• @MimicJar@lemmy.world
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    407 months ago

    This image is a fantasy.

    No one had four grey controllers.

    Show me some red, green and “translucent” purple.

    Also one of the control sticks should be broken.

    • @pjwestin@lemmy.world
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      67 months ago

      On a related note, they can now refurbish your N64 conrollers with mini GameCube joysticks and they’re fucking SICK.

      • @RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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        47 months ago

        Theyre not as good as the original sticks though. Bigger deadzone and a different gate. Cool, but not a very accurate replacement. Steel Sticks is a better, if more exclusive, option.

        • @pjwestin@lemmy.world
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          17 months ago

          Huh, haven’t had any issues with deadzone. If anything, the deadzone is too small, especially on Goldeneye, where the sensitivity felt way too high for the software. But I found it a super smooth upgrade for pretty much everything else, especially Kart and platformers. I just looked up those steel sticks though, and they look awesome! I bet that has a nice, authentic feel to it.

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      7 months ago

      That’s pretty spot on for my experience. I only had 3: 1 gray, 1 red, and 1 translucent purple off brand.

      (edit: the red one was the one with a drifty joystick, but for some reason it was my favorite)

      • @ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
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        37 months ago

        We were grey, yellow, and offbrand black that had a semi-functional turbo mode and the joystick would reverse if you pushed too hard on it.

        A 4th was always supplied by the rare potential 4th player

    • @toynbee@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      That’s not four grey controllers.

      That’s one grey controller and three grey d-pads.

      edit: That word shouldn’t have been plural.

    • @doingthestuff@lemmy.world
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      47 months ago

      I’ve had twelve controllers and my original translucent purple one from when I bought it new is still the best one.

    • ...m...
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      7 months ago

      (i still have my original four grey controllers with rumble packs for the lot)

      • @MimicJar@lemmy.world
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        17 months ago

        And you probably never had to blow into the cartridge to make it work.


        Alternatively…

        THE CHOSEN ONE!

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          27 months ago

          …no, cartridges hadn’t yet been invented for my first console and my first NES was actually the mid-nineties redesign, so i never experienced blowing dust off the contacts…

          …i did get to play with ROM-swap developer cartridges on my atari 2600, though…

    • @pjwestin@lemmy.world
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      47 months ago

      Oddjob actually wasn’t that bad once you realized he was at perfect headshot height when you crouched. I wrecked a lot of kids who thought Oddjob was a secret weapon.

  • HeuristicAlgorithm9
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    197 months ago

    Based on a study that shows most people remember the world as at its best when they were 12, I would guess OP is 38-40 Y/O.

    • @GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org
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      47 months ago

      Perfect Dark was better but GoldenEye was more influential.

      I’m definitely team Perfect Dark but I understand why GoldenEye was more significant in the zeitgeist and features more predominantly in memes.

    • @MimicJar@lemmy.world
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      37 months ago

      I can’t comment on the campaign, but as basically an upgraded sequel with 3 extra years of development, that makes sense.

      I didn’t play Perfect Dark (multiplayer) until about a year after it came out. My immediate reaction was, “How can this exist? It’s a direct ripoff of GoldenEye!” Only to discover that, “Yeah, it’s made by the same people.”

    • @RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      You’d rather use the four C Buttons to aim? Controllers don’t exactly have a lot of options. Sure, the most accurate option is “trackball,” but those were only on high end arcade cabinets and PCs at the time. Couldn’t get any of them for under $300 USD. And lightguns woyld have needed more inputs on them than they had at the time, not to mention the N64 never had a lightgun peripheral for it to my knowledge.

    • @doingthestuff@lemmy.world
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      27 months ago

      I’ve got the ram pack in my original one… I’m down to three good controllers though, I should resolve that sooner rather than later.

  • ...m...
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    7 months ago

    …pilotwings 64 and a quiet night home alone…