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$US300 Virtual On Joysticks Are Faithful To The Original

By Adam Frucci on July 11, 2009 at 12:20 AM

You could buy the $US15 Xbox Live Arcade game Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram and play it with a regular controller. Or you could cowboy the fuck up and buy Hori’s $US323 dual joystick controller designed specifically for Virtual On.

This is the second design of these sticks, redesigned after fans complained that the first ones weren’t faithful enough to the Dreamcast original. And if any company needs to listen to the whines of fanboys, it’s a high-end Japanese peripheral company that makes $US300 controllers designed for $US15 games. [Insert Credit via Kotaku]

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  • telepheedian
    July 11, 2009 at 2:25 PM
    @AlphaUltima:Because the dreamcast sticks are super-rare and expensive on their own?

    telepheedian

  • AlphaUltima
    July 11, 2009 at 8:23 AM
    why didn't they just make a xbox > dreamcast converter for 5-15 quid insted of flogging us with another controller?

    AlphaUltima

  • s0crates82
    July 11, 2009 at 2:49 AM
    @Skeetz: Aw, c'mon. the screws make it more rugged looking. 'sides, this isn't going to be installed at an arcade, and there's no risk of random enterprising youths tearing out the guts.

    s0crates82

  • Skeetz
    July 11, 2009 at 2:33 AM
    @Xeno: True.. i see myself opening this just to snoop, and then stripping the screws a bit... and then scraping my hand.

    Skeetz

  • IcemanD
    July 11, 2009 at 2:12 AM
    @Save me: It would work great for Karate Champ. You know, when 1985 decides to make a roaring comeback.

    IcemanD

  • Xeno
    July 11, 2009 at 2:05 AM
    @Skeetz: Some people like to see screws and the like. Makes modding easy.

    Xeno

  • TCMcQueen
    July 11, 2009 at 1:58 AM
    @KeepingTheForeName_GitEmSteveDave: http://www.geocities.com/bond_films/still35.jpg

    TCMcQueen

  • KeepingTheForeName_GitEmSteveDav
    July 11, 2009 at 1:42 AM
    Didn't I see this exact same controller in a James Bond movie, only in gold?
  • telepheedian
    July 11, 2009 at 1:39 AM
    Man, when I was 8, I wanted to put a Virtual-on machine in my walk-in closet. That said, I imagine you could get the real thing for under $1000 now, if it's an older, more battered one.

    telepheedian

  • tranzparentl
    July 11, 2009 at 1:15 AM
    I used to love this game in the arcade. I would dump in $1 per play back when I was a freshman in college.

    tranzparentl

  • superberg
    July 11, 2009 at 1:07 AM
    Virtual On has this horrible history of rare, expensive controllers. Fun game, though. The joysticks do add to the experience, but I don't know anyone who can really justify $300+ for one game.

    And this is coming from a guy who owns plenty of joysticks for fighting games.
  • Xterm11_is Rhyming
    July 11, 2009 at 1:01 AM
    There once was a boy named Jim,
    a kid who was rather dim.
    Jim was a fanboy to the core,
    and always wanted more.
    When he saw this controller
    he had to sell a molar,
    Just so he could buy this stick,
    man, whoever priced this was a real dick.
  • biggerx
    July 11, 2009 at 12:51 AM
    @FriarNurgle: Oh yeahs like your mom!!! I keed I keed.

    biggerx

  • FriarNurgle
    July 11, 2009 at 12:41 AM
    For that much money it better have an "orifice" with a rumble feature.
  • Save me
    July 11, 2009 at 12:35 AM
    Its hori so you know its a good stick but I dont see this being useful for any other game on the market. How many buttons does it have anyway?

    Are they only going to make it after you order it? Seems like a wise choice to someone like me who doesnt know much about economics.
  • Skeetz
    July 11, 2009 at 12:34 AM
    For 323 bucks I don't want to see mounting screws on TOP on the damn thing. What the eff?

    Skeetz

  • DJ Bushido
    July 11, 2009 at 12:30 AM
    LOL @ "cowboy the fuck up"
  • HyperDrunk
    July 12, 2009 at 3:18 AM
    Does anyone have experience with these joysticks going down in price, or do they retain there value, I loved virtual on, but being an average income family man of 2 kids, could not afford to spend this much on a joystick.

    HyperDrunk

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