The Nintendo 64's trident-shaped controller went from being strange and unwieldy to retro-cool. If you want to use one with a PC, it's surprisingly easy.

Unlike more modern controllers, players would easily be able to use both the d-pad and the joystick on the N64 controller. But that theory hasn't proved as useful as the original design intended ...

The controller is designed identically to the original N64 version, except you can use it without that stupid wire.

We’ve seen NES, SNES, Sega, and just about every weird controller Atari put out connected to microcontrollers, but connecting the N64 controller to a project has remained one of those seldom ...

The Nintendo 64 controller may have been strange-looking, but its pioneering use of a joystick for navigating 3D environments in games was a pivotal moment in gaming history.

[Larsim] worked out the timing necessary to read button and joystick data from an N64 controller using an ATtiny85 microcontroller. The project was spawned when he found this pair of controllers in… ...

The story of the N64 controller's design is even weirder than the controller itself.