A good alternative to the Hori Pad for GB Player?

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OH! i guess the photo is just wrong. Didn't look like it would fit a cube slot. Good idea about just using the GBA .. i already have one of those cables!
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fuctfuct wrote:OH! i guess the photo is just wrong. Didn't look like it would fit a cube slot. Good idea about just using the GBA .. i already have one of those cables!
no it's not. He sent you the wrong link. There is one for GC...

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.24816

though I can't vouch for the quality. I"ve never used one. Certainly it looks nice. I think if it were me I"d go with Pellican, a company whose products I've used since the prices are about the same.
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samsonlonghair wrote:Or you could try this Chinese gadget.
http://crazydealguy.mybisi.com/product/ ... mecube-wii
Stay away from that Chinese gadget. Terrible input lag on SNES controllers.
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fastbilly1 wrote:
samsonlonghair wrote:Or you could try this Chinese gadget.
http://crazydealguy.mybisi.com/product/ ... mecube-wii
Stay away from that Chinese gadget. Terrible input lag on SNES controllers.
I'm glad you pointed that out! One of my locals has this thing brand new for like $25 and I've eyeballed it a couple of times...
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noiseredux wrote: no it's not. He sent you the wrong link. There is one for GC...
oops! my bad. didn't know there was another type of port :P
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Anapan wrote:
noiseredux wrote: no it's not. He sent you the wrong link. There is one for GC...
oops! my bad. didn't know there was another type of port :P
yep. There's the Wii controller port and the GC controller port.
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I bought it after following it for over a year - big disappointment. The RetroUSB ones seem to work a whole lot better. I just havent found a controller I really like for the Gameboy Player yet. Ive been told that a SNES adapter and a Commander controller is probably the best for me, but when you price it out, it is the same price to buy a Horipad... This is on my list of things I want to figure out this year.
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fastbilly1 wrote:I bought it after following it for over a year - big disappointment. The RetroUSB ones seem to work a whole lot better. I just havent found a controller I really like for the Gameboy Player yet. Ive been told that a SNES adapter and a Commander controller is probably the best for me, but when you price it out, it is the same price to buy a Horipad... This is on my list of things I want to figure out this year.
I love the Horipad.
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noiseredux wrote:
fastbilly1 wrote:I bought it after following it for over a year - big disappointment. The RetroUSB ones seem to work a whole lot better. I just havent found a controller I really like for the Gameboy Player yet. Ive been told that a SNES adapter and a Commander controller is probably the best for me, but when you price it out, it is the same price to buy a Horipad... This is on my list of things I want to figure out this year.
I love the Horipad.
i also love the Horipad. :)
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fuctfuct wrote:Looking for something cheaper :)

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Hori digital pads are a fair bit cheaper at Yahoo Japan Auctions. I was bidding on several JA GBA carts through the proxy service FromJapan, and adding a Hori for $30-some dollars had a negligible effect on shipping.

Although I haven't tried any alternatives, I can easily say this pad is a huge improvement over GB Player'ing with the standard GC controller.
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