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I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 9th, 2013, 4:28 pm
by steephen1
I ordered a Superpad 64 that should be here soon. And a Horipad that should be here within 5 days. I must say, I'm rather excited! The N64 controller was good, but the durability sucked! The plastic base made that damn joystick break without any trouble within 6 months! These controllers however, appear to have the best joysticks you can find on an N64. I bought them because in Paper Mario the hammer kept slipping in battle when I tried to charge it. And in mario 64, I couldn't tip toe without slipping off of the edges of slim platforms! Hopefully, these controllers work MUCH better! I will include pictures as well.
Anyone have these?
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 9th, 2013, 4:55 pm
by a1
Um, the Superpad 64 joystick is really poorly made. The plastic piece falls right off after a few months of use. Maybe some super glue could fix that problem though.
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 10th, 2013, 2:48 am
by michaeld1
The Superpad 64 isn't that well made, to the point where my brother actually took it apart to try and get a sense of how to improve it, especially the analog stick mechanism. It also isn't that comfortable if you have big hands and the Z button is too small and hard to reach. I will say that, looking back, I do like the idea of an N64 pad where you can reach all the buttons without stretching around, though it makes playing Left position games a feat (though, aside from Turok's lefty mode and Ekans Ring Toss in Pokemon Stadium, I can't think of any other Left position games).
Haven't used the other one, but I've heard good things about the analog stick. It's just too bad the D-Pad's not underneath the stick and is, instead, put too close to the A and B buttons, making it probably impossible to play Home position games with it (like Kirby 64 and Mischief Makers), because otherwise, it looks like the best 3rd party N64 controller I've seen.
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 10th, 2013, 5:38 am
by steephen1
What about the horipad??
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 10th, 2013, 2:28 pm
by Oltobaz1
Hori is famous for its superior joypads. I'm not familiar with this one, but I wouldn't worry, it's Hori.
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 10th, 2013, 3:38 pm
by rift1
The superpad is great, I don't know what you guys are talking about. What plastic? The analog stick is freakin *metal* on the superpad and feels great.
The hori pad on the other hand renders the d-pad completely useless - look at it and tell me how you're supposed to play games that use the d-pad for movement??
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 10th, 2013, 7:54 pm
by a1
[QUOTE=rift]The superpad is great, I don't know what you guys are talking about. What plastic? The analog stick is freakin *metal* on the superpad and feels great.
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Yeah, the plastic on top of the comes off easily.
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 10th, 2013, 10:51 pm
by nesfan1
I recently saw a video by screwattack about the competitive N64 Super Smash Bros. scene and from what I can tell from that video the Hori pad is pretty popular with those competitive players because of the improved analog stick. Sorry I don't have any first-hand experience but hey, at least it sounds pretty good.
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 11th, 2013, 5:52 pm
by steephen1
Tell me how many N64 games really USE the D-pad. And for those games the original D-pad works just FINE. It is the plastic base on the analog stick that makes the original break so easily. Here, I'll attach a video showing my BEST N64 controller, and my only other one, they were purchased in 2001. And they STILL work like crap. The joysticks are total $+!7!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkK2lJi6xU&feature=youtu.be
I ordered a Superpad 64 and a Hori mini pad.
Posted: February 11th, 2013, 10:28 pm
by rift1
[QUOTE=steephen]Tell me how many N64 games really USE the D-pad. And for those games the original D-pad works just FINE. It is the plastic base on the analog stick that makes the original break so easily.
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The super pad doesn't have a plastic base, hence why it's so good. Some really good N64 games use d-pad for movement, such as WCW/NWO: Revenge. How you would play that on that Hori pad I have no idea.