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Offline bbond007

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Quote from: Nostromo;674765
Seriously, don't waste money. The first one I got broke after 1 hour of use (and I am particularly careful) - the microswitch on the left button broke. Now I bought another one - only to find that (again the same microswitch) one of the buttons does not work (yes, dead on arrival).

Will have to send back to Vesalia, and most probably incur more charges!

On a side note, anyone knows if these can be easily modded with Sanwa or Seimitsu parts?

I bought one too and while mine has never broken I do think that the type of plastic it is made out of just feels flimsy and squeaky and I really overall underwhelmed with the build quality when  it arrived.

I got a used konix epyx 500 from ebay shipped for $15 or so that I like much better. Seems like lately I been using a CD32 Gamepad more than anything.
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Re: Do not buy the Competition Pro Retro Joystick by Individual Computers
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 12:12:47 AM »
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I use a wireless PS2 controller with my 1200, works great :)



I was given some wireless NES gamepads. I wonder if there exists a converter to go from NES to Commodore/Atari.