The first one I really remember: Super Mario All-Stars for the SNES. I remember that when I had to make really long jumps in Lost Levels (one of the 4 games included), I would throw the controller (and myself) 3 foot to the right while I pressed the 'jump' button. Needless to say, this rarely worked.
Then I learned about the 'run' button.
Ah, Nostalgia. Yay for emulators!