

The face buttons have a fair bit of depth to them, but the actuation point is near and the buttons spring back pleasingly enough - I hated older controller buttons that had that mushy feel.

The controller's button layout feels quite modern considering most of the games will barely use half of them anyway, especially the shoulder buttons. Given the low price point, cabled controllers are fine here and I'm very much on board with the retro nostalgia it provides even if both me and the cat have tripped up over it a few times - ok, it was just me that tripped over it, the cat just stares at it while I try to explain how this is what we all had to deal with in the '80s and '90s. Seeing as the plug situation around my console/TV area is a hot mess, this was fine with me.Īs for the controller, you're getting a very generous, and very cool, 10-foot red cable which I can't tell you how much I love after decades of black/grey cables. Better yet, you might find the USB slot on your TV has enough juice to run the console with no need for a plug at all. The USB cable doesn't include a plug, but you should be able to use any phone charger plug with a USB slot on it. (Image credit: Brendan Griffiths / Future)Īround the back, you have a full-sized HDMI slot (you'll have to supply your own HDMI cable though), a reset button, and a Micro-USB slot for the supplied USB cable.
