Your controller

[naizou's iconnaizou]

A controller is an essential tool for any gamer.
Whether it's a specially customized one, a well-worn controller full of memories, or a rare collector's item—
show off your prized controller!

Here are my two controllers for fighting games:
I mainly use my leverless controller for Street Fighter 6 and rhythm games.
The joystick one, which features Chun-Li, is for Tekken and older fighting games.
I actually have two more joysticks, but they're currently lent out to friends, so I couldn't take pictures.

What kind of controller do you use?

 

[King Koopa's iconKing Koopa]

I primarily use my steam deck, a dualshock 5, or a switch pro controller.

 

[Asian girls lover]

Xbox One controller, never cared about custom ones and a controller for fighting games.

 

[SuperOkay]

I don't have any photos on hand, but I bought a metal frame two player Pandora's Box Arcade control bar. I ripped out all of the junk hardware inside and replaced it all with sanwa sticks and buttons, controlled by a zero delay board. It's pretty great for home arcades.

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I've also built homemade Pop'n and SDVX controllers out of MDF. They are just plain wood, I didn't do any painting. They work great, however.

 

[Glimbo]

The Logitech Precision was my first controller for PC use when I got into emulation. It still works too. I like using it for games that don't need analog controls.

Later I got a Xbox 360 controller because I needed the analog controls but the bumpers and analogs eventually wore out. Replaced it with a PowerA Xbox Series X controller.

 

[SuperOkay]

The Logitech Precision was my first controller for PC use when I got into emulation. It still works too. I like using it for games that don't need analog controls.
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Later I got a Xbox 360 controller because I needed the analog controls but the bumpers and analogs eventually wore out. Replaced it with a PowerA Xbox Series X controller.

I had this. The DPad was awful. If you want a premium non analogue controller, pick up an M30. I love those things.

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

I use a PXN-P6 controller.
I haven't used a controller in over 10 years, but even then, I still knew how to use one!

 

[Glimbo]

I had this. The DPad was awful. If you want a premium non analogue controller, pick up an M30. I love those things.

I thought the D-pad was good, it's very clicky and I never had problems with it. But I did hear not-so-great things about 8bitdo buttons sticking so I never bothered with one. I guess it's just the luck of the draw.

 

[SuperOkay]

I thought the D-pad was good, it's very clicky and I never had problems with it. But I did hear not-so-great things about 8bitdo buttons sticking so I never bothered with one. I guess it's just the luck of the draw.

Yeah I've heard some controllers having issues. I've never run into that issue. I had some issues with the SN30 Pros back in the day having bricked firmware but they replaced them for me. All of my M30s have been solid.

 

[Heretic]

Oh, I love these things.
I started out on an xbox 360 razor atrox, which I swapped the gate to a round one (gief main) then later swapped out the brains to a brook ps4 board which I could upgrade for ps5 if I ever got one. Did custom artwork for the top of it originally by printing out a bunch of manga panels, and cutting them apart and layering them up, and then years later recreating it digitally and getting a print made. Then after that I made a leverless controller completely from scratch, which I call the "garbobox" as earlier versions of it were made of like old wood bits and plastic sheets I had laying around. The final version uses that same model of brook board, and 1/8th inch laser cut steel plate, and sleeved cables. Also grabbed a snackbox micro which is what I'll usually find myself playing on these days as it doesn't take up a lot of space on my desk. One of these days I'd like to go back into the atrox, and figure something out with it's internals, as back when I was active in my local fgc I used to be able to put an entire subway sandwich inside of it. Used to get a laugh out of between rounds opening my controller and taking a bite out of a meatball sub.

 

[SuperOkay]

Do any of you have any switchless fight sticks, Hitbox or otherwise? I was considering trying one out.

 

[DunkeyKong]

I used to have the X3 controller, but then it got broken quickly and now I bought the BSP D3 controller and have been using it for a long time

 

[naizou's iconnaizou]

Oh, I love these things.
I started out on an xbox 360 razor atrox, which I swapped the gate to a round one (gief main) then later swapped out the brains to a brook ps4 board which I could upgrade for ps5 if I ever got one. Did custom artwork for the top of it originally by printing out a bunch of manga panels, and cutting them apart and layering them up, and then years later recreating it digitally and getting a print made. Then after that I made a leverless controller completely from scratch, which I call the "garbobox" as earlier versions of it were made of like old wood bits and plastic sheets I had laying around. The final version uses that same model of brook board, and 1/8th inch laser cut steel plate, and sleeved cables. Also grabbed a snackbox micro which is what I'll usually find myself playing on these days as it doesn't take up a lot of space on my desk. One of these days I'd like to go back into the atrox, and figure something out with it's internals, as back when I was active in my local fgc I used to be able to put an entire subway sandwich inside of it. Used to get a laugh out of between rounds opening my controller and taking a bite out of a meatball sub.View attachment 36182View attachment 36181View attachment 36178View attachment 36177View attachment 36174

That’s absolutely amazing!
I really admire custom-made controllers!
But unfortunately, I don’t have the skills for that, so I’ll just stick with a commercially available one.

Razer controllers are truly fantastic. I really wish they would re-release the PANTHERA.

 

[Stookymalarkey]

For games that require a decent dpad (such as 2D platformers) I use my old Dualshock 4. Otherwise, I use the 8bitdo Ultimate Wired Controller:

 

[Prism_Red]

I just swapped the buttons and slapped sticker on it.

This one is the plug-and-forget fightstick for mame.

And this one is juri-rigged (heh) from spare scraps, the inside is easily hotswappable.

 

[DunkeyKong]

I just swapped the buttons and slapped sticker on it.

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This one is the plug-and-forget fightstick for mame.
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And this one is juri-rigged (heh) from spare scraps, the inside is easily hotswappable.
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That's FIRE bro, that PlayStation looks clean

 

[Heretic]

@DunkeyKong This is one you put your phone into? How is it? I had one before by Altek Lansing, but I couldn't map any of the buttons, and the right stick had way too much input lag and huge deadzones to be of any real use.

@SuperOkay I'm not really familiar with what switchless is.

 

[naizou's iconnaizou]

Do any of you have any switchless fight sticks, Hitbox or otherwise? I was considering trying one out.

It’s very well-suited for fighting games with simplified input commands, like Street Fighter. However, since Tekken has complex commands and KOF requires precise jump control, I think it depends on the game.

Also, half-circle commands can be tricky, so it can vary depending on the character.

I mainly use Chun-Li in Street Fighter 6, so I really feel the benefits of using a leverless controller.

 

[middler]

Everything I need :)

 

[SuperOkay]

@SuperOkay I'm not really familiar with what switchless is.

It is a fight stick with well, no stick. There are four buttons in place of the stick.

Did I say switchless? I meant leverless :D

It’s very well-suited for fighting games with simplified input commands, like Street Fighter. However, since Tekken has complex commands and KOF requires precise jump control, I think it depends on the game.

Also, half-circle commands can be tricky, so it can vary depending on the character.

I mainly use Chun-Li in Street Fighter 6, so I really feel the benefits of using a leverless controller.

I'm mostly a SF6 player these days. They sell pretty cheap units on Aliexpress, I guess it wouldn't hurt picking one up and see how I feel, then replace the parts with higher quality if I end up liking it...

 

[J.F.C]

It just works.

 

[Graw]

I've had it for ten years now. I've had to open it up and clean it a few times but otherwise it still works as good as new.

Everything I need :)

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Do they not have the concave buttons anymore?

 

[Heretic]

It is a fight stick with well, no stick. There are four buttons in place of the stick.

Did I say switchless? I meant leverless :D



I'm mostly a SF6 player these days. They sell pretty cheap units on Aliexpress, I guess it wouldn't hurt picking one up and see how I feel, then replace the parts with higher quality if I end up liking it...

Well two of mine are leverless, and I really like them alot. in street fighter I main Zangief who uses a lot of full circle movements, which I find to be a little tricky on them so I'll usually go back to using the stick, but for pretty much everything else I get by just fine, though there was a pretty weird period where I was getting used to it after years and years of using a stick. If that's the layout you wanted, know that you CAN do every motion input on them, and there's even tutorials on youtube showing how certain motions work, so it just takes practice.

 

[middler]

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I've had it for ten years now. I've had to open it up and clean it a few times but otherwise it still works as good as new.


Do they not have the concave buttons anymore?

I guess not. I have had the grey one for going on 5 years but the buttons on both are flat faced. I bet the concave is a nice touch.

 

[rocking3]

I want to try one of these all button fighting controllers. They look really fun.