The Pad (Mega Drive)
From Sega Retro
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| Made for: Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: G-Force, Innovation, Maxplay | |||||||||||||||
| Type: Control pad | |||||||||||||||
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The The Pad controller is a third-party peripheral for the Sega Mega Drive, created by Innovation. It is one of several controllers to be blandly named "The Pad" - a Sega Saturn version exists too, as does a Super Nintendo variant and possibly more. In other regions it was marketed as the Challenger Super Joypad (and similar names) by G-Force and Maxplay.
This particular controller, as is the case with many products by Innovation, is a very cheaply produced peripheral which borrows design cues from its Super Nintendo sibling, despite working with a console with a differing amount of buttons. It is a six button controller with turbo features. The box, in an attempt to copy that of Sega's official Six Button Control Pad, incorrectly calls the controller a "6 Button Arcade Pad" (or "Super GamePad").
The controller was "followed" by The Pad Plus, which in fact adds nothing to this model, instead stripping the turbo features altogether.
Gallery
The Pad model
Challenger Super Joypad model
Physical scans
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| Mega Drive, (Challenger Super Joypad) |
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| Mega Drive, (Challenger by G-Force) |
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| Mega Drive, (Maxplay) |
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