I play on a modded Madkatz SE... Really easy to change the buttons and stick on those, and even if you don't it was a fairly solid piece of equipment begore I modded it.
I remember years ago watching a special on game designers. Peter Moleneux was talking about Populous and how when they were making it it wasn't that big a deal and how he still didn't see why it took off the way it did, as it was some fairly simple coding. He was soft spoken, and humble....
Now look at him today. He let it go to his head and now everything is supposed to be amazing and ground breaking, even when it's not. Oh how times have changed.