Reply With QuoteIt was. I think I figured that it's cheap parts were worn out and that was part of the reason it was $5. Then again, people weren't looking for Turbo stuff 7 or 8 years ago.
If it was a Turbostick it's probably because it was lame.
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It was. I think I figured that it's cheap parts were worn out and that was part of the reason it was $5. Then again, people weren't looking for Turbo stuff 7 or 8 years ago.
I got a Turbostick for free and I paid too much. It's a piece of crap, using a regular controller is much better. There's not enough space in there to hack in good parts either.
I was never very jealous of my NES owning friends. I had an SMS and then a TG16. I was quite happy with them.
But I will admit to being jealous of the NES advantage. Both my systems had absolute shit for sticks.
I was jealous of Bonk's Revenge on TG16, but that was it. What are the little grey slider nubbins on top of the Turbostick, rapid fire?
I didn't know anybody with a Master System until Genesis was a thing, but we were so caught up in Quackshot and Sonic and Taz-Mania that we didn't even bother turning it on.
I had Asciiware's Fightstick SN and Fightstick SG-6, neither of which was particularly useful. I think I got them both on clearance at the same time.
We have it so good with modern sticks.
Last edited by YellerDog; 02 Mar 2018 at 06:42 PM.
Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
I like the SMS stick, one of the few controllers that I broke from overuse. The advantage is a close second, but I prefer the Max pad.
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The Max was a odd little beast. Hated it when I got one for Christmas but with time it became my favorite controller. When I got one a few years ago in a NES lot it was sobering how small it was compared to memories from childhood.
Yeah the Turbostick had adjustable turbo. At Max it could fire faster than a turbo pad.
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The nice think about the SMS is that it uses a standard home computer controller port design, so there were a lot of great joysticks that were compatible even though they weren't marketed as SMS controllers. I had a nice Gravis three button stick, and a lot of cheap junk. I actually liked the SMS pad, but they turn into mushy garbage after a while. I had an NES advantage at one point. It really was nice to use, but a stick of that size is hard to keep level without resting it on a table, so I barely used it. It was neat that it could connect to two controller ports simultaneously.
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I didn't have this when the console was new but a few years later. (not my picture)
It's pretty awesome, uses all Happ parts from the 90s. The button layout is weird but thankfully the games I would use it in have editable button assignments.
I'll just chime in and say I also loved the NES Max and Advantage. I used the max for racing games on the NES all the time. I have 2 of the SNES Asciiware Fighter sticks, and one for the Genesis. They are fucking terrible, I may try and sell them at a local gamestore soon.
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