Best controller recommendations

kmfdmfreak · Basic Member Joined: 29 Jun 2005

I'm looking for a better controller. I currently have a mad catz beat pad. It's a bendable paper thin dealio, and it's beginning to screw up very badly. I was thinking of investing in one that's a little more substantial. (Jumping on the thin ones does a number on my ankles.)

Recently, Rec Octane got some bad press for stopping the warranties and selling only at BestBuy. That's making me think twice about investing 100$ in one. (That's almost 2 weeks wages for me. Yes, I work a bad job and make no money... all for my DDR habbit.)

I was thinking about getting a GameStop pad, but my friend got one and the arrows started migrating. The Left arrow moved to the middle of the pad. He brought it back and got another one because it was still under warranty. He has a new one now, but the arrows are beginning to do the exact same thing.

What would you recommend? I'm thinking about just getting a GameStop pad. They're high quality, except for the tendency to have moving sensors. Do the gamestop pads allow you to take out a small insurance payment to extend the warranty?

I'm sorry if a question like this has been posted. If it has, feel free to remove it. I'm leaving for college in a few days and need to make a decision.
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123aaabbbccc · Trick Member Joined: 19 Aug 2005

red octane is coo but your taking a chance, seems to have issues latley. i have a BNS DX, it's about 1/2 the cost and didn't seem to have any issues so far (had it since last October); it's been through a decent beating too and still hold up nicely. but this may just be my experience. i love it so no probs on this end.

Marq(uistadorous) · Trick Member Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Location: Arvada, CO

OK. Heres the deal. The following is COMPLETELY true. I bought a "blue spark" metal pad on Ebay for a total of 60$ (10 for the pad and 50 for s+h.). I got the pad and ive been using it for months. It works fantastic. It has lights and all that crap too. The control box it came with screwed up after a while but then I just told the seller about it and he gave me a new one for free. his ebay name is plegend. He always has them in stock. just search in ebay for "Dance Dance Revolution metal dance pad", and find the one that has a price of like $9.99. Check it out. Its almost too good to be true, but im serious

kyj197 · Last edited by kyj197 on Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:42 pm, edited 3 times in total

Interests: ddr and itg.... OF COURSE!
Warning points: 1

eBay Plegend! and plegend2001 ( = www.cyphergames.com ) is good ebay seller. my friend bought a product from this seller like a year ago and still using it - 2 free replacements from this seller.

If you order from this seller, You will receive the proudct from www.cyphergames.com on the package label.

I only care price and quality! of course quality too.
if there is a problem, call them up.

KENNETH YU / BENNY

neothe0ne · Trick Member Joined: 19 Aug 2005

I can't find any pads being sold be plegend... only pads being sold by hydragames and vortz_inc. Are they just like plegend? (They sell pads at $9.99 plus $59.99 shipping)

Edit:
nvm, I've found the plegend2001 pads being sold. But they only say PS1/PS2. Do these pads work on the Xbox?

kyj197 · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject:

Shante-3963 · Basic Member Joined: 18 Aug 2005

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Minger · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jul 2004

I checked a few days ago, there were like 15 metal pads...now theres none up.

Hope he still has some up soon, I want one...

koofu · Trick Member Joined: 04 Aug 2005

well, i've had madcatz before, and it worked for probably 2-3 weeks, and I guess that was its life span or something. So i switched to BNS for their DX pad, I've had it for.. shoot.. almost a year? I think i got it like in... october or november.. anyways its a bit like MC, but yeah its still working to my surprise, not bad eh? but then I haven't been dancing with it for the past month cuz i got my new bns metal fusion pad GYEAHH it rocks haha
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Minger · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jul 2004

http://cgi.ebay.com/XBOX-PLAYSTATION-PS1-PS2-DDR-ARCADE-METAL-DANCE-PAD-NR_W0QQitemZ8215823260QQcategoryZ21188QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Hydragames on ebay has pads for 70 bucks if you can win the auction at its chepest price...TX-1000...on the other hand, apparently it has a cable for both PS2 and Xbox, which will save me 20 bucks so I don't have to buy an adaptor...

I'm gonna see if I can get it

Edit - oops, didn't realize this was posted above,...

momosecretes · Basic Member Joined: 04 Aug 2005

liessss this metal pad doesnt have a metal frame. it's made of wood with metal panels yeah, not totally metal though
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forte_dash · Basic Member Joined: 12 Jan 2005

A few people have mentioned it in this thread, but it really cannot be stressed enough. Get a BNS DX. You will not regret it.

The pad takes one week to ship, and when it arrives, the assembly is easy (provided you know how to use a zipper)

Once its set up, the pad is responsive and the SENSORS do not drift. However, the raised inserts under U,D,L,R do drift toward the center a little bit. If you are an arcade player you shouldn't be getting used to raised panels anyway.

This pad just lasts and lasts. I had mine for 6 months before switching to a cobalt flux, and the person I gave the DX to informs me that the pad is still working splendidly.

If you decide to buy a CF ($350 shipped) pm me so i can tell you how to mod it properly. Damn stripped screwholes.

Shinmizu · Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 1:49 am Post subject:

Been neglecting the forum a bit thanks to medical and academic issues... but, in that START HERE thread that Cutriss made a while back, he said: