Talk:NeGcon
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[edit] Some clarifications
The neGcon was an official 3rd party and release time controller. It came out with Ridge Racer, from Namco which was one of the release games. And so is just as old as the playstation itself.
This should probably be part of the article itself, but I've not contributed to WP before, so I'm a bit hesitant to actually fix the article.
There is wery often a huge quality between official controllers (whether 3rd party or not) and unnofficial 3rd party controllers.
--Myrkraverk 20:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Wow, the best racing controller ever never got supported by the GT PS2 games.
I really hope the Negcon will be re released as it's still the best controller for racing games while at the same time not big in size like a steering wheel.
- The L and R shoulder buttons were also analogue, with about 5mm of travel.
This is new to me. What games support analogue shoulder buttons?--Malcohol 09:38, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
The L and R were not both analog. Please do not change the article to indicate this is so. See the following link for the data reported by a NeGcon to the host:
http://www.gamesx.com/controldata/psxcont/psxcont.htm
You will note it reports analog steering (twist), I button, II button and L1 (L) button. It does not report analog R1 button because R isn't analog. The R button is long throw, but it pushes a standard digital dome switch, it doesn't have analog functionality.
I also posted a picture of the inside of the NeGcon (taken today) to back this up.
I believe the only games to support the analog L button were the Namco Ace Combat series, IIRC it was used to allow analog control of speed brakes.
I'd love to see the NeGcon redone with modern encoders and circuitry. The oold one was too problematic to bring back, it wouldn't bring over no converts from the dual analog sticks (which were unavailable when the NeGcon came out) due to its short lifetime. But a new digital one would be fantastic. --Bollinger 05:13, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
