Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad USB
by Microsoft
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Customer Review: Fantastic! Where'd it go?
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a really great gamepad, for all the reasons mentioned in the other reviews. What I like best about it is how comfortable it is to hold. No other PC gamepad that I've tried has compared. It's a joy to play with.What I'd like to comment on is its strange history. It was originally released with a gameport plug (which is what I have)and with the ability to daisy chain them together. Then they were taken off the market, much to the chagrin of many. Then the USB version was released (exactly the same only USB and no daisy-chain possibility), but now once again it seems to have been taken off the market, as it is extremely difficult to find it anywhere (for some help with this, go directly to Microsoft). It was available the end of November '03, but it disappeared sometime in December. It confuses me as to why Microsoft would take a great (and seemingly well-liked) controller off the market... again.
Customer Review: Sidewinders are awesome
Summary: 5 Stars
This USB sidewinder is one of the best controllers ever made. With 6 top-side buttons and 2 triggers, its the perfect controller for a variety of games that don't require 2 analog sticks or 4 trigger buttons. I user a XBox 360 Wireless controller for Windows for ones that need more buttons or analog sticks. But none of them compare to this.
The only better controller is not feasible. Its a genesis 6-button controller for normal use and a capcom/genesis 6 button arcade stick for fighting games. If you're one of the lucky ones like myself, you have Genesis->USB adaptors. If not get this Sidewinder
Customer Review: Top-notch control with plenty of flexibility
Summary: 5 Stars
The Sidewinder USB is comfortable, programmable, and, most importantly, it has the feel and control you need to make gaming fun. I returned the Gravis Gamepad Pro USB because of its shoddy control and calibration and exchanged it for the Microsoft Sidewinder, which has been nothing but smooth.Its plug-and-play USB connection makes installation a no-brainer. Plug in and you're ready, which most controllers can't do nearly as well. The buttons are solid, construction is thorough, and the D-pad is accurate.
Skip the bull, and go with what works....the Sidewinder.
Customer Review: Best Gamepad Ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had my Sidewinder USB Gamepad for 8 years, and without a doubt it is the most durable, efficient, and reliable gamepad I have ever seen. Having grown up playing mostly console games I find using the gamepad for PC games has a much more natural feel than using a keyboard and mouse. It has lasted through nearly 1500 hours of gameplay over the past 8 years and has only started to show its age in the last few weeks. I've heard that Microsoft will begin relaunching the Sidewinder line and I can only hope that the USB Gamepad will be in the line-up.Customer Review: nice, inexpensive peripheral
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this gamepad as an inexpensive and convenient way to collect user responses in psychological experiments. This USB device is particularly nice because it doesn't tie up the RS-232 serial port in my computer, it is automatically recognized (by Windows 2000, not sure about other operating systems), and the gamepad operates as expected in my Visual Basic programs.