A question about official controllers..

[scorch56]

I have two kinds of "official" branded Panasonic controllers that came with my FZ-1 unit. Basically.. both are "semi-oval"; shaped pretty much the same.. only one is a bit smaller than the other. They are both made by Panasonic though.

Every once and a while.. I see a different Panasonic brand controller for sale on eBay. They seem to be "semi-rare". The best way to describe it would be to be "butterfly" shaped. I think some people refer to them as "bat winged". These are NOT a 3rd party controller.. and when I see them boxed.. even have a Panasonic logo on it.

At first I assumed that they were later model controllers that came with the FZ-10; but practically every FZ-10 system I ever see up for sale.. doesn't include them as well. Can anybody tell me a little bit about these controllers and why, when and what they were made for?

Thanks to all for your time and attention.

 

[Dyne]

they're not butterfly shaped but they certainly look like a batrang and they shipped with the 3do blaster. it was a 3-d card/cd drive add-on for the pc that let you play 3do games on your pc. kind of a rarity.

 

[scorch56]

Uh-uh.. THESE are the ones I'm talking about:

http://www.classicgaming.com/3dotoday/page...e7/3dopad2f.jpg

Apparently.. these were pads actually manufactured by 3DO and not Panasonic as replacement pads for both systems.

 

[Dyne]

oh my.....the 3do pad 2! how exciting

cant say i ever saw them.