F***king 360 joystick

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:11 pm 0

rowan wrote:Or my design which I don't think I've seen implemented:

4 separate buttons, just like on the PS1 but *not* actually joined as one
piece inside.
I'm sure this would be the most precise way.

Quite. Hardly any games use the d-pad so the buttons would double up as 'proper' buttons like A/B/X/Y

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:06 am 0

The perfect setup for left handed types! Unless they've all gotten used to the pad being that way round...

skweek · Post by **skweek** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:10 am 0

I think I did manage to fix this by shaving a bit off of the nubbin on the bottom of the dpad, after I had disassembled the controller.

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:54 am 0

Solid disc style d-pads can work. See: Saturn pad. It seems to have a bit more height on it than most, though. A little more travel.

Nintendo's d-pad has scarcely changed in 23 years. I'm sure the original patent has expired. Have they trademarked the cross shape or something?

Guru-Meditation · Post by **Guru-Meditation** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:55 am 0

ThetaReactor wrote:Nintendo's d-pad has scarcely changed in 23 years. I'm sure the original patent has expired. Have they trademarked the cross shape or something?

Yah but this is America, the patent will probably expire some time in the distant future.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:41 pm 0

Right chasing Sickboy's Robotron high score last night reminded me that we were talking about replacement joysticks - did anyone get one and was it any good ? As frankly I am getting fed up of running straight into Grunts cause the diagonal is so unreliable

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:22 pm 0

benedictw wrote:
rowan wrote:Or my design which I don't think I've seen implemented:

4 separate buttons, just like on the PS1 but *not* actually joined as one
piece inside.
I'm sure this would be the most precise way.
Quite. Hardly any games use the d-pad so the buttons would double up as 'proper' buttons like A/B/X/Y

Same method as on the NeoGeo Pocket Colour, then? That had an awesome stick, shame it didn't catch on, really.

Stone

Post by **Muttley** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:44 pm 0

Deckard wrote:Right chasing Sickboy's Robotron high score last night reminded me that we were talking about replacement joysticks - did anyone get one and was it any good ? As frankly I am getting fed up of running straight into Grunts cause the diagonal is so unreliable

Yes, I got one. Unfortunately my 360 died the same day so I've only used it on the PC. It's excellent in MAME and other emulators though. There's only one stick though, so not sure how much help it would be in Robotron...

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:00 pm 0

I think there's a Hori one coming out branded for Virtua Fighter 5. Might be worth a punt.

Post by **Muttley** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:02 pm 0

Flabio wrote:I think there's a Hori one coming out branded for Virtua Fighter 5. Might be worth a punt.

That's the one I'm talking about. Came out 3 weeks ago.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:02 pm 0

Its out? Shows how long it's been since I last went shopping.

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:30 am 0

Flabio wrote:I think there's a Hori one coming out branded for Virtua Fighter 5. Might be worth a punt.

I have that one, the directions are still rather wooly on it. The Gamester one I have for my original xbox is miles better.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:09 pm 0

And another night of death by dodgy diagonal has convinced me that for Robo and Smash the controls were implemented by blind, armless monkeys. Any one found a reliable alternative yet ? Anyone got one of these - http://hardware.teamxbox.com/reviews/xb ... eStick/p1/