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[Vieo]

And the guy who was trying to sell it on eBay?

I just remembered this when I woke up this morning, turned on the news and heard people were stealing those giant inflatible Sponge Bob balloons of the tops of burger king resturants and selling them on ebay. :lol

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Buy low, sell high!

 

[Mr. Lemming]

From e3 right?

I swear I walked in on the aftermath of that. I walked in one of the side theater booths they had there, which was now empty... I asked the few attendants who were talking about something there if I could play Smash Brothers and they were like... "Umm... yeah" and lo and behold there were only 3 controllers there. Didn't realize what happened until I read about it online a few days later.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Pics? I'm not too sure what this prototype controller looks like.

 

[ironichaos]

Go to Google images and type in "gamecube controller, e3 2001", the first controller you see, with all three buttons bean-shaped (rather than the round red button we have today) would be the prototype controller being referred to.

 

[Vormund]

I preferred that layout.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Bizarre! I can't imagine not having the B button as it is now.

 

[firex]

stolen e3 prototype = phantom controller

IT'S TRUE.

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

one of my controllers i got when it first came out, a third party one because they were sold out of nintendo ones, has bean b button on it.

 

[Drek]

The ass who bought it never sent the check, what a douche.

 

[neptunes]

?

 

[scarybore]

Oh that controller... Im sure there was another prototype controller that had much bigger handles, anyone got a image of that?

 

[Drek]

A Marine choked me out.
Now my girl's choking on the Marine. Semper Fi!

:lol

Only at GAF.

 

[fallout]

I preferred that layout.

Despite the fact that it had no Z button?

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Despite the fact that it had no Z button?

Since it's been in public it's always had the Z button. However, small button in a small image is not so easy to see.

Oh that controller... Im sure there was another prototype controller that had much bigger handles, anyone got a image of that?

Don't have it on me, but I remember it at IGNCube. Don't remember where it was displayed, but it was an even earlier version that had longer handles similar to the Virtual Boy controller.

 

[fallout]

Since it's been in public it's always had the Z button. However, small button in a small image is not so easy to see.

I always remembered people bitching that there weren't two shoulder buttons, so they threw in the Z trigger. I'm probably crazy though.

Anyway, I definitely remember the one with the long handles. Fran was using it with his girly hands.

 

[M3wThr33]

The controller is at my house, next to my collection of PSO figurines.

 

[The Faceless Master]

The controller is at my house, next to my collection of PSO figurines.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[joshschw]

IGN had a bigger one and other colors, make the Z button easier to see.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/084/084299p1.html

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I always remembered people bitching that there weren't two shoulder buttons, so they threw in the Z trigger. I'm probably crazy though.

I believe this was basically a rumor (probably accurate) about developers bitching, but by August 2000 it was there. Since then the changes are B button shape, color scheme for A/B, start button changing from a half-sphere to it's current flatness, the finish used on the controllers, handle length, and the digital clicks to the analog buttons; the latter might've been there much longer, but we didn't hear about it. There might've been some modifications to the analog sticks as well...

 

[Patrick Klepek]

i was right next to the guy who snipped it. at least, i think so. smash bros. was the first game i stepped up to when e3 opened that morning, and after we finished a match, we looked to our left, and a controller was missing.

 

[M3wThr33]

i was right next to the guy who snipped it. at least, i think so. smash bros. was the first game i stepped up to when e3 opened that morning, and after we finished a match, we looked to our left, and a controller was missing.

I was next to the guy who punched the hole in the giant Sega Happy Meal box. He got fed up trying to reach into the back. Someone felt around on the mirror side, felt a welt, said "Hey! There's a hole here, too!" and a big guy just rammed his hand through it and grabbed the toy.

Some Sega rep started freaking out.

Next day it was neatly trimmed, but the box was empty.

 

[Mason]

I just remembered this when I woke up this morning, turned on the news and heard people were stealing those giant inflatible Sponge Bob balloons of the tops of burger king resturants and selling them on ebay. :lol

:lol I was just thinking about doing that when I saw one of those on top of Burger King yesterday.