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[bionic77]

Has anyone used any of the USB adapters? The Dual Shock just doens't cut it for SNES games. I found some at Lik-Sang

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=207&products_id=4234

but usually their shipping is incredibly expensive. I like to play some SNES and other games on my laptop during a long flight and I am starting to hate using the DS for snes or genny games. This seems like the perfect solution.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

I completely understand wanting the perfect feel for the games you like, but other than nostalgia, what can't the Dual Shock cut?

It's got all the right buttons in all the right places, plus two extra, and a much better D-Pad IMO.

 

[MaddenNFL64]

The DS2 d-pad blows. a good sized, cross shaped d-pad is better than any other design IMO.

 

[bionic77]

I completely understand wanting the perfect feel for the games you like, but other than nostalgia, what can't the Dual Shock cut?

It's got all the right buttons in all the right places, plus two extra, and a much better D-Pad IMO.

Well, I noticed when I was playing tetris attack and some other games on my SNES, I could do things with the SNES pad that were impossible (for me at least) on the Dual Shock. The Dual Shock is a great controller, but for 2D it has nothing on the SNES (or genny pad). Sony really needs to make softer buttons for their next controller imho.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

I could do things with the SNES pad that were impossible (for me at least) on the Dual Shock.

What things? This intrigues me.

 

[bionic77]

What things? This intrigues me.

On certain levels I just can't manipulate the blocks fast enough to clear certain levels and yet when I play the same exact level on the SNES with the SNES pad it is pretty easy. I am a huge supermariokart nut too and the game is just easier to play with the SNES pad.

 

[belgurdo]

Controller S fo life, suckas

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Pretty obvious it's just a preference thing, which I can respect.

Lik-Sang may not be the only place to get them, but their stock is a good way to gauge what is out there.

 

[jarrod]

Saturn D-pad > SNES D-pad > everything else

 

[dark10x]

Saturn D-pad > SNES D-pad > everything else

Saturn pads just feel so cheap, though. The wire connected to the pad seems to have more weight than the pad itself...

 

[Crazymoogle]

Controller S fo life, suckas

So that's how the plea bargain turned out?

EDIT: I'll admit it's better made than the Saturn pad though.

 

[Ristamar]

The DS2 d-pad blows. a good sized, cross shaped d-pad is better than any other design IMO.

Yes, yes, and yes.

 

[dark10x]

I dunno, I love the DS2's d-pad. I don't understand the complaints...

 

[neptunes]

looks like a matter of prefernce to me.

 

[bionic77]

looks like a matter of prefernce to me.

Play tetris attack against me with a DS2 vs. a SNES pad and see if it is only a matter of preference.

 

[PkunkFury]

I like how the SNES pad uses concave buttons for X and Y and convex buttons for A and B. It provides an extra tactile reassurance that my hand is in the right position for doing a certain move. I wish new controllers would adopt this.

 

[shuri]

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