Whats the best 3rd Party N64 controller?

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For the PSX in the N64:
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... &sk=t&sd=a
He did not share the specifics, but you might be able to track him down.

As for me, I bought five hori pads when I had a chance. They have not had the rounds but they are just waiting for the right time. I have not invested in the odd white ones that show up on ebay occasionally, but will sometime in the future.

Modman, I think you have your dates wrong. I am fairly certain the Hori pad came out after the Cube. Which is one of the reasons why it is not as widespread as it should be. I might be wrong, but I first started seeing them on import sites right after the Cube launched.
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fastbilly1 wrote:For the PSX in the N64:
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... &sk=t&sd=a
He did not share the specifics, but you might be able to track him down.

As for me, I bought five hori pads when I had a chance. They have not had the rounds but they are just waiting for the right time. I have not invested in the odd white ones that show up on ebay occasionally, but will sometime in the future.

Modman, I think you have your dates wrong. I am fairly certain the Hori pad came out after the Cube. Which is one of the reasons why it is not as widespread as it should be. I might be wrong, but I first started seeing them on import sites right after the Cube launched.
Are you sure?

If I remember correctly the Mini-Pads were sold from '99 to '00 before Hori pulled them off of the market unexpectedly leading to the short supply due to the design's sale to Nintendo.
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Fast, thanks for that link. I can't believe I never saw that thread! It's exactly what I want my finished product to look like. However, I don't think I'll be trying exactly what he did (with the ICB and whatnot - I plan to put the Cube stick on a 3rd party controller that will readily except it than fit the whole thing into a first party controller).

It looks so damn good in the pic, it's getting me pumped to try it myself.
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Ok modman the best I could find is NCSX saying they will have the new Hori pad in December 2000. So they were released before the Gamecube, but I cannot find anything that says that they are they had production stopped because of Nintendo. I did find an ad that said $25 + $10 shipping for them new though...
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fast wrote:I did find an ad that said $25 + $10 shipping for them new though...
where?
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Sorry fuctfuct, I should have stated - the ad was from 2000.
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Oh.. :( lol
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I got one like this at a game store for $1 :D
It is very comfortable, didnt take that long to get used to.
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:( i really want one of those. Only one on eBay.ca is like $40 shipped or something.
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Yeah, I really wanted to try one of those out myself but haven't felt like spending the cash on it. A friend had one back in the day, and I remember holding it for a second and hating it. But I really wanna give it another try.
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