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What does /vr/ think of the original Playstation controller?

The ORIGINAL controller.

>> No.1795686

It's fine.. but after adding those analogs.. how can you even look back.

>> No.1795692

The only way to play Crash Bandicoot 1

>> No.1795694

Simple and comfy. One of the best d pads ever produced.

>> No.1795728

>>1795694
I agree. Played with it for a while on PC before I got a used Dualshock2...

What's your opinion on the vibration feature? I think it's a pretty useless gimmick...

>> No.1795753

Complete total shit. That d-pad is totally retarded. Full cross or bust. It's also pretty much as ergonomic as a NES controller.

>> No.1795761

>>1795753
>full cross

get a load of this pleb.

>> No.1795764

>>1795753
It's exactly as ergonomic as a more ergonomic SNES controller because that's what it is.

>> No.1795765

>>1795761
>liking the PS controller
>calling other pleb
Don't use words you don't understand.

>> No.1795771

>>1795764
Not it's not. The SNES controller is far from being perfect ergonomy wise but it's still way better than this thing.

>> No.1795772

>>1795765
>full cross
>can't even press two directions at once besides diaganol

shit tier

>> No.1795779

>>1795772
Because you can definitely do that with the PS controller right? Thanks for proving your ignorance and idiocy. I'm out.

>> No.1795780

>>1795779
>got rekt
>Im out

cya later fucker.

>> No.1795781
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1795781

Needs more Resident Evil controller

>> No.1795786

>>1795771
With the exception of the slightly different d-pad, the second set of shoulder buttons and the ergonomic gandles it's exactly the same as a SNES controller because that's what it started out as.

>> No.1795806

I still have my original PS controller. It no longer works and there's something rattling around inside of it. But I can't bring myself to throw it out.

>> No.1795814

>>1795772

Neither can the PS1 pad. You know that, right?

>> No.1795816

>>1795814
Just tried it. Worked.

>> No.1795829

>>1795781
If you need a special controller just for your game it's probably a sign you've mapped the controls badly.

>> No.1795831

>>1795816

The controller doesn't register it though.

>>1795728

To get the rumble in there they had to hollow out the controller interiors making them a lot more brittle and less hefty. Not worth it IMO

>> No.1795835

>>1795829
>implying you could remap the controls in Biohazard 1

>> No.1795837
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1795837

The GOATest controller

>> No.1795842

>>1795835
I meant that the devs mapped the controls badly.

>> No.1795846

>>1795842
Oh. Well yeah of course.


inb4 "muh surbibal howah muh tank controls"

>> No.1796047

>>1795686
This P.much. It worked great, but hard to go back.

>> No.1796052

I always thought it felt like a flimsy piece of shit. Terribly unergonomic, garbage D-pad, asshole button symbols instead of something easy to memorize and write.

>> No.1796061

Feels really light and floaty but I guess I just have gotten attuned to having rumble motors in controllers.

The missing twin sticks also throw me but it's not terribly distracting.

Otherwise it's alright. Ain't bad for Tekken.

>> No.1796123

Probably tied for my favorite digital input controller, along with the 2nd gen Saturn pad. Comfy and light, just the right amount of buttons.

>> No.1796151

>>1795685
At my house we call it the wish bone, every one wanted a piece!

>> No.1796162

>>1795772
why would you ever want to press left-right or up-down at the same time?

>> No.1796165

>>1795686

This.

It worked great when it was new but once the analog came out it was quickly obsolete.


I still have an original controller somewhere......

>> No.1797594

>>1795781
what the ever-loving fuck is that abomination and why have I never heard of it

>> No.1797606

>>1796052
>hard to memorize and write
>"I only know muh ABCs, I haven't passed shapes with support yet!"

>> No.1797619

Too small and way too light. The Saturn controller was way better. The Dual Analog Controller fixed all of its problems, but it was unfortunately replaced with the tiny and gimmicky Dual Shock.

>> No.1797636

>>1796165
It seemed nice when it was new because there wasn't really an alternative, and there were so many great things coming out for the Playstation back then. Never went back once the Dual Analog came out, though.
Until now, that is. My Playstation is now relegated to CD player position (early models have amazing DAC's, on pat with thousand dollar players), and it just seems to make more sense to use the simpler controller for that.

>> No.1797648

Not bad in terms of functionality, but way too light.

>> No.1797692

>>1797636
>(early models have amazing DAC's, on pat with thousand dollar players)
this is what retards actually believe

>> No.1798449

>>1797636
My dad sold ultra high end audio for 20+ years, and he never ever saw an original playstation being used for music. He tried one out once with the fancy equipment he had in his demo room, and the quality was super sub-par.

>> No.1798513

What's the big deal? They just ripped off the snes controller..

>> No.1798528

They're comfortable to hold due to the added ledges, and the incorporation of L2 and R2 was a good addition to the SNES formula.

However, I never liked the PS d-pad, and I don't like the rubber buttons Start and Select, SNES start and select were also made of rubber, but they felt better when pressed. Anyway I prefer normal plastic buttons like the Genesis one.

It's not a bad controller, but not great either.

>> No.1798534
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1798534

Did you know that the ORIGINAL original Playstation controllers were slightly smaller than the controllers after the US release? The smaller ones are on the right in this pic.

>> No.1798645

>>1798534
would you mind posting a better pic? like a juxtaposition of just the smaller and bigger one? can't really tell in that one

>> No.1798832
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1798832

>>1797594

>> No.1798838

>>1798832
why.webm

>> No.1798846

>>1798832
Is that real tea?

>> No.1798856

>>1798846
Yeah. There was a similar thing released in the Code Veronica press kit.

>> No.1798874

>>1795685
A crappy SNES clone.

>> No.1798882

>>1798832
>two R1s
>no square
>third cluster of shoulders as buttons instead of being shoulders
>comes with tea

What the fuck.

>> No.1798913

>>1795685
It's gross.

>> No.1798921

>>1795685
It was the dualshock before it hit puberty

>> No.1798926

I absolutely adore that Analog-less ps1 controller. It seems comfortable for just about any 2D game. But how can you hate the analogs of the future, you can't expect to control a 3D character and a camera without them right?

>> No.1798927

>>1798921
I have to disagree with you. The dualshock is infinitely superior.

>> No.1798940

>>1798832

does anyone know what the point of this bullshit is?

>> No.1798945

>>1798940
to make resident evil less annoying to play? before the days of dualshock?

>> No.1799065

>>1798945
>to make resident evil less annoying to play?
Not him, but I manage it just fine. Hell, I beat RE1 on the DS.

>> No.1799339

>>1795685

Dude used it to win Evo this year.

>> No.1800209

>>1795686

It may sound dumb and insignificant but the added weight from the analogs made the og playstation controller the best still for fighting games.

>> No.1800264

>>1798927
I think he's making a joke about how two balls grew between its legs.

>> No.1800270

>>1798534
Clean your fucking controllers holy shit.

>> No.1800291
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>>1798882
Interestingly enough, the PAL version seems to have switched the Square and X buttons. It also has a Turbo mode.
Right grip looks like a gun, not sure about the left one.

>> No.1800296
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>>1800291
And the missing Square/X (depending on the region) is probably assigned to the trigger.

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1800307

>>1798645
This page is all about it, though it's in Polish
http://strefapsx.pl/historia-pad-scph-1010/

This pic is the most dramatic.

>> No.1800515
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1800515

My weapon of choice : a SCPH-1180 pad. It`s heavier and slightly bigger than a SCPH-1200 Dual Shock. Also has a joystick mode, but I never used it. Don`t even know what games support it.

>> No.1801660

>>1795694

Hell no. I hate that fucking d pad.

My thumb was in pain every time I got done playing FF7 or MGS1 with that controller

>> No.1801673
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1801673

It was made obsolete two weeks before it was released.

>> No.1801683

>>1800291
>>1800296
looks like the left is supposed to be a vertical foregrip

it's also got some fake rails stuff on the upper left side. It's kind of cute in a hideous abomination sort of way

>> No.1801709

>>1795781
>two r1 buttons
>where the fuck is X

bro your controller belongs in a /vr/ veteran hospital.

>> No.1802118

>>1795685
DPad shape is good, material is hard and terrible and makes it unenjoyable to use. It's not dreamcast bad but it's still pretty bad. Face buttons are a tad stiff. Otherwise it'd be okay.
Lack of analog sticks limits it's usefulness for emulation and various other games. But without that it's usable.

>> No.1802287

reminder that the winner of ultra street fighter IV at this years EVO used a ps1 pad , and not a 200 dollar fightstick

>> No.1803978

>>1800515
Those analog sticks look comfortable, actually. Are they? I have the rounded "ball" ones.

>> No.1804698

>>1800515
Oh my god I want one.

>> No.1804876

>>1795781
Oh wow, the custom RE controllers were NEVER good, huh?

>> No.1804885
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>>1802118
I put DualShock 2 membranes in an old PS controller. Soo good.