Game Gear to Genesis Adapter?

[Kamahl]

The official N64 controller has three prongs/handles
This, out of everything else in this feature, stands as the most absurd complaint of all, to put it politely. No N64 game ever released needs all the buttons and D-Pad/stick to be played properly, let alone have them all mapped with a function to begin with, so you do not actually need three hands to use the official N64 controller. Most games use the middle and right prongs, making the L Button and D-Pad the least used functions of the controller. Any games which use them almost always leave the middle or right prongs unused. There are of course exceptions, but here it's a very, very small number.

Why does "no game ever released needs all the buttons and D-Pad/stick" make it acceptable?
If anything it makes the controller look even WORSE.

FPS games are hard to play, I hate using the C-Buttons
This complaint usually stems from people accustomed to modern FPS control layouts, which involve two analog sticks. Virtually every first person shooter on N64 offers more than one button configuration, including one which maps movement to the D-Pad and aiming to the control stick. Even the earliest FPS release, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, offers such a configuration, called "Left-Hand Mode" in-game.

This mode results in horrible cramps in the right thumb, due to the position of the A & B buttons in relation to the right hand.

[evilevoix]

ISn't there a dude who sells a Consolized Game gear?

[chessage]

Part of me assumes that Sega wanted the Nomad to be the successor.

A rather unportable successor.

This is true, but the execution backfired and it turned into a novelty item. You can't sell a successful portable console without a built-in battery/battery compartment or cartridges designed with portability in mind.

I don't know what this has to do with the Game Gear having a sequel.

Consoles with successors tend to be viewed more favorably. You'd probably hate the Game Gear a lot less if it had yielded at least an improved revision or console adapter, much like the Game Boy did. Heck, even the Lynx was revised.

The thing was hard to find at stores.

... In Colorado...

You hardly see used games for sale.

Debatable. One shop I go to has around 20 to 50 titles, while another I go to has zero. That's why there's Ebay.

It was more successful (if you can call it that) than the Turbo Express and maybe the Lynx...

... And every non-Nintendo handheld until the PSP.

... It's a piece of shit. Even if it had a perfect screen, it'd be a piece of shit. The resolution is too low meaning the games are very cropped. That is not acceptable...

**The Game Boy lets out a cowardly scream and seaks out a convenient place to hide.**

It's designers should feel bad.

It was designed by one guy.

Take this with a grain of salt because I generally dislike all portable gaming. It's very uncomfortable and I can't play it on my TV.

Noted. This is where the TV-out mod becomes useful.

Handhelds are physically uncomfortable for me. It has nothing to do with my eyes but my body posture. My neck begins to hurt as I hunt for a way to play and be comfortable at the same time.

^This would fit well in a Seinfeld fanfic.

I usually Lean against a wall or sit in a recliner while using a handheld.

[Guntz]

lol

Is that article supposed to force me to like the N64 or something? Is the N64 wrongfully disliked by anyone who dislikes it? Does this mean that everyone should unconditionally like it? It's not a console I enjoyed outside of a few games. Get over it.

You didn't read an inch of that article...

That covers pretty much all of the most common N64 gripes. If you have reached this paragraph and still strongly dislike the N64 for whatever reason, then what you should do is find another console to play and ignore the N64. It's not a system for everyone. Expecting to find a game made just for you, in a genre the console lacks in, is not only a waste of time but it's also very foolish.

Hopefully this feature has stomped out at least a few ignorant and widespread complaints, or has convinced you to give the N64 a second look. If this article could be summed up in a nutshell, it'd be that rumors, exaggerations and unfair comparisons shouldn't get in the way of one's enjoyment with a particular console.

that stupid site

Wow, that REALLY makes your argument all the more convincing...

Why does "no game ever released needs all the buttons and D-Pad/stick" make it acceptable?
If anything it makes the controller look even WORSE.

I didn't know something appearance determined whether it good or not...

This mode results in horrible cramps in the right thumb, due to the position of the A & B buttons in relation to the right hand.

Must be you, but at least it's better than moving with the stick and aiming with the C-buttons.

[Breetai]

I don't know what this has to do with the Game Gear having a sequel. The thing was hard to find at stores. You hardly see used games for sale.

The opposite for me. It was abundant in stores where I am from, they were semi-common to see at recess in Jr. High School when I was there (I had mine!), and even now they are generally in stock at local pawn shops were a dozen or two dozen various games (Sonics, Shinobis, Mickey Mouses, Eccos, Columns, sports games, etc.).

I guess Sega was more popular here in Canada? I mean, the SMS actually made a dent in the market here.

ISn't there a dude who sells a Consolized Game gear?

Isn't there eyes on your head to read with? We're only 3 pages into this thread and your question was answered before you posted it. Use your reading and comprehension skills to answer your own question.

[j_factor]

There's a reason no console since has copied N64's three-pronged controller. There's just no reason for it. They should have just put the analog stick and d-pad on the same side.

The opposite for me. It was abundant in stores where I am from

Here too. I remember it as being popular with older gamers especially. A friend of my dad who had a Game Gear commented that "you need young eyes to even see" the Game Boy.

People probably wouldn't have as high an opinion of the GB today if they were still restricted to the original system and its shitty screen.

[Guntz]

There's a reason no console since has copied N64's three-pronged controller. There's just no reason for it. They should have just put the analog stick and d-pad on the same side.

And your point is...? The N64 controller was a product of it's particular era.

[TrekkiesUnite118]

Out of curiosity how well did the Gameboy sell when the Game Gear was still being sold by Sega? From what I remember Gameboy seemed to die down around 1994ish and didn't really get it's second wind until Pokemon came out around 1998ish. Actually I remember more kids in my Elementary School had Game Gears that they brought to school and would play during recess.

[evilevoix]

I loved my game gear and even used it as a portable TV,

[Azathoth]

Did the Sega-branded GG suitcase sell 1:1 with the console? I've never seen such a carrying case so common in the used market as that one.

[Guntz]

I love the Game Gear deluxe case, I have an extra one for all my old GB stuff.

[j_factor]

And your point is...? The N64 controller was a product of it's particular era.

My point is that complaining about the controller design is a valid complaint. It's a bad design.

[Guntz]

It's still perfectly usable, plus there's some third party options like the Hori Mini and the Super Pad 64.

[j_factor]

I have a Super Pad. The overall shape is a little awkward, but I definitely like it more than the main controller. I'd get a Hori Mini but they cost an arm and a leg.

[Guntz]

the.importer sold off four of them for $45 each in Sonic's Bazaar some time ago, so deals can be had... It's just you have to be quick.