The Greatest Controller Ever
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I work best with a mouse and keyboard.
SNES is the base version to the PS2 being best. I see no reason for Sony to ever change the control design. I've owned more Nintendo consoles and their controllers work well, but the PS2 has the best and most functional design.
I never read the manual anymore.
I look for a computer game, but for one with a controller, there's only so many buttons. I mess a bit, die a couple times maybe. Eventually I get it. Most new games nowadays tell you the buttons anyway.
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Playing through an in-game tutorial is the same thing.
doomdragon6
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I think you just plug it in and play.
I must be the only person on earth who liked the original American X-Box controllers. My brother and I got one for Christmas so many years back, and it had one giant controller and one Controller-S (now the standard) Since he was younger and had smaller hands, I took the huge one, and got quite used to it. I used it right up until the 360 released and I had to use the new controller.
Sometimes I still long for a controller with that girth, but I've gotten used to the 360 controller now, so it's all good.
Sometimes I still long for a controller with that girth, but I've gotten used to the 360 controller now, so it's all good.
I guess that's akin to guys never wanting to read maps because they magically have Google maps built into their brain?
"I mess a bit, take a few turns a couple times maybe. Eventually I know where to go. Most new cars nowadays come with a GPS anyway."[/QUOTE]
...Well, I have found that getting lost is the best way for me to get to know a new area I live in
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I friend of mine from high school couldn't stand the Controller-S.
That friend of mine had horrible taste in everything.
I liked the original XBox controller when playing fighting games because it just felt better, I didn't have to worry about hitting other buttons (which I tended to do on the S for some reason).
I always liked the SNES and Playstation controllers the most, though. Gamecube as a third. They just felt right.
I always liked the SNES and Playstation controllers the most, though. Gamecube as a third. They just felt right.
Cajungal
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Mais, dat.
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figmentPez
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If it has a SNES dpad and 6 face buttons, it really really would be the greatest controller ever envisioned. As it stands, I still like it the best.
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I do like the big green button design.
More controllers need a big green button. That way we don't have Japanese games that require us to press circle to make a menu selection.
Crazy Japanese.
I do like the big green button design.
More controllers need a big green button. That way we don't have Japanese games that require us to press circle to make a menu selection.
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I'll agree to that on many games, but I still think the over shape of the GC controller is clunkier than the dualshock.
Not to mention the C-stick size issues, or the clumsy placement of the Z button--which really is a button, rather than a pressure-based trigger like on the N64 or like the other shoulder buttons.
Sega had the d-pad design right from the start, with the full circle pad. Made fighting games and the later top-down/isometric games so much easier.
figmentPez
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The SNES pad was good, but this was better:
I loved my AsciiPad.
I also have one of these, because I thought I'd like the d-pad better, but I didn't
I loved my AsciiPad.
I also have one of these, because I thought I'd like the d-pad better, but I didn't
figmentPez
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I'm not sure of that myself. The asciiPad is 90% the same as the SNES pad. The d-pad, the A, B, X, Y, select and start buttons are all almost identical to the Super Famicom controller (the SNES pad had different colored face buttons, and some had concave surfaces instead of convex). The only real difference was a slightly thicker top, and more of an angle to the shoulder buttons because of all the space needed for the tubo switches, which I think improved things. Other than that, the d-pad and buttons really feel like a Nintendo controller.
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