10/11 Top-10 Retro Controllers

**chrisbid** · 10-13-2011, 02:28 PM

the classic atari cx40 - accept no substitute

sucks the rev2 saturn pad didnt make it, and a hearty thank you for not putting the horrendously overrated snes pad on the list

**wongojack** · 10-13-2011, 03:21 PM

Can you post a picture of the quickshot 2. I think I know what it is, but I want to make sure we are talking about the same thing

<Edit >
This?
http://www.retrogames.co.uk/more/on/details/016462

**Duke.Togo** · 10-13-2011, 06:09 PM

Voted for the NES pad, but I really prefer the Famicom's. I agree on the Saturn pad, I love that one the most. How did you guys miss that one?

I have the X-Arcade and it is awesome, but I don't think of it as retro.

**indieseoul** · 10-13-2011, 06:34 PM

I went with the nes controller but I actually prefer the snes controller. I like the Snes controller because it's curved to fit in your hand without the sharp corners that tend to remove skin. I hope the Snes controller gets mentioned in this month's top ten. It should be in the top five.

**Chewchilla** · 10-13-2011, 07:21 PM

My favorite retro controller is the WICO Bat Handle Command Control joystick - but it is not on the list. So I will go with the Atari 2600 controller.

**RedWolfJC** · 10-13-2011, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Chewchilla

My favorite retro controller is the WICO Bat Handle Command Control joystick - but it is not on the list. So I will go with the Atari 2600 controller.

That was a bad ass controller back in the day...

**tcv** · 10-13-2011, 08:07 PM

I went with the Atari 2600 factory. It's the one I teethed on and the one I wish we could get back to.

It's not my favorite, though. My favorite is not on the list. Indeed, I think my favorite may just be everyone else's worst. It's the Epyx 500xj.

**BydoEmpire73** · 10-13-2011, 08:47 PM

2600 controller. Great motion, super durable, and relatively comfortable. If it were up to me, I'd put the Epyx 500XJ at #1. The stock NES controller is definitely a classic and it's solid, but I like the NES Advantage way better (and the SNES controller for that matter - great button placement and size, and a bigger better d-pad that's still really tight).

Gamecube is a great controller, but I wouldn't call it retro.

Colecovision? Wow, that's second only to the 7800 PainLines as far as awful, hand-cramping controllers go. One of my very least favorite. The 5200 and Intellivision stock controllers blow it away. The only reason I ever spent any time with the Colecovision is because I picked up some of the Super Action joysticks, which are great and make the console usable and fun.

I was never a big fan of the Dual Shock series because my thumbs always slip off the analog sticks - the shape and material aren't very good imho. I like the Xbox concave/rubber sticks 1000x better.

As much as I love the DC as a console, its controller has one of the worst, floatiest, make-me-want-to-break-the-controller-trying-to-play-Capcom-vs-SNK dpads ever. It gets props for a lot of things like the VMU and other plug-ins, but man that dpad is terrible.

My personal top 4:

1) Epyx 500XJ
2) NES Advantage
3) Stock 2600 Stick
4) Stock SNES Pad

**BydoEmpire73** · 10-13-2011, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by tcv

It's not my favorite, though. My favorite is not on the list. Indeed, I think my favorite may just be everyone else's worst. It's the Epyx 500xj.

Read your post after I wrote mine up. Cheers for the 500XJ - super comfortable and I love the tight 'click' of the stick. It was always really accurate. The only downside is that it doesn't seem to be super durable, I have a bunch of broken ones and haven't seen a working one in ages.