The most useless button in a game.

[Smitty of the Tolchocks]

I remember start+select to reset on PS1 but I've never tried it on PS2.I assume it's the same on at least some games.

 

[drakenabarion]

The "Exit Game" button in World of Warcraft. Seriously, what kind of WoW player stops? =P

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Uhm, most useless button, eh?
Other than blinking in Alone in the Dark, I'd say the back button on the 360 controller, no idea what that does.

Oh yeah, he really trolled there.

The Pause/Break key on my keyboard. Never have I pressed it save for once, and it did nothing. I was expecting it to yano, pause the game. It did not. As such, it is the cleanest key on the keyboard: forever may it's uselessness shine.

Press the Windows Key + Pause/Break

Okay so there are much fewer uses but back in the day when DOS games were all the rage and Windows 95 crashed if you incorrectly setup the sound card and tried to play a DOS game, the Pause/Break key had alot of function.

Another useless key: Whats the point of the Music Note key on the PSP?

 

[Logic 0]

The Select Button on PS2.

It was rare that any game ever gave it a purpose.

You took the words out of my mouth.

 

[Monshroud]

Haha.. I also just finished Bioshock last week.. Frikking amazing game..
The plasmids you need are, Incinerate, telekinesis and the electrisity one, no other plasmid needed.. And fully upgraded Shotgun is without a doubt the best weapon..

Towards the end of the game I started to use Winter Blast because it is just fun. I agree those other 3 should always be available. Also the wrench is not to be overlooked. If you get all the slots opened up and the right tonics you can do a LOT of damage with one hit. Electroshock an enemy and 1 hit to the head is usually a kill.

 

[yossarian787]

Did anyone ever have to use any of the directional buttons on the N64 controller in any game besides Turok or South Park?

"The New Tetris," which was very much the same as the old tetris, used the D-pad.

 

[PyroZombie]

The Blink button I have to agree with.

 

[Spitfire175]

I'm going to be a rebel and say the right analog stick on the Xbob 360 controller.

 

[xavierxenon]

The "Exit Game" button in World of Warcraft. Seriously, what kind of WoW player stops? =P

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Uhm, most useless button, eh?
Other than blinking in Alone in the Dark, I'd say the back button on the 360 controller, no idea what that does.

Alright calm down, I play WoW myself, its only a joke.

 

[Asehujiko]

Hey, the 360's back button is very useful if you're developing games for it. Where else are you going to get a button that you're not going to include in your control scheme that you can use to instantly quit the game when debugging?

The PC? With 100+ buttons there's got to be SOMETHING that performs the same function as Alt+F4, like, say... Alt+F4?

 

[curty129]

The "Exit Game" button in World of Warcraft. Seriously, what kind of WoW player stops? =P

Oh snap xD

OT: The "Pause/Break" button on a keyboard. Never Ever used it, and haven't ever known it to be a default binded key in a game.

 

[MR T3D]

The "Exit Game" button in World of Warcraft. Seriously, what kind of WoW player stops? =P

Oh snap xD

OT: The "Pause/Break" button on a keyboard. Never Ever used it, and haven't ever known it to be a default binded key in a game.

it can pause many games
unlike 'scroll lock' THAT does nothing in any game

 

[Peanut Butter]

The reload button. If you have a chance to reload then you havent been fighting (and dying) hard enough!

 

[TPiddy]

I could name any number of them, but there were a bunch of early PS3 games that horribly mis-used the SixAxis feature of the controllers. I hate it when devs shove a gimmick down your throat. Then again, Sony probably made them .

 

[TheECP]

The windows key. Nobody uses that. And if you do, shut up, no you don't. Click the start button like everyone else.

 

[curty129]

The "Exit Game" button in World of Warcraft. Seriously, what kind of WoW player stops? =P

Oh snap xD

OT: The "Pause/Break" button on a keyboard. Never Ever used it, and haven't ever known it to be a default binded key in a game.

it can pause many games
unlike 'scroll lock' THAT does nothing in any game

Yeah, i kinda thought it might do something along those lines xD But i thought of mentioning the scroll lock. Well i guess scroll lock is useless outside of a game, and pause/break when in one.

Any other button..? Erm.. There is one button on my phone which i am certain does absolutely nothing.

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

Seriously, press the flashlight button to blink(Alone in the Dark)?

Sorry, but I can't top that. The blink but was without a doubt the most annoying button in any game I have ever played.

 

[Joa_Belgium]

Seriously, press the flashlight button to blink(Alone in the Dark)?

Do you need to keep pressing that all through the game?

No. Thank God, no. Mainly in the beginning of the game when you're in First Person Mode and your character is a bit sleepy (to clear your eyes from getting blurry). After that, it's pretty useless for the remainder of the game.

Why do I suddenly think about Abe's Odyssee? He had a fart button as well that did nothing special.

And oh yeah, those crosshair zoom buttons that just zoom in that tiny bit, without giving you the full crosshairs. If you want to give the gamers a zoom button to shoot more accurately, then give us the full crosshairs instead of teasing us with a zoom that's not even more accurate than when we zoom out.

 

[D0WNT0WN]

The button to pick shit up in GTA4 I only used it once.

 

[J-Alfred]

The square button for Wanted: Weapons of Fate on the PS3. Does absolutely nothing. I've died so many times because I'll be running up to some guy with intent to knife him in the face, the "press circle to fuck this guy over" icon will appear, and then the guy will shoot me in the balls and kill me because I was wailing on the square button the whole time. Seriously, who designs a game in which one button has absolutely no function? They could have at least let you use the knife with the square button and saved me some embarassing deaths.

 

[ben---neb]

Mouse Button 1 in just about every FPS I've ever played. There's just no need for it.