r/3DO • u/Ordinary-Step29 • 16d ago

WTF IS THIS CONTROLLER?!?!

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I got this controller cheap from a local game store. It has six buttons, so it plays fighting games really well. I can't find ANY information on it. Anyone know what this thing is?

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u/Blightious 16d ago

HORI MEGA COMMANDER IS THE SHIT FOR GENESIS. This is basically the 3DO version of that pad which probably was made in the same factory on the same line just after hori was done with the molds, some no name brand said well fuck it we can make this for other systems and made this

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u/Ordinary-Step29 16d ago

Interesting.  Have you seen others/learned of this history from someone?

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u/Blightious 14d ago

No but this was very common in the toy world making bootlegs for other markets.
Like, you ever find some weird looking super saiyan goku figure with no articulation, painted terribly, the packaging says “FIGHTING MEN” and “figure of ACTION!” in a basement booth of a Mexican flea market?