/vr/ - Retro Games

I had this as a kid, looking at this photo now, I realize it was made by "STD", I think AVGN mentioned them (and noted the strange company name) in one of his episodes.
It wasn't bad as far as I remember, although probably the d-pad wasn't better than on an actual SNES controller.
The main gimmick it had was having a small LCD screen where you could set a combination of buttons and then map it to one of the external 3 buttons around the ABXY face ones, so you could have automatic buttons for the hadouken motion or whatever.

Yeah this translucent bad boy till I dropped it and got damaged

>>6120981
Stuff that InterAct made can't possibly be considered second-party. They distributed stuff like the Action Replay in the US under the name GameShark, so I doubt any of the manufacturers would license their controllers.

A bit offtopic but does anyone know some games that come with a special controller (like some of those fishing games)?

My weapon of choice, even on my Wii.

>>6120897
ASCII's grip controller is good for playing Quake 2 with the mouse, as it's more comfortable than holding a normal gamepad in one hand.
Their arcade sticks are great too.

I had an arcade style gamepad that I use for a lot of SNES fighting games. Makes it a ton of fun, especially with games like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat

>>6121248
This. Used it exclusively for the shape doubt I even ever used the switches. It was just a great well built controller, and I liked the colors. Don't know how I lost it.

>>6121248
All these years later, this is still the best non-first-party controller I've ever used.

Hori made this. It's called the Hori "Small & Pretty." It's really, really small. If I use my muscle memory to reach for the pause button I push select.

I played through part of FF1 on PS1 with that one-handed ASCII thing. No real reason, but it was fun. Plus if my hand ever gets gnawed off in an industrial accident I can still play vidya.

>>6121386
>Used it exclusively for the shape doubt I even ever used the switches
Why? It's exactly the same as a regular controller except for the top part where you normally don't touch anyway and the switches which you said you didn't use.

>>6121015
That donkey Kong rhythm game that came with bongos

>>6120897
Those are useful for when I have vintage gay porn playing on the other PVM and I need to free up my right hand while I continue leveling up in my game.

>>6122437
Based.

>>6121015
ASCII made this abomination for the game Biohazard, which is better known as Resident Evil outside of Japan.

Yeah, I have a few of them for the PS1. I usually try to beat games that weren't designed for them, just beat the first Crash game with the one in OP's pic recently. Also the mouse, arcade sticks and pic related. I'm a DDR fan so it was a no brainer for me, makes for some amusing challenges.

Playing Wipeout without a NeGcon is inconceivable to me.

>>6120897
Grip = GOAT

People just obviously don't play real video games as casually as we did back then or there'd be a market for these Ben Heck designs. I'd buy one.

Hm

>>6120941
>STD

>>6120897
Fuck no. Those offbrand pieces of shit break in a couple months.

>>6123550
Funny you should talk about grip controllers on /vr/...

>>6123787
You still gotta use two of them - although it would be nice if there were a gyro mod for the right analog of an Xbox controller

>>6123657
>ASCII
>offbrand

>>6124221
Your pic related is "people" who buy offbrand controllers.

>>6124227
This thread is about second-party controllers, not shitty offbrands. Read the OP.

>>6124229
You're a fucking brainlet.

>>6121269
>the fucking golf balls

>>6120897
I had many. I don't use any today. Mostly because most are shit. Your ASCII controller being an excellent example of the kind of low build quality a lot of them have. And also because they have more value as a novelty and breaking them by using them when superior modern alternatives are available is just retarded.

>>6126236
What are you talking about? ASCII and Hori always seem to be the same quality as the first party ones.
>superior modern alternatives are available is just retarded
What modern alternatives are there that aren't just inferior copies of the first party controllers without turbo buttons or anything like that?

>>6126462
Is the Hori Fight Commander any good? If not what would be better?

>>6126498
Hori is still considered to be good and both Nintendo and Sony are licensing that manufacturer, it should be great if you're looking for a USB controller with the Saturn layout. The asymmetric shape seems a bit weird, but what do I know.

>>6126462
I'm talking about the poor quality of the things you say "seem to be the same quality as the first party ones". Not sure why it seems that way to you but I'm guessing it has a lot to do with not a lot of experience using them and having never bothered to look under the hood. Do a bit of those and then we'll talk. ASCII and Hori stuff is literally just inferior copies of the first party controllers with turbo buttons.

>>6120897
I used Hori and Ascii pads. Primarily for Capcom fighting games when a Saturn pad was not an option. I really wanted the Treamcast pads, but Sony closed up Lik-Sang.

>>6128959
Nice collection of wires. What are those weird thing they're attached to?

>>6122628
damn this looks so cool
>>6121015
image related came with ridge racer 4, there was also another famous hori controller for ridge racer but i don't know if it came with the game.

>>6128959
I remember that Dreamcast pad, it was quite the item as far as demand went, I just got a SS adapter and used my gray japanese pads.

>>6128970
Consoles, sometimes adapters.

>>6128989
These days, the adapter is the better option as there are so many new Sega Saturn pads released.

>>6129012
I had the adapter on the right, Total Control 3, I wonder how much it goes for these days. I sold everything since I got tired of the DC library. Retro Bit is making a DC controller with 6 face buttons and the SS d-pad.

https://www.obscuregamers.com/threads/retro-bits-new-dreamcast-prototype-controller-first-look.477/

>>6126548
Horis is shit, the deadzones are always ass

>>6129012
The manufacturer supposedly still sells most of their products. I've never ordered direct from them though so it's at your own risk.
http://www.hkems.com/m_main.htm

>>6121386
The only time I ever used the switches was for Super Metroid bomb jumping

>>6121248
These things are fucking blessed, I got some beat up on eBay years back for $6-7 each and cleaned them up perfectly inside and out. Button mashing shootemups require these.

>>6129147
>i sold everything to buy weed
Why do you faggots always do this shit? Regardless, you sold at the right time. These sort of things are becoming increasingly worthless as making them has literally become childs play. I was offered one for $20 the other day and just laughed and walked away while the guy begged me to make a counter offer. So probably they probably go for $50+$50 shipping on eBay.

>>6129150
>printing an entire controller shell on cheap ass printer with .4mm nozzle
>$20
>showing the hideous results to the world
>priceless
Do look forward to seeing the finished product though

I'm playing PC games with the thing OP has in his post in one hand in combination with one of these for mouse in other hand and it's pretty sweet.

>>6132783
so you invented a wiimote + nuncuck?

>>6132851
If only he could invent reading comprehension