Recommend me a good USB/PC controller for SNES games!

[4ppleseed]

Yep, I'm loving the idea of the smartjoy box thing at the moment.

[Ivo]

The Sidewinder does not have shoulder buttons but rather triggers on the backside. I own one of those too (the USB version), and I have to say that my biggest complaint is the D-pad. It has major control issues and the D-pad is set at a strange offset angle. The Smartjoy box is the way to go.

Do you have the black version or the grey one? I heard the black buttons one has issues; I have the grey one and it's rather ok. I heard the complaint about the strange offset angle before - it not only doesn't bother me, I think it would be worse if this offset wasn't there. What happens is that the controller (very comfortable) is held on these prongs that angle outwards from the center, and the D-pad vertical is simply pointing upwards (i.e. it is NOT "parallel" with the angled prongs). I think the people having problems with that weird offset intuitively expect the "up" direction to lie along the thumb, which will be naturally parallel with the angled prongs.

Nintendo d-pads are among the best in terms of precision, but after playing for a while they do get your thumbs sore - these ones don't.

Ivo.

[retrogamer]

I have the grey button version. I also own the black button non usb version as well. IMO I hate both of them.