The Gravis Gamepad was obviously heavily inspired by the European SNES or Super Famicom controller by Nintendo, but it didn't feel nearly as good. And if you're asking me, you can't beat the SNES controller for platformers. It's just perfect. I've used a lot of gamepads on my old DOS PC, but they never came close. So anything that resembles that controller as much as possible will do.

For most other types of games, the Sidewinder was loved by many, and an absolute must-have for any PC (game) collector.