4 $1,300 pads dead!

Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:22 pm Post subject: 4 $1,300 pads dead!

Hello all we have been having alot of problems with pads at my job now. our newest pad problem is strange. First of all my boss had ordered these "strange" new pads i have never seen before, he said there from a company named cateye who make video game bikes for ps2. I don't know if many or (any) of you heard of this pad here so ill describe alittle about it. Its very fancy looking.....the base is made of wood and it has raised corner buttons around the arrows to give you that arcade feel. It is a 10 panel pad no control box needed, the bottom left corner pad says play to live and the bottom right says www.gamebike.com, i have tried both cateye and gamebike sites and they have nothing about this pad

each of these pads coast $1,300 each! for that price i was trying to convince my boss to just wait and buy In The Groove 3 for the arcade that would be around $10k right? Anyway the edges of the wood around the base are starting to split off and we only have had these pads for 6 days now and somtimes an arrow gets "stuck" I sure hope to god my boss saved the warrenty on those pads. anyway do u guys think its possible that bent chords/too much dust in the ps2 system/ scratched DDR disc could be a problem with our other red octane pads?(yes we have other pads these are not the ones discribed above) or dose only certian arrow problems occur with the pads only? Thanks a bunch guys and sorry for so many questions!

Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:01 am Post subject:

Any comments guys?

Please?

psisarah · Trick Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Toronto

Pictures, links, etc would be helpful.
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Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:44 am Post subject:

damn i whish i had pics ill try to get some i cant find any links anywhere on this product ill see if my boss has a camera

eTom · Trick Member Joined: 26 Feb 2006

Why did he buy DDR pads made out of wood?!
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LET GO

psisarah · Trick Member Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Location: Toronto

http://store.affiliatefitness.com/ddradpl.html

That's the closest thing I could find to what's being described. $1300.

mthegreatone · Trick Member Joined: 25 Sep 2005

it's hard to give advice. has cateye ever even been talked about in the forums? even the TX line of metal pads have been talked about more than this cateye dance pad you speak of. i may be going out on a limb, but your boss may have gotten ripped off. you're probably better off purchasing CF's, since even those have a pronounced return policy.

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

Dude! What is that?! It looks like a friggin suped up cobalt!?
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mouseish · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject:

Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:09 am Post subject:

bleh! I dont' have a camera to take a picture of it

but yea its definetly from the company cateye...whish i could show u guys because the pad really is beutiful looking and it looks nothing like the link posted above. The problem is fixed now, it turns out the metal peice protecting the sensor below the arrow needed some more velcro because it kept getting stuck to the sensor

fyhr · Trick Member Joined: 10 Feb 2002 Location: baltimore

Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:59 am Post subject:

fyhr · Trick Member Joined: 10 Feb 2002 Location: baltimore

Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject:

ddrbob · Basic Member Joined: 29 Oct 2005

Hi. You mentioned the boads we're made of wood and were nice looking. How is the responsiveness and gameplay?

Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:

Wermo · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Location: Hamilton ON

DDR MAX does have the ability to turn those suckers off. Look through all the options.
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Loving DDR and old school turn based party RPG's like Wizardry and Dragon Quest.

ddrbob · Basic Member Joined: 29 Oct 2005

Wow - that's a freakin' impressive review. Do they work with XBox as well?

Mostly_Harmless · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject:

yup it works with gamecube ps1 and 2 xbox and pc has all adaptors come with it plus theres no control box it's built in right into the pad alot less wires

FoxFireX · Trick Member Joined: 07 Dec 2003

In the DDR games, the option to turn off corner buttons isn't clearly marked as such. You're looking for an option called "Dance Play" or "Dance Play Settings". Wherever you see "dance play", read it as "make the corner buttons trigger the arrows".