Vendetta against Mad Catz

armybottom · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jan 2004

Ok, just in case anyone who reads this doesn't already know, never buy anything from Mad Catz...EVER!

The back sensor on my cheap $20 Mad Catz pad completely stopped working, which lead to the entire pad being ripped open to see what was inside. Somewhat interesting, but not worth $20.

What's more, a friend bought me a PS2 Mad Catz Controller for my birthday awhile back. Well, the left analog stick got un-calibrated somehow, and when in its center position, kept pressing the left arrow repeatedly. Well, I fixed that problem with an adhesive, making the analog stick harder to move, and fixing it in its "normal state". Then, here it comes, static electricity generates a spark from my finger when I pick up the controller, immeadiatly the rumble motor goes off, never stopping, and none of the buttons work. WTF!!! I hate this company!
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Sesshomaru · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 11:51 pm Post subject:

you should know by now, that madcatz is a piece of crap company. their products are no good at all.
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Tekked · Trick Member Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Location: Enigma 100%

Please tell me that they won't screw up a memory card, because I bought one thinking, "How could they screw up a MEMORY CARD?"
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!!!! · Trick Member Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Location: in a haus lolo!

Haha, when I read the topic title I thought you were debating against buying a MadCatz pad or Def Jam Vendetta....the latter's probably better.

Seriously, all MadCatz products are crap. I bought 3 PS1 memory cards that died and lost all my files (yes, including my near perfection FF7 file and my 96% Gran Turismo 2 file

).

So, just don't touch their products.
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Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

PS1 mem card... works fine
X-box microcon... works fine
DDR pad... outlasted my Naki one by a couple months
Universal A/V+S-video cable... works fine

No problems here.
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Misaki's Midnite Blaze · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:38 am Post subject:

Mad Catz is more of a sorry excuse for a "BETTER" console parts, I bought a GC Controller and when I plugged it in and started playing Star Fox Adventures, the stick was bad, the buttons were messed up completely like A was B and A didn't work period and Y was L and UGH it was just freakin pitiful...I wasted $20 on a piece of crap of a controller...thank god I threw it out and bought a regular GC controller...make note of this people as stated before by other members

DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM MAD CATZ!!!!
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Regenesis · Trick Member Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Location: Rockford, IL

I bought a MadCatz universal dance pad so I could play both PS* mixes and Ultramix. Three days later, the Playstation connector randomly stopped working. I wouldn't care so much if it were just the Xbox part, as I determined that Ultramix sucks within the time that I bought the pad and the time that it broke.

Put another tally in the "MadCatz sucks ass" column.
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Chocobo_Dancer · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:35 pm Post subject:

well it really is true, you get what you pay for. sure, it may be $10 or $15 less but you'll end up paying double for a new cheap pad or a repairs on the old one. NOTE: reletives have been known to give you cheap seemingly useful items that often break or you just never actually use them. its a good idea to just tell them you want a nice amount of cash
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Aku Soku Zan · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 5:52 pm Post subject:

I have a Mad Catz memory card and it works fine (at least so far). The DDR pad though...to put it nicely sucks major buttocks. I don't know anyone who has had a Mad Catz pad last for more than a month (and that's if they were lucky...or just never played).
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FerretWarlord · Basic Member Joined: 17 Jan 2004

Mad Catz Dance Pad? Sorry, but I don't trust anything that says, "Works great with Brittney Speare's Dance Beats!" on the box.

UselessDreamer1 · Basic Member Joined: 05 May 2004

i got a mad catz pad the universal one. it was 35. but i get a 2 year warranty:) im gonna take it back and get a new one when it breaks!

Redwngs13 · Trick Member Joined: 08 Feb 2004 Location: Hockeytown

I've had 3 Mad Catz beat pads. Only 1 of them stopped working on me, and thats only cause my cat bit the cord in half. So i traded that one and got a new one. The two that i have now have lasted me since i've had my game (in february) and only one of them is beginning to die. But after they do die, i think i'm gonna get a different kind cause everyone else here is complaining about mad catz.
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FreakinA · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject:

Doodz!! Mad Catz is Mad Crapz, ok

! Their stuuf is the crappiest to buy. I'm just glad my bro warned me before i bought any products from them. I just don't see how they stay in business with merchandise like that

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joeshmo39 · Basic Member Joined: 11 Apr 2004

I had an N64 memory pack which erased one day with all my golden eye data. It's first party hardware from here on in.

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Technick · Trick Member Joined: 18 Aug 2002 Location: Syracuse, NY

I would never tell anyone to get a MadCatZ pad. My friend bought one of those pads a while ago before I could tell him that the pad would totally suck so he went along and bought it. It broke in the matter of 1 month.

Then I told him to buy a BNS pad from www.buynshop.com and he has had that one for about 3 months now and it is still working perfectly, keep it up BNS.

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greagrea · Trick Member Joined: 08 May 2004

heh..my mom got me a mad catz pad for my birthday...i did not say anything cause i did not wana be rude. i just told her i wanted a nice red octane pad. Anyway the pad stoped working a week later