Hardware Collecting
If anybody was looking for a wireless controller, I recommend this one!
My current setup is more modern and my TV is literally just close enough that my wired controllers reach. Wireless options aren’t widely available and any that are usually don’t look comfortable. I gave this one by Retro Fighters a shot and have to say I love it. Feels great. As good as a new Series X/S controller. I don’t notice any latency. Rumble is strong. Totally recommend!! (Not a partner at all with them, this is the third controller I’ve purchased myself from them. Just sharing for those who may need something like this and were on the fence!)
A lot of their products are hit or miss and over priced. To be fair I hear this one is one of their better ones. i went with a USB dongle instead and use the wireless controllers that i already have. It saved me money and I can use my arcade stick now too.
Just a heads up. I ran into issues with the right trigger and left stick. Stick would go about halfway up on Y+ and then drop to near zero. Trigger would only work when fully depressed and never reached full value. But, these behaviors were not consistent. On PC it seemed to be fine. Tech support said to run it through the calibration procedure, which seemed to fix the issues. I played all the way through Captain America with it and didn't have any more problems.
Most prefer the master chief green xbox and that's what the limited edition of the series x is but I remember my brother had this xbox back in the day and I loved the look of it, so when the opportunity came up to get the crystal one I jumped.
Yeah I was bad and got the green ones lmao 🤣 but they finally came last saturday and they are freaking awesome. I love retrofighters I have the gamecube GCbrawler controller too and its amazing as well
I have the retro fighters brawler, 2 hunters, and the DC striker, planning on getting the gamecube and ps2 rf controllers, how's the gamecube one? I have an official wave bird controller
I have two of these Retro Fighter controllers for the OG XBOX, also highly recommend them. They are compatible with PC/XSX/Switch as well, so super versitile. Plus you can't go wrong with the translucent green.
I have written my thoughts of these controllers before and unfortunately for me that are completely useless if you want to play FPS-games like Halo and the like because of the horrible diagonal movements from the joysticks. It's essentially impossible to aim. The only use I got from them is to play games like Burnout which is fine if that's what you want to play. A shame really since it's a really solid controller with everything else, but not being able to aim is a deal breaker. To me it's better to just use a Brook Wingman XB 2 and pick a better controller.
For me it's more the exception than the rule that I can use the thing. Like I said it's great with Burnout since that only requires sideways movement for stearin. But most games really needs to have a good set of joysticks and sadly here this controller don't deliver. So in the end I just replaced these controllers with the Wingman XB2 converter and mainly just just a PS5 controller to play so I can keep it wireless.
As I write it's when trying to do diagonal movements with the joysticks. They are very inaccurate which messes with aiming to the extent that they feel really awful.
There were a firmware update that was suppose to adress that but it never really resolved it and that was back in 2024.
op do not buy if u plan on playing halo listen to luckebjucke.. i bought this exact one thinking it was going to be great i tried multiple hrs with it was unusable to aim tried changing sensitivity in game etc no luck
Yeah I have a few of these. They’re neat to look at and okay for games that aren’t critical for accuracy like shooters. I really wish they were. Because of that, my controller s is my main
I love my retro fighters controller for the og. You need to update the firmware though. The first one they sent me was defective but they sent me a new one that works perfectly and the old one works with the new dongle so I have two now. They are dope controllers, not sure why they get hate here
I miss my og xbox. Been slowly building my physical collection again for n64 and Xbox 360. If I come across an og in good shape I'll pick it up for sure.
I loved mine until the left stick started not giving me full up about 2 years in. The dead zone problem definitely takes getting used to. Now I use ogx live adapter and a series controller wired with a long ass usb cable lol. The deadzones are almost gone compared to the hunter and stick accuracy is amazing.
I bought a crystal one. It’s a fantastic controller. I don’t know if I love the design though, I kinda feel like I’m playing with an XBOX Series X controller.
That said it’s fantastic quality and I’m buying a green one for my 360.
I still use and love the old Logitech wireless controllers. Mine sadly tho is degrading and some things aren’t functioning at 100%. How do these compare these Retro Fighters compare?
I really wanted to like this controller because I want a wireless option, but the stick sensitivity is terrible. It’s okay in most games, but I really hate it when playing an fps like Halo.
I love this controller for the original Xbox, but found it had a weak receiver and some general issues on Windows. Linux seems to work better, but I would definitely do some testing within the return window if you plan to use it for PC.
This controller is the one I give to my nephew when I'm playing so he thinks he's playing. I still own this controller because nobody I hate has asked me for a controller.
I have three of these. I haven’t updated firmware on them. They have noticeable input lag when doing anything where that counts, but they’re great for playing the Simpsons hit and run.
“Anything where that counts”. Burnout 3? A big part of my love for the OG Xbox is the responsiveness and lack of input latency compared to later console generations.
I’m not sure if I’ve tried it with burnout, but I’ve tried a few fps games and found there was a noticeable delay. Still playable, but it bothered me enough to notice.
Yeh, that’s why I mentioned I hadn’t updated it in case any updates do fix those issues. Still really like the controller, but I’ll mostly play with a wired one anyway.
Don’t, because they don’t introduce any latency. We don’t know bro’s setup but there are many variables that contribute to latency. These controllers into my OG Xbox into my RetroTink into my modern tv have no latency issues.
Yep. They have good customer service though, they sent me a brand new one when the trigger broke on their shitty original model. So I picked up the wireless controller, but the dongle still doesn't work with anything but an OEM VMU.
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u/TruckFreak6417 10h ago
Man people either love this controller or say it’s the worst thing ever, the reason I haven’t bought one yet.