Playstation Paddle controller? (NOW: Sega Mark III paddle controller?)

[k8track]

I've been wanting to find one of these things for quite some time, with no luck. It's the Japanese-only one that was used with the game Cutie Q on Namco Museum Vol. 2 (the Japanese version, obviously). I just read recently that Bomb Bee is a hidden game on there (my favorite of the Gee Bee/Bomb Bee/Cutie Q trifecta of early Namco Breakout/Pinball-type games (now there's a niche genre for you! (Ach! Triple parentheses!!))), so I've redoubled my efforts (well, my yearning, anyway) to find this controller.

Anyone know of a place where I could snag one? (When/If my fiancee ever comes home, I could have her contact her otaku network of friends in Japan to get on it for me, but that's up in the air indefinitely.)

Here's a pic:

[devilman]

What about the controller that comes with some versions of Puchi Carat? I forget if the colour is the same as your pic but it's the same controller.

[devilman]

A pic of mine -

Though obviously the game itself is PAL

[k8track]

Yeah, it looks like the photo I snagged from Wikipedia is that of the Puchi Carat controller. I've seen (but can't find right now) pictures of the Namco one and the design is exactly the same, but with the drab, beige color and Namco logo. I'd be happy with either one. I also just remembered that I have Arkanoid 2000, and I bet it would work with that.

I also just realized that I've got the NeGcon controller (2 of them, actually), and I bet I could use that for those games. Still, I'd love to have the actual special paddle controller.

By the way, anyone know the code/procedure to unlock the hidden Bomb Bee game on the Japanese Namco Museum vol. 2?

[k8track]

By the way, anyone know the code/procedure to unlock the hidden Bomb Bee game on the Japanese Namco Museum vol. 2?

Found the code! Took some searching.

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1010746

"At the start menu, select Cutie Q and press Circle 7 times, Square 6 times, X 5 times, and play to your hearts' content."

So there you go, fellow fans of Bomb Bee who happen to have the Japanese version of Namco Museum vol. 2.

[k8track]

Quick update, I did locate one of these things a while back; in fact, it was thanks to Devilman who made me realize how I had to search for it (i.e. the Puchi Carat Limited Edition is the way to go). Ended up getting that for around $20 off eBay, which is well worth the price for the paddle alone.

Puchi Carat, as far as I've played (not that much), is pretty freakin' lame, unless there's more to it and something that I've missed. I have four other games that work with the paddle controller as well.

I've got Arkanoid 2000, which I got as a bootleg back in Ukraine in, well, 2000, and hadn't played it at all, but suddenly I could finally play the heck out of it, tons of fun. It works well with Super Breakout, obviously, from Arcade's Greatest Hits: Atari Collection 1; I had to tweak the analog sensitivity in the configuation menu a bit first. And it works like a real champ for both Cutie Q and Bomb Bee from the Japanese Namco Museum Vol. 2. By the way, I had a heck of a time getting that Bomb Bee code to work, the instructions are slightly vague. The key is to select Cutie Q and let it go through the motions of getting it started, then at the screen where the graphics are scrambled, that's when you quickly enter the code. (I was selecting Cutie Q at the start menu and then immediately entered the code and it never worked.)

Now my obsession has turned to trying to get a Sega Mark III paddle:




I just acquired Woody Pop for the SMS, which is on a MyCard so it will work on a U.S. SMS, but I definitely need the paddle controller (which I hope will work as well). I even took a long shot and hooked up my 2600 paddles, but no dice (any way to mod those so they would work?). I'm obsessed with Woody Pop, but can't play it properly without the paddle. No dice on Ebay; anyone have an extra they'd like to sell or trade? A good Japanese site that would have one for sale? I'm not too worried because when my fiancee returns from Europe (whenever that is), she can contact her network of otaku friends back home in Japan and hopefully score it for me. Still, I'd like to try to find one in the meantime.

The next step after that is trying to get the Mark III system itself so I can play the other Mark III paddle games, especially Megumi Rescue, which I played on my modded Xbox via the Meka emulator, and it was tons of fun. I actually didn't do too poorly using the analog Xbox controller, but the paddle would be the way to go. But one step at a time.