Shitty Third Party Controllers

[@M]

I mostly have official controllers for my various consoles, but I occasionally bought the third party ones. Most of them work fine, but I did have one horrible experience with a couple of Sega Saturn pads I bought, clearanced, from Kmart. I don't remember what brand they were, but I was playing Saturn Doom (Ultimate Doom + Doom II, which is a horrible port, the frame rate is terrible and slow as hell, don't buy it, get the PS1 or PC versions instead!) with them both plugged in one day and the things spontaneously fried on me and somehow permanently messed up the color on my gaming television too. I'm no electrician, so I don't know what went wrong, but thankfully the Saturn itself was fine, and the television was just a cheap-o thrift store one anyway and easily replaced.

I actually prefer that third party Superpad 64 Plus controller for the N64, without the center "leg", 'cuz the official Nintendo one's design is a mess in my opinion, and were apparently created for our secret three-legged octopi overlords, not us humans.

 

[Mac91]

incorrect I present to you the turbo touch 360.

That for the XB360?

I never got why the 3rd party N64 controller designers decided to make the left and right "fins" really small. Uncomfortable as shit.

 

[TeamShake]

That for the XB360?

I never got why the 3rd party N64 controller designers decided to make the left and right "fins" really small. Uncomfortable as shit.

That is for the Super Nintendo. There are NES and Genesis ones available also. Not sure about any other systems. I got one a long time ago with an SNES that I bought and it was pretty terrible.

 

[ki_atsushi]

I mostly have official controllers for my various consoles, but I occasionally bought the third party ones. Most of them work fine, but I did have one horrible experience with a couple of Sega Saturn pads I bought, clearanced, from Kmart. I don't remember what brand they were, but I was playing Saturn Doom (Ultimate Doom + Doom II, which is a horrible port, the frame rate is terrible and slow as hell, don't buy it, get the PS1 or PC versions instead!) with them both plugged in one day and the things spontaneously fried on me and somehow permanently messed up the color on my gaming television too. I'm no electrician, so I don't know what went wrong, but thankfully the Saturn itself was fine, and the television was just a cheap-o thrift store one anyway and easily replaced.

I actually prefer that third party Superpad 64 Plus controller for the N64, without the center "leg", 'cuz the official Nintendo one's design is a mess in my opinion, and were apparently created for our secret three-legged octopi overlords, not us humans.

I hear the Japanese version of Saturn Doom is much better, they fixed the framerate issues for the most part.

 

[Danthor]

I hear the Japanese version of Saturn Doom is much better, they fixed the framerate issues for the most part.

True facts. If you're gonna play Doom on the Saturn, either play the JPN version, or just get the PS1 version instead. The US Saturn version hurts.

 

[NeoSneth]

Controllers don't have to be 3rd party to suck. Many kids were ruined by this piece of shit.

 

[TeamShake]

Controllers don't have to be 3rd party to suck. Many kids were ruined by this piece of shit.

Those sort of are 3rd party even though Nintendo put its name on it in the US:
http://tinycartridge.com/post/135337273/famicom-bps-max-controller-in-the-us-the-max-was

They are actually not bad if you replace the disc with a 360 thumb stick:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Get-the-MAX-out-of-your-NES-MAX-Controller/?ALLSTEPS

 

[GregN]

Controllers don't have to be 3rd party to suck. Many kids were ruined by this piece of shit.

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I had one those, and holy shit did it suck. It would be ideal if it worked right for a Zangief corkskrew slam though

 

[Viewpoint]

I had one those, and holy shit did it suck. It would be ideal if it worked right for a Zangief corkskrew slam though

I had one of those, It was fucking awful. The NES Advantage tho was fucking awesome.

 

[Jarofmayo]

Madcatz in a nutshell

 

[NeoSneth]

In a sad twist. Madcatz now makes some of the most advanced HOTAS.

 

[@M]

@ki_atsushi/Danthor: Huh, I did not know that. I didn't even know that they released DOOM for the Saturn over in Japan. It's a real shame that the US version doesn't play better, considering that the Saturn FPS ports of Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D, Power Slave, Quake, etc. are all pretty good (especially the Lobotomy developed ones).

@NeoSneth: I've got one of those damn things too, and I could never play any game worth a damn with that crazy sliding directional pad. Total waste of money.

 

[Splitt442]

Madcatz will never be a respectable company:

 

[Hikaru Ichijyo]

Controllers don't have to be 3rd party to suck. Many kids were ruined by this piece of shit.

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Derp. I loved the Max controller.

I had one those, and holy shit did it suck. It would be ideal if it worked right for a Zangief corkskrew slam though

I had one of those, It was fucking awful. The NES Advantage tho was fucking awesome.

To be fair, there was one game that thing rocked for and that was RC Pro-Am. That said, once we got the Advantage Joystick, there was no going back.

 

[Splitt442]

My poor mother bought me this off QVC...



There is still a dent in the wall from it.

 

[Castor Troy]

 

[SNKorSWM]

One of my official dualshock controller has a permanently tilted analog stick. I used it to auto-level in Tales of Destiny 2 by rubber banding it for hundreds of hours, and the calibration was ruined. XD

 

[Wachenroder]

I think the N64 can beat that:

Just look at that shit.

Damn I had 3 of those lol.

G64 Controller - I liked this controller
Sharkpad - Piece of SHIT
Makopad - Don't remember but looking at it is unsettling for some reason. Probably repressed memories.

Fucked up thing is I picked everyone of these controllers myself trying to save money. Oh the naive days of youth.

 

[GregN]

Damn I had 3 of those lol.

G64 Controller - I liked this controller
Sharkpad - Piece of SHIT
Makopad - Don't remember but looking at it is unsettling for some reason. Probably repressed memories.

Fucked up thing is I picked everyone of these controllers myself trying to save money. Oh the naive days of youth.

I had 2 superpads and damn were they pieces of shit.

Also, this one:

Piece of dogshit. Worst D-Pad ever, hands down.

 

[ki_atsushi]

Sad that it's possible that Dreamcast and N64 had worse controllers than than the stock pads, but boy did they ever. If I ever get an N64 again I'm getting a Hori Mini for sure... the ONLY good N64 controller imo.

 

[Moon Jump]

King of the 3rd party controllers:

incorrect I present to you the turbo touch 360.

My Ascii SNES Pad broke. The X and Y buttons just stopped working. With and without the turbo switches. Shame because I used the hell out of it and loved it. My favorite was using it for Jurassic Park 2 since you could take down everything in a few seconds.

 

[bartre]

I think the N64 can beat that:

Just look at that shit.

yeah, those superpads are pretty slick.
bitd, i got one for $4 since it was 3rd party, its great for the fps games.

though the hori pads are still tops for most games