Round Over - R2/M12 - Modern Gaming - AtariAge Forums

kisrael said:

JB said:

holy_fluck said:

Yes some of the results i'm shocked at and wonder if its just bias towards or against a system rather than the controller (SMS controller vs Type S anyone?) ...

I'm genuinely owndering how EVERYONE that voted can think the Sony Dual Shock is better than the 5200 stick.

Most people wonder how anyone can like a stick that doesn't center. For most of us here, that's pretty much a show stopper, and some would go so far as to blame it for making the 5200 an also-ran.

Many of your complaints about the Dual Shock are valid, but at least you don't have to push the stick back into place when you're done moving right or left or up or down.

I've long since gotten into the habit of guiding sticks back to center. I do it automatically, even on digital sticks(had an SNES stick lose a spring, and I still use it with no problems).
Maybe that's why me and the 5200 get along so well.

holy_fluck said:

JB said:

I do admit I've never played a ColecoVision(though I've used my 5200 and INTV fairly heavily), but I find it hard to imagine a worse controller than the PS(aside from variants on a theme, such as the original XBox pad's poor button placement).
The d-pad tears my thumb up, the analog sticks are far enough out that I have to stretch my thumbs to reach them, there's buttons under the analog sticks(the sheer idiocy of that one feature never ceases to amaze me, and the only reason it's tollerable at all is most companies have hte decency to not use them), and you can't use the right analog stick in most situations anyways because it removes your thumb from the face buttons.

Thats weird, while the dual shock isnt my favorite controller, i find that i dont have any of the problems that you describe. My thumbs never "tear up" no matter how long i play, and i dont see why the buttons under the analog sticks are stupid. and also usually when both analog sticks are used the shoulder buttons are mainly used for the buttons, if not thats what button configs are for. please elaborate, anyway one of my faves is the saturn controller and IMO somehow the jag controller is most likely gonna come out on top here

Well, as you know, the d-pad's construction makes it look like it's 4 seperate buttons. And it's kind of stiff(read: really really stiff).
With a thumb resting in the center of the pad, the little "teeth" on the directionals can wear a good blister into it pretty quick in some games.

I made the mistake of playing a fighter with it once. Spent the rest of the day vowing I'd never do it again, no matter how good an idea it seemed.

Buttons under the analog sticks is bad because it's too easy to hit them accidentally during normal gameplay.

As for the face buttons... that's not the point.
...
Fine, I retract my rant about the right analog stick.

The Jag pad wins because you can make phone calls on it.