Retro-Bit has a brand called RetroLink and they sent us four controllers, one for the NES, GameCube, Nintendo 64 and Super Nintendo. These controllers are not made for the original consoles that they were originally designed from these are USB controllers for the PC. Some consoles may be able to use them but traditionally these things are just going to work for the PC and that's all we really tested them on. Now while they are pretty neat controllers with a really cool transparent plastic there's a reason why they're transparent plastic. These suckers light up.
Now to begin with as controllers they're pretty cool. Right off the bat the NES controller feels like an original NES controller with very little changes. The only problem I had with it was that the D-pad kind of pops in completely but there's still enough roll on it where you don't notice it. Also the Super Nintendo controller has a really good pivot on the D-pad so it feels like a really good Super Nintendo controller. The Nintendo 64 controller doesn't have a pivot on the D-pad and it kind of just pops in completely but once again it's usable. Although all of these controllers are pretty well manufactured I have to say the one that really stands out the most is the GameCube controller. Now I've used a lot of GameCube controllers in my life but this one right here feels like a brand new GameCube controller with possibly better more snappy responses in the buttons. The Z button for instance clicks and that's awesome. The Z buttons on everything else that I've used kind of feel a little softer and all the GameCube controllers I have just don't have that nice clicking sound but this one does and it really works. The only criticism I'd give for this controller is that when you push the triggers down all the way sometimes they don't pop in all the way like you would see on a real GameCube controller where they have that kind of snap at the end of its push. But these still work great and they're still very responsive so you just got to get used to that little thing. Other than that the C, the directional pad, the thumbstick, the buttons all feel fantastic and in some cases they feel a little bit more snappier because it's a brand new controller.
Now these controllers as controllers work really well. You may find a little bit of a difference in the D-pad here and there but honestly they all work great. And I used them with a bunch of games and they played well but that's not really why you're picking up these controllers. Now let’s talk about lights! The NES and the Super Nintendo controllers are really, really cool because they allow you to switch between different color spectrums using the back and the top. So you can make them look red, green or blue and you can also have this little off button here so you can turn off the color if you don't want these things lighting up in a dark room. But a nice little additional feature is on the top of these controllers they have a little brightness dial so you can adjust the brightness to be really high or really low. Now I know a lot of people that buy these controllers may not want the LED lights on in which case you don't have to buy them. RetroLink creates these exact same controllers without the LEDs in them but if you do want the LEDs they have a lot of different functionality and a lot of different options you can pick from. One thing I would have loved to happen is every time you push the buttons they would have lit a different color but that's fine that they didn't do that. These controllers as they stand are really good and the LED lights on them are very bright and very customizable. Now moving to the Nintendo 64 controller it only offers the ability to switch from off and red, green and blue. Now the red, green and blue always stay bright. Unlike the Super Nintendo and NES controllers you can't change the brightness but at least it does have the off option. Now like I said the GameCube controller here is fantastic but it has the one function I don't like. It just lights blue and that's it. Now it's a really bright light in fact from what I could tell just looking at it this bright light on here is brighter than the LEDs on these other controllers and you can't turn it off and you can't adjust the brightness and you can't change it to be any other color. So with this controller despite the fact that it's probably the best, most well built one out of all of them you can't adjust anything on it so the light goes on and that's it.
But the GameCube controller has one additional function on it. There is actually a vibration motor in it. Now the NES and Super Nintendo controllers don't come with drivers or anything like that but the Nintendo 64 and the Gamecube do simply because it has a different kind of selection of buttons on the front. Now the GameCube controller once you install the drivers you can actually use this to emulate GameCube games on the PC and the vibration motor works perfectly fine once you've set it up. But the N64 controller well this kind of bugs me. On the Nintendo 64 controller there's a little slot where there would have been the expansion port for memory cards or the Rumble Pak. But this controller doesn't have any Rumble Pak insertion ability because there’s actually no connection port it's just an empty slot. And there's no built-in vibration motor in the N64 controller itself. It would have been cool to see RetroLink actually manage some way to get the vibration technology for their GameCube controller into their N64 controller. It's just something I would have liked.
Overall these controllers are pretty cool. They offer a lot of really cool functionality and they work on pretty much every game we tested them with. Even with the D-pad being a little bit soft they worked great. And the GameCube controller even with no ability to turn off the lights or adjust the brightness this thing was simply the best controller in the entire set. I honestly prefer this to my original GameCube controllers that Nintendo released and that shocked the hell out of me. This thing is fantastic and it's worth buying alone. These controllers are great but if you're going to get just one of them and you're a GameCube fan this is the one to get. It's got a great D-pad, a fantastic selection of buttons and everything is very responsive and very clicky. Seriously RetroLink you guys did a fantastic job on this controller. I can't recommend it enough. So if you're looking to get some retro gaming PC controllers that light up in the darkness these ones are the ones to get.
Great video. The controllers are fancy, I love clear electronics. Keep up the good work my man.
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very cool product! great video shane
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Great dude... I think I have to try this out
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That actually looks pretty neat for a controller like that! I'll have to look into it.
Beautiful looking controllers! I'll probably get a SNES one as it is my all time favorite.
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