The controller also included two shoulder buttons, which were a new addition to console gaming at the time. The PlayStation 2 (PS2), released in 2000, maintained the same basic design as the PS1 ...

In fact, the controller owes a lot to its great-grandad, the PS2’s DualShock 2 controller. DualShock: the pioneer. Before we get to the DualShock 2, it’s important to quickly mention the original.

The idea behind this is simple, as this dongle allows you to use modern wireless controllers on PS1 and PS2 consoles. That's right, you can dust off your original PlayStation or PS2, insert the ...

Now, this is only present on the PS2 version of the controller. But when you pull it, it’s supposed to play a chainsaw-revving sound effect. I say ‘supposed to,’ because that functionality ...

All of that brutal history makes the official Fukkokuban Sega Saturn controller for the PlayStation 2 all the more of an oddity. Released in 2005 as a Japan-only collaboration between Sega and Sony ...