/vr/ - Retro Games

SNES controller for standard, Saturn for rocker style. Though I effectively use both the same way (rock the center pivot with the joint of my thumb). The problem with modern dpads is they tend to lack that pronounced joint and you're expecting to press each cardinal directly which is not how a dpad should be used

I am a fan of the neo geo cd pad microswitched stick though and wish more controllers would ape it

Saturn or Snes, any other answer is wrong!

Saturn. SNES D-pad is nothing special.

>d pad
You mean directional paddle?

>>6063906
Base neo geo stick is the most comfy dpad in the world.
>>6063927
Delet this.

>>6063897
To emulate, PS4's. Pure /vr/, christ who knows, they are all so stiff. I truly hated the SNES d-pad and it put me off from playing Street Fighter for a decade because doing half and quarter circles on that bitch was a nightmare.

My house is the best D Pad.
Come on in ;)

>>6063936
>SNES dpad
>Stiff
???

SNES has a super loose pad, that's why it's so good. I can hardly play panel de pon on anything else because it's so easy to tap directions quickly. I'm not sure what controller you were using

>>6063941
the default one

>>6063931
This, although really it's because it's a tiny joystick and joysticks rock. However, a 360 controller with a Pringle lid mod is perfectly acceptable and I hear the Xbone controller is pretty similar to this - and I also hear good things about DS4s and WiiU Pros so in 2019 I done think it's really some kind of holy grail thing - other than the Neo Geo pad, which is a while different animal. Check out a so called "fightpad" for a cheap imitation of the technology.

>>6063936
>>6063946
You sure you aren't thinking of the thumb shredding ps1 dpad? I don't recall my snes pad being particularly stiff, but my thumb remembers that piece of shit ps1 controller.

>>6063956
WiiU pro dpad is great, switch pro dpad is shit, ds4 dpad solid.

>>6063968
Never had an issue with the PS1 dpad. The SNES one was hell on my thumb. Even just doing Sabin's inputs once in a while gave me blisters. It fucking sucked as a d-pad even outside of fighting games.

>>6063897
Sega Genesis 6 button pad is perfection

>>6063906
All dpads are on a rocker you fucking retard

>>6064046
Which is why I used the word 'pronounced'. Trying rocking a ps4 and xbone dpad the same way you would a snes. It's not at all equivalent

>>6063906
i disagree

is it not better to be absolutely sure of what input you're pressing?

>>6064109
I don't have any (at least not that I've noticed) input inaccuracies using a dpad that way. I can consistently do DP, pretzel and 360 motions. It just takes far less actual movement to do them since I'm just slightly pivoting the joint of my thumb on the center pivot

Maybe it's just because I grew up doing it that way, but using the tip of your thumb feels clunky and slow

>>6064105
The ps4 dpad is great retard you're sounding like one of those old good new bad retards that think everyone here hates modern stuff like they do

>>6064121
I didn't say anything about the quality, I said it doesnt rock the same way. You seem a little agitated

Saturn or Neo Geo pads are best
If we're talking modern controllers, the pokken controller is by far my favorite.

>>6063983
This!

>>6064126
yeah because you like the dogshit snes thumbpad which is fucking god awful after about 30 minutes of fighting games

>>6064140
If you say so anon

>/vr/
Pic related.
>non-/vr/
I like the Wii Classic Controller Pro.

>/vr/
Pic related.
>non-/vr/
I like the Wii Classic Controller Pro.

>tfw no gender neutral d-pad

Playstation Vita.

>>6063956
>a 360 controller with a Pringle lid mod

A what now?

>>6063897
Famicom, no contest.

It’s either Saturn or Genesis, no need to be contrarian about this basic truth

>>6063897
The d pad on the Genesis and Saturn controllers are my favorite, the problem with your premise OP is it’s quite subjective.

>>6064485
Da fuq?

>>6064504
I forget the specifics but using a portion of a pringle's can lid, you can modify an Xbox 360 controller's d-pad to feel much snappier and more responsive.
Similarly, there's a very simple mod you can do to a Switch Pro Controller to beef up the area under the central pivot and make it harder to hit accidental diagonals.

>>6063897
Xbox 360

>>6064485

I agree that I should be Saturn / Sega Genesis design.
+Comfortable D Pad
+Full thumb access to 6 button

SNES / PSX design is awful
-Hard cross with no diagonal touch, it fucking shreds your thumbs
-Retarded 4 button layout + triggers?
Kek

>>6065959
6 face buttons is retarded, triggers are objectively better.

>>6065983
>6 face buttons is retarded
how to spot a pleb normalnigger

>>6066016
4 face buttons allows you to easily hit all four with very little thumb movement. Your other fingers aren't doing anything, so letting them actuate an additional four shoulder buttons is optimally ergonomic. The proper way to hold a 6 button pad is to put it in your lap and lay your entire hand over the 6 like a fucking fightstick. It's ergonomically terrible.

Someone should kickstart this.

>>6065983
I want six face buttons, 4 triggers, 2 analog sticks, start select and a dpad.

>>6066026
>he doesnt piano the buttons

>>6066075
If you piano or claw grip, you belong in a dumpster.