That Sega Controller!
Remember that Saturn-style USB pad I bought? Yeah, the main purpose was for playing emulators. I’ve always been a stickler for playing games using the original hardware, but using a console controller with a PC comes close enough, especially when my game collection is 6000 miles away. Currently going through Earthbound; that game never gets old.
After playing with it for a while, though, I have a few comments to make about that Sega controller: it’s not good for playing Super Nintendo games. Of course, Genesis, Nintendo, and Game Boy Advance games are no problem. But the Sega- specific structure of the buttons (three large on the bottom row, three small on the top) makes it difficult to play SNES games that require four buttons in a diamond pattern (the familiar BY/AX set). In addition, the shoulder buttons seem really flimsy; they almost feel like mouse buttons. The directional pad is also hyper-sensitive to diagonal direction inputs.
It probably seems like I hate the darn thing, but in reality I’m glad I bought it. It seems pretty difficult to find a regular, non-analog game controller these days, and this controller at least fits well in my hands. The other option is to buy a console controller->USB adapter. This would probably would be the best way to play emulators, if you have access to the controllers you want (I don’t).
I also bought the full version of Gish, and the controller makes playing it quite a bit more fun. I recommend you!
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