Which were the best joypads ever?

[benstylus]

I think the Saturn 3D pad is the single greatest pad every created.

Which is odd because the Dreamcast pad which is heavily based on it is pretty much rubbish.

[Patmaster]

I didn't said, that the Duo-RX Pad was the first 6 Button Pad, I know that the Avenue was produced earlier. But I think that the Arcade Pad 6 is the better one of the two. I personally don't like that cheaping feeling Avenue Pads.

[elvis]

Super Famicom / PAL SNES.

There is no second place. Everyone else loses.

[Hewitson]

The American SNES controller is identical to the Super Famicom/PAL SNES controller.

Personally I think the 6 button megadrive controller is FAR superior.

[Stormwatch]

But the L/R buttons are better to DO A BARREL ROLL!

Quite poor for fighting games, tho.

[Hewitson]

Ideal for Mortal Kombat, thats about it.

[Ed Oscuro]

But the L/R buttons are better to DO A BARREL ROLL!

Quite poor for fighting games, tho.

Or for being held down (i.e. Ikari no Yousai / Operation Logic Bomb)

[elvis]

The American SNES controller is identical to the Super Famicom/PAL SNES controller.

Nope. It

1) Has crappy concave buttons for Y and X (no such thing on PAL/NTSCJ)

2) Is fugly (purple motif for the lose)

Personally I think the 6 button megadrive controller is FAR superior.

Personally I think the rubbish buttons and wobbly D-Pad on the megadrive utterly sucked.

I own and love both consoles. My original SNES controllers are still trucking along. My MD controllers meanwhile are busted and broken due to being made poorly, and while they were still working were awful to hold and use. The SNES controllers are exponentially more comfortable, not to mention longer lasting by a factor of almost 3.

Now days I build my own megadrive controllers (hard wired arcade joysticks/buttons - thankfully I only need the 3 button inputs, as I don't play any 6 button games any more). Again, I love the megadrive like my own child. But it's controllers sucked balls.

[Hewitson]

The American SNES controller is identical to the Super Famicom/PAL SNES controller.

Nope. It

1) Has crappy concave buttons for Y and X (no such thing on PAL/NTSCJ)

2) Is fugly (purple motif for the lose)

Personally I think the 6 button megadrive controller is FAR superior.

Personally I think the rubbish buttons and wobbly D-Pad on the megadrive utterly sucked.

I own and love both consoles. My original SNES controllers are still trucking along. My MD controllers meanwhile are busted and broken due to being made poorly, and while they were still working were awful to hold and use. The SNES controllers are exponentially more comfortable, not to mention longer lasting by a factor of almost 3.

Now days I build my own megadrive controllers (hard wired arcade joysticks/buttons - thankfully I only need the 3 button inputs, as I don't play any 6 button games any more). Again, I love the megadrive like my own child. But it's controllers sucked balls.

I realise the colours are slightly different, however I've owned an American SNES and the buttons themselves (apart from the colour) were exactly the same. Thats not to say they all are, but the ones on mine certainly were.

The official Sega 6 button controllers have a great D-Pad and nice firm buttons in my opinion, they also last longer than the SNES ones in my experience.

The Megadrive layout is much better as well. However I'll be the first to admit that the 3 button controllers are shit.

Each to their own

[Stan]

2nd- Sega Saturn white version (jpn) // d-pad is like butter, best for fighters, excellent button feeling but a little 'detached', umm.. colorful.

Is it any different to the black or grey one with the same shape?

[Eltigro]

In no particular order...

Original Genesis 3 button... for nostalgia, sometimes I just hold it and look at it, not even hooked to the console (freak)
TurboGrafx-16 controller... very tough, turbos, not that original, but just well made
Super NES controller... great buttons and button placement, first time (I believe) that we saw shoulder buttons, also one of the first that was really easy to plug into the console

honorable mention: NES dogbone controller that came with toploader NES

[azmun]

For 2D gaming best pads are:

1-Japanese Sega Saturn Pads (basically a variant of the Genesis/Mega Drive 6 button pad since it uses the exact same layout and buttons)
2-SNES/Super Famicom pads

For 3D
1-Dreamcast
2-original PlayStation
3-PlayStation 2

[azmun]

2nd- Sega Saturn white version (jpn) // d-pad is like butter, best for fighters, excellent button feeling but a little 'detached', umm.. colorful.

Is it any different to the black or grey one with the same shape?

Nope, they're pretty much identical. My favorite colors are the white and skeleton or clear black ones.

[harlequ1n]

I recently got my 1st Jap Saturn and yes the pad is godlike. After that I'd say the SNES and NES.

[gregabney]

I dont think anything will be better than the super famicom controller

[LuckyDay]

I loved the NES Max

[Herr Schatten]

1. Saturn (japanese)
2. PCE
3. SNES

[Animaitor]

Sega Saturn pad (Japanese)
Xbox 360 pad (with or without cable)
PC Engine Duo-RX pad

note: non of the above are modded with Seimitsu ;P

[TLB]

JP Saturn. Incredible.

[kazuo]

Japanese Saturn Pad: Best pad for SF style fighters ever

Best pad ever, period.

/thread