This was a very popular
PC game controller a couple years back. The Gravis Gamepad by
Gravis looked suspiciously like a
Super Nintendo controller, minus the "L" and "R" buttons at the top. Still, the Gravis was cheap, reliable, well-supported and could take a helluva beating (just what you need when you just got
fragged/wiped out/lost the game).
The controller had a 4-way control pad (with optional screw-on "stick"), four buttons, a "turbo" switch and a switch for reversing the controls. This was very practical for left-handed people, who could just flip the pad around. A novelty, since left-handed people are usually completely ignored in gamepad design. The Gravis hooked up via the old MIDI connector on the back of every soundcard.
Also:
The Gravis Gamepad is one of the few truly driverless controllers for Win9x.