underrated controllers

[Anonymous No.8368592]

I'll start with the greatest

[Anonymous No.8368606]

>>8368592
I wanted that one so bad, but I was a poorfag so I ended up settling for pic related. Shit kinda sucked, but it tided me over until I got a USB adapter for my PS2 pad.

[Anonymous No.8368607]

>>8368592
The D-Pad on this is the absolute worst I have ever used.

[Anonymous No.8368616]

>>8368592
fuck you, that controller was ass

[Anonymous No.8368617]

>>8368606
I had that one too. I thought it was the updated version? There was a really shitty 3rd version, that silver lopsided one

>>8368607
I might have been too young to know better but I really liked it.
The ergonomics were perfect, especially the triggers

[Anonymous No.8368618]

>>8368606
Oh, and I should mention when I did get the USB adapter, you best believe the Sidewinder got relegated to being the second player controller I'd offer my cousin when he'd come over to play Tetris Attack or whatever I was emulating on ZSNES.

>here's your controller bro
>mfw he tells me he'd rather use the keyboard

[Anonymous No.8368635]

>>8368617
Take a good look. 6 face buttons plus a start button, versus 4 face buttons and no start or select button. Should be obvious which one would be better for emulation. I had to bind Start and Select to Enter and Shift on the keyboard. The older Sidewinder would've been so cash for MAME stuff back in that day for me.

[Anonymous No.8368646]

>>8368635
Ah, yeah bro I forgot. I was actually thinking of THIS sidewinder I'm pretty sure was the second version.
It's had a weird rotary input in the middle. But I didn't like the ergonomics as much

[Anonymous No.8368649]

Then there was this version and I have up on Microsoft.
They just made each edition worse until people gave up. classic Microsoft move

[Anonymous No.8368670]

>>8368592
You shall now play Wipeout XL, Moto Racer, Ridge Racer, and Gran Turismo with analog steering

[Anonymous No.8368672]

Microsoft sure liked their melted dpads

[Anonymous No.8368708]

Gravis Exterminator. The D-pad is still not great. But the controller had every idea they could take from whatever gamepads were on the market.

[Anonymous No.8368721]

>>8368592
>I'll start with the greatest

I love Microsofts promos.
https://youtu.be/aqTMaDb3faM?t=4

[Anonymous No.8368724]

>>8368607
It's bad, but it's not Gravis bad. The best serial/DOS era gamepad I've used so far is this weird-ass Propad 6 thing.

[Anonymous No.8368726]

>>8368649
https://youtu.be/-nCIQp7Zx6M

[Anonymous No.8368729]

>>8368646
https://youtu.be/-Q36BTomIZk?t=4
(last one from me)

[Anonymous No.8368739]

>>8368592
No official DOS support. Sorta matters because it was a Win9x era pad. People still wanted to play DOS games then. A few DOS emulators like ZSNES specifically supported it, though. There's a hacky DOS TSR for it but it doesn't work with everything.
>just play DOS games in Windows
Several games needed pure DOS mode to play correctly/at all. Shit d-pad.

6/10

[Anonymous No.8368779]

>>8368672
Pog slammers I call en.

[Anonymous No.8368782]

>>8368779
Yes and some look more like a Dpad than others.

[Anonymous No.8368798]

Who needs a d-pad and buttons

[Anonymous No.8368827]

>>8368646
Why does this controller have a clitoris?

[Anonymous No.8368879]

don't @ me
it was free and its perfect for shootemups

[Anonymous No.8368907]

>>8368879
How short is that cable?

[Anonymous No.8368913]

>>8368798
I hear that's an excellent one for Doom.

[Anonymous No.8369236]

>>8368592
>controllers that look like dildos thread

[Anonymous No.8369390]

[Anonymous No.8369391]

[Anonymous No.8369394]

>>8368879
I love the official Microsoft promos:
https://youtu.be/cSMoE3tnMoY

[Anonymous No.8369395]

>>8369390
Pass the controller bro

[Anonymous No.8369421]

>>8368607
It looked weird but it felt strangely good while playing.

>>8368646
The ergonomics are fucked up because there were some gyroscopic stuff inside to determine the vertical axis. You could use it in Motocross Madness to tilt your character during jumps.

[Anonymous No.8369760]

>>8368708
How versatile would this controller be for emulation? In theory, you should be able to reprogram controller inputs from any console as long as the "proportional d-pad" and "8-way POV switch" work in practice as dual thumbsticks.

[Anonymous No.8369779]

>>8368592
N64 & Dreamcast. I'm not saying it's great. I'm just saying it's not as bad as people say, at least not to me.
I just remember countless
>DUDE WTF IS THAT CONTROLLER
it works fine
>THREE HANDLES????????
yeah. it works fine
>HAHAH WHAT IS THIS FOR LIKE A THREE HANDED ALIEN????
you use the handle the game utilizes
>HOW DO YOU EVEN USE IT WTFFFFF LOL
you hold the controller
>DUDE THAT CONTROLLER LOOKS LIKE A SPACE SHIP
it's just a fucking controller man
>DUDE WTF ARE GOLDENEYE CONTROLS THOUGH
so play quake on pc. it's a controller. turok did it better anwyay

idk why people are so gay about controllers but they're gay about everything so idk why i'm confused

[Anonymous No.8369875]

>>8369779
>>HAHAH WHAT IS THIS FOR LIKE A THREE HANDED ALIEN????
Yes.

[Anonymous No.8369884]

>>8368672
I find these dpads work a lot better if you're sliding your thumb towards each direction rather than pressing individually

[Anonymous No.8369914]

>>8368646
Hey I had that one. Tried the sixaxis tilt controls in Motocross Madness that was packaged with it once and then never used that feature again.

[Anonymous No.8369919]

>>8368879
I had this, ended up selling to someone in the military, felt double sorry for him.

[Anonymous No.8370413]

>>8369779
kek I remember my friend's older sister used to play Star Fox 64 by holding the leftmost prong (you know, where the d-pad is) and stretching her thumb all the way to the analog stick. No idea how she managed it without cramping up.

>mfw

[Anonymous No.8370419]

>>8368592
absolute worst d-pad ever

[Anonymous No.8370423]

>>8368708
why are westerners so bad at D-pads

[Anonymous No.8371412]

>>8368798
this looks kinda fun to use desu

[Anonymous No.8371417]

>>8369391
>6-button controller
>jump, shoot
what does capcom keep doing this?

[Anonymous No.8371434]

>>8368592
I have it. It's bad, D-pad is bad

[Anonymous No.8371543]

>>8368646
I got this bundled with motocross madness. Many many enjoyable hours spent in the big free style pit launching myself at those sheer cliff walls to get up top. Kino shit.

[Anonymous No.8371627]

>>8371417
>what does capcom keep doing this?

These types of bundles were not all that uncommon in the PC world back in the day. Sometimes, just unsold inventory of gamepads that got bundled with some Capcom PC games. I know back in the day, I remember buying a package of three EA games, it was like NHL 98, Moto Racer, Madden 98 and a Gravis GamePad Pro for like $19.99.

[Anonymous No.8371631]

>>8368592
PowerA makes some decent off-brand controllers, they're absurdly cheap a lot of the time too and mine has lasted me longer than any legit controller, so far no drift or damage bar the shitty paintjob scraping off.

[Anonymous No.8371647]

>>8368592
I still have it. I wish I could use it using USB.

[Anonymous No.8371668]

>>8369884
Tendies don't understand that.

[Anonymous No.8371672]

>>8370423
Because they prioritize smooth and fast diagonal movements. Can't do that on nintendo dpad.

[Anonymous No.8371754]

>>8369779
Dreamcast controller is fine, good even, as is the Saturn 3D controller.
The N64 controller is shit though. Not because hurr how do I hold it, but because when you do hold it properly for the analog, with the center and left prongs, it makes your left hand further back than your right, which means you end up holding it tilted. Forward on the stick is no longer forward but Northeast-ish.

[Anonymous No.8372253]

>>8369779
Spaceships are cool though...

[Anonymous No.8372312]

>>8371417
At least this one can be used to play other games
Idk if you’ve seen those mega man plug and plays they sell at t*rg*t but they also have 6 buttons and are hard wired into a box that only plays mega man 1-6. Maybe they’re super easy to hack or something? Baffling decision

[Anonymous No.8372378]

>>8371754
>dreamcast controller
It literally cramps your hand. Had it been wider it would have been a good controller.

[Anonymous No.8372684]

>>8371417
Same reason why SNES had 6 action buttons despite most games only using 2-3 max. Because it's good to have the option when you need it. You can still use that six-button controller for 2-button games like mega man, but you can ALSO use it for other games too.

[Anonymous No.8372685]

>>8369779
Agreed, N64 controller is fine. Hold it this way for 3D games and this way for 2D games, it's not a hard concept.

Dreamcast though, I'm ambivalent about. It's not a BAD controller per se, but it's just lacking. For one it simply didn't have enough buttons and could've used a left stick for camera/aiming in games where that mattered. And it's a travesty it didn't have six face buttons for all the fighting games. But more importantly than that, the issue I have is that it's just an objective downgrade compared to the 3D saturn pad. same basic design but with a far better d-pad and six face buttons. They should've just kept the saturn design for the controller

[Anonymous No.8373093]

>>8371417
Megaman X also had slide moves, weapon selection, and the use of an inventory (sort of).

[Anonymous No.8374912]

>>8368592
Everyone likes the IBM buckling springs, but the tactile and clicky space invaders switches were real good. Managed to get through most of X-Wing's difficult missions and the Wing Commander games with this when flightsticks were unaffordable.