Reddit reviews Retro-Bit Official Sega Saturn USB Controller Pad (Model 2) for Sega Genesis Mini, PS3, PC, Mac, Steam, Switch - USB Port - Black
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Official SEGA Licensed Controller (Original Grade Quality)10ft/3m Cable LengthCompatible with Sega Genesis Mini, Switch, PS3, PC, Mac, Steam, RetroPie, Raspberry PiFor USB, swap between D-Input and X-Input by holding the START button for 5 seconds
Never seen that before. As an alternative, check out the PowerA Fusion FightPad or the Retro-bit Saturn controller. There's also the wireless Saturn and Gensis pads from 8bitdo and Retro-bit (but I'm always paranoid about delay in wireless PCBs) and the HORI Fighting Commander (but it has a + shaped d-pad).
When did you buy your Saturn controller? The first one I picked up, I immediately returned. I bought the USB Saturn controller at the same time as I did the 8-button blue USB Genesis controller. Neither was satisfactory compared against the original hardware. The buttons were too stiff, and the D-pads lacked the fulcrum that facilitates movement for firing hadokens in SFII.
However, Retro-Bit has two different Saturn controllers. The old version had the less-than-satisfactory D-pad (the "Model 1"), so Retro-Bit did a laudable thing—especially for a 3rd party peripheral manufacturer—and issued an updated controller (the "Model 2"). As an American, I'm a bit annoyed that they chose to name the revisions in that fashion, since in my mind the Model 1 and Model 2 name designations refer to the Western and Japanese Saturn controllers, respectively. Either way, I'm happy they revised the D-pad; now I just have to pick up a Retro-Bit Model 2 and test against my original Saturn controllers.