GameCube Arcade Stick - GameCube

Logic 3's Arcade Stick is a perfect solution to the problem, since it's both cheap and well constructed. It has a good solid feel, a hefty metal joystick and even a built-in rumble pack. There's also a turbo button for setting up an auto-fire mode for shoot-'em-ups. This makes the Arcade Stick perfect for other arcade games such as Ikaruga.

To round things off, the Arcade Stick has a three-way switch that lets you choose the C-stick, the D-pad or the joystick that simulates the GameCube controller's main analogue stick. Buttons cannot be programmed through the hardware, but since that sort of carry-on is tantamount to cheating it's no great loss. --David Jenkins