The question that remains is what you'd call this bad boy. An "Arcade Pad?" A "Control Stick?" A "Stick Pad," perhaps? How about "Gorgonth, the Combiner and Destroyer of Worlds?" No, that's a tad wordy.
[Thanks, Keits!]
Modder creates controller fighting pad with arcade stick buttons
by Griffin McElroy 
on Aug 31st 2010 11:55AM
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The question that remains is what you'd call this bad boy. An "Arcade Pad?" A "Control Stick?" A "Stick Pad," perhaps? How about "Gorgonth, the Combiner and Destroyer of Worlds?" No, that's a tad wordy.
[Thanks, Keits!]
Reader Comments (23)
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:04PM Solace said
i honestly don't know what to say
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:07PM onan said
We can rebuild him. Better, faster, stronger. We have the technology.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:13PM Cleric said
What has science done?
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:17PM Haelie said
The nice thing about arcade sticks is that you wouldn't dare throw one if you get frustrated - it's so much more practical to just bang on them with a closed fist. This looks just light enough to be able to fling across the room in a moment of rage, could cause some serious damage to your loved ones and material possessions.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:19PM joe wright said
Fightpad.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:20PM daytripper said
It's also super ergonomic too!
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:20PM Petebot330 said
How do you use it??? You cant hold it in your hand, and you cant use a D-pad with just your index finger...
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:26PM Uncle Jesse said
@Petebot330
You have to hold it with both of your hands. You'll use your left thumb on the D-pad, obviously, and then just smash your head against the buttons.
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You have to hold it with both of your hands. You'll use your left thumb on the D-pad, obviously, and then just smash your head against the buttons.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:22PM DangerMouse001 said
If it bleeds, we can kill it.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:23PM Ujn Hunter said
While I don't know how someone could play with that hacked up controller... (how do you hold it?) It does remind me of Capcom's SNES Soldier Pad! http://nfgworld.com/mb/thread/417 Which I always used wrong! The idea is to use your fingers to press the buttons instead of your thumb, but I used my thumb!
Now if someone could please hack together a Wiimote with a Thumbstick and a Nunchuck with an 'A' button I'd be all set!
Now if someone could please hack together a Wiimote with a Thumbstick and a Nunchuck with an 'A' button I'd be all set!
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:24PM Ashkental said
At least the D-Pad is better than the one on the Xbox Controller
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:37PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
Seems incredibly awkward to hold. I'd imagine just rewiring an arcade stick so that the normal joystick port is just a wire that goes out to half a gamepad would work a lot better than trying to wield this beast.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 1:04PM Hayatoblaze91x said
"who's cursed with a love of a conventional controller's directional pad, but also an arcade stick's clicky, satisfying buttons"
I actually have this problem, if only it was alittle smaller tho!
....No Pun intended!!
I actually have this problem, if only it was alittle smaller tho!
....No Pun intended!!
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 1:08PM SEGA Scream said
Great to see SEGA back in the hardware business, making shit that won't sell. Can't wait to play Eternal Champions on Sega CD with this!
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 2:28PM MasterYogurt said
The only logical way I can see to use that is to place it on the side of a table, so that the dpad hangs over, allowing your hand to fit under it.
The smart thing to do would have been to give the box a few feet of wire, allowing you to hold the dpad on the left hand and place the box on a table.
Slow news day?
The smart thing to do would have been to give the box a few feet of wire, allowing you to hold the dpad on the left hand and place the box on a table.
Slow news day?
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 3:08PM MasterYogurt said
@Haelie
Actually, we're missing the obvious solution. The controller should have been placed halfway up the box. Boom, solution.
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Actually, we're missing the obvious solution. The controller should have been placed halfway up the box. Boom, solution.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 4:01PM cmurph said
I'll give you $200 for it~!!
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 9:00PM rtdzign said
cmurph,
I sold that one already.
If you are serious, I am making another slimmer one, just waiting for parts, but you have to track me down on shoryuken.com.
I sold that one already.
If you are serious, I am making another slimmer one, just waiting for parts, but you have to track me down on shoryuken.com.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 9:38PM xcornmuffinx said
Back in the day, my Saturn got more use than everything due to it's amazing ports of the Capcom CPS-2 fighters (X-men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel vs. Capcom, etc.). I had a friend who built his own arcade controller for the expressed purpose of playing on my Saturn. It was kind of like this except, you know, had a stick. So I guess, not like this at all.
