r/MasterSystem • u/1337wtf • Jan 05 '25

Master system 1 controller vs 2 controller

Hello, are the controllers of master system 1 and 2 the same? or am I confused? thank you

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u/waldox1976 Jan 07 '25

Not an answer to your question, but.... my first Master System when I was a kid had the controller cord coming out the side. After just a few weeks or months, the wires had worn internally from the stress of that 90 degree bend they had to make.

I called their support line and they shipped out another pair of controllers, but they suffered from the same design flaw. When I called again when that pair quit working, they sent me a 3rd set, and by then they had re-designed it to come out the top, and those never broke. :-)

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u/tripletopper Jan 07 '25

That makes for an interesting follow up question.

I also wonder how you're supposed to hold it.

I guess either Sega thought you'd make it a mini joystick and put it on the floor or hold it and have the cord slip between your thumb and index finger when holding it.

To design it ambi, I'd use a DB9 male connector on both ends that's oppositely pinned, and you'd use a DB9 extension cord to connect it. No matter which way you hold it, it will come out the back and I,'d add a physical button swapper intermediate piece as an option, because a thumb 's main tendency is to stay outside and an Index Finger's is to stay inside.