Just bought a really rare PS1 style Dreamcast controller!

[Anthony817]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dreamcast-contr ... 25af16d61c

Don't look at the original link at the top of the page look here. He has 2 left. He apparently relisted it as another item he didn't relist it from his previously sold items I guess.

Yeah it seems kind of odd but I have faith in him. He contacted me, are you sure he didn't contact you? He replied pretty quickly when I asked him a lot about them and how he got that many of them when they have been relatively unseen in the DC community over the years and all of a sudden a review is made about them and then there are a lot to be found.

I also was checking out his reputation going back to see where the single negative rep was posted, but it seems it was a person not reading about how he only ships stuff out once a week.

[Ghudda]

I definitely think it's an issue with the postal service at the moment (perhaps due to storm related stuff?). I have multiple packages that I know have shipped but are hanging on marked as shipped. The guys reputation is solid as well, so I think it's outside his control.

[jay_red]

I have recently had items from USPS that never updated the tracking information but showed up on time. When checking the tracking it would just show the acceptance scan, then delivered a few days later.

[Ghudda]

I have recently had items from USPS that never updated the tracking information but showed up on time. When checking the tracking it would just show the acceptance scan, then delivered a few days later.

Nice, this is reassuring! Thanks for the info

[Anthony817]

Same. I shipped a copy of Shenmue II English speech mod for 99 min discs to Canada almost a month ago. It didn't arrive due to wrong address, and it has been saying it is on its way back to me for over a week, and I have no idea why I haven't gotten the package? It shows it is out for delivery back to me for the past week. Every day I check it it shows the same thing just updates to say the current day is the delivery date.

Edit: Looks like something is happening.



Guess he really was telling the truth then.

[Anthony817]

Ok guys I finally got it in! I must say, this thing is GREAT! I played Street Fighter 3rd Strike, Gunlord, Metal Slug, and many other games with it. I was really happy playing with it.

The D-pad and buttons all have a nice satisfying click to them. They have rubber under the buttons so it feels good, not too much resistance just enough. The controller is as comfortable in the hands as any other PS1 controller. The D-Pad, shoulder and face buttons all feel really responsive and nice.

Combos are MUCH easier to execute on a game like Street Fighter, as the controller makes it easier to do combos requiring diagonal inputs. Also Gunlord and Metal slug were great in this respect too. More so Gunlord, as it has true 8-way controls in the game, so aiming diagonally up to the left or right is super easy now.

Overall the build quality is really good for a 3rd party controller. If you are like me, and hate daisy chaining adapters and controllers to the system, for $10 you can't go wrong. It is the most affordable alternative to those pricey ASCII fight pads, Agetech Joystick or the Total Control adapters.

[Anthony817]

I really hate to bump this again, but I wanted to hear if you guys have gotten your controllers yet and if you like them?

[Purkeynator]

Considering it but $12 shipping is a bit steep for a controller.

[Anthony817]

Considering it but $12 shipping is a bit steep for a controller.

For me on this link it only shows $10.72, granted I am in Texas so I might be closer to Ohio than you.

http://tinyurl.com/http-www-ebay-com-itm-Dreamc

Sorry had to shrink the link it was 228 characters.

I will agree that is a tad too much for shipping, as I bought mine for $13 and some change total. Then again, he only listed 2 this time, so you know what that means. Once these are gone they are gone forever and I HIGHLY doubt you will see them again. I know I never heard of or seen these.

But by the same token Tom from Dreamcast Junkyard got his for only 2 pounds. Not sure on his shipping. From reading his review I had faith it was worth the money. After using it myself, I LOVE it. So you can judge that for yourself.

Some good things I love about it is the Saturn style D-pad, it is fucking amazeballs. Seriously. Gunlord is an amazing game now with it. If you get it I suggest downloading that game as it will single-handedly justify the price. 8-way directions. Just utterly amazing...

Also when you press all buttons it has a great balance between feeling the rubber underneath the buttons and being clicky. I give this controller an 8-10 only because it has no rumble or an analouge stick, and no VMU plug on it.

For what it is and does though it is fucking great for fighters, platformers and other arcade games like Shmups which never used the Dreamcast analogue stick in the first place, so this is a great leap over the DC D-pad for those games. I got farther in Zero Gunner 2 than ever before with this. Plus the face and shoulder buttons are on point.