The Duke was awesome. It felt so much better than the flimsy PS2 controller. It was solid and something you could really grasp. Both the GC and PS2 controllers felt like cheap plastic compared to the almighty DUKE.
All of a sudden everybody likes the duke, what the hell? People weren't so amazed at the time, were they? I liked it though. And I never got an S until 2006 or so (when I bought another Xbox) and even then I continued using the oldstyle pad.
I had no problems with the duke when i first got my xbox and even when the S came (which i bought) i stuck to using the duke all the time just because i like it better and had got so use to the shape of it in my hand and they fact that i preferred the black and white buttons up top. I do like the controller S apart from the black and white buttons mainly because of where they are positioned plus the way they are recessed or feel that way instead of being raised up like on the duke.
The Duke controller was among the best. Yes it was larger than most controllers, but it was comfortable and didn't have any sharp edges (unlike the craptacular Dreamcast controller and Sony junk). Those who complained were mostly limp wristed geeks with small hands.
Most controllers have horrible D-Pads, I always think.. so now we have Analog sticks but horrible D-Pads.. What's happening!! Well the Gamecube had a nice yet small d-pad..
Why, in the name of Segata Sanshiro, would you play a Saturn game with that rotund chunk of plastic when there's the official Japanese Saturn controller - potentially the best digital controller of all time?! I mean, honestly, playing with a Duke is like tickling a fat, plastic baby. Thank you, I'll be here all night.
Actually, read up a bit on CPU architecture. Everything after the Pentium 1 was RISC-based, just emulating the CISC-instruction-set of the older x86 CPUs. (I think even the PPro already was) (edit: yup, just checked, the PPro had a RISC core with added CISC instruction set) That in itself is a huge problem, all the backwards compatibility needed inside those things. The CPUs could've been much more powerful if they woud just drop all that old stuff.
and HOW filming the way that I do am I supposed do that when I can't get it to display on the HD Set I film off of?
So, you film your PC playing on an HDTV? If you're going to use emulation, why not use a screen capture program? That would give you a better picture. Or better yet, get a cheap capture card and connect a Saturn to your PC.
The whole reason I do it the way I do is to get that whole MST3k thing going. Anyways I found a cheap Saturn at a little retro game store, I might grab it next time I'm there.
I still remember when i was i college and my cousin got the xbox pretty much at launch. Damn i spend so much time on that thing. However he was getting rid off it but i bought it and it still works great. Quality item compared to my Xbox 360 wich is like russian roulette every time i power it on.
