Is there any website that shows all the controllers that exist?

[mcdonalds]

Hello, I was wondering if there was any website that shows all the controllers for every game console that exist, including 3rd Party Controllers?  I'm curious to see what's out there.  Thanks.

[NFG]

This, like the rarest game ever question, seems impossible.  There are so many Chinese clones and unheard-of Japanese  weirdisms and region-specific releases and colour variants...  Where do you draw the line?

I've got a box of a hundred different pads and a a dozen different joysticks, and I'm still nowhere.  A list of everything would be a very long list indeed.

[player_n2]

I agree. It is impossible to track down all the controllers.

A researcher I've met in the past is working on a book about the evolution of game controllers. It won't showcase all the controllers, but all the features (shapes, d-pads, joysticks, button layouts, ...) ever existed and how they have been changing over time.

He post some updates every now and then here:
http://gamecontroller.tumblr.com/

[panzeroceania]

I've probably got around 40 sticks and 30 pads. I don't know, maybe more. At some point I want to do a classy photo shoot but it is going to take a lot of time.

I'm also sort of OCD about certain things and I'm trying to complete sets before I show them off. With some of them I may just have to settle for missing 1 or 2 items in a mini collection.

There are so many 1 off controllers, even from big manufacturers that I try not to worry about having 100% completion.

What I like is collecting all that are like in a set. For example,

all 8-bit generation Ascii sticks
all of the 16/32 bit Hori fighting sticks
all Sega arcade sticks

I can't even get 100% on those, but still, 90% or 95% looks pretty sharp all sitting next to each other.

To give you some perspective, here is my current list, I probably have half of these, maybe 60%, but a lot I still have to track down

Ascii Stick
Ascii Stick Turbo
Ascii Stick JR
Ascii Stick X Turbo
Ascii Stick Engine
Ascii Stick Alpha
Ascii Stick Turbo II
Ascii Stick X Turbo II
Ascii Stick Turbo ? (possibly another kind of Jap PC or Atari, it has red and white buttons instead of all red like the MSX Ascii Stick X Turbo II)

Hori Joystick 7
Hori Joystick 7 Mk II

Hori Fighting Stick SFC
Hori Fighting Stick Multi (used for MegaDrive as there is no dedicated MD FS from Hori)
Hori Fighting Stick PS
Hori Fighting Stick SS
Hori Fighting Stick NEO
Hori Fighting Stick NEO 2

VF Real Arcade
VF Real Arcade ' (Dash)
PS Real Arcade
Hori Tekken 3 Stick
Hori Tekken Tag Tournament Stick
Hori Tekken 4 Stick
Hori Soul Calibur 2 (PS2)
Hori Soul Calibur 2 (GCN)

Capcom Power Stick (Famicom / Super Famicom)
Capcom Power Stick MD
Halken JB King Stick
Nintendo Score Master
Nintendo / Ascii NES Advantage
Nintendo / Ascii Super Advantage
Namco Stick
Konami Hyper Stick

Hori Virtua Fighter 4 Stick
Hori Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Red Stick
Hori Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution Blue Stick
Hori Command Stick Red
Hori Command Stick Blue
Hori Ehrgeiz Stick

Hori Real Arcade Pro
Hori Real Arcade Pro SA
Hori Real Arcade Pro SE
Hori Real Arcade Pro 2
Hori Real Arcade Pro 2 SA
Hori Real Arcade Pro 3
Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 SA
Hori Real Arcade Pro 3 SE
Hori Real Arcade Pro EX
Hori Real Arcade Pro EX SA
Hori Real Arcade Pro EX SE
Hori Real Arcade Pro V3
Hori Real Arcade Pro VX
Hori Real Arcade Pro VLX

Sega SJ-300
Sega Control Stick
Sega Arcade Power Stick (3 button)
Sega Arcade Power Stick 2 (6 button)
Sega Virtua Stick (HSS-0104)
Sega Virtua Stick (HSS-0136)
Sega Virtua Stick Pro
Sega Dreamcast Arcade Stick
Sega Virtua Stick High Grade

Ascii Fighting Stick SFC
Ascii Fighting Stick 3DO
Ascii Fighting Stick SS Black
Ascii Fighting Stick SS White
Ascii Fighting Stick V (PS)
Ascii Fighting Stick V Jr. (PS)

There are also several Ascii Fighting sticks for Dreamcast and PS2

Micomsoft XE-1
Micomsoft XE-1b
Micomsoft XE-1Pro
Micomsoft XE-1ST
Micomsoft XE-1ST2
Micomsoft XE-1Pro FC
Micomsoft XE-1Pro HE
Micomsoft XE-1Pro SG
Micomsoft XE-1 SFC

and that's just arcade sticks, and that's not all even all of them from those companies, that's just the highlights.

as far as pads there are

Micomsoft XE-1 AP
Micomsoft XPD-1 LR

Hori Commander Red FC
Hori Commander Black FC
Hori Commander White
PC Commander White
Hori Commander PC Black
Twin Commander White
SG Commander
Hori Commander SG

Hori Fighting Commander SFC Grey
Hori Fighting Commander SFC Black
Hori Fighting Commander SFC Gold
Hori Fighting Commander Garou Densetsu 2

There are several more variations for the SFC with minor tweaks like shoulder buttons, no shoulder buttons, shape differences, etc.

Hori Fighting Commander SS Black
Hori Fighting Commander SS White
Hori Fighting Commander SS Skeleton
Hori Fighting Commander PS Grey
Hori Fighting Commander PS Black
Hori Fighting Commander PS 2 Way
Hori Fighting Commander 3Do
Hori Fighting Commander N64
Hori Fighting Commander 3
Hori Fighting Commander 3 Pro

and again, there are still more yet, there are pads from Hudson, NEC Avenue, Konami, Acclaim, and others still.

Not to mention all the pirate and knock of stuff. I haven't even mentioned Mad Catz (part of the Gameshark, Saitek, Cyborg, Tritton, conglomerate), PDP (formerly Pelican), Nyko, etc.