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Issue 41 - August 19, 1999
 
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Poor Dreamcast Design

Dear Future Gamer

Why has nobody commented on the dumb orientation of the Dreamcast controller cable? Why the hell does it come out of the 'user' side of the controller and not the TV side, as is generally the case? It just deprives you of a controller length of cable and seems to fulfil no purpose whatsoever. Does anybody actually care about this poor design or is it just me being petty ?

Alan


FG: Erm, I think you're being petty, Alan. Sure, it's different, but once you've clipped it out of the way it's no problem and it's obvious why they had to do it - there needs to be room for the VMS to slip into the back of the pad.

Got an opinion or a question? Write to me at andy.smith@futurenet.co.uk...

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