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[Dr Manhattan]

7800 Joypad VS NES Pad Conversions for the 7800.

For those of you who have tried both, which do you prefer?

How do the buttons and the d-pad compare on the two controllers? Which controller is more precise?

How deep are the buttons on the 7800 pad? How does that depth compare to the NES buttons?

Basically tell me anything your can. I look forward to hearing your opinions.

[AtariNerd]

Haven't played one of the converted NES pads for use on the 7800, but In terms of general use, the feel and play action of the the NES pads win hands down , in my opinion. Longed to get the 7800 D pads for awhile, but was ultimately disappointed when I got some. They offer better control than the stock joystick, for me, but the hard plastic feel, with it's hard edge, small buttonss and it's general half-hearted aesthetics left me personally wanting for something better. :/

[malrak]

AtariNerd, on Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:30 AM, said:

Haven't played one of the converted NES pads for use on the 7800, but In terms of general use, the feel and play action of the the NES pads win hands down , in my opinion. Longed to get the 7800 D pads for awhile, but was ultimately disappointed when I got some. They offer better control than the stock joystick, for me, but the hard plastic feel, with it's hard edge, small buttonss and it's general half-hearted aesthetics left me personally wanting for something better. :/

Yeah, what he said. The NES converted pads are much, much better to me.

[3000bc]

I actually prefer the Joypad to the NES. The control is good with the removable stick and the buttons have a comfortable rounded feel. I think it's my second favorite pad (after the TG16 - you just can't beat having reset on the controller).

[toiletunes]

I think part of it is what you're used to- I grew up with 2600, moved on to NES, to Genesis, to 7800. I prefer 2600 joystick best, then NES pad, then Genesis, and 7800 controller last.

[Dr Manhattan]

I like the NES pad but I hate the idea of playing my Atari 7800 with something that says "nintendo" on it. I know that's a petty concern but I'm an obsessive Atari fan.

My main concern with the Joypad is the buttons. They're kinda low in relation to the d-pad. Without trying one in person I don't know how deep or repsonsive they are. Button depth is always important to me. I'm not a huge Sony fan but I've always loved the buttons on the PS consoles mainly because they are low and easy to pound.

[Austin]

The buttons are "meh" on the 7800 pad and are spaced out much farther than on your usual console controller. Regardless, they still get the job done as most games use one button. No big deal. The problem with the controller, IMO, is that the d-pad is terrible. It's too easy to accidentally go diagonally when you do not want to, whereas the NES pad offers unmatched precision for that era of gaming. Having the stick in makes it even easier to go in a direction you don't mean to, and taking it out leaves a large hole that makes the pad awkward to use. It's an interesting novelty, but I really cannot recommend it. For those one button games, a Genesis pad is excellent (I was using my Genny six button on it last night!). If you really, really need to play the two-button games, a converted NES pad is surely the way to go.

[0078265317]

I've never used a 7800 controller before. But the nes much better. I don't have a converted pad. But I use a nes pad on my sears tele 6 switch. Works great for space invaders 112 and jungle hunt. Except back in the day the nes pad was not ergonomic so it caused lot of hand cramps. Actually I use a dogbone nes controller for that reason. I have a write up inn the 2600 section describing how.

Edited by 0078265317, Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:34 AM.

[Armonigann]

^ I'll second that jungle hunt. I actually prefer the prolines for most 7800 titles though.

[ATARI7800fan]

7800 Joypad.