Do you own a turbo-less PCE pad?

[guyjin]

The PC Engine didn't have an RF out jack, just molded plastic of the shell in its place. So the PCE itself couldn't be played on its own, even if you had a compatible power supply.

weird. IIRC, can't you supply it power through the expansion bus?

[guyjin]

I got two, but only one is actually a turbo-less controller.  One came with a boxed white PC Engine system I bought years ago.  The other one, I'm not sure where I got it from but I ended up turbo modding it recently.  It's now my go to controller since it was hardly used and not all worn out. 

kewl!

[guyjin]

I don't have that specific turbo-less pad.

I have two other pads that lack turbo, though - the IllustBooster and the pachinko controller.  Do they count?  Both were bought from forum peeps. 

sure. :p

[Necromancer]

Quadruple post!

Bruh, do you even enter key?

[blueraven]

The PC Engine didn't have an RF out jack, just molded plastic of the shell in its place. So the PCE itself couldn't be played on its own, even if you had a compatible power supply.

weird. IIRC, can't you supply it power through the expansion bus?

I think tiger was saying that he has a model that was boxed together with no seperate power jack, so it would have to be plugged into the IFU that it came with to function.

I recapped a PCE like this at one point for someone, and tested it in an IFU.

Yes, guyjin you can tap 5v power from a few places on the expansion bus, and also from Pin 38 of the Hu-Card slot.

[Black Tiger]

It had no video output and the box set did not include a separate PC Engine ac adaptor (only the one for the IFU). So to play it on its own, you'd need an AV Booster or a Tennokoe II.

[nopepper]

Yeah, came with my white PCE. It's the one I use the most, BTW, really like the d-pad on this one.

I don't own or have ever used a turbo-less pad, so your response has me wondering - do they have a different type of dpad to the more ubiquitous turbo versions?

[csgx1]

The d-pad in the non-turbo is not any different as far as I can tell.  My 2 non-turbo pads were hardly used (bought used) so the d-pads seems smoother and not worn like all of my other turbo pads.   

[Necromancer]

The d-pad on the Illust Booster is the worst. 

[guyjin]

Quadruple post!

Bruh, do you even enter key?

I have a lot of posting to catch up on :p

[blueraven]

The d-pad on the Illust Booster is the worst. 

It can't be worse than the RX pad. Or can it?

[Digi.k]

I just dug up my antiques... Looks like I had two.   I don't think I had any pads back in the early days that had auto fire and playing some of those shmups was hell especially the darius plus where I had to mash the buttons to the point I almost threw the pad at the screen..

[esteban]

I just dug up my antiques... Looks like I had two.   I don't think I had any pads back in the early days that had auto fire and playing some of those shmups was hell especially the darius plus where I had to mash the buttons to the point I almost threw the pad at the screen..

I am an advocate of playing without autofire sometimes...just to see how hardcore you can be.

Now, I'm not crazy, I am not saying never to use it...but I often play sans turbo.

[BlueBMW]

I actively seek them out and convert them to MSX/X68000 pads

Why?

I love the feel of the PC Engine pad and since MSX and X68000 typically are just two butttons plus a directional pad, they're perfect to convert with.  In theory with some more wiring they could be made into FM Towns pads too (supporting the start / select buttons)

[TheAlphaOmegaX3]

Just finished Neutopia tonight using my turbo-less controller. Actually only one I have. I wanted it due to being the original one that came with the IFU Briefcase setup. Turbo added version would be nice one day.