I'm curious if anyone has had any good experiences with any aftermarket NES controllers. Any recommendations and/or warnings?
Aftermarket NES controllers: any of them worthwhile?
I'm curious if anyone has had any good experiences with any aftermarket NES controllers. Any recommendations and/or warnings?
I am actually curious about this myself.
Infact I'll expand the question and put out there for any game console pre 128 bit era (so N64 and so far down through). Any 3rd party controllers that are actually worth anything?
I've had nothing but bad experiences with 3rd party.
There are tons of quality 3rd party controllers available for earlier game consoles. In fact for several, they're even viewed as the optimum choice for the system in question by many gamer's. Tac-2 joysticks for the Atari 2600 for an example. A more recent example would be the Hori pad for the N64. Companies like Hori, Wico, and ASCII routinely provided quality controllers for many game consoles.
And if aftermarket just is in reference to controllers that didn't come with a system, there are tons of official controllers and officially licensed controllers that are worthwhile. The NES Advantage is a famous example for the system in question.
The Joycard Sansui SSS is a great pad (my favorite.) The Zipper is pretty decent also.
I've heard some good things about the Generation Nex wireless controllers.
I prefer to use a dogbone or SNES pad personally.
Last edited by kedawa; 08-02-2012 at 02:27 AM.
I'm quite fond of Hori's N64 controller. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mnqHoYcfhM...PadMini003.jpgOriginally Posted by Collector_Gaming
i got a buddy whos collecting N64 controllers right now (aims to get every color released) and he went on to tell me about these controllers. I actually wanna try one sometime to get a feel for it. So if anyone in the vermont area that has one wanna do a gaming day I'd be down maybe get my buddy to join in too
They'd be better if you could find receivers for them ANYWHERE. The SNES ones are nice, though. The D-Pads are weird, but don't take long to get used to.
I have an acclaim nes conroller thats wirless that works pretty well
an n64 retrobit fitted with a ps1 type analog stick that totally balnces out the extra sensitivity that 3rd party n64 controllers have
And I know this is probably going a little too close to modern but i love my Gamester fps masters for OXBOX (XBOX 1?, I hate that if i say xbox nowadays everyone assumes 360) and ps2.
I also have one of the sega genesis controllers thats shaped like a SNes one that has reprogrammable combo settings thats pretty good too
Well I'm glad you asked! On my youtube channel I run a web series called The Controller Chronicles (subtle nod to a 80's show of a similar name) in which i review obscure and interesting controllers.
For NES I've covered two a few I recommend.
Hudson Joycard Sansui SSS Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2PiK3QtxBI
Messiah Generation NEX Wired Controller Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gssmeCizWPI
Both of these are absolutely fantastic.
check out my classic gaming review site: http://satoshimatrix.wordpress.com/
GOD I LOVE the WIRED Generation NEX controllers. They look, feel and work fantastic and they're some chunky solid state builds.
Those slide-pads on the wireless ones are horrible. I can't get over the fact that they didn't use the wired designs on the wireless pads.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
I always thought it was the other way around. The wireless ones have crosspads and the wired ones use those awful circle pads???
Speaking of Hori, their SNES style controller for the Gamecube is freaking awesome.
I have one of those, too.
It's a really solid controller, although it feels cheap because it's so light.
I bought it years before I got my GB Player, so I've mostly used it for Resident Evil and Soul Calibur II.
Go With Zipper It's The Best For The Price
KIRBZ
This summary is spot on. I just wish someone would stumble onto some receivers in a warehouse so I could use them on something other than the travesty that is the Generation NEX.No, the wireless ones use the awful circle pads.
And, the thing about it is, as harsh as I am when I talk about them, they're really not that terrible in terms of form and function, they're just NOT kind of thing you want to play NES games with. It's like using the analog on a Dual Shock to move - it'll WORK, but it will always feel strange.
I had (still have somewhere, probably) a Happ Competition Pro controller. It was a LOT better than any of the third party pads any of my friends had, but at the end of the day I still wound up going back to the stock pads and/or Advantage.
It's sort of similar to having a stock Genesis pad that attaches to an NES, though it did have stuff like turbo and slomo.
Last edited by BlastProcessing402; 08-17-2012 at 06:41 PM.
Not really an aftermarket controller, but the NES Max is pretty sweet.
If I am using a game pad I typically stick to stock stuff but for a joystick I have been using the battlestation II since it alleviates a lot of clutter that I had before. Still the nes advantage is a nice joystick. I just find that some games are better with a pad and some are better with a stick.
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