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Nintendo 64
While it wasn’t the first console to be focused on 3D gameplay, and oh we’ll get there, the Nintendo 64 was the home of many titles that influenced game design to this day. It earns this specific entry on this list however because of Nintendo’s introduction of the Analog Stick. The stick, by being omni-directional and pressure sensitive, introduced a natural feeling way to move in 3D space in a way that the universal D-Pad was not fit for, and even changed the competing PlayStation brand forever…
