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Did the original PC Engine controllers have a textured D-Pad? I bought the official PCE Mini controller by Hori recently and the D-Pad has kind of a rough texture on it, making it somewhat uncomfortable. My original US TG16 pad is smooth and pretty comfortable for quick maneuvering. Same thing with my "Old Skool" brand knock-off controller. I'm just wondering if this was an intentional attempt at accuracy on Hori's part or if they tried to "improve" it, because IMHO it kinda ruins it

>> No.6514919
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...anyone?

>> No.6514928

>>6514919
Uhhh I'll have to dig mine out of the closet and check they're smooth as far as the tg16 goes. I think pc engine is the same I havent touched mine in years

>> No.6514939

>>6514928
I'm thinking about taking the d-pad out of my knock-off TG16 controller that I never use and swapping it with the Hori. That would solve the problem, but I'm still curious why they made it like that

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>>6514909
I only have a PC Engine Duo pad but it's got a texture on the dpad, not smooth

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>>6514909
I have a few controllers. The US TurboDuo pad as you can see here has a light texturing on the cross section of the d-pad. Same with the SuperGrafx/CoreGrafx 1 pad. The Avenue pad 3 and the Avenue Pad 6 has the same slight texturing but with 3 bump friction lines. The 6 button pads from the Duo-RX and PC-FX have a different cross shape, but it too has a slight texturing. I do not have a CoreGrafx 2 pad, US Turbografx-16 pad, nor original PC-Engine pad (nor its turbo enabled variant you have pictured), so I cannot comment on how those are. The texturing is quite light so maybe with heavy use and calloused thumbs it could easily smooth out.

>> No.6518471

>>6514909
What the fuck did the toggle switches actually do?
I always just flipped them around for the optimal jump distance in Bonk and never saw another use for them

>> No.6519364 [DELETED] 

reported and saged lol

>> No.6519970

>>6518471
Those aren't turbo switches? Maybe how fast repeated presses are recognized.

>> No.6519994

>>6519970
I always thought it was adjustable per-button turbo. Kinda defeats the purpose of most SHMUPS, though, don't you think?

>> No.6520330

>>6519970
That's what they are

>>6519994
Doesn't defeat the purpose at all. If you'd played a few shmups you'd know that some don't give you the fastest, or even a steady, stream of shots with the fastest setting.

>> No.6521375 [DELETED] 

reported and saged 1

>> No.6521924 [DELETED] 

reported and saged 4

>> No.6522354 [DELETED] 

reported and saged let me bump off my last remaining comment on this website and then I will stop posting forever

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>>6514909
behold, the perfect PCE controller
also NES

>> No.6522695

>>6514909
How is the Hori controller in general? I found the one that came with the TG16 mini is a little stiff. Please looking to get a 2nd controller so I can play with the mrs.

>> No.6523505 [DELETED] 

That post doesn't exist anymore.

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>>6522375
>behold, me

>> No.6524585 [DELETED] 

huh?

>> No.6524880 [DELETED] 

huh?

>> No.6525986

Do the turbo switches work on PC, or is that a software thing?