- Put a classic spin on new games
Product Description
The Arcade Fighter Classic Pad features an “old school” directional pad and action buttons that have been designed to bring back the classic feel of your favorite fighting and classic arcade style games…. More >>
If you’re looking to get this to play fighting games, don’t get your hopes up. The dpad is not very good because you can press directly down on the center of it, which makes full circular motions hard to do and generally throws off your inputs. It might be possible to replace the dpad with a Super Nintendo dpad, seeing as how similar they are. The controller feels sturdy but lightweight. The face buttons, shoulder buttons, start/select/”DG” buttons work fine. It’s really just the dpad that I have gripes with. The DG button is the same as the PS button on Sony’s controllers. It has a quadrant of lights that indicate which port it is assigned to, just like on the Xbox 360 controllers. Works fine with PS1, PS2, and PS3 games. For PS2 games (backwards-compatible PS3 owners only), you have to press the DG button after launching the game to re-sync the controller, just like on Sony’s controllers. The usb cable is quite lengthy. I tried it out on my computer (Windows Vista Home 32-bit) and while it is recognized as a PS3 controller, none of the buttons do anything.
I would not get this to play fighting games. Did they even try out the dpad before releasing it as a “fighter pad”?
Rating: 3 / 5
Let me cut to the chase: this is a decent compliment to the collection of Wii control pads you may already own. It has it’s niche due to two factors: the control pad is very “mushy” (making it great for fighters), and the classic 6-button layout which is ideal for fighters. Beyond that, it feels very cheap and light…and the shape of it is a bit large (although I have big hands, I prefer the size of the original SNES game pads versus this size, which is a bit bigger).
So, bottom line – if you already have Nintendo Classic Controller and are interested in adding another decent pad to your repertoire…by all means, give it a shot…but if this would be your first controller of this type – stick to the Nintendo brand.
Rating: 3 / 5
You get what u paid for…
it offers what u would want. easy access to the buttons…
but.. it doesnt offer it nicely…
that being said…
Cons:
not ergonmically designed for the hands.
if you think u can be a better street fighter with it. you’re wrong…
you will catch cramps in all the small intrinsic muscles of your hands trying to pull off moves on the controller
Pros:
It’s cheap.
It works.
Rating: 2 / 5