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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE perfect gamepad, January 3, 2006
This is the new improved version of the p880, which got lots of great reviews on Amazon. I've now played with this for a couple of hours and I'm EXTREMELY happy with it! It is perfect in every way! First, the gamepad is much bigger than the two logitech gamepads they had at circuit city. I like that, cuz my hands are large. The smaller gamepads are like they're made for little kids. Anyway, p990 is also lightweight. It has a cool blue light so you can see the buttons in the dark. It's bright, but it doesn't distract me while I'm playing games. I like the shape of the gamepad and the arrangement of all the buttons and controls. There is nothing to improve, as far as I'm concerned. Everything works great. I like very much that there are 6 buttons on top. This is great for fighting games like Mortal Kombat. There are two buttons on each shoulder. I read that's good for sports games, such as football and basketball. So there's a grand total of 10 buttons. Both of the dual analog joysticks were PERFECTLY calibrated right out of the box. I didn't have to adjust anything. All I did was plug in the joystick in the USB port and turn on my PC. It was automatically detected and installed. Only thing I did was check out the buttons in the joystick control panel to see how they worked and to see everything was perfect. The analog joysticks worked very well in several different 3D driving and flying games I tried. I was satisfied with them. This is great. Now I have both analog & digital control all in one unit. A software CD is included, but I didn't bother trying to use it yet. I also didn't try using the button that's supposed to load configurations for first person shooter games. The right side analog joystick is labeled "mouse look." I guess I'll update this review after I've tried an FPS with this gamepad. I wouldn't hestitate to buy it. It's incredible! It's a million times better than my old gravis gamepad pro.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Computer gamepad, February 23, 2006
This gamepad on the surface looks and feels like an X-Box controler, a little wider perhaps, but about the same.
The true magic of this pad is the great software that comes with it. I can now run my entire OS using this gamepad as my mouse. At the same time, I can have profiles for each and every game I play. It can also be used quite well with games that don't support a joystick by assigning one of the sticks to mouse control and making 2 of the shoulders mouse buttons.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
6 Buttons on front, but not "Heavy Duty", February 1, 2007
I'm rating this a 4 because that's the average:
5 for features, but 3 for reliability.
I'm on my second P990. I bought this specifically to play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I absolutely LOVE that it has 6 buttons on the top, while most gamepads only have 4. I have grown accustomed to this, so when my first one broke, I just HAD to buy another.
My original broke on the "D-pad". Cheap plastic part which connects it to the sensors. I could barely use the RIGHT and DOWN. I cannot recall how long I owned my first one, but I feel I did get my $$ out of it before it broke.
My "new" one, however, right out of the box, feels like the D-pad is close to breaking. This time, it's with the LEFT.
As I am now done with my GTA, when this controller breaks, I don't believe that I will replace it with another Saitek.
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