I'm not the most critical retro connoisseur, but having used a SNES controller for much of my childhood this feels just like I remember: after a bit of use. The D-pad and shoulder buttons are really stiff when you first get them, but after a about 8-10 hours of continuous use I've noticed that the D-pad has softened up significantly and is very much what I was expecting it to be, and while the shoulders are still a bit stiff they have improved a bit, I suspect mostly because they are just used less often than the D-pad so they've had less wear-in overall.
The plastic is very solid and has just enough weight, it's light but not cheapy feeling. There is no deflection when applying twisting or pressure. I do notice that the cord can be pressed into the hole it's coming out of slightly until it meets some resistance as if there's no more room for it to go - this suggests to me that the cord is affixed to the controller only where it is soldered internally (rather than being pinched or glued to the casing itself). I haven't opened it to find out but I would recommend making sure you have enough slack in the relatively-short cable so you don't accidentally yank it. As someone who sits right next to their PC tower while playing, I find the cable length pretty ideal, but your mileage may vary.
The D-pad on this mimics a standard digital X/Y joystick that doesn't have intermediate ranges (it's not seen as a 'POV' input). Win10 recognizes it as as a generic USB gamepad, although it's recognized as having 10 buttons (it physically has 8) because select and start are set to inputs 9 and 10 (7 and 8 are skipped/unused for some reason). Just a quirk, it shouldn't cause issues. The nerd in me wonders if the firmware has accommodation for turbo/clear buttons like some competitor pads, which would explain the mystery inputs.
I've noticed some modern games that have Xbox USB controller input configurations by default can just start scrolling through start menus endlessly when you launch them while this controller is plugged in. I suspect it's an implementation issue in these games where they are blindly polling axes that this controller doesn't actually have (because an Xbox controller has many more axes available) and are defaulting to a 0-value. 0 value is actually a negative axis press rather than neutral. In these applications you may find you have to unplug this controller. I can't really fault the controller for this because I don't think it's the hardware's fault, rather just programmer assumptions that all connected gamepads will have the same axis configuration as an Xbox/Playstation controller. It's just the cost of using a non-normative retro controller, which I'll gladly pay for getting to play 2D games with a *real* D-pad.
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It's a good quality controller
I got the controller for the SNES old-school gamesIt feels like the SNES controller it's a good quality controller the buttons don't stick when I first hooked it up I thought I had a bad controller it was the emulator I changed to a different emulator and Thay worked like a charmI was debating if I wanted to go wireless or with a wire but I have read up and everyone says if you run wireless it will have a lag cause USB ports are made for multiple outputs not for speed and the wireless has a lag well these controllers DON'T have a lag soon as you push a bottom thay are on point and that is important when playing a game we know thisThe controller wire is close to 5 and a half foot with a USB end on it soo that is not to bad I would recommend
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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2018
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Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2023
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I got the controller for the SNES old-school games
It feels like the SNES controller it's a good quality controller the buttons don't stick
when I first hooked it up I thought I had a bad controller it was the emulator I changed to a different emulator and Thay worked like a charm
I was debating if I wanted to go wireless or with a wire but I have read up and everyone says if you run wireless it will have a lag cause USB ports are made for multiple outputs not for speed and the wireless has a lag well these controllers DON'T have a lag soon as you push a bottom thay are on point and that is important when playing a game we know this
The controller wire is close to 5 and a half foot with a USB end on it soo that is not to bad
I would recommend
It feels like the SNES controller it's a good quality controller the buttons don't stick
when I first hooked it up I thought I had a bad controller it was the emulator I changed to a different emulator and Thay worked like a charm
I was debating if I wanted to go wireless or with a wire but I have read up and everyone says if you run wireless it will have a lag cause USB ports are made for multiple outputs not for speed and the wireless has a lag well these controllers DON'T have a lag soon as you push a bottom thay are on point and that is important when playing a game we know this
The controller wire is close to 5 and a half foot with a USB end on it soo that is not to bad
I would recommend
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