Accessories you bought and wish you hadn't/didn't buy and...

[The Manimal]

...wish you did.



I bought a SNES Mouse, and I regret it. MARIO PAINT was fun for only a little bit, and other than that, I don't remember much being available for it. Actually, I can't think of any other titles, though maybe SimCity2000 did?

I didn't buy a SNES SuperScope...and not sure if I should have bought it or not. The thing looked super cool, but was anything really out there to make you buy it? I saw a Metal Combat (?) game today....but reviews of that and Super Scope Six didn't look too interesting. Maybe I could have used it for T2: Arcade Game, but I never bought that. ?.


I didn't buy a NES R.O.B. nor a Power Pad. I imagine if I used the Pad, I would break it, and the R.O.B. seems like a peripheral that isn't worth having around taking up space, even though I have the games for it (I think).

I didn't buy a Game Boy Camera or Printer, nor a Sega Menacer (would pick this up if I saw it).


I don't own a Dreamcast but I'm considering buying up new official controllers on clearance for $5 each. I still can't believe that Sears clearanced out Sony Dual Shock controllers at $2 a piece :( and I missed it.


I also never picked up the NES cleaning kits at T'R'U when they were $0.17 each :(

[MarioAllStar2600]

SUPER SCOPE 6 KICKS ASS! :snipersmile: well know that im done with that well move on.

I regret not getting the Vectrex 3D imager at CGE2K3. It was the item I wanted the most but didnt want to spend over 300 on one item. Damn me, I def. shouldve got it :oops:

[KlarthAilerion]

I know of at least one other game that works with the SNES Mouse:

Civilization

[Bratwurst]

That King Arthur SNES lemmings style game used the SNES mouse too, but I have to attest that the mouse itself was pretty bad. I found it unresponsive, sluggish and the buttons gave out pretty quick.

[XpOsUrE]

I just wish I could hook up a super scope six to my computer so I could use it for my snes emulator, and roms :D.

[atomicthumbs]

I wish I had never bought that Steel Batallion set....







Just kidding!!! LOL

[Half Japanese]

Let's see:

Two PSX steering wheels (one Pelican, one Ascii), they suck and aren't nearly as good for playing a racing game as the dual shock.

Game Boy Camera & Printer: no regrets here, got them both for my birthday and had a ball with both. (I still remember making little 30-frame horror movies on them....ahhh memories).

Sega Menacer: this was more fun to take outside and pretend it was a real gun than to actually play the included games after a while (although, in it's defense, the "keep the roaches away from the cheese game" (forget what it was really called) and the Toejam & Earl tomato-shooting game was fun).

DC arcade stick (Agetec): don't regret this one one bit, great responsive stick I got my money's worth on.

Namco Jogcon: nowhere near as good as a dual shock, unless you take the time to perfect it (which is pointless to me, having already pretty much mastered the dual shock for racing games)

[dave2236]

Vegas dream I do believe also uses the SNES mouse.

Wish I had bought....DC Maracas

Wish I hadn't bought.....any type of arcade fighting stick and any type of steering wheel.

[WiseSalesman]

I don't even have an xbox and I wish I had bought steel batallion.

[Scoots]

I believe the Lord of the Rings game supports the SNES mouse too...

[Jorpho]

If I'm not mistaken, so did SimAnt.

[bargora]

I bought some crazy Quickshot controller for my NES. Instead of a D-pad it has a large hemisphere that you shove in the desired direction. Basically, it sux.

[MarkM2112]

Utopia also supports the SNES mouse...

[hamburgler]

One accessery that I regret buying was a intec protective screen cover for my GBA when it first came out.I regret ever buying that piece of crap to put on my GBA because it ripped out my screen completly when i tried to take it out.Luckly, I was able to repair my GBA screen from the accessery I used.

[FrankLee]

I regret buying the Gameshark for the PS1 i hardly ever used it then my first PS1 stoped working so i bought a new one and low and behold...It didnt have a port thing for the gameshark...

Some i regret NOT buying...once at the flea market i saw the multiplayer tap for the Genesis this was before i had any "multiplayer" genesis games but now i have The lost vikings and General Chaos...Damn i wish i had it...What other multiplayer genesis games are out?

[E Nice]

The obvious MegaBomberman. But MK3 (not UMK3 for some reason) supports the multitap in the Endurance Mode or whatever it's called. You press some buttons at the title/options screen and it takes you to screen where you choose up to 8 characters. Iit's 2 vs 2 and plays like the endurance rounds in the actual game, where once a character dies another jumps in, except it does this for all eight characters on each team (if they all die that quick). This way when one player dies his teammate will jump in afterwards and fight till he dies and so on.

[WiseSalesman]

you have the best signature ever.

[Jorpho]

Genesis Lost Vikings was multiplayer? (I don't think any other ports had that feature.)
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[k8track]

Manimal--

Actually the best reason to get the SNES mouse is to play Arkanoid. That's why I got it, and while not as good as a paddle controller would have been (like the 8-bit NES version), it's still much better than trying to use the pad. I haven't played it in a while but if I remember correctly, it works fairly well.

Go out and buy Arkanoid and justify yourself!

[jaybird]

I looked for a Super 8 for over 2 years and finally found one.

I hate the thing because it takes a crowbar to get NES games in & out of it. I dread when I want to play it because I know I'm going to have to unplug everything before I can get a game out of it.

I'm talking put the device on the floor, put both feet on it to hold it down & pull the cartridge out with my hands.

I want to just file the hell out of it, but then I'll kill any hope of ever reselling it.

[k8track]

@Jaybird--

I agree with you about the Super 8. I have one too and it's not the panacea I had once believed it to be. It DOES take considerable effort to get the NES carts in and out. And the picture is fuzzy and has a lot of interference. As far as its usefulness goes for me, it is obsolete. You can't play NES games that required other controllers besides the gamepads, such as lightgun games or Arkanoid. And I have since acquired a couple of NES toploaders, a Famicom clone, and a "mega-adapter" that allows Super Famicom games to fit in SNESs, and vice-versa, so I can play all of the types of games the Super 8 supports. One would think that I got ripped off, but I got it for FREE, so I can't complain. Maybe I should just sell the thing and see what I get for it!

[jaybird]

k8track,

I've tried to rid myself of the Super 8 on eBay, but they pulled my item because of some sort of copyright thing. I guess because it lets you play imports?

I suppose I'm stuck with it. I surely will never get what I paid for out of it. :evil:

[bargora]

Man, that Topway Toucan Sitar I got sucks shit.

[chadtower]

I regret buying that used groinal controller for the 2600. Now I have to apply this ointment three times a day and it stings when I pee.

[ManekiNeko]

One of those Bandai MEGA controllers. They were the first programmable controller for the NES, and they looked pretty cool. Has anyone else had any experience with them at all?

JR