{"id":319,"date":"2012-07-29T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=319"},"modified":"2012-07-11T20:25:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T20:25:13","slug":"onm-remembered-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=319","title":{"rendered":"ONM Remembered – #10"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The wheel also clamps to a desk or sits comfortably on your lap. 9\/10”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nfrom Official Nintendo Magazine issue 118 (July 2002)<\/p>\n

The N64 era for Official Nintendo Magazine kept up with a lot of third-party accessories. In the index of games (Total Test), you’d find reviews for third-party controllers, memory cards, rumble paks and other miscellaneous accessories. I suppose back in those days people were more adventurous with the kind of accessories they bought? I almost wanted to say “back in those days people had more money to throw around,” but I didn’t follow the economic growth in that year. I think I just wanted to say it because it’s the sort of thing anyone says in any conversation nowadays. Fuck you, recession, stop dictating the way we talk!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the GameCube era, you were lucky to find anything<\/em> about controllers or memory cards. Heck, I never even knew they even made<\/em> non-standard controllers for the GameCube! Seeing these while skimming through the old mags was a real eye-opener. I could have been playing Mario Kart Double Dash!!<\/em> with a proper wheel and pedals all that time ago! … and it still<\/em> wouldn’t have made the game any better!
\nThat Gamester Pro Racer controller looks absolutely bonkers. I’d love to know how it feels when used for non-racing games. Mind you, I’ve my own share of busted GameCube controllers, so I don’t need more that I’ll never use. Love that purple colouration, though. Why aren’t video game controllers pretty any more?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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