The standard Dreamcast controller comes in for a lot of flack whenever people struggle to find something more worthwhile to moan about. In days gone by, the youth of the day would complain about torrid working conditions down the local coal mine; or losing an arm running between looms in the textile mill where three generations of the same family lived, worked and died. These days though, it's all about the lack of dual analog sticks, where the wire protrudes, or - woe betide - that the sides of the controller are too sharp and cut into ones hands with extended use.
However, it has been brought to my attention that another complaint about the humble Dreamcast controller can henceforth be struck from the record books like the aforementioned orphan's rights to a scrap of stale bread after a 30 hour shift on the coal face: slippery analog sticks. Thanks to a gentleman by the name of James, you too can now bask in the knowledge that your convex, weathered analog stick can be replaced with the grippy, concave nubbin designed to be used in the PlayStation 4's Dual Shock 4 controller:
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James went to the trouble of demonstrating this very quick and easy modification via the new-fangled medium of photography (it'll never catch on), and explained that he chose a neon orange stick to compliment the swirl of his native US Dreamcast. I've yet to try this myself, but James assures me that the comfort and added levels of control are several magnitudes above what you can expect from the standard analog sprig. I have no reason to doubt him and have ordered a set of white ones from eBay to fit to a Dreamcast controller, so that I may experience this heightened comfort first hand. Thanks to James for the info and let us know in the comments if you've tried this yourself.
Right, I'm off to put a shift in on the local
spinning jenny. See you in 30 hours.
