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Tim
Great controller, a little trial and error to set up
2023年3月7日 -
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Knots
Great controller, some quality assurance issues
2021年7月10日 -
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Knots
评论于 2021年7月10日 在美国 🇺🇸 发布
Input devices are important to me. Even though I emulate all of my older systems, I still prefer to have "the right tool for the job". That's why I own a raphnet N64 to USB adapter. That's why I own just about every 8bitdo clone peripheral released in the last few years. That's why I have bought both generations of the Xbox Elite Controller. Input devices are important to me.
Retro-Bit does not have a good reputation in my opinion. I've bought controllers from them in the past and found they were made with cheap plastics and flakey components, "3rd Party Controllers" to the bone. I was therefor skeptical when I saw they released a brand new hori-pad type N64 controller in the Tribute64. I saw no point in buying the wired variant since I already had a solution for using real N64 pads on my PC and didn't trust it'd be worth the sticker price. When the reviews for the original wired variant of this controller came in, I was convinced I'd made the right call when I heard about their flakey analog sticks and somewhat less than ideal construction. Maybe one day I'd buy a Hori Pad, I thought.
I am intimately familiar with the N64 controller. I have quite a few in excellent condition, I've personally lubed up their analog stick compartments to make sure they last me a long time. I've taken all of them apart to clean them thoroughly. I've messed around with the rubber domes, I've tried swapping out analog stick modules with new ones that claim to be better (they NEVER are!). I'm on the waitlist to buy a SteelStick64. So when Retro-Bit claimed to be paying special attention to the analog stick with their new Wireless version of the Tribute64, I was curious. Skeptical, but curious.
Then, the proof came out. Input curve diagrams. Game tests. I was shocked to hear maybe Retro-Bit hadn't messed this one up. Maybe a real competitor to 8bitdo in the premium 3rd party retro controller scene had finally emerged. So I ordered this thing, and here's what I found out... the first one I received was defective. The analog stick pot was misaligned with the gate, so that when you press forward on the control stick and get it into the top-most gate, the actual input is "forward-and-slightly-right". At first, I was ready to completely write this whole thing off. Just retro-bit being retro-bit again. More trash. At least the controller shell felt good t0his time, better than Nintendo's N64 controllers, truth be told, with nice, thick plastic. The rubber domes felt snappy, the rumble seemed to be on point... how sad that the analog stick spoils the whole thing. I really did *not* want to bother with an exchange, but curiosity got the best of me. When it came in, I tested the replacement for the "mis-alignment" issue I mentioned.
This stick is as close as you can get right now to perfect for this use case. They have gotten it really really close to true N64 ranges, with just a slight deadzone and a gate that is not exactly true to N64 original but close enough (the original was more narrow horizontally, this one has equal distance between all corners instead). It's not too sensitive, all the usual tricks in games work fine. I'm really shocked this is as good as it is because we've had absolute trash til now. I've heard good things about the Retro Fighters pad but this thing supports rumble and is wireless, plus the look and feel is very close to what you'd expect out of a Nintendo product, even better in some ways.
If I had one sticking point besides having received a defective product originally, it would be that you can't use the mode switch macros in N64 mode. I would have liked to switch R and ZR while playing with the N64 dongle, which I prefer to do even though I am using this on PC (using the aforementioned raphnet adapter). It's a minor gripe. I can see myself preferring this for N64 games going forward, I see no reason not to use it. It's wireless and I get rumble out of the deal, too, plus it feels great in the hand and I can have access to the d-pad and the L button without shifting my hand placement. This is an easy buy. Just don't be shy about getting a replacement if you have an quality issues with the unit you receive.
I hope Retro-Bit continues to produce quality controllers going forward and I suspect some of their other newer peripherals in their "platinum" collection are nearly as good. It seems as though they are turning over a new leaf.
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Jonathan Howerter
Doesn’t get any better
2023年2月17日 -
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mattben
Does work with Nintendo Switch online N64 games
2023年3月9日 -
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scott
Works great
2023年3月23日 -
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