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Non-Sega ancestor of the Samsung Gam*Boy Controller?
Post Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 3:58 am
I happened to be reading a Wikipedia article today and came across this interesting picture. I think perhaps the unusual controller shape used in the Samsung Gam*Boy possibly came from the earlier Samsung SPC-1000 computer's controllers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPC-1000

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Electronics_joystick_SJ-1500_200...

The Gam*Boy one https://consolevariations.com/variation/controller/gam-boy-controller and the Gam*Boy II one https://consolevariations.com/variation/controller/gam-boy-controller-ii appear to me to use the same shape, possibly even the same injection molding tool
Samsung_Electronics_joystick_SJ-1500_20070531.jpg (435.14 KB)
Happily Zanny uploaded this to Wikimedia and placed it in the Public Domain!
Samsung_Electronics_joystick_SJ-1500_20070531.jpg

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 6:16 am
Apparently the wiring of the originals was MSX-compatible https://www.msx.org/wiki/Samsung_SJ-1500
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