bkev said:

zombie84 said:

The Sega Saturn controller was phenomenal. It fit solidly in your hands, had a 6-button fighter configuration plus additional bumpers for games that needed them.

You really need to use one to experience the difference. I didn't really pay much attention to it until my friend mentioned how much better it was, but once I did - man did I adore it! Unfortunately the 3D pad didn't fare as well; it's awkward as heck. The DreamCast is okay, but I tend to go crooked with the analog stick when holding forward so I tend to prefer situations like with the Gamecube where the edges are solid instead of rounded and there are 9 or so points I can easily stop at without it sliding over.

i've hated EVERY controller made out there,

with 2 exceptions, the atari 2600 joystick,

and the sega genesis 6 button controller.

the saturn one was too hard.

i LOVE any kind of actual joystick controller,

and to this day still use the sega saturn arcade stick.

(even for pcs/other consoles) with adapters.

i have a custom arcade joystick for the xbox 360,

and i also have an x-arcade stick for pc and other systems.

i have trackballs, and spinners for the pc to use with MAME

(arcade emulation) for playing all those tricky games that

need those. i don't own any steering wheels though,

but racing games are one of my favorites.

i grew up in arcades, until they died out, and so i am used

to real arcade controllers. i HATE touch screens, touch screen

games, any kind of games on phones (unless you can use

buttons). and i own a few portable systems, the revised

lcd gameboy (gave it away), the sega nomad (gave it away),

just got a sega game gear, and a color neo geo pocket

(because it has an arcade perfect port of pac-man).

later

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