Another Korean 3DO oddity

bitrate · Post by **bitrate** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:25 am

While sorting through a few

of my loose 3DO pads a couple of weeks ago...

... I happened across this...

... which at first glance I assumed to be the 3DO Fighting Sword pad...

... which it clearly is not.

I love digging through old boxes

Has anyone here seen this pad before? I'll keep digging to see if I have a boxed one as I am kind of curious to see what the box looks like.

Lemmi · Post by **Lemmi** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:32 am

umm i think the question should be

do you have that many systems to bundle those controllers with?

i have never seen that controller before
it almost looks like it would go with that battleking thingy you got

bitrate · Post by **bitrate** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:50 am

Lemmi wrote:umm i think the question should be

do you have that many systems to bundle those controllers with?

Lemmi wrote: i have never seen that controller before
it almost looks like it would go with that battleking thingy you got

I see what you are saying, but that Function Box only works with the Battle King joystick.
This pad plugs directly into a 3DO console and has a surprisingly good feel to it. I actually kind of like it.

bonefish · Post by **bonefish** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:52 am

Wow and I get the stink eye from my wife for leaving Gamestop with a, single $5 Xbox game

Lemmi · Post by **Lemmi** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:05 am

bitrate wrote:
Lemmi wrote: i have never seen that controller before
it almost looks like it would go with that battleking thingy you got

I see what you are saying, but that Function Box only works with the Battle King joystick.
This pad plugs directly into a 3DO console and has a surprisingly good feel to it. I actually kind of like it.

how does it control? did you test it with any games yet?
the style reminds me of a SNES controller

bitrate · Post by **bitrate** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:13 am

Lemmi wrote: how does it control? did you test it with any games yet?
the style reminds me of a SNES controller

Yep. I tried it with Super Street Fighter II as I thought that would be a good test and it performed really nice. Handles diagonals well and it just feels nice.
The button layout could be better for SSFIIT but I just wanted to try it on this game as a lot of control pads weaknesses can be found with Street Fighter it seems.

T2KFreeker · Post by **T2KFreeker** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:17 pm

Honestly, as funny as this sounds, the pad looks almost identical to the Neo Geo CD Controller, even the directional Knob look for the D-Pad. And you guessed it, I have also never seen that pad before.. Nice find there dude. Oh, and just for the record, I would about kill for a couple of those Panasonic pads you got there! Now I know why I can never find any anywhere!

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:52 pm

T2KFreeker wrote:Honestly, as funny as this sounds, the pad looks almost identical to the Neo Geo CD Controller, even the directional Knob look for the D-Pad.

Indeed, I was about to post the same thing. The Neo Geo CD controllers are nice, especially for fighting games.

Bitrate, are you selling? I'd like a decent controller for SSFIIT and the Capcom ones just seem bizarre to me.

Post by **3DOKid** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:24 pm

Mobius wrote:
T2KFreeker wrote:Honestly, as funny as this sounds, the pad looks almost identical to the Neo Geo CD Controller, even the directional Knob look for the D-Pad.
Indeed, I was about to post the same thing. The Neo Geo CD controllers are nice, especially for fighting games.

Bitrate, are you selling? I'd like a decent controller for SSFIIT and the Capcom ones just seem bizarre to me.

Damn good job too eh?

bitrate · Post by **bitrate** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:31 am

Mobius wrote: Bitrate, are you selling? I'd like a decent controller for SSFIIT and the Capcom ones just seem bizarre to me.

I'm sure that I can offload a few of these. Let me finish sorting through all of the pads (yes, I have more boxes of them).

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:16 am

So you have more than one of these? Impressive, considering the rest of us didn't even know they existed.

3DOKid wrote:Damn good job too eh?

Hmm?

Post by **3DO Experience** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:27 pm

I need a Panasonic FZ-JP2X Control Pad (came with the FZ-10) and a Panasonic Control Pad WITHOUT the headphone jack. Plus what my arrow is pointing to in your photo.

Post by **3DOKid** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:39 pm

well -- it's either a 3do controller or carpet.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:03 pm

3DO Experience wrote:I need a Panasonic FZ-JP2X Control Pad (came with the FZ-10) and a Panasonic Control Pad WITHOUT the headphone jack. Plus what my arrow is pointing to in your photo.

I believe that's the controller that came with the 3DO Blaster.

Scarlettkitten · Post by **Scarlettkitten** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:09 pm

the one the arrow is pointing to is the worst pad ever

I've got one but never use it, I think the original with the headphone socket is the best all rounder

GuruMeditation · Post by **GuruMeditation** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:31 pm

3DO Experience wrote:I need a Panasonic FZ-JP2X Control Pad (came with the FZ-10) and a Panasonic Control Pad WITHOUT the headphone jack. Plus what my arrow is pointing to in your photo.

If I remember correctly, that's a Mad Catz pad. The place I worked at used to sell them back in the day.

Scarlettkitten · Post by **Scarlettkitten** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:38 pm

The one I have is branded "Logic 3"

GuruMeditation · Post by **GuruMeditation** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:39 pm

Ah - that's the one! Damn my memory...

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:39 pm

Here we go, it's definitely the one that came with the 3DO Blaster:

http://faberp.tripod.com/cl3dobl.htm

Post by **3DO Experience** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:08 pm

Actually there are two of them, one came with the Blaster the other was sold on it's own. A friend of mine bought one from Electronics Boutique, it's kinda uncomfortable but it looks cool. When he got rid of his stuff he never asked if I wanted anything. Little jerk. :P

T2KFreeker · Post by **T2KFreeker** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:58 pm

bitrate wrote:
Mobius wrote: Bitrate, are you selling? I'd like a decent controller for SSFIIT and the Capcom ones just seem bizarre to me.

I'm sure that I can offload a few of these. Let me finish sorting through all of the pads (yes, I have more boxes of them).

Ooh, dude, let me know when you pull this off. Well, please, if you don't mind. I know, I'm a jerk.

bitrate · Post by **bitrate** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:17 am

3DO Experience has a keen eye. The control pad his arrow is pointing to is actually a pretty difficult pad to find.

Logitech designed all three control pads pictured below.
The control pad on the left that was included with the 3DO Blaster is identical to the control pad in the middle with one exception. The one on the middle (which was sold by itself) does not have the "Creative" badging in the top center.
Also, as I said, the one in the center without the badging is very hard to come by.
The one on the right was the follow up pad to the one in the center.
I've included boxed copies of the control pads behind each control pad to show what their boxes look like.

T2KFreeker wrote:Ooh, dude, let me know when you pull this off. Well, please, if you don't mind. I know, I'm a jerk.

Will do

But it will probably be some time after the Holidays.

T2KFreeker · Post by **T2KFreeker** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:53 am

T2KFreeker wrote:Ooh, dude, let me know when you pull this off. Well, please, if you don't mind. I know, I'm a jerk.

Will do

But it will probably be some time after the Holidays.[/quote]

Dude, no big deal, take your time. Obviously the holidays are hectic for everyone. I just want a couple of those Panasonic pads ia all. It's all good.

Post by **3DO Experience** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:21 pm

Yeah, take it easy, just let me know when you are ready.

mattyg · Post by **mattyg** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:47 pm

I sooooooooooo want to have bitrate's babies!

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:21 pm

The 3DO control pad 2 pictured above on the right looks interesting. If I am correct, I think it is the model seen on the menu screens in Decathlon.

bitrate · Post by **bitrate** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:45 pm

mattyg wrote:I sooooooooooo want to have bitrate's babies!

Haha, that's disgusting man

(unless you are female?????)
And I think you are the second person on these boards to say that, so you'll have to wait in line.

Trev wrote:The 3DO control pad 2 pictured above on the right looks interesting. If I am correct, I think it is the model seen on the menu screens in Decathlon.

Hmm, I'll have to go back and take a look at Decathlon.

T2KFreeker · Post by **T2KFreeker** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:49 am

Just keeping the thread alive to keep the controllers in mind . . .

cybdmn · Post by **cybdmn** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:43 pm

Quagmire wrote:the one the arrow is pointing to is the worst pad ever.

Right. This is the one, delivered together with the 3DO Blaster. It has no headphone jack, and it misses the interface for the second Pad.
The shoulder buttons are exactly the same kind, as all other buttons.
The good is, the Pad lies better in your hand, as you would expect, and the D-Pad is really good.

3DO Experience wrote:Plus what my arrow is pointing to in your photo.

You can ask here, if he will accept buyers from outside of germany, but really, it is not worth, except you want them as a collector.

http://cgi.ebay.de/3DO-2X-Joypads-TOP_W ... 240%3A1318