Classic Game Room - ASCII ENHANCED PAD controller review for PlayStation

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Classic Game Room reviews the ASCII ENHANCED PAD from Asciiware for the PlayStation 1 PS1 video game console!

[@MasterFallenHero]

I remember getting that pad and being so happy the d-pad was connected in the middle. I first saw a ps1 display at toys r us and thought the thing wouldn't work and it was dumb because the d-pad was broken up and wasn't 1 solid bit. So, finding one of those at a thrift shop was a giant blessing for me as a kid.

[@o0Lukk0o]

I love catching these videos so soon after they've been uploaded! xD

[@mattmiller2836]

Classic Game Room always rocks! Keep up the great work Mark!

[@volkswagenginetta]

mark's voice over that smooth jazz and its like chocolate to the ears.

[@MrProphase]

You can't deny the subtle grooves of quiet storm!

[@mellowasiam]

I like the "cheesy" as you called it music. its relaxing!

[@asadavis9532]

In 2020 when I needed to know about this stick...Mark was there for me.

[@heathers6508]

LMAO

[@realjuancho]

Somehow I always feel that your videos have a Dreamcast era vibe. Even for current gen game revs. Love it.

[@RoachDoggJr106]

I mysteriously found myself in possession of a PS1 and one of these controllers and could never figure out what it did because I didn’t come into possession of the cables for the console. This is very helpful.

[@elmundogallerog.c3264]

Yo tengo uno en pleno 2021. Y todos sus botenes funcionan perfectamente.

[@felipepinott6278]

awesome reviews! please do a controllers section!!! greetings from chile,keep on!

[@LogicMattersToMe]

"Coming through!" "Shut up!" lol

[@eggwaffle]

great episode!

[@amyo]

I like the cheers in the beginning lol

[@joesnap10]

I love Chris's sheer randomness.

[@Zontar82]

that green Vectrex screen..you guys are so cool:P

[@joelmonteiro1419]

I remember wanting one of these along with those weird Namco conrollers when I was a kid.

[@CoolDudeClem]

I'm not complaining about the fact he's reviewing controllers, I enjoyed watching, not much else to do on a sunday evening!

[@possiblycrazy442]

I used to have one of these. One of the silicone pads for the buttons tore and we threw it out after trying to glue it. I wish I still had it so I could just fix it. :/

[@TheGeniusworld]

Thanks Classic Game Room i love you videos.

[@mcmaliciousgravy]

I, for one, am enjoying Controller Week-Leaking-Over-To-Like-Half-a-Month very much! I'm almost tempted to go through my storage for all my crappy aftermarket controllers to send them in!

[@ShizzBallZ]

what's the background music called? i demand to know!

[@CaptFat123]

Yay! The crowd cheering noise is back!

[@justin188541]

You had me at the Kenny G, you slick devil!

[@jmal716]

What's up with the D-Pad though? Is it better than the regular 4 way pad? What's your favorite D-pad to play ps1 shmups like Einhander and G-Darius?

[@tbb033]

It's terrible always going of directions you don't intend, it's almost like Microsoft helped design it.

[@jonnykhatru]

Don't listen to that other guy, your intros are awesome!

[@BIGMILKO]

Wow, I remember when tips&tricks was giving these away. ah, the good ol days.

[@itachy4K]

what songs were n the video

[@kassperplus]

That's cool I remember I have the first controller you used

[@treuzevlogs]

not lubricant (2 seconds later) "comming trought" i laughed more than i should have hahahah

[@BagelByte_]

OMG! Mark is brilliant!

[@deludedmarxist]

I remember a control pad I used to have for the PS1 and it had a "turbo" and "slow" button on the back. Exactly where your fingers would comfortably go. This lead to either fingers locked in awkward positions or, even more irritatingly, activation of one of these two hell spawn. Pressing "slow" was fairly irritating as it would lock the pause menu on the screen. "But what did turbo do?" I hear you type. Well, have you ever thought that any game you were playing would be instantly improved by rendering it unplayable with the pause menu opening and closing every few milliseconds? It's clear that this controller did, and I did not. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo did not require any additional "turbo".

[@SpiralPegasus]

Did you have a Super NES or Genesis back in the day?

[@darkinertia2]

ascii controller rock! ive been trying to get my hands on the ascii pad for the ps2 and dreamcast, they look like good pads for fighting games

[@Schmidteren]

Buttons for launching missiles? how much is this? :D

[@CrocoDuck420]

can I use it for my vectrex?

[@MiXVoy]

Was there a DualShock version?

[@DawnHibiki]

I still have this Playstation gamepad in my room! :)

[@Ghennesph]

That's pretty cool! thanks

[@jupreindeer]

ASCII. There's a company name I haven't seen in awhile. Made that crazy 3-D space game on the NES.

[@DerkuiDerkui]

Is it still controller week?

[@tomchurchman4213]

5 minute video with about 45 seconds of actual content. cheers.

[@TTTac]

im still waiting for the review on the Okama Game Sphere

[@MrChillZilla]

The reason that cant be done is because without the Analog Sticks it would be a pain in the ass to use directions that aren't basic up, down, left, and right, if it weren't circular with the + on top to guide you.

[@Ghennesph]

Didn't Ascii get absorbed into Enterbrain?

[@skylerhoxit7706]

I love your channel. My only gripe is that by starting out each video title with “Classic Game Room -“ instead of putting it after the unique title giving an idea of what the video is about keeps me from watching a lot of your content due to not being able to get the idea just from the thumbnail.

[@MrLormer]

in 2010s flashy and informative thumbnails werent the thing. plus i think Mark's done with gaming reviews so...

[@hashrulsubzero]

I wonder if that Auto-Fire works in MGS1 where Snake is being tortured by Ocelot ?

[@kefkahkefkah]

+hashrulsubzero Ocelot will know if you use auto-fire, trust me ive tried :P. He say something like "using auto-fire are we" and you dont get the good results.

[@hashrulsubzero]

kefkahkefkah breaking the fourth wall at it's best. I think he said to the playaers something like "Don't even think about using auto-fire or I'll know".

[@crunkinthis]

omfg.. if I only knew about this when I was a kid.... I did a lot of button mashing playing asteroids with my brother and dad. Some of the best memories of my life. We all ruined our fingers

[@romad6963]

How do you know?

[@MegaDrainProductions]

According to Wikipedia, ASCII merged with Enterbrain on January 10, 2010 which basically ended ASCII as a whole.

[@videosbythe5]

Do you hate the dualshock controller all of a sudden?

[@bastardrian]

there's no turbo button for Start or Select! What gives?!

[@Mrbluefire95]

idk what you're talking about. These reviews are great. He reviews what is sent to him and he got a fuck ton of controllers, so he's reviewing those.

[@DjStiv3]

in the color spectrum i remember either black or white is like absence of color and really isnt a color idk which but one isnt a color really from what i know

[@hibachifinal]

ASCII's hardware was eventually absorbed by SEGA, around the time of the Sega-Sammy merger. They went under SEGA Logistics Service, or SLS. During that time they release a number of peripherals, most popular are the Sega Saturn style controllers made for USB/PC/Mac and PS2 as well as other the "Virtua Stick" for PC and PS2. They possibly also made the Virtua Stick High Grade for PS3. They've stopped making peripherals since then, focusing on Amusement/Arcade machines.

[@StigDesign]

Have Marek Chekked oyut the old Namco Twisting controll. i remember to use it in wipeout 2097 :D

[@StrikeTeam99]

What is the name of that sweet cheesy music reminds me of the 90's

[@decimusrutilius]

I was curious to see what happened to ASCII lots of interesting stuff on Wikipedia, they started as a Microsoft spinoff of sorts, and reformed as Agetec (Ascii Game Entertainment TEChnology) who I remember made a great Dreamcast Fight Stick.

[@Audiojack_]

"I can defeat nobody!" Oh god I should have seen that pun coming.

[@lispyjawsh2474]

Classic Game Room: the cure to any type of depression.

[@tbb033]

I had one of these but stopped using it after the Dual Shock was released. The D-pad was almost as bad as a stock 360 controller. Almost.

[@optimoblunt]

i wonder if mark is going to review deadpool,its a game that fits him

[@WlNDMlLL]

Dear Inecom, It is my birthday and would like the old, old intro song in your next video as a present. Love, Windmill Okay, it isn't my birthday, but I really liked that version (see Dragon's Dogma video)

[@levipayne801]

The turbo functions would help well for controlling the tank in Panzer Front

[@snow_ghost1159]

You too?

[@levipayne801]

@@snow_ghost1159?

[@snow_ghost1159]

@@levipayne801 I was also thinking it'd be nice to use the turbo controls for the tanks in Panzer Front.

[@tbitton192]

Does Marc have Skype in the intergalactic space arcade

[@MikeyMalues]

I didn't even notice the anolog sticks not be there untill he said something

[@ZetZatar]

Is ASCII even around anymore?

[@SSC3034]

They made a controller for the SNES too

[@HaganeSteel]

Oh wow, I remember these. They weren't terrible either.

[@mbsfaridi]

Yeah also with the extended music.

[@freakface1234]

...song please.

[@JosephGorbach]

Loved that xbox one controller joke :)

[@keithealy]

Why would you change the title font?? so random KZbin! XD

[@kriptonis]

I prefer it a circle. diagonals are way better and circular moves don't hurt the fingers!

[@volusthegreat]

mark i expect a crash team racing review from you soon.

[@mbberry135]

Mark; Try it with Gradius V for the PS2. That might work

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

Wow, it's like Mike is channeling mid-90s Vivid videos or something. LOL!

[@LankyFrankey]

Controller Month?

[@breedlove94]

oh so this is the controller Revolver Oceot was talking about in MGS1........

[@xXxBoNgHiTzzz420xXx]

For the most part, you're right, but the Genesis and Saturn had the best d pads ever.

[@Kasumi8779]

Preach!

[@nagol225]

commentary on the xbox one? nice ;D

[@LewickiPiotr]

Coolstory: Few days ago I get one Dual Analog ;)

[@HockeyFanatic154]

Classic Game Room kicks ass like Classic Game Room should.

[@bartokiwami]

ASCII FTW

[@Elmicrobio99]

Controller month, really....Thanks to Felicity, from England!

[@MackenzietheCollie]

I know what lube type Mark is talking about here!

[@MusicIan423]

How am I supposed to play Fear Effect with no lubricant!!

[@tbb033]

If you're doing it right, you'll be making your own lube!

[@darkarch757]

Am I the only one that thinks D pads should be the + symbol not a circle with a pretend + shape?

[@JUSTINBEAVERHATER]

why are there no joysticks?

[@tbb033]

It's from before the Dual Shock (or even Dual Analog) was a thing.

[@pixelatednate4864]

i died laughing at 1:08 XD

[@makeemwhite9506]

"Coming through!" "Shut up!"

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

The ASCII dpad looks really cool, but I think the Hori dpad feels better.

[@nathleflutiste]

I like the Xbox slim controller, feel so cool (and it reminds me the Dreamcast controller too, but with better stick, and slightly better dpad, even though I still prefer the feeling given by the dreamcast controller) +Schmidteren this is not old school porn music, this is smooth jazz damn it. A great style of Jazz that was twisted by those damn porn producers.

[@tbb033]

" I still prefer the feeling given by the dreamcast controller" Broken wrists because the grips are at an awful angle? Why would you like that feeling?

[@vipersickboy24]

wow I've never seen this for the ps one

[@RedgraveKennedy]

Lots of lonely nights on the battlefield

[@DannyCD]

Sudden Clarity Clarence: "Woah, kids that were born when PS1 came out are now 18!"

[@cb4449]

When will you do last of us review?

[@mistahsossah]

"Sorry I'm reading the back of a different controller, that's the XBOX controller." Nicely done ;)

[@douglasbrobst6563]

I’m saving off my Christmas money I’m Getting new controller for PlayStation 1 I’m getting ascii enhanced pad for PlayStation 1 & here is list of fighting games & it works with ascii enhanced pad for PlayStation 1 Mortal kombat 3 Mortal kombat trilogy Mortal kombat 4 Street fighter alpha 2 Street fighter alpha 3 Street fighter collection Dragon ball Z ultimate battle 22 Dragon Ball Gt final bout

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

It's an alright controller, but you should probably check out Hori's controllers as well. I really like the Hori Shindou Pad.

[@DSSeraph]

That's half right, see, ASCII itself still exists as "ASCII Media Works", but the majority of their IP's are now handled by Enterbrain, they mostly publish magazines and such now instead.

[@tbb033]

Didn't they spin off game publishing into AGEtech?