This paper aims to review and compare some methods used to control 2D overhead cranes. The properties of the controllers are categorized based on their structure, feedback type (open-loop, collocated, and noncollocated), and their stability (local, global, regulation and tracking). Subsequently, a new model is used to describe the system's behavior more accurately. The model consists of a pendulum with a large number of links attached to a cart, allowing to study global nonlinearities as well as cables' flexibility and vibration, simultaneously. The controllers are then studied by extensive numerical simulations under the regulation and tracking scenarios.