- December 1993 - DOOM Shareware
- 1993 - Logitech Cyberman
- https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/12416/Logitech-Cyberman/
- http://www.edenwaith.com/blog/index.php?p=137
- March 1995 - Descent
- January 1996 - Duke Nukem 3D
- Fall 1996 - Quake comes out
- 1996 - Madcatz Panther XL
- 1996 - SpaceOrb 360
- 1997 - Logitech Wingman Warrior
- The manual is great! https://archive.org/details/logitechwingmanwarriorusermanual/page/n7/mode/2up
- 1997 - Logitech Cyberman 2
- 1998 - Thrustmaster Frag Master
- 1998 - Sidewinder freestyle pro
- Bad gamepad with sixaxis style motion control (pretty sure it’s just an accelerometer from reviews and price)
- Shipped with motocross madness!
- https://xbox.fandom.com/wiki/Microsoft_SideWinder_Freestyle_Pro
- 1999 - Sidewinder Dual Strike
- http://www.activewin.com/reviews/hardware/joysticks/microsoft/dual_strike/dual_strike4.shtml
- People really like this one
- Modern drivers: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=91087
- 2000 - Sidewinder game voice
- http://www.activewin.com/reviews/hardware/audio/ms_game_voice/index.shtml
- Used MSN messenger to connect, other players needed a viewer app to hear you
- Had PTT buttons for all-talk and only your teammates
- Did voice recognition too
- 2001 - iFeel Mouse
- http://www.dansdata.com/ifeel.htm
- 1997 Immersion patent kept this from coming to other mice. I wonder if the expiration allowed Apple to do the trackpad with haptics?
- 2007 - Novint Falcon
- https://www.slashgear.com/crysis-mod-for-novint-falcon-force-feedback-controller-2220044
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2008/03/novint-falcon-review/
- Eventually Valve supported a bunch of games.
- 2010 - released a driver that allowed support in pretty much every mouse + keyboard game
- 2015 - Steam Controller
- This one’s really funny because it goes the other way. By this point two-stick + aim assist controls for FPS games are really standard and pretty good. It uses touchpads to make it easier to play mouse + keyboard games on the couch
- Shoutout to the dual N64 controller config for Goldeneye and Perfect Dark