The NES Advantage joystick

[spman]

I have no problems with the NES Advantage, but the only game I ever felt was more enjoyable when using it was Captain Skyhawk.

[MeTmKnice]

I currently have a couple of these. One of them I picked up at game crazy years sgo for 2.99

[tom]

The NES Family King is the best controller for any NES game, it's like a REAL joystick.

[o.pwuaioc]

NES Advantage was all I used. I think I've used one of those NTDEC sticks and the buttons felt weird... but that was a long, long time ago so memory is likely skewed.

SNES Advantage was not all that awesome, but the ASCII Pad was king of that system for me.

I don't have anything against the SNES Advantage, it feels only slightly cheaper than the NES one - buttons stickier, really. But other than that, it's about the same for me as the NES one. What makes the ASCII Pad so much better?

As far as both Advantages go, I only use them for shmups, not fighters or any platformers or anything.

[skaar]

NES Advantage was my controller of choice for Zelda II, Mega Man(s), SMB(s) - the whole gamut, really.

[XYXZYZ]

NES Advantage was my controller of choice for Zelda II, Mega Man(s), SMB(s) - the whole gamut, really.

So did you primarily use joysticks for other systems, or just NES?

[jperryss]

I used the NES Advantage almost exclusively for most of my NES days. Platformer, shooter, RPG, didn't matter, I just liked it a lot more than a gamepad. The turbo switches were a bonus.

Once the SNES rolled around, a joystick was no longer a replacement option due to the L/R shoulder buttons, which made a lot of games (like F-Zero) awkward and difficult to play.

I do have two Fighter Stick SNs which are great for SF2, MK, etc. but outside of those few games, mine don't get much use.