The Cellar - View Single Post - can i have a "do-over" for this week?

vsp · 11-22-2002, 02:20 PM

First off, the price on the provided link is UNBELIEVABLY high, even after converting to American dollars. You can get an equivalent product at your local Electronics Boutique (or other local game-shop) for about twenty bucks. (There are heavy-duty reinforced pads out there that cost more, of course, but this is your garden-variety model.)

It's also incompatible with many PS1 and PS2 games, despite what it says in the ad, for a very simple reason -- it doesn't support the "shoulder buttons" (L1, L2, R1, R2) or the Dual Shock's joypad buttons (L3, R3). If your game uses those buttons, you're out of luck. Obviously, many other games _might_ work in theory, but actually performing competently would be another order entirely.

The pads are, of course, designed for use with the "Dance Dance Revolution" series of games and similar dance-rhythm titles. I tried out a Dreamcast version, and am happy to say that I am gloriously incompetent when it comes to DDR. I'll settle for whacking yuppies with golf clubs in GTA, instead.

11-22-2002, 02:20 PM	#28
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	First off, the price on the provided link is UNBELIEVABLY high, even after converting to American dollars. You can get an equivalent product at your local Electronics Boutique (or other local game-shop) for about twenty bucks. (There are heavy-duty reinforced pads out there that cost more, of course, but this is your garden-variety model.) It's also incompatible with many PS1 and PS2 games, despite what it says in the ad, for a very simple reason -- it doesn't support the "shoulder buttons" (L1, L2, R1, R2) or the Dual Shock's joypad buttons (L3, R3). If your game uses those buttons, you're out of luck. Obviously, many other games _might_ work in theory, but actually performing competently would be another order entirely. The pads are, of course, designed for use with the "Dance Dance Revolution" series of games and similar dance-rhythm titles. I tried out a Dreamcast version, and am happy to say that I am gloriously incompetent when it comes to DDR. I'll settle for whacking yuppies with golf clubs in GTA, instead.