Quoted from Luckydogg420:You don’t. But sony will happily sell you DualShock ones later on.
If the controller plug is the same, then I might have to go digging in some boxes to see if I still have a wired controller.
I think it looked like a USB port for the controllers. Or at least a smaller proprietary one.
The thing about the old vs new was purely weight. Hardly any games took advantage of the dual joysticks. And the added weight of the rumble made them feel more durable.
I got my PSX right when the dual joysticks came out. So the one that came with the system didn't have rumble, and the extra controller I bought later did. I hated using the one without rumble. It just felt cheap.
And while I'm on a nostalgic trip, I wish I had my old system back. I bought it in '98 I think. I modded it up. I replaced the case with a transparent blue one, which means somewhere back at my parents place, I still have the original grey case almost like new in a box somewhere. And I also added a mod chip to be able to play copied games. Even official Japan imports. The game store I sold the system to were stoked when they were able to play one of their import games on it.
I used to go to all the Family video's, sign up for a new account, and for 30 days, you got like half off your rentals. I had a couple binders full of games for the system. And just a couple years ago, I decided to toss them all. Kinda wish I hadn't done that either. I even had Thrill Kill. The game never released.
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