Retrolink USB Super Nintendo SNES Classic Controller

by Plug FX

Product Features

• Plug and Play
• No Extra Drivers Required
• Super Sensitive buttons for precision control
• Supports Windows 98/SE/ME/2000/XP or Later Windows
• Controller Joy pad SNES system to PC USB Port

Product Details

• ASIN: B000YDVN3Q
• Item Weight: 6.9 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,032 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Controller Pad (SNES) Style to connect to your PC Via USB Port. Now you can play your PC Games with a classic style controller in Full FX!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Retrolink: Great NES controller, terrible SNES controller, February 9, 2010

By 

Jason L (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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I simultaneously purchased a NES Retro Classic Controller USB and a Retrolink USB Super Nintendo SNES Classic Controller (this product). I was pleasantly surprised with the NES controller quality and sadly disappointed by the SNES controller quality.

Cons:
(-) Dpad is much too stiff, it actually made my thumb start to get sore after about 15 minutes of casual play. It was also much less responsive than an SNES controller: responsive enough to do SF2 fireballs but not enough to do uppercuts with any kind of consistency.
(-) The main buttons feel 'muddy' and don't have a good "spring back" to them at all. It's not easy to tell by feel if you have button pushed in all the way or not (as compared to a quality controller that gives a distinct feeling when the button is fully depressed).
(-) The L and R buttons only register button pushes on the outside edge and can barely be pushed in on the inside edge where it is comfortable to hold them.
(-) The main buttons were surrounded by a sticker showing the Y X B A labels but the sticker either didn't fit or was poorly placed or both. It looks cheap & terrible, with the edges sticking out unevenly on different sides.

Pros:
(+) Long cord makes for easy hookups whether it's to a usb slot on the back of your computer or the PS3 sitting in your entertainment center.
(+) Rubber start/select buttons are a nice touch for replica accuracy.

Overall:
While I would recommend the Retrolink NES controller to friends, I would not recommend this controller to anyone. Unless you're on a severe budget and you find this very cheap somewhere ($10 or less), skip this brand. Much better quality controllers can be had for around the same price. For the quality of this product (or lack thereof), it should be half the current price or less.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Retro not, June 18, 2010

By 

Mr. David P. Peterson "mrredhatter" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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The picture and the product are two very different objects entirely. Depicted on the Amazon website a a picture of what looks to be the original console controller with a USB connector. But once you receive your package you are immediately greeted with an off color branded device. The color and brand logo can be forgiven assuming it works and feels like the real McCoy. After opening the package you notice that the texture is wrong, buttons stick, and a very distracting indent on the back of the controller. Closer examination reveals that even the buttons are the wrong size and shape. Plugging it in becomes an unpleasant thought. But then it occurs to you that doing so will probably yield proof of a "Plug and Play" driver that just won't work, thus driving the final nail in the coffin of this tenuous product. I plan to return mine, or at least no pay for it considering that it's not the product that was represented by the picture.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced Underquality, November 20, 2009

By 

N. Moore "ArmchairArmada" - See all my reviews
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Got it yesterday. It is a little rough around the edges and kind of ugly. The d-pad is stiff and the button and axis configuration is a little strange (axis 3 and 4 used instead of 0 and 1 and buttons not in same order as some other controllers.) On the games I've played, however, it felt a lot better than trying to play with an analog stick. I'm not sure how well it would hold up in the long run.

For what it is, it should have been sold for maybe $7 instead of $19.

I would have liked a RetroZone controller, but at the time I was looking around it said they were sold out and I didn't know how long I would have to wait. It seems they have more now, so that might be the better option. It costs more, but it's probably worth it.

Another better option would have been to forget about classic SNES nostalgia and got a Logitec Precision for a lot less and it would have been much higher quality.

That being said, I might just keep using this controller and use it until it breaks -- which hopefully isn't too quickly.