Shitty Third Party Controllers

[T.A.P.]

How many of you always got stuck with these growing up because you're parents wanted to save $5?

I swear, N64 had the shittiest of all the 3rd party garbage.

 

[Renmauzo]

Never broke a controller, and the two systems we had as kids both came with two. I bought the Genesis myself and bought a first party controller. The only 2 third party controller I've ever owned (and still do) are the Program Pad on SNES, and the Hori SNES Gamecube controller; they are both awesome.

 

[GregN]

I thought I got a deal on some Nyko Wiimotes from a person on GAF. Turns out they didn't work worth shit.

I do however, have another controller from a company I've never heard of that's going strong.

Going forward, I'm only getting 1st party from now on.

 

[Yodd]

What I hated worse come the 32bit generation was 3rd party memory cards.

I dunno how many of those fuckers have just randomly deleted or corrupted save games.

 

[famicommander]

I try to stick to Hori or first party controllers but I have had decent luck with Nyko Wii Remotes.

 

[kraquepype]

How many of you always got stuck with these growing up because you're parents wanted to save $5?

I swear, N64 had the shittiest of all the 3rd party garbage.

This! I had so many shit n64 controllers. The only ones worth keeping were the originals. I still have my crusty gray box model with the loose ass stick. All the aftermarket ones crapped out and I didn't get to keep them.

 

[Lagduf]

How many of you always got stuck with these growing up because you're parents wanted to save $5?

I swear, N64 had the shittiest of all the 3rd party garbage.

$5?

I remember the cost difference being a lot larger than that.

Never worth it, of course.

Only 3rd party stuff I ever bought worth a damn was the Hori gamecube controller styled after the SNES controller. I still have it. Those worth anything?

 

[Cylotron]

$5?

I remember the cost difference being a lot larger than that.

Never worth it, of course.

Only 3rd party stuff I ever bought worth a damn was the Hori gamecube controller styled after the SNES controller. I still have it. Those worth anything?

Around $1,000 if you VGA it


I always had 1st party controllers. My friends had the crappy 3rd party ones growing up. Whenever I'd spend the night at their house I'd bring my own controller.

I was a controller snob

 

[T.A.P.]

Around $1,000 if you VGA it


I always had 1st party controllers. My friends had the crappy 3rd party ones growing up. Whenever I'd spend the night at their house I'd bring my own controller.

I was a controller snob

My friend had 3 official N64 controllers and one shitty malformed 3rd party one. It was always a race to see who got the shit one whenever we did 4 player Goldeneye.

 

[GutsDozer]

Worst piece of shit ever conceived? This bastard. The Dreamcast Astro Pad.

 

[T.A.P.]

Worst piece of shit ever conceived? This bastard. The Dreamcast Astro Pad.

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I think the N64 can beat that:

Just look at that shit.

 

[cdamm]

King of the 3rd party controllers:

Worst piece of shit ever conceived? This bastard. The Dreamcast Astro Pad.

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incorrect I present to you the turbo touch 360.

 

[Neorebel]

Ugh those 'Superpad' 64's were the WORST! I had a 'golden' one. it broke quickly and was no fault of mine...

 

[Dr Shroom]

The only time I bought a third party controller was for the original xbox for obvious reason.

 

[SNKorSWM]

The controllers I buy besides the standard ones that come with the consoles are usually joysticks, like Capcom Fighter Power Stick for the SNES, which is still in good shape after almost 25 years of SNES gaming.

 

[GutsDozer]

King of the 3rd party controllers:

incorrect I present to you the turbo touch 360.

The Ascii Super pads were awesome. Wish I still had mine. Find an Astro pad and hold it for five seconds. You'll know how I feel lol. And yeah Turbo Touch ruined weeks of allowance for me as a kid.

 

[Cylotron]

That original Xbox controller got bashed on so hard over the years. Personally, I loved the thing and got disappointed when they started making smaller ones. I wish the 360 & One had big controllers.

 

[SML]

I think the N64 can beat that:

Just look at that shit.

The asymmetrical ones shaped like the "makopad" in that image are an upgrade from the stock controller in a lot of ways. Comfortable in actual human hands with more resilient sticks.

 

[sparksterz]

King of the 3rd party controllers:

Idk man...those Hori 64 Mini controllers are pretty nice for most games IMO! Some are near unplayable with it (mischief makers for example), but those which aren't are so much easier.

 

[T.A.P.]

I want to try one of those Hori Mini Pads for N64, but they're always $70+ on ebay.

 

[K-2]

King of the 3rd party controllers:

I remember my buddy growing up had an AsciiPad and we would always fight over it.

 

[alec]

I do most of my gaming on a Rockcandy Xbox 360 pad I picked up at Walmart for $20. It's pretty great, I'm starting to like it more than the official pad. Yes the asciiPad is amazing too.

 

[herb]

I use Gamestops generic wired 360 controller and it works surprisingly well.

 

[max 330 mega]

i love those N64 Makopad shaped controllers. they are amazing. i specifically tracked down like 3 of em.

 

[TeamShake]

I have a few N64 3rd party controllers that aren't bad, but only came out in Japan. Ascii Pad 64, Hudson Joycard 64, and the Hori Commander N64 all have a similar feel to the official controller (they all have the same exact stick AFAIK) with turbo switches. They should have released these in other regions also instead of the junk 3rd party ones that we got.

I generally try to use 1st party controllers unless they are made by one those 3 companies. Luckily I never had to use junk ones when I was kid.