/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.6698776]

What's the best retro controller? For me, it's the NES controller.

[Anonymous No.6698794]

>>6698776
If you're a hardcore gamer and have multiple hour long sessions the sharp corners start to get uncomfortable after a while. I like the Neo Geo CD pad with the clicky thumb stick, the Japanese Saturn pad (white one) and the GameCube controller best.

[Anonymous No.6698798]

>>6698776
Genesis 6-button, Jap Saturn, Hori N64 Mini Pad, NES bone, and SNES controllers are all good-to-great. There's also one version of the original PS1 controller--might be JP only (I only have one) that has a surprisingly good d-pad; the rest of my PS1 controllers all have shit d-pads

[Anonymous No.6698809]

>>6698798
NES bone is great but the claw grip is seriously the only reason why I use the og controller to play games instead

[Anonymous No.6698821]

>>6698809
What do you like about the claw? Aside from it keeping the sharp corners at a distance

[Anonymous No.6698824]

SNES

[Anonymous No.6698856]

for me also snes it just feels better in the hands

[Anonymous No.6698870]

[Anonymous No.6698935]

>>6698870
Nintendo Playstation spirituality successor

[Anonymous No.6698950]

>>6698794
Gamecube controller's awful for retro with that button layout and malnourished d-pad.

[Anonymous No.6699403]

>>6698776
Saturn Horipad.

[Anonymous No.6699408]

>>6698798
>There's also one version of the original PS1 controller--might be JP only (I only have one) that has a surprisingly good d-pad
Any of ASCII's controllers? Pic related was only sold in Japan, but there are other non-analog controllers by them with the same dpad.

[Anonymous No.6699412]

For me it's the Negcon: intelligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor

[Anonymous No.6699413]

>>6698950
who said I use them for retro

[Anonymous No.6699414]

>>6699412
Indispensable for Wipeout, just really weird for any other racing game.

[Anonymous No.6699960]

>>6698776
>8-Bit.
Famicom dog bone controller.
>16-Bit
Mega Drive 6 Button.
>32-Bit
Sega Saturn.

[Anonymous No.6699996]

>>6699960
>Famicom dog bone controller.
The angle of the AB buttons is wrong. Very uncomfortable to use.

[Anonymous No.6700008]

>>6698870
logical evolution of the snes pad and honestly amazing. i'm biased cause i grew up with it but there's a reason sony stuck with it for 3 gens

[Anonymous No.6700065]

>>6699996
Really? First time I've ever heard that. It's a lot more comfortable than the angular NES controller that's for sure.

[Anonymous No.6700072]

>>6700008
It's pretty much a blatant copy (except for the shitty d-pad). All they did was add another set of shoulder buttons and some handles.

The analogue sticks came later after the N64 came out and popularised analogue controls, Sony just added a second stick in place of the C-Buttons.

[Anonymous No.6700073]

>>6700065
Yes, absolutely. Think about the orientation of your thumb, you can't "hover" over a button and strike it with the hinge of your thumb, while pressing the other with the tip. In order to hinge on both you need to sandwich your thumb between the buttons. It's clearly meant to emulate the SNES style to an extent, but the angle is wrong. On the SNES it's far easier to rest on B/Y, and the buttons are even designed to accomodate this, with A/B being concave and X/Y being convex, comfortable resting against your thumb.

[Anonymous No.6700083]

>>6700072
>>6700072
>The analogue sticks came later after the N64 came out and popularised analogue controls,
Which came out after the Saturn analog joystick controller. Don't act like Nintendo invented the concept. As I said, I grew up with it and am biased. The d-pad is perfectly good, though the default Nintendo d-pad is better.

[Anonymous No.6700087]

>>6700073
I've never had to think about the orientation of my thumb because it's never been a problem. Like I said, first time I've ever heard this.

[Anonymous No.6700093]

>>6700083
Popularised*

[Anonymous No.6700094]

>>6700087
I think you might need more hands on time with the controller then. It's the issue people usually have with the controller.

>>6700083
I'm personally fond of the sense of depth on the PS1 pad. It's like a middle ground between saturn (very deep) and nintendo (shallow)

[Anonymous No.6700095]

>>6700008
>i'm biased cause i grew up with it
Sums up /vr/ tbqh

[Anonymous No.6700103]

>>6700083
In your fit of rage, not only did you tag that post twice you even quoted "Popularised" before you went on your misguided rant.

[Anonymous No.6700109]

>>6700094
No I don't think I do, I think you just can't accept that I don't have a problem using it.

[Anonymous No.6700115]

>>6700109
That's a new one.

[Anonymous No.6700119]

>>6700115
It's quite clear to me, I've owned an AV Famicom since the mid 90s

[Anonymous No.6700124]

>>6698776
>Nes
>Genesis
>Dualshock
>Snes
>Atari 2600
>GBA SP

[Anonymous No.6700127]

>>6700095
At least I admit it.

[Anonymous No.6700134]

>>6700127
I wish more would

[Anonymous No.6701935]

Personally I'd say the PS1 controllers are my favourite. I suppose PS2 are slightly better but I don't like the pressure-sensitive buttons, I prefer clicky/responsive ones.

I just bought 2x 8Bitdo SF30 PRO Bluetooth controllers for all my PC gaming (emulation etc) - did I done goofed or done good?

I don't care about the SNES style at all and would prefer the handles like on psx+ controllers.

[Anonymous No.6702387]

>>6698776
>best
subjective, so who cares.

[Anonymous No.6702395]

[Anonymous No.6702402]

>>6701935
>did I done goofed or done good?
they're fine so long as you open them up and replace the included dpad circle.

[Anonymous No.6704316]

Nintendo had no idea what the fuck they needed to do to make a controller that could play fully 3D games, but I really like the shape of the grips and how the analog stick is at the exact center above the middle grip, instead of offset in some way like every other controller. The Z button being directly under the grip where your fingers naturally rest instead of at the back and top of the controller like the L and R buttons was great too. The middle grip always felt really nice to hold to me, it's a really pleasant joystick to use.

I really wish even a single other controller had ergonomics like this, the closest thing is the fucking Wii nunchuck but that's literally just half a controller where the other half is a rectangle. Every third party N64 controller replacement just does some madkatz shit or just makes it a gamecube controller and it sucks.

[Anonymous No.6704557]

>>6702402
ok kek so I'm guessing this thread I saw a moment afterwards *is* taking the piss out of the controller I just bought:
>>6698817

OK so what replacement dpad circle do I get?

[Anonymous No.6704569]

>>6699403
more like horrible pad

[Anonymous No.6704593]

>>6704557
>OK so what replacement dpad circle do I get?
pretty much any one, like the other thread says 8bitdo for some god forsaken reason made the dpad sharp edges underneath.
Literally any Aliexpress knock off would fix the problem.

[Anonymous No.6704601]

>>6704593
Cool ya I read the other post by now saying to gut any cheap knockoff controller... I'll try to get the individual parts if I can find it

[Anonymous No.6704603]

>>6704601
I mean wait for your controllers to arrive first so you can at least test and see if you have the issue.
It's widespread but there's always the chance they realized how fucked their design was and fixed it.

[Anonymous No.6704615]

>>6704603
That's exactly what I'm thinking. Hopefully! Clicky d-pads probably isn't going to bother me as much as the more heavily autistic people here anyway.

[Anonymous No.6704628]

>>6704615
it's not a click, it's a scrape like the other post said.
sharp plastic on plastic everytime you press right dpad.
I saw some people "fixed" it by sanding it down or rotating it in the housing, but if you have the issue it's probably easiest to just pop in a different SNES dpad as the controllers luckily use the same size for buttons as the original SNES controller.

[Anonymous No.6704636]

>>6704628
Okay thanks. I'll try to fix before replacing.