China suddenly has bootlegged Sega pc pads perhaps?

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:41 pm

They're selling for arcade stick prices now. That's not such great value.

D · Post by D » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:43 pm

There's still one you can get for $45 something shipped.
-Rumor hulksmashed-
Still great value.
Hey, the black ones all but vanished!

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:50 pm

D wrote:
Ceph wrote:OMG, you'll actually use them, as opposed to let them remain in their boxes until the day you die? Wow!

Using a controller? This is pure madness.
I bought mine to scrub the toilet clean.

You don't even want to know what I do with my Sega merchandise.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:18 pm

Ceph wrote:
Elixir wrote: I'll probably end up using mine though.
OMG, you'll actually use them, as opposed to let them remain in their boxes until the day you die? Wow!

I bought them entirely for the purchase of reselling.

This entire ordeal was predicted.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:45 pm

I got mine in the mail.
For a "bootleg", it's so damn fine.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:46 pm

Elixir wrote:
Ceph wrote:
Elixir wrote: I'll probably end up using mine though.
OMG, you'll actually use them, as opposed to let them remain in their boxes until the day you die? Wow!
I bought them entirely for the purchase of reselling.

This entire ordeal was predicted.

Just call you notradamus then

It was bound to happen all the gaming forums were a buzz with the werld faymos sega USB padz!

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:52 pm

Dot Com bubble, housing crisis, and now a Sega Saturn pad crash!

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:37 am

I did a side-by-side comparison with my original Saturn USB pad. If I wasn't familiar with mine I wouldn't be able to tell any difference.

As it stands, the only things I've noticed:

D-pad feels only slightly different because it hasn't been broken in.
Triggers may be different. They're just as "clicky" and just as responsive. They may sound slightly more hollow.
The cord isn't as flexible as my original.

I'm going to go ahead and attribute all these things to not being broken in. I've had mine since 2005, so it's been used quite a bit. The D-pad is just as good, the buttons are just as good, and the quality seems to be the same. This is, quite honestly, too good to be true.

Rezatron · Post by **Rezatron** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:26 am

I bought one of the listings where you had to tell the seller which color you wanted (white, gray, or black). I sent him a message telling him I want the black one. His response:

black color is temporary out of stock
we will try to get more in about 3 days

Hmm, so it seems like they are getting a supply from somewhere rather than just selling "what they got."

The saga continues...

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:57 am

BTW:

My original USB pad has a model number ISS-5001-02

The two I recieved recently have a model number of ISS-5001-01

If the pads are legit, they're older (I assume) than the one I have. That would explain any differences.

Purple_Aki · Post by **Purple_Aki** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:42 pm

This is frustrating, I want but I'm reluctant to pay £25 + customs per pad when the same bloke was selling 'em for 15 less just a few weeks back. Ah old supply and demand eh. I'm quite sure these are still being produced anyway, if only I could get in touch with a distributor.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:33 pm

I received mine from Jockel today and it´s brilliant. I don´t have my old one around anymore (beer death), but this feel exactly like I remember. If this is a bootleg, then it´s the most astonishing bootleg I´ve seen so far; which means that it´s probably legit.

chempop · Post by **chempop** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:57 am

I'm going to order a White (with colored buttons) one this week, I can't wait. It will rejuvenate MAME for me in a big way I'm thinking as I've practically given myself arthritis by playing on keyboard (which really is decent especially for freaks like me who grew up playing C64 shmups with a keyboard waaay back in the day.

Oh, and why are people bitching about the price, these went for $40+shipping on play-asia when they were in stock and that was YEARS AGO, unless I'm mistaken, which I am not.

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:35 am

chempop wrote:I'm going to order a White (with colored buttons) one this week, I can't wait. It will rejuvenate MAME for me in a big way I'm thinking as I've practically given myself arthritis by playing on keyboard (which really is decent especially for freaks like me who grew up playing C64 shmups with a keyboard waaay back in the day.

Oh, and why are people bitching about the price, these went for $40+shipping on play-asia when they were in stock and that was YEARS AGO, unless I'm mistaken, which I am not.

I think people are bitchy about the prices since they were going for only around $10 a pad when they were first listed on ebay, stupid people drove the prices up (there were BINs for x2 pads for like $40 and people were putting in bids of $50+ in other auctions).
I think those people were looking to buy to resell anyway.

If push came to shove I wouldn't mind spending $40 on a single pad but I was lucky enough to grab 2 at that price before the prices went sky high, if you've paid attention to ebay for the last week you'd have noticed that that only a couple pads have been bought, people aren't touching them at the price they're at now, you can either wait a month and see the prices drop again or you can just get one now if you're that eager to get your hands on one of the best controllers ever made.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:17 am

From what I've experienced so far, these pads seem to have an issue when pressing them in the center. Has anyone else noticed this (apart from nimitz in irc)? My other Saturn pads feel fine in comparison.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:20 am

Elixir wrote:From what I've experienced so far, these pads seem to have an issue when pressing them in the center. Has anyone else noticed this (apart from nimitz in irc)? My other Saturn pads feel fine in comparison.

Care to clarify? I have not noticed any problems.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:34 am

Well, actual Saturn controllers have a glitch that happens when you press the center of the d-pad.

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:30 am

you guys have used this extensively so far? is it good and holding up very well?

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:20 am

yeah holding out for me quite well

ive had one from the first batch used it every other day since then

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:55 am

wow their are some for 25 bucks on ebay again. just got myself the pair ones.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid ... Categories

i bought the two controller deal for 45 bucks. shweeet!!!!

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:19 am

not exactly, considering the fact that i paid 20$ for both ;P

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:26 am

Jockel wrote:not exactly, considering the fact that i paid 20$ for both ;P

nice, guess im a little late for the super deals u guys have gotten, but i still think this is a good deal, my total came out to 53 bucks shipped. im still happy i guess lol.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:55 am

ArmoredCore wrote:wow their are some for 25 bucks on ebay again.

Careful about shipping. Some are $6, some are $20! Yikes.

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:34 am

Stormwatch wrote:
ArmoredCore wrote:wow their are some for 25 bucks on ebay again.
Careful about shipping. Some are $6, some are $20! Yikes.

thx for headsup, but most of them i saw were 6 shipping. didnt run by any 20$ shipping ones, right on for lookin out though.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:30 am

I think the original low price was a mistake on the seller's part. They didn't know what the stuff they had was worth. I'd say they're happy to sell these for $20 each from now on.

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:57 am

I've had my pad for a few weeks now, nice and sturdy just like my real Saturn pad, also what's this d-pad glitch?

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:09 am

yea whats this d-pad glitch u guys are talking bout, when u press the middle of the d-pad what will it cause? weird movement in gameplay or what? im lost

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:43 am

When in Control Panel/Gamepads and Mame my pad allows you to rock between all eight directions while pushing straight in. If I hadn't explicitly tested it I never would have known. My original does the same thing.

ArmoredCore · Post by **ArmoredCore** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:33 am

Damocles wrote:When in Control Panel/Gamepads and Mame my pad allows you to rock between all eight directions while pushing straight in. If I hadn't explicitly tested it I never would have known. My original does the same thing.

oh ic thanks so is this glitch present while using it on the ps3 as well which is my main use for this controller on the ps3 only. i got no pc shmups

shmups.system11.org

China suddenly has bootlegged Sega pc pads perhaps?

original or boot?