Sony's Dual Shock Analogue Controller for the PlayStation is arguably the best gamepad yet created. If not, it is, at the very least, the most prevalent of the modern controllers, with well over a hundred million units floating around out there. There's a pretty good chance you have one - or know where you could get your hands on one, cheap or free. Breathing new life into the old controller, Soyo's Kiki-Joy USB Adapter lets the otherwise-exclusive PSX controller work on a Win98/2000/Me/XP PC.

Since there are more than 110 million Nintendo GameBoys in the world, all of which feature a dinky little LCD screen and an exasperating lack of backlighting, Nyko carves a humongous niche for itself as purveyors of the Zoom Light.

Where brand name hardware from the likes of Microsoft, Madcatz, Logitech and InterAct can only pretend at durability with their polycarbonate plastic racing wheels and appendages, Canadian based Act Labs offers absolute beefcake with their Force RS (Racing Systems) and RS Shifter ensemble.