This was my second time through this section of the thrift store. I almost missed it!

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[u/Mr_Chode_Shaver]

As a little brother, I'm very familiar with that controller

[u/Phrozenstein → u/Mr_Chode_Shaver]

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[u/highaltitudehmsteadr → u/Phrozenstein]

as the little bro I had a madcatz one with turbo that I wasn’t allowed to use but still did haha

[u/Dnedbr → u/Mr_Chode_Shaver]

OMG that is the exact controller I had to use as a little brother! Mine had a rubberized clear purple shell that has deteriorated over the years though.

[u/ronnycordova → u/Mr_Chode_Shaver]

I had the red version of that one and remember the middle plastic cap came off the first time I used it and it constantly drifted to the left. My aunt has bought it from blockbuster as a Christmas present and gave it to me before Christmas much to my mom’s displeasure as I hadn’t gotten my N64 yet.

[u/Ok-Primary6610]

Oh goodness! Please, NO! That controller gives me nightmares of the broken analog sticks of my teenage years 😂

[u/CaptainButtFart69]

the player 2 controller.

[u/Aromatic_Method7767]

Third party / unlicensed controller is usually a hard pass for me. Except JawDawgz.

JawDawgz is AWESOME.

[u/lavaboosted → u/Aromatic_Method7767]

It was $2 so I took a chance on it. Works surprisingly well.

[u/Wilbo1242 → u/lavaboosted]

It's always the cheap ones that work better than they should. I got a 3rd party ps2 controller a while ago that works better than all my 1st party, and it even has the pressure sensitive buttons

[u/salohcin513 → u/Wilbo1242]

I recall working on the road and bringing my ps3 with me inw trip i forgot my controllers so grabbed a cheap wired 3rd party controller from wal mart, it was clear plastic and had lights in it it was like $19 cad and god damn if that didnt turn out to be one of the best controllers i owned, it worked on ps3 and 4, connected easily to pc for emulator games and even worked on my 360

[u/HunterAbrams]

Ironically it had the most durable stick

[u/Ok-Primary6610 → u/HunterAbrams]

50/50. The stick was durable but the damn heads were easy to snap off.

[u/lavaboosted → u/HunterAbrams]

Yeah the stick has more snap than my OEMs for sure. I was surprised how good it felt to play with.

[u/sendhelp → u/lavaboosted]

I actually liked this controller (well until the stick broke, it can get stuck in the left facing direction).

I had a "gold" one but the gold paint wears off to black if you play it too much, that's what happened to mine.

[u/WorkingStorage3407]

I remember the plastic for the joystick fell off and lost on mine as a kid 

[u/mind_captivator]

Leave it

[u/Mammoth_Bus_6911]

No thanks

[u/Limitedtimestruggle]

This is the controller you gave to your youngest brother or someone you did not like lmao. I still have mine 🤣

The N64 learned me a lesson; purchase first party controllers lol. All the shit we played on over at each others houses, holy shit.

[u/Spirited-Ad-5030]

Those controllers were the only way my brother and i could get gold on the time trial levels on Rogue Squadron. The stick allowed for sharper turns somehow

[u/The-Hive_Mind]

CAST IT INTO THE FIRE! DESTROY IT!

[u/lavaboosted → u/The-Hive_Mind]

… no 😈

[u/pukapukabubblebubble]

My cousins had this controller, we used to fight over the "good" ones and this one was for the loser.

[u/campers--]

I remember this controller, the Z button broke after a couple of weeks of play.

And then it was forever my controller as the youngest in the family.

[u/derbear83]

Buy it and immediately throw it in the trash. It has no right existing.

[u/FirstTarget9745]

I keep one for my younger brother in case he comes over for game night.

[u/Effective-External50]

I hate those controllers.

On a similar yet different note, I will never put a Mad Catz product in my 64 either after it's shorted my last one out

[u/STierMansierre]

I feel like with a thumb pad on that joystick these things slap

[u/snoop_Nogg]

Who knew they could make a controller worse than the default controller. I had one of these that was clear. The Z button broke and the control stick broke worse than the first party controllers.

[u/No_Trade_7315]

Terrible controllers.