Super Nintendo Controller

It has buttons, which if you apply pressure to using your fingers, it will cause characters on the screens to do such things as jump, kick, punch, or shoot any number of weapons.

There's a cross on it that symbolizes the sacrifice and passion that went into making this controller. That and movement for the character on screen.

There's a start button. That begins the game or pauses the action, so that the player may re-evaluate his gaming strategy. Next to it is ally and colleague "Select" which performs it's namesake - selecting positive items of interest.

There are also, on the top, "L" and "R" buttons on the top - L meaning "left" and R meaning "right." Their possibilities are endless, from moving a character to performing moves.

A classic controller. The only bad thing is sometimes my fingers hurt A LOT after button smashing on this thing. Owie...


Awesome Controller   January 30, 2004
Nick
8 out of 10 found this review helpful

The official SNES controller is one of the best ever. The button layout is perfect for any type of game. The controller easily fits into any size hands. They are super durable. The D-Pad is very comfortable and easy to use. Heck, the start and select buttons are even easy to reach. This controller is absolutely perfect and a must have for your SNES system. Make sure you buy two of them so you can play with your friends.
Oh and one more thing: make sure you get the real Nintendo made controller. Don't buy those cheaper "new" third party look a like controllers. They stink.


solid control   February 14, 2003
Eric Gomez (Sherman Oaks, California USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful

I resently bought a controller for my old SNES because I broke my original one. In nearly 10 years of abuse my original controllers still worked. I threw them down on the ground, stepped on them, and even had the family pet chew on the wire. They survived all of that abuse, and still worked. The reason the one controler broke is because I slammed it on the ground, and it broke into a dozen pieces. Even still, it kinda worked. Obviously your not going to abuse your controllers like I did. But, it's good to know that you don't have to baby them. Treat them nicer than I did, and they will last a lifetime. Mine almost did.


Mixed Bag o' Cheapness   March 8, 2007
Jeris Middletown (Southwest USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

If you need a replacement SNES controller, you don't really have any other choice but one of these. That being said, these are cheap controllers that do not hold even the slightest fraction of a candle to the original. I bought two of these and one works okay, but the other has extremely stiff controls that are very difficult to get used to. Neither controller registers button presses very well, which is disappointing for those of us who are used to winning the "who can press 'A' the fastest?" type of games. This is the only newly-manufactured SNES controller that is available right now, but don't expect much; I recommend using your original controllers until they fall to peices before settling for one of these.


Only the NES has a more durable controller...   December 4, 2003
Appiration (Ozark Mountains)
5 out of 8 found this review helpful

(Gamer since the glory days of MULE on the Commodore 64 and Space Invaders on the Atari 2600...)

Not since the glory days of my incessant SuperNES gaming have I owned a controller that I could throw into walls, concrete blocks, and run over with my car (don't look so suprised, the Street Fighter II series instilled that kind of rage in all of us!) and still have the controller work as well as it did when I took it out of the box! I bought my first SuperNES system when it first came out in 1990, and I've put countless hours of use and abuse into the original controllers that came with it. 13 years later, they still work... OK. Of course, they're certainly not in as top form as they once were, but I chalk that up to not taking care of those controllers as well as I take care of my PS2 ones (well, now, Tekken Tag taught me how fragile THOSE controllers are, heh!). If I had, I bet they would still be in excellent working order instead of just fair.

I've owned a couple of off-brand controllers with various functions and whatnot, and they just don't stand up to the durability or have the comfort of the original controller. In fact, the SuperNES controller is THE most comfortable controller I have ever used on ANY system EVER (and I've played games on just about every console ever released). The PS1 controller is the only other controller that comes close.

About the only complaint I have is the short cord length (of course), but then, if ANY game system controller were made as long as they should, the companies wouldn't make near the money from extension cord sales...

If you're going to play retro, make sure you go with the original. Speaking of which, it's high time I revisit the mystical kingdom of Zeal... ta ta!