Board 8 > Which 3rd party controller have you used the most in your life?

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For consoles.

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I guess the Hori left dpad joycon for Switch

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I used the fightpads on the XBox 360 for a few years so I guess those since I usually went first party

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Lopen posted...

I used the fightpads on the XBox 360 for a few years so I guess those since I usually went first party

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probably a Rock Band 1 instrument

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Pokken Tournament controller for Switch? It was the only thing I used for Mario Maker 2.

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Probably a Rock Band microphone, or maybe a guitar hero guitar?

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Has to be one of the following two:

https://monkeybargaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/817jiV9z0HL._AC_-768x548.jpg.webp

I had a bunch of these hideous things as a kid. They were pretty comfortable to actually use, though.

https://www.amazon.com/MadCatz-Black-Macro-GameCube-Controller/dp/B000PG9V0O

Also had some of these pieces of shit. Moral of the story here was that I should have shelled out for real GCN controllers.

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Yeah probably the guitar that came with Guitar Hero III for the Wii.

As for a standard controller, probably a Logitec wireless controller for PS2.

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Probably my turbo controller for SNES. I used it interchangeably with the regular controllers even though I rarely used the turbo feature. It actually lasted a long time, too, unlike other 3rd party controllers that I can remember. I think it was still working when the console itself bricked.

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Hori Fighting Commander that works with both PS3 and PS4



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I dunno actually. I had an EA N64 controller that I used for a while but I generally use official stuff even on PC.

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If we aren't counting a rock band 2 guitar, then it was just some crappy gamecube controller that i bought because i was poor
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probably a Guitar Hero controller

for a regular answer, that cursed MadCatz Gamecube controller I reckon. That's what turned me off from 3rd party controllers, and now I try to only use official stuff

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Still have a PS3 fightstick I've been hauling around from gen to gen.

those shitty PS2 controllers that were partially see-through

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Probably the shitty Mad Katz N64 controller.

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Whatever the freebie I got with my GameCube was.
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I had some whatever 3rd party gamecube controllers with turbo buttons but they both broke so

other than that I can only think of rock band 2 controllers, everything else I think is a first-part controller (counting Steam controllers for Steam, and Xbox controllers even for PC use)

KingButz posted...

If we aren't counting a rock band 2 guitar, then it was just some crappy gamecube controller that i bought because i was poor

MZero posted...

probably a Guitar Hero controller

for a regular answer, that cursed MadCatz Gamecube controller I reckon. That's what turned me off from 3rd party controllers, and now I try to only use official stuff

.... so yeah these posts, except this was mine



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I guess a PS3/4 controller hooked up to PC. Thats as far from first party I have ever strayed.

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Rock Band Wii guitar if it counts

I have a Hori GameCube-style Switch controller I quite like, but I usually just end up using the Pro Controller instead anyway

Every MadCatz controller I've used was awful and I swore them off; once had a Blockhead GC controller that was somehow even worse

On PC I use a Logitech F310 and it's my favorite controller, but it's not "console"

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I wasn't thinking about game specific controllers at first, but I guess that'd be my Beatmania IIDX controller. What I came up with first is the knock off 360 controller I bought for my PC a few months ago that really works and feels (minus some weight) like the real thing.

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Probably an original Xbox controller, my younger brother broke a bunch of those and I recall having many third party ones for it.

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If Guitar Hero peripherals count, than the Xbox 360 Guitar Hero 3 guitar.

If not, I was using some generic Gamestop-brand 360 controller on my computer for a while until I finally replaced it with another generic controller.

It might be worth noting here that I also don't use a mouse; I use a trackball. I've used a Logitech Trackman for over 20 years now. I still remember when mice weren't the default point-and-click for computers and they didn't usually have scroll wheels...which is important, because my trackball doesn't -- there's no reasonable place for one.

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_SecretSquirrel posted...

Probably the shitty Mad Katz N64 controller.

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i had some matcatz wireless ps2 controllers for a while since local auction sites weren't a thing and they weren't selling actual ps2 controllers for a while. they weren't very good but i remember them well. i think i had an off-brand wiimote or two in the past as well, back before all wiimotes around here (bootlegs included) saw dramatic price hikes (they went from about $25nzd to 70+ ugh)

another possible contender is the ps3 controller i got with the second hand ps3 i bought about... 4 years ago. it was called a Double Shock III lmao. unfortunately i didn't get as much use out of it as i'd have liked since i accidentally dropped said ps3 while packing a year or two ago.

The InterAct SG ProPad for Genesis.
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there was a genesis controller with XYZ. not sure if it was first- or third-party.

and some gamecube controller.
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I had these Genesis 6-buttons that were really good. I liked them better than the official pads, even.



I also had this N64 pad that I got early on, which was kinda trash but I liked the dpad better and the C buttons were less different than A&B so I liked it better for Killer Instinct. Plus it ended up being incompatible with the Rumble Pak when that came out so Interact gave everyone who sent in a barcode a free "Tremor Pak" which was their version that worked with it.



And of course I have a couple Hitboxes that I use for fighting games, one that I bought and another I put together myself from loose parts and an empty case.

that's the genesis pad i had!
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guitar hero controller

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Excluding rhythm games, I'd have to vote for the Hori Split Pad Pro. It's been the savior of the Switch handheld mode. Most other 3rd party controllers I had over the years were junk that I only bought to give to friends that didn't have their own controllers to bring for multiplayer get-togethers.



I'm actually surprised no one else has mentioned the Split Pad yet, because I know people have talked about it here before. It's pretty much my favorite third party controller.

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