PS2 Ski Board controller? (thrustmaster)

[christianscott27]

i'm never one to pass up a weird controller when its only $5. today at a flea i picked up a thrustmaster ski board, while these games are not my thing i figured having this controller might give it that extra uumph, or failing that be good for a party laugh.

does anybody else have one of these things, if so how do you like it? is it realistic or just silly? which games really shine with it?

[christianscott27]

self bumped :embarrassed:

come on, somebody in this hardcore bunch must have mounted the snowboard?

[Half Japanese]

From everything I've ever heard about it, it was pretty gimmicky. It's sort of like the Fighting Areama thingie Thrustmaster also released, meaning it might be fun to make a fool of yourself on, but you won't be attempting any high scores on it.

[qbertandernie]

i almost bought one for the novelty, saw a boxed one for $20, but passed due to size and room restrictions...cant offer any suggestions as to whether it sucks though. the guy who had it never used it..

[suckerpunch5]

uber retro bump.

I just picked one of these up yesterday, so I now share your year old interest. Definitely an interesting controller

[Charlesaway]

I myself picked one up at a thrift for around 5 or 5 dollars.

I have tried it, and let me say I was pretty disappointed. I don't know what kind of magical control system I was expecting, but all it does (the board) is control your analog stick movement. I was hoping it would recognize foot taps or something, but no; all tricks and buttons are done by plugging in a pass through controller.

I played with it for about five minutes.