Giant After Burner 2 Controller

[Joe Redifer]

Take a look at the controller pictured below (not the wireless 6-button, the one above it):



Does anyone have any experience with this controller? I think it is called the AX-1E or something like that. It was advertised in the instruction booklet of the Japanese After Burner 2 as being compatible (which is why the title screen says "Control Pad" or something similar). As far as I know After Burner 2 is the only game compatible with this controller. Of course it wasn't mentioned in the US version's instruction manual, but the US game is still compatible with this state-of-the-art space-age device.

EDIT: I found the following information:

Analogue control pad this was called the AX-1E controller
and was a black, circular shaped pad. There was an analogue sick
and an analogue throttle control as well as 4 independent fire
buttons and a start button.

This controller was compatible with Afterburner II, F1 Hero and
Galaxy Force II. This pad was only released in Japan.

[David J.]

You could also use it with After Burner 3 on the Sega CD.

[Genesis Knight]

Whoa! I've never seen that before. Shame it's not fully compatible, huh? Would be awesome to play certain Genesis games with an analog stick...

[HolyBloody16Bitter]

what an ugly kinda controller, why must this controller be like this?

[Elusive]

Another first from Sega. Out the window goes that god-awful N64 trident :]

[David J.]

This wasn't made by Sega. I think it worked with some other systems.

Galaxy Force 2 has no region protection, so I'd wager it work with US copies and systems.

[Joe Redifer]

Seems to only have a Sega jack on the end from other pictures I've seen, and Sega advertised it in the manual with their games.

[David J.]

I thought it was Micomsoft?

http://www.megadriver.org/mcdcp/html/games/ab3.htm

[Joe Redifer]

I wasn't saying it was made by Sega, I was saying I haven't seen any other systems use it and was most likely exclusive to the Mega Drive.

[captainprotonx]

First post! I'm proud of myself.

The XE-1 AP actually is compatible with multiple Japanese systems including the X68000, FM Towns and MSX.

And like all good and rare items, you can find one on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=4315

$60? I'll pass.

[Joe Redifer]

Why isn't it compatible with the best-selling Konix Multi-System?

[Elusive]

Why isn't it compatible with the best-selling Konix Multi-System?

Duh. They don't have Blast Processing

[Joe Redifer]

I should have known!

[Ed Oscuro]

It might have originally been sold under the Sharp brand, though that one definitely seems to be a Micomsoft version.

Micomsoft made a lot of great or at the very least interesting controllers, here's another:
Look for the Cyber Stick!

That one was sold under both the Sharp and Micomsoft brands; it probably started being sold as a Micomsoft product when Sharp dropped the x68K line.

Hmm, I should try that thing out on a Genesis...