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Remembering ‘The Duke’

The history of home console gaming has seen its share of abominable controllers. From Intellevision’s disk and number pad combo attached with a phone-style cord, to Nintendo 64’s three-pronged torture device, to the controller so bad it was scrapped before it saw the light of day, the PS3’s bat-a-rang.