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Strange and weird buttons on controllers
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Chezzymann
Member
Its handy to be able to do it on your controller instead of picking up a remote. Same appeal that a universal remote has.
fluffydelusions
Member
Ah interesting. I went from a coleco vision which was a handed down to us to a nes a few years later
My vote goes to the share button and touch pad on the DS4. When I first got my PS4 I kept pressing the share button thinking it was a select button and pausing my game bringing up the share options. And honestly I feel like if Sony didn't make the touch pad a pressable button they would be getting a lot more crap for there choices on the controllers design. Even if the touch pad gets forgotten by developers at least it serves as the "select" button like the...what ever the hell that button on the Xbox one controller is called to keep parady with multiplatform releases.
The doug button
What does it doooooooo
why is this making me laugh so much? lol
Sega took a different approach haha
Aww yiss I still own this. Back when I was surfin Gaming Age Forums on that sweet 56k in 2001. For like a week then I built my first pc and got idsl. Aww good times. I feel old.
The alphagrip. I understand it's supposed to be a keyboard and mouse slammed into a controller... But hot damn
people who shit on the Steam Controller probably dream of this instead
Lol, you play with fire...you get DOUG'd
We'll find out what the doug button does next Wednesday
EDIT: FUCK WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT DOES MY CANCELLATION BETTER GO THROUGH
DONT WANT TO BE STUCK WITH SOME STICKY FADED PIECE OF SHIT FROM 1999
Good Luck on getting it cancelled or getting an option to return
I own one of these and I still can't figure out how you're supposed to use it.
you're obviously supposed to accidentally hit your friends with it and knock over lamps and such...
That thing looks kinda cool actually. I like when there are cool controllers like that...until I have a closet full of usb drumsets and plastic guitars, that is.
Robin64
Member
Amiga CD32 had also somewhat unorthodox buttons, like 123 etc.
I had that as a SNES pad. It was my "give to player 2 because I'm using the official pad, dammit" pad.
AntiFacebook
Member
share button on the dual shock 4.
They took out the select button we all know and love and replaced it with a button that no one ever uses.
They took out the select button we all know and love and replaced it with a button that no one ever uses.
Tizoc
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Melchiah
Member
Looking at the screenshot threads, my FB feed, and all the YouTube gameplay videos, there seems to be a lot of people that never use it.
Freak.
There's an entire thread for screenshots using the share button. Not that hard to find either.
Alex_Mexico
Member
To be fair now you have a big ass select button. Click that touchpad.
As crazy as these two Namco controllers may look, I loved both of them as they were perfect for Ridge Racer. Would love them to make a PS4 version for driving games, particularly the JogCon. That and a proper PS4 Ridge Racer would be a dream come true for me.
King Gilga
Member
Trying to fing the Doug button, I only found this:
It's not Doug, but Pick/Carpet and Lamp are interesting buttons too.
I used to have that, I wasn't very good at it though.
Probably not a popular opinion, but I hate the Xbox controller. Not because of the button placement or other ergonomics, but because of the button names. LT, RT, LB, RB just never stuck with me. I had an Xbox 360 for 7 years, and today is the day I still have to look at the controller every time I'm asked to used one of those buttons, it's really annoying.
Got a PS4 a few weeks ago, never had this problem with R/L 1/2, already perfectly mapped in my brain. I dont know why this doesnt happen with the XB controller, one could say its because English isnt my mother tongue, but hell I'm C2 fluent level certified.
Got a PS4 a few weeks ago, never had this problem with R/L 1/2, already perfectly mapped in my brain. I dont know why this doesnt happen with the XB controller, one could say its because English isnt my mother tongue, but hell I'm C2 fluent level certified.
The Steam controller is a strange beast of which I'm still skeptical. Two analog sticks seems unnecessary, given that they are usually rate of change controllers, so why not replace one with an absolute change input? You cover all your input bases then. The d-pad has lived a long life for good reason and I'm not sure why they felt the need to replace it as well. The situations they contrived in order to justify another touch pad didn't convince me that it was worth losing the d-pad for.
The earlier versions were even more bizarre. Props to them for trying something new I suppose.
I came up with one possible way to improve it though:
The earlier versions were even more bizarre. Props to them for trying something new I suppose.
I came up with one possible way to improve it though:
DownGrader
Member
Haven't played the game yet, but wonder what use could tactical RPG have of analog triggers?
Still, thanks for the info.
The Steam controller is a strange beast of which I'm still skeptical. Two analog sticks seems unnecessary, given that they are usually rate of change controllers, so why not replace one with an absolute change input? You cover all your input bases then. The d-pad has lived a long life for good reason and I'm not sure why they felt the need to replace it as well. The situations they contrived in order to justify another touch pad didn't convince me that it was worth losing the d-pad for.
The earlier versions were even more bizarre. Props to them for trying something new I suppose.
I came up with one possible way to improve it though:
I'm proud to be an OP for this thread.
Fredrik
Member
Oh I have one of those, I think it came with Ridge Racer Type 4. A force feedback wheel right on the frickin controller lol
No "love" for this bucket on nonsense yet?
It was actually quite fantastic back in the days, weird to hold but the ffb was good and it felt a bit like driving an rc car. Too weird to use in any other type of game though.
Tripolygon
Banned
If you said this the day the PS4 was introduced and the DS4 was announced you might have been right and your opinion would have been popular since that was the reception at that time. But you are totally wrong, the Share button is one of the most used buttons on the DS4. Just search for #PS4Share on Google , Twitter or Youtube, and most PS4 gameplay videos on Youtube are from the builtin Sharefactory video editor on PS4.
Fredrik
Member
Spammed by some, never used by others I assume. I only use it when I press it by mistake thinking it is the select button. The preview video of what has been recorded is always wrong too which makes me wish you could map it for something useful instead, like select.
giant_frying_pan
Member
I love Doug but I've never seen this before.
The doug button
What does it doooooooo
I nearly choked with laughter.
It was merely a small detail that most people probably never even realized. There were some menus that had a fade-out effect that was dependent on how far you pressed the analog trigger. It was very easily missable and had no practical use. Probably just a remnant of Radiant Dawn's GameCube roots.
DownGrader
Member
Huh... Sure it was an extremely subtle but nice touch. Thanks!
SeeNoWeevil
Member
Sometimes in Bloodborne I desperately reach for the Doug button. But it's not there.
There's also the igugu gamecore if you can find one. Proto steam controller of sorts. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0046OUMFE/?tag=neogaf0e-20
MAtgS
Member
Not a button or even the a controller but this is just as baffling:
Why exactly does the PC receiver for 360 controllers even have that ridiculously long cord? How far away did Microsoft expect players to be from the PC when playing PC games? My own receiver is basically trash now after getting caught under the chair's legs again.
Meanwhile the receiver they have for XB1 controllers...
Holy shit that's way better! Why in the holy hell didn't they do that the 1st time around?!
Why exactly does the PC receiver for 360 controllers even have that ridiculously long cord? How far away did Microsoft expect players to be from the PC when playing PC games? My own receiver is basically trash now after getting caught under the chair's legs again.
Meanwhile the receiver they have for XB1 controllers...
Holy shit that's way better! Why in the holy hell didn't they do that the 1st time around?!
Not a button or even the a controller but this is just as baffling:
Why exactly does the PC receiver for 360 controllers even have that ridiculously long cord? How far away did Microsoft expect players to be from the PC when playing PC games? My own receiver is basically trash now after getting caught under the chair's legs again.
Living room gaming.
Noisepurge
Member
Sega took a different approach haha
i still have this, exclusively for Typing of the Dead!
Soodanim
Member
English is my one and only language and I still get mixed up sometimes. They're just bad. Nintendo's ZL and ZR are better, but Sony's method is still perfect.
charlequin
Banned
Because if you swap a 360 controller between a PC and 360, you need a way to press the sync button on the dongle easily.
Not if you lose remotes of break them constantly. No way you're losing something as big as the GamePad.
Not a button or even the a controller but this is just as baffling:
Why exactly does the PC receiver for 360 controllers even have that ridiculously long cord? How far away did Microsoft expect players to be from the PC when playing PC games? My own receiver is basically trash now after getting caught under the chair's legs again.
Meanwhile the receiver they have for XB1 controllers...
Holy shit that's way better! Why in the holy hell didn't they do that the 1st time around?!
I just left the twisty tie on...
The Fuze-Z controller, by Red Ash's new publisher, Fuze.
And it's even better with the optional... toupee add-on.
More amazing images on their FB page.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuze-Z-by-Fuze-Inc/200160939997231?fref=nf
And it's even better with the optional... toupee add-on.
More amazing images on their FB page.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuze-Z-by-Fuze-Inc/200160939997231?fref=nf