The Sega Saturn 3D Analog Pad

Over the course of my Saturn's life, I've had two of these analog controllers (also known as the "NiGHTS controller"), but they both broke rather easily. The first was in an "incident" quite a many years ago when I was just starting to play VF2. Lau kicked my ass, controller slams on the ground, R-Trigger stopped working. I bought a second one to replace it. It's worked fine (I still use my Saturn every now and then, but not frequently) up until a few months ago. Now, I have the same problem on this pad! No physical damage was done to this one, though. R-Trigeer just doesn't work. No reason. Hell, I even figured I'd pop the sucker open and take a look at it, but there are NO SCREWS in the controller! Is the R-Trigger typically defective in these? Is there any way to get the hell inside this thing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Otherwise, I still find it funny that one can detatch the wire from the controller. Supposedly some sort of "expansion-ready" aspect of the controller, it's now worthless. Was Sega ever working on something to hook in through that?

I dunno what the deal is, but a few years ago the HK sites started carrying DC controllers that looked *exactly* like the NiGHTS pad. I'm guessing they just used the removable cord to easily attach a DC-compatible cable. I always kinda wanted one ... it's be a good replacement for the somewhat mediocre normal DC controller.

My Saturn analogue controller is still going strong after all these years and I've used it often. I really like the concave a-pad. :chunobi:

My 6-7 year old 3D contorller still works fine. Its the damn 1st gen controllers that break all the time.

IIRC the Saturn triggers used a field effect sensor.

The triggers had really tiny magnets glued to them and if you slammed the controller hard they would fall off and it would stop working...

yeah i threw one of mine. made the analog pad all loose and unworkable and the r trigger stopped working. controlelrs arent as durable as the old genny ones. mine would sound like they had sand in them and still work without missing a beat.

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

Hell, I even figured I'd pop the sucker open and take a look at it, but there are NO SCREWS in the controller!

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There must be screws. I don't have a Nights pad handy to check, but I know I've opened up a couple in the past and don't remember it being out of the ordinary.

there are screws, theyre just really deep down in the holes and really tiny.

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Originally Posted by Wildkat

IIRC the Saturn triggers used a field effect sensor.

The triggers had really tiny magnets glued to them and if you slammed the controller hard they would fall off and it would stop working...

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Yup i found the loose magnet inside the controller and put it back worked fine since.

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Originally Posted by x2y

Yup i found the loose magnet inside the controller and put it back worked fine since.

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Ah, so it's not that tough to repair?
What did you use to make it stay?