Controllers?

JohnMorrissey · 14-12-2005 3:30pm #1

Is there anywhere in dublin to buy non-microsoft original xbox controllers? e.g madcatz?

Tank Top Fever! · 14-12-2005 3:33pm

Most game shops have them. HMV on Grafton St has loads I think

danbhala · 14-12-2005 3:33pm

i think game do their own xbox controllers

rainbow kirby · 14-12-2005 3:49pm

Any branch of GAME should have own-brand controllers, and HMV, Virgin and Dixons should have MadCatz ones... including the MicroCon I've been promising myself for AGES!

1800callturk · 14-12-2005 8:23pm

in my opinion i dont think you should get a madcatz wireless controller, me and my brother got 4 between us and each of em f*cked up, after about a week the left stick on all of them started to turn to the left and you can't stop it, they come with a 3 year warranty but it's still not worth it:mad:

rainbow kirby · 14-12-2005 10:40pm

Thanks for the feedback... the reason I was thinking of going for a MicroCon is because I have very small girly hands, and for certain games *cough*Halo*cough* I find the S controller a little too big.

Laguna · 14-12-2005 10:41pm

rainbow kirby wrote:

Thanks for the feedback... the reason I was thinking of going for a MicroCon is because I have very small girly hands, and for certain games *cough*Halo*cough* I find the S controller a little too big.

You find the s controller too big, lol, **** you must have munchkin like hands!

GrumPy · 14-12-2005 11:51pm

Laguna wrote:

You find the s controller too big, lol, **** you must have munchkin like hands!

Hehe, well at least the 360 pad is even smaller then the S

rainbow kirby · 15-12-2005 1:10am

True... found the 360 pad very comfortable when I tried it out in Smyths the other day.

skywalker · 15-12-2005 10:40am

Im not sure if these are the ones you guys are talking about but have you seen the ones in hmv? they are wireless & pretty damn tiny. Their 3rd party but seem nice enough, dont have that tacky 3rd party look about em.

1800callturk · 15-12-2005 11:34pm

Skywalker, are those the tiny wireless orange ones? DO NOT GET THEM!!! No matter how girly your hands are!:D
got one of those as wel and i took it out and plugged it in, worked for a day!
got a replacement and same thing happened again! I HATE MADCATZ!

mrmrbungle · 16-12-2005 12:05am

why not get a ps2 controller adapter? they're better controllers anyway

rainbow kirby · 16-12-2005 1:39am

Because the PS2 controller is all wrong for FPS. Now if somebody did GC controller adaptors that would be a whole other matter

skywalker · 16-12-2005 10:40am

1800callturk wrote:

Skywalker, are those the tiny wireless orange ones? DO NOT GET THEM!!! No matter how girly your hands are!:D
got one of those as wel and i took it out and plugged it in, worked for a day!
got a replacement and same thing happened again! I HATE MADCATZ!

I thought they were green, but other than that they sound like the same ones. A mate has them & he swears by them

rainbow kirby wrote:

Because the PS2 controller is all wrong for FPS. Now if somebody did GC controller adaptors that would be a whole other matter

I couldve sworn Id seen those around, but a quick google turned up nothing.

6ix · 20-12-2005 3:59pm

Does anyone know how much a cheap controller for original Xbox would be - eg a Game/Gamestop controller?

I want to play Halo with my mates, but they've only two controllers.

Might go into town this evening and pick one up if its cheap.

wayne040576 · 20-12-2005 6:02pm

I was doing a search to see if there were any reviews of third party contollers out there. THe first hit on google I got was this:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/08/10/news_6130691.html

Seems MS want to lock out any third party hardware companies that don't give them a piece of their money.

Does anyone know how good the controllers are that HMV have? I was close to getting one today. They are 25 quid versus the 55 that HMV want for the official units.

rainbow kirby · 20-12-2005 6:49pm

Well a third party controller in GAME is €14.99 if you're buying it with anything else in store, and they're not bad...

6ix · 21-12-2005 12:25pm

Yeah, that was a good deal, but the €14.99 without any other purchase at Argos was better.

Well worth it, had a great 4 hours of MP Halo last night

Thanks

The Recliner · 22-12-2005 11:05am

Does anybody know if original Xbox controllers will work with the 360???

Ciaran500 · 22-12-2005 11:21am

They don't work.

The Recliner · 22-12-2005 11:24am

Ciaran500 wrote:

They don't work.

Grand So

Thanks

The girlfriend is buying me a steering wheel for Christmas, will just have to use it on the PS2 so

Maybe someone will come up with a converter some day

niall mc · 22-12-2005 11:24am

I was doing a search to see if there were any reviews of third party contollers out there. THe first hit on google I got was this:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/08...s_6130691.html

Seems MS want to lock out any third party hardware companies that don't give them a piece of their money.

another reason not to buy a 360. its a pity really, it could have been fantastic. think ill stick with the xbox1 for awhile...

Ciaran500 · 22-12-2005 11:31am

niall mc wrote:

another reason not to buy a 360. its a pity really, it could have been fantastic. think ill stick with the xbox1 for awhile...

How is that a reason at all to not buy a Xbox360 and how does it stop the 360 from being "fantastic"? Sony did the same with PS2 memory cards, every card had to use Sony's "Magic Gate" technology.

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