Mad Catz 3 Button Controller

Mad Catz 3 Button Controller
Made for: Sega Mega Drive
Manufacturer: Mad Catz
Type: Control pad
Release Date RRP Code US 199x EU 1994

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The Mad Catz 3 Button Controller is a third-party controller for the Sega Mega Drive developed by Mad Catz. It is, as the name suggests, a three button controller with added turbo features, but is otherwise mostly unremarkable.

There are a few slight variations of this controller. Mad Catz changed their logo during the production run meaning some have slightly different labels (on top of the common High Frequency label which Mad Catz also used when selling to Toys R Us). In Europe it was distributed by Gamester as the MD-3.

It would be followed by the Mad Catz 6 Button Controller.

Gallery

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  Mad Catz model (older version)

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  Mad Catz model (newer version)

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  High Frequency model

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  High Frequency model (alt)

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  Gamester model

Promotional material

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #152: "July 1994" (1994-06-15)
also published in:

• Computer & Video Games (UK) #153: "August 1994" (1994-07-15)
• Computer & Video Games (UK) #153: "August 1994" (1994-07-15)
• Computer & Video Games (UK) #154: "September 1994" (1994-08-15)
• Mean Machines Sega (UK) #24: "October 1994" (1994-08-xx)

Print advert in GamesMaster (UK) #23: "November 1994" (1994-10-20)
also published in:

• Ultimate Future Games (UK) #1: "December 1994" (1994-11-01)
• Computer & Video Games (UK) #157: "December 1994" (1994-11-15)
• Computer & Video Games (UK) #159: "February 1995" (1995-01-15)

Physical scans

Mega Drive, US (Mad Catz)
Cover

Mega Drive, US (Mad Catz; 1998)

Mega Drive, US (High Frequency)
Cover

Mega Drive, (Gamester)