play games:

Name	Image	Platform	Specifications	Original release date	Refs
Super NES Mouse		SNES	Connectivity: SNES controller port Input: 2 buttons	July 14, 1992	[47]
PlayStation Mouse		PlayStation	Connectivity: PlayStation controller port Input: 2 buttons	December 3, 1994	[48][49]

See also

• N-Control Avenger, an attachment for video game controllers