Steel Battalion (2002)

Capcom sold this mech simulation with a huge controller of around forty buttons, two joysticks and three pedals that mirrors a Vertical Tank's cockpit. Starting up means flipping switches in the right order, the cockpit screens get smudged and need the wiper, and if your machine is about to be destroyed you have to lift a cover and hit the eject button in time, or your save is deleted. It is expensive to collect now, but nothing else makes an interface this physical.