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By Joseph Longa "Captain 5ensible" (Southbury, CT) - reviews

 

This is a great piece of equipment. Im using it with RockNES (a Nintendo emulator) on my Macintosh in OSX 10.4.4 and it works great. I didnt need to run any software, it just worked from the minute I plugged it in. Its extremely comfortable, the buttons are all programmable, and the directional pad is very precise. I tried a $30 controller that was a cheap piece of junk compared to this one. Super serious gamers who need analog joysticks or more buttons than a Playstation 2 controller will need to find something more sophisticated, but everyone else will find this controller to be a fantastic value.

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Logitech ChillStream Gamepad for PC (963435-0403)

By K. Dennis "theskibum" (Montana) -  reviews

So this controller looked pretty sweet to me so I bought it over a rumble pad. I liked the idea of fans for wicking away sweat, as I tend to get pretty white knuckled on my controllers. I bought this controller specifically for Star Wars Battlefront 2 on PC, and it works like a dream. I also like the X-Box controller layout (offset anolog sticks and more ergonomic) than the PS2 style controller that is the Logitech Rumble pad. It also has better grips than a PS2 controller.

The only things I think are bad about it are the following:

1. It is not modeled on the large XBox controller, but rather the regular one, which is ok for most people, but I have big hands and I get a bit cramped up if I play for way too long.

2. I was slightly dissapointed with the lack of custimization software available with this pad. I have a Saitek Cyborg EVO joystick that you can create custom profiles for every game you want to use it with then set that profile before launching the game. This isnt an issue with Battlefront 2 since it has a very excellent in game control configurator, but I could see where if a game didnt have as good an interface (or maybe older games) this pad could suffer in this regard.

3. This isnt so much an issue for me, but I would assume that with a lot of game play and turning on and off of the fan, that the fan motor will likely die sooner than the pad will wear out. I dont care too much, because the fan is more a novelty to me than anything. I will still use it even if it does die.

Overall, a great controller, I actually would give it a 4.5 rating, but that isnt an option here.

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