CES mop-up: SplitFish beats Nintendo to the punch?
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Jan 7th 2006 at 6:30PM }
Ever since we caught wind of
SplitFish's Revolution knock-off, the DualFX Controller, we've been dying to get a hands-on look. We finally located
the tiny booth, headed by a pair of endearing middle-aged Edmonton men, one of which had trouble opening up the PS2
unit when we requested he swap games. They've tested their products, right?We actually liked the idea of splitting the controller down the axis, at least in theory. The laser guidance system used to control right analogue movement was indeed "very inconsistent," and we ended up using the right analogue stick instead. Lose the laser, relocate some of the buttons, paint it black, and SplitFish has got themselves a nifty 3rd party controller--that won't cost $59.95.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Greg2k @ Jan 7th 2006 8:15PM
Ok now that just looks like shit
Superzapper2000 @ Jan 7th 2006 9:58PM
I agree that does look like shit.It looks like they hacksawed a PS2 controller in half and glued it to a Radica fishing game.What kind of Name is SplitFish ? it sounds like slang for a female body part. .
Jago @ Jan 8th 2006 4:57AM
People seem to forget that the biggest raw of the Revo controller is not the fact that it is a remote but that it has a tilt sensor in it.
...and yes...it looks like complete crap :-)
jonboy @ Jan 8th 2006 2:46PM
Why not? It's no more ridiculous looking than the Rev controller.I thought the whole stupid concept was to get away from all the buttons',etc? With this dumb-ass thing you need both hands just to HOLD it-nevermind control it! Did we suddenly sprout another set of limbs? The one on the left looks an attenuator control [as in helicopter].The one on the right looks like one one of those humungous injectors vets use to shove up sheep's arses to give them anthrax shots! Try doing all THAT with just 2 hands! ha ha ha!
Jago @ Jan 8th 2006 7:07PM
Wow you must be an expert or something b/c last time time I checked only a handful of people have actually held and played games with the Revo controller...
...and so far everyone of them has loved it.
Jammo @ Jan 9th 2006 1:35AM
As much as I love the Revolution controller, that's not very appealing. I can't see it going as far as Nintendo seeing how they are really pushing their controller.
And jonboy. Have you ever played a game with the Free Hand Controller? I suggest you do before giviiing negative feedback. Like Jago said, everyone who have got to try it out love it. No one should pass judgement as of yet.
Pikachelsea @ Jan 9th 2006 9:58AM
Way to go, SplitFish -- decreasing that copycat turnaround time every day. How fast can you copy someone else's ideas and do a horrible job of it?
As pathetic as this copycat is, at least it makes the Rev controller (the REAL thing) look that much better in comparison.
revo4life @ Jan 9th 2006 7:37PM
This is bad the faliure of this controller will give the rev controller a bad image. WHY DO PEople do these stupid things and wast money. e.g gizmondo