Customer Reviews

Dreamcast Control Pad in Red

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This controller, beats the [stuffing] out of the other controllers for dreamcast, sega's included. Most of the ones by interact and other 2nd part manufacturers were cheaply made and clunky. This one is the exception. As you play, you get an excellent grip on the controller, with satisfyinly easy-to-press buttons, and a tighter control stick (think sega's). If you are thinking of purchasing another controller, this one is the best one I've ever tried.

This control does have a good feel, but I discovered ... that there are problems using it with my Virtual Memory Unit (VMU). It often causes the Dreamcast to not recognize the Unit when the system boots up and requires several restarts of the system (including unplugging and replugging) before it "sees" it. This nearly drove me to send the Pad back..., but the feel is so good that I don't even use the Pad that came with the Dreamcast. So if you don't have a VMU or don't care if you need to "go thru the motions" AND the "feel" of the control pad is more important. Go for it.

The color of the controler is why I bought it. But after using it, and playing with i find it to be as good, if not better then a the sega controller. It responds a little quicker, and after hours of playing my hands do not cramp at all.

At first glance, the High Frequency controller looks a lot the original Sega controller, but with a bright color. The handles slope outwards slightly, but otherwise the shape is identical. In the hands the controller feels solid. The molded plastic feels a lot thicker than the cheap plastic of the Sega controller. The analog sticks are fairly similar. The HF stick is a little thicker and higher than the Sega one. This might make it difficult for children with short thumbs to use it. The HF stick moves more fluidly than the Sega one and has a better feel to it. The HF uses one of those soft, circular digital pads which are comfortable but inaccurate. I prefer the harder, cross shaped design of the Sega controller. The fire buttons of the HF look and feel similar to the buttons of the PS/PS2 dual shock controller. This is definitely better than Sega's buttons which feel hard and cheap like the N64's C buttons. One problem that should be noted with the HF controller is that it has some sort of compatibility problem with the Interact 4X memory card. In order to use the controller with the 4X card you must power up the system, unplug the controller, then plug it back in. Not hard, but slightly annoying. The Sega controller does not have this problem. Finally, it should also be noted that the HF controller is about $8 cheaper than the Sega controller.

I would recommend the HF controller to anyone except: 1. Young children with small thumbs 2. People who play a lot of games that require complicated and exact digital pad moves(i.e. Streetfighter) 3. People who intend to use the 4X memory card with the controller.

Otherwise it is superior to the original Sega controller.