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Which had the better d-pad?

>> No.7033835

MD, is that even a question?

>> No.7033848

SNES, is that even a question?

>> No.7033901

>>7033829
Neither

>> No.7033910

I never liked the 3-button pad d-pad, the 6-button one is much better.
That said, between these 2, I prefer SNES.
SNES and Saturn are my 2 favorite d-pads ever, each with their own strength. Saturn's d-pad is like an improvement upon MD Model 2's.
SNES d-pad is just the classic cross shaped d-pad, can't beat the classic.

>> No.7033952

>>7033829
it depends on what game i always preferred playing street fighter with a genesis controller

>> No.7034026

>>7033829
SNES. It's not the only one that is still relevant for no reason.

>> No.7034029

SNES until the xbox360 controller came out

>> No.7034057

6-Butts Mega Drive>SNES>3-Butts Mega Drive

>> No.7034083

>>7033829
Short cord Genesis d-pad is one of the worst fucking d-pads ever made. So stiff and sharp. On the other hand the later long cord Genesis d-pad is one of the best ever made.

SNES's d-pad's great too but seems to wear out after years of Street Fighter II/Mortal Kombat abuse, but I prefer its button layout too.

>> No.7034092

>>7034029
nigga wtf. 360 rocker dpad is god awful.

I prefer MD but both my MD and SNES dpads are pretty old and worn at this point.

>> No.7034094

>>7034029
lmao what, Xbox 360 is known for having one of the shittiest d-pads the men ever produced

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7034106

Genesis D-pad wears very unevenly from all the holding right to win

>> No.7034115

>>7033829
SNES d-pads are really mushy and these days even the PCBs aren't holding up. 3-button genesis d-pads came in a ton of variations but they're all generally good with a clean travel and deliberate sense of input the SNES lacks.

Not sure why anyone actually likes the SNES d-pad.

>> No.7034116

>>7034106
delete this

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>>7033829
the 6 button controller D-pad, the D-pad in the 3 button controller was too stiff for my liking

>> No.7034167

>>7034106
cursed image

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>>7034116
ok, I did, just for you :3

>> No.7034201

I really dislike the d-pad wheel on the three-button controllers. It improved somewhat after I disassembled and cleaned out my pads but it's just a little muddy to me, getting inputs right--especially in fighting games.

>> No.7034284

>>7034164
how does it compare to saturn's slim controller d-pad?

>> No.7034303

>>7033829
I always had big manly hands so the Genesis one always felt better. Snes joystick is too small and delicate for me.

>> No.7034308

SNES no fucking question. Genesis D-pad is literally almost as bad as the 360's and if you think otherwise you are a cumtrarian on HRT.

>> No.7034313

>>7034308
>cumtrarian on HRT
aka avid nintendo fan

>> No.7034317

Is the Retro-Bit 6 button d-pad worse than the original, because I genuinely don't understand why so many praise the d-pad, and that's the version I have.

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>>7034106
Genesis dpad is objectively superior. Good luck using some cross-shaped garbage for fighting games.

>> No.7034330

>>7034321
I don't care much for fighting games because I'm not a pedophile.

>> No.7034332

>>7033829
left

>> No.7034349

>>7033829
Genesis, but only if it had the right D-Pad. I have ONE. ONE Three Button controller that's Made in China and has the superior D-Pad. All my other 3 Buttons have the stiff piece of shit D-Pads and some of those have Made In China written on them. Other than that ONE. The Six Button with the good D-Pad. Sega really didn't give a fuck about quality control about fucking anything did they?

>> No.7034351

>>7034349
honestly that kind of thing is what allowed Sega to be so big, they were a very friendly place for third-parties of all sorts--especially compared to Nintendo

>> No.7034353

>>7034330
That would be VNs, anon.

>> No.7034359

>>7033829
The SNES by far and this is coming from someone who prefers SEGA games over SNES ones.

>> No.7034365

>>7034353

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._in_esports#Sexual_abuse_allegations

>> No.7034367

>>7034365
SSB isn't a fighting game, it's a children's party game.

>> No.7034378

>>7034351
Third Party? I'm talking about Revision Changes in their consoles and Controllers. You seriously have no idea what you're buying with Sega until what ever it is, is in your hands. The only thing that's constant with Sega. Is the ONE style of Six Button Controllers being good. And even then. I wouldn't blindly trust them.

>> No.7034714

>>7033829
The Sega Genesis controller of course. Anyone who says SNES are either lying, retarded or biased.

>> No.7034758

>>7034330
Based

>> No.7035034

D pads are fucking gay. Now this was a good controller. Also, fuck analog sticks. Give this baby wireless, gyro and some extra buttons and it would be perfect for every game.

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>>7035034
Forgot pic

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>>7033829
1st revision Mega Dive d-pad: 3/10
2nd revision Mega drive d-pad: 5/10
3rd revision Mega Drive d-pad (red start button): 0/10
6 button fighting Mega Drive2 d-pad: 9/10
6 button 2nd revison genesis3 d-pad: 4/10

snes d-pad 2/10
sfc d-pad 2/10

>> No.7036320

>>7035045
incoming zoomies crying about how they're all broken in 3..2..1..

>> No.7036391

>>7033835
>>7033848
the duality of /vr/

>> No.7036440

>>7034029
I actually like the 360 dpad ever since gears 1

>> No.7036449

>>7033829

wait wtf the genesis only had 3 buttons to work with?

>> No.7036471

>>7036449
a lot of people don't realize this, but the Genesis came out a while before the SNES. the Genesis was a reaction to the dominance of the NES. This is why it only had 3 buttons. This is also why it had such a shitty sound chip. Sega thought they were doing good with the system.

The SNES came out 2 years after the Genesis. hence the much larger color palette, fantastic sound chip, 6 button controller, and so on. IIRC, the SNES is a vastly superior system, but they kind of had an unfair advantage

>> No.7036486

>>7036471
Nintendo cheaped out when it came to the SNES. If they had actually made something powerful for 1990, they would have completely blown SEGA out of the water and would have prevented Sony from entering the industry.

>> No.7036515

>>7036471
Sony's ASIC audio chip was actually the most impressive part of the SNES. As hard as Nintendo fans like to praise the SNES CPU, nobody was familiar with it. Almost everyone in the industry had worked with the 68k though. The only mistake Sega made was not adding an Oki ADPCM chip in there in addition to the YM2616.

>> No.7036535

>>7036471
>SNES is a vastly superior system
Snes is ab 8bit system throughout. Its only 16bit component is the weak ricoh cpu. Take off your ninty tinted glasses anon.

>> No.7036540

>>7036515
>The only mistake Sega made
The only mistake SEGA made was opting for master system compatibility in the Mega Drive VDP. Leaving no space for the much needed color-ram.

>> No.7036556

>>7036515
Just because you weren't alive when the the CPU was released, or even when the SNES was released doesn't mean that no one was familiar with it. You stupid retarded little zoomie.

>> No.7036586

>>7036556
>zoom zoom zoom zoom zoom
Just shut the fuck up retard!
Every single Snes game has slowdown! If it had the fast cpu like the sega, and all the graphics shit it has itd be a monster

>> No.7036601

The snes does not even have enough juice to push 320 pixels horizontally. Hence the hardware blur filter.

>> No.7037251

>>7036586
>waaaaah you caught me zooming
>time to cope and shitpost
protip: If you don't bullshit no one can call you an your bullshit.

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7037286

>>7034057
This. The 6-button control pad is my favorite controller of all time, but the 3-button one is just pretty to look at and nothing more. The only reason to own one is to play games like Forgotten Worlds where using a 6-button pad causes an instant Game Over.

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>>7036515
>The only mistake Sega made
We would disagree

>> No.7037318

>>7033829
never had an snes but the megadrive's d-pad hurt my thumb all the time.

>> No.7037330

>>7037318
I had the same problem as a kid, I’m just now learning that 3 button pads were known for being stiff.
Here’s the kicker, I had a 6 button pad that I never used because I thought it didn’t look as cool. I’d love to know where that thing ended up.

>> No.7037453

>>7036586
Ricoh processors were widely used in Japan.
Nintendo chose a slower cpu because they were focused on the VDP doing the heavy lifting.

>> No.7037470

>>7037318
>>7037330
There are 3-Button controllers that have amazing D-Pads. They're just extremely uncommon and you'd have to have the controller in your hand to know whether or not it had it. Like so many things with Sega. You can't tell by pictures alone.

>> No.7038041

>>7037286
Just hold down the Mode button while you power on the console and it works fine.

>> No.7038235

>>7034321
i've literally had no trouble ever pulling off fighting game moves with a cross d-pad.
the greatest fighting game console of all time (dreamcast) used a cross d-pad.

>> No.7038269

>>7034029
Could this be bait?

>> No.7038272

3 button d-pad was awful, I can't believe the console took off with such a thing

>> No.7038323

>>7034321
>using a pad for fighting games at all

>> No.7038553

>>7038235
>i've literally had no trouble ever lying on the internet

>> No.7038606

>>7037453
>Nintendo chose a slower cpu because
the ricoh was dirt cheap, so it would not interfere with their profit margin

>> No.7038695

>>7038553
ya seethe?
i also remember pulling off the super moves on KIgold for the n64.
sharpened me up to play KoF 98 on the dreamcast later.

>> No.7038979

>>7038695
>i remember all kinds of shit that never happened

>> No.7038991

>>7033829
Saturn > SNES > a penis > MD
>>7034029
low calory bait

>> No.7039073

>>7033829
SNES.
That being said, there seem to be some variation among Genesis controller D-pad styles. Some feel good, others feel like completely mushy garbage. I forget the internal differences, but I think the good version has some plastic rod sticking out of the D-pad (on the inside of the controller).

>> No.7039091

>>7033829
MD 6-button > SNES > MD 3-button

>> No.7040298

>>7036471
>shitty sound chip
SNES has shittier music than the Genesis tho.

>> No.7040606

>>7040298
Basic bitch contrarian take.

>> No.7042109

>>7040606
It's subjective and I agree with him

>> No.7042164

SNES was objectively better I'm afraid. For fighting games and platformers.

The dedicated run button works much better on SNES's ergonomic button placement.

>> No.7042174

Megadrive pad is best for megadrive games, snes is best for SNES games.
Each are shit at controlling the others games. This is easy to see with an emulator.