Has anyone ever heard of this controller?

[Edmond Dantes]

So I was looking for Turbo stuff on eBay when I came across this.  It appears to be the American version of this.

If this were about $70 less expensive, I would be sorely tempted.  As it is, it's a curiosity.

[Bernie]

Yeah, Ive heard of those.  I have actually thought of getting one, but decided not to.  I wouldn't use it enough to justify it.  I really dont feel that 99.00 is that bad a price on it tho.  That is, IF its boxed and NEW. 

[RR1980]

Hori did make a Multi stick that was for PCE/SFC/MD

[farankoshan]

I really love my ASCII Stick Engine...

[nat]

The big question is whether or not that stick actually allows you to use six buttons on the Turbo.

I notice all the buttons are labeled with SNES nomenclature... If it only enables two of the buttons in Duo mode, it certainly isn't worth it. You'd essentially be looking at $100 for a TurboStick without the TurboFire function that you could also use on your SNES and Genesis.

EDIT: After closer inspection of the auction, the back of the box claims support for TurboDuo 6 button mode. However, the instruction sheet only mentions support for Genesis 6 button, not Turbo.

Also, apparently the interface module has a TurboFire on/off switch, but it toggles it for all buttons simultaneously so if you only wanted it on button II for, say, Bonk's Adventure you'd be SOL.

[SignOfZeta]

I would not buy this. The components are probably shit, I hate the button layout, bat handle sticks suck, and it almost certainly doesn't support six buttons. I remember when the City Boy came out, I'm pretty sure it was mid/late 1992 (ie: before SFII', the first six button game, was released for PCE). IMO six button support for PCE is almost useless, but I certainly wouldn't spend $100 on a stick that didn't have it.

You're much better off building a box stuffed with a Avenue Six and an order from Lizard Lick. You'd spend about the same amount but have a stick that is a million times better.

[PunkicCyborg]

+1 for building your own stick and yeah Lizard Lick is a great supplier for arcade parts but they have been out of the good stuff a lot lately

[Edmond Dantes]

To be honest, I do all my serious fighting game stuff on the PS2 anyway, where all I have to do is see if the stick is made by Hori and there you go.  I have the PC Engine and Genesis versions of Street Fighter II but they both play just fine with a six-button pad.

Speaking of Hori though, I recall actually seeing a stick like this, universal for 16-bit consoles, that was actually made by Hori.  It had a completely different design and seemed to have a switch for every button.  That one is probably good, but I haven't seen it on eBay lately.

[RR1980]

To be honest, I do all my serious fighting game stuff on the PS2 anyway, where all I have to do is see if the stick is made by Hori and there you go.  I have the PC Engine and Genesis versions of Street Fighter II but they both play just fine with a six-button pad.

Speaking of Hori though, I recall actually seeing a stick like this, universal for 16-bit consoles, that was actually made by Hori.  It had a completely different design and seemed to have a switch for every button.  That one is probably good, but I haven't seen it on eBay lately.

haha that's what I said it was called a "Hori Multi stick"

[bust3dstr8]

Those parts look like complete trash.

[GameFreak]

Yeah, hori also made this 6 button arcade stick (pic) called the "Fighting Stick PC". It is really nice. It has a metal case (no plastic) and after taking it apart to look inside, it has really smooth arcade style buttons that can be easily replaced if they ever fail. And the stick is extremely smooth and has micro switches which are more accurate. It has turbo and slow motion and also a 2button mode. I have had a lot of controllers and this is by far the best, smoothest, most accurate. It rarely shows up on ebay. I highly recommend it. It's easily worth $55-$90 including shipping. It's pretty expensive to ship overseas. Its a tad bigger than your DUO and is pretty heavy. It feels really industrial and I am really surprised how well it works after about 10+ years. I had to put a few tiny drop of grease on the restrictor plate when I first got it to ease the friction. I worship this thing. I have played so many games again that I haven't played in years because of this stick.

I also got the "imagineer arcade stick" which also has 6 buttons, slow motion, turbo switches. "Quad compatible"-It has cables so you can use it on Sega, Neo-Geo, Snes, or PCE. This is a decent controller but the joystick doesn't use micro switches, it has those rubber stoppers instead. It has an extremely heavy base plate so it wont slide around on the coffee table. I might use the guts of this to build an arcade stick with sanwa parts. That way I can use the final product on other game systems. I'm still undecided . It would be nice to have a brand new sanwa arcade stick that works on my neo-geo, SNES, and PCE.

Those official NEC "turbo stick" for the PCE and for the tg16 are cheap. I could never go back to using one of those cheap joysticks after playing on the Hori.

[SignOfZeta]

Heh, those old rubber pad-based joysticks. I'm so glad those things are extinct.

[Edmond Dantes]

That Hori stick looks like one sexy beast.  If I ever find the universal model of that again and I don't have anything else demanding my cash, I'm definitely grabbing it!

Trying not to think about the fact that "Hori" sounds like "whorey."

[henrycsc]

The Hori Fighting Stick PC is definitely the way to go.  The Fighting Stick Multi is much smaller and lighter.  Here's a pic.

[GohanX]

I want one of those Hori sticks so badly...