You probably haven't seen one of these before - back in 2002, Nintendo released an unwieldy variant of its GameCube controller with a full ASCII keyboard slap bang in the middle, allowing you to chat ...

In 2002 Nintendo released a ridiculous-looking GameCube controller with a keyboard embedded in it so that Phantasy Star Online players could type to their friends. In 2021 someone’s modded it into an ...

The GameCube featured one of Nintendo’s best controller designs of all time, and attempting to one-up the Big ‘N with a better alternative is no easy feat—as the ASCII keyboard controller demonstrates ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. At E3 2002 last week, Nintendo showed a hybrid of a keyboard and ...

Animal Crossing+, released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001, there are times when you need to input text, such as teaching words to residents and writing in a diary. However, this input method uses ...

Arguably one of the more fantastical and hilarious accessories for the GameCube was the ASCII Keyboard Controller, which quite simply sandwiched a keyboard between two halves of the console's standard ...

Background: The ASCII Corporation in the early 2000s released a quirky accessory that featured a keyboard wedged between what would otherwise be a pretty ordinary gamepad for the Nintendo GameCube.