Haxan, Dyson did pare down about 30-45 minutes of break bs-ing, my bad audio, and other various nuggets not fit for the listening audience. I completely agree though, the long shows are the ones that stick in my memory the most. I've always told Dyson that we don't care how long they talk, just that they keep talking. As the unofficial archivist of the show, here's some examples of long shows that are full of win:

RFGo! 11 - Forgotten Franchises (95:36) - The notorious Muppet Vietnam episode.
RFGo! 13 - Unpleasant Burrito Experiences (86:44) - PAX talkin' and my first time in the bucket.
RFGo! 14 - Everything's Coming Up Metroid (89:42) - First show that prompted an immediate follow up (and the only one to screw up the numbering system by doing the whole ".5" thing). This is also where the Dolphometer is created by Colette.
RFGo! 20 - Zelda Pt. 2 (117:01) - Only Chad likes Twilight Princess.
RFGo! 30 - New Years Retrolutions (102:32) - Topher nominates the Fall Dashboard Update as the #10 best XBLA game of 2007.

Most of the shows beyond this point are all nearly an hour and a half in length.

RFGo! 32 - Shmups! (107:03) - Professor Topher takes us all to school.
RFGo! 35 - Anything but the Super Bowl (110:25) - 2nd fan-made intro (Athiestium get's 1st honors on episode 7) and PUPPY BOWL!

Other personal favorites:
#3 - The Flipper intro still makes me laugh every time I hear it.
#15 - Angelsdontburn becomes the 2nd community member to snag a guest spot on the show.
#16 - The Robot-in-Chief, Niero himself, guest hosts.
#26 - Retrofeast is quite possibly the funniest fucking episode ever. Double Dribble voice FTMFW! Also, plane crash episode.
#29 - Colette gets a double-ended dildo that plays the dungeon theme from Zelda. Best Christmas present EVER!

Folks, if you haven't gone back and listened or re-listened to Retroforce, you really owe it to yourself to do so. There are so many great moments you've missed out on or forgotten. Once again, thanks to all the folks that help make the show possible, it's AMAZING!

Oh, I had the Super Advantage joystick. I got it, along with Street Fighter II, for my birthday one year. It was almost a very disappointing time, as we no longer had our NES, and my mom accidentally bought the NES Advantage and Mario is Missing (WTF?). Thankfully, the returned both and got what I wanted.

My favorite SNES controller is probably the Capcom Soldier Pad, which is actually available for 3DO (and maybe other consoles), as well.

once again we hit a brick wall when we get to XBL content.

Ah, regarding using the analog and d-pad at the same time, the Xbox and Xbox 360 controllers are quite usable that way, but those controllers were obviously very much inspired by the Dreamcast controller.

About the N64 and GameCube D-pads...
1) Mischief Makers (aka Yuke Yuke!! Trouble Makers in Japan) used the D-pad exclusively, and the analog stick was NEVER used, and it was GREAT. The N64 controller was fairly comfortable in that position, which made me annoyed that more games didn't utilize it.
2) X-Men: Next Dimension (a horrible game, but I got it as a gift) used the D-pad in the GameCube version, and the analog stick did weird shit and wasn't very useful. And I'm sorry Topher, but that D-pad was the most useless piece of garbage I've used. Left was up, right was up, down was occasionally up. It was IMPOSSIBLE to accurately play with it.

fuck it, i got in contact with mad catz's PR people and told them that they're idiots if they don't send you free controllers. fingers crossed. :P

A different version with both :

Ever tried the Neo-Geo/Neo-Geo Pocket controller with the micro-thumbstick thing? Too much travel for shooters, but it's (unsurprisingly) badass for fighters.

As for the 360 pad, I've been trying to play *whisper* Live For You *whisper* this last week, and I'm finding that the face buttons have a bit too much travel for something requiring that kind of timing - I'm having to start pressing the buttons early to score, but because the bumpers are a touch more sensitive I find I'm hitting them too early. Bah.

Whilst I'm on the subject of Live For You and retro controllers, I leave you with this...


POWERGLOVES, BABY!

@Topher
I admit I will download and play that game :).

@Chad
I agree Chad, turbo is cheating >.>.

I also always hated having to play against guys that had a controller with turbo one. My friends older brothers were jerks <.<.

Classic controller feels weird on some games, maybe there should be different versions?

@Dyson
I haven't heard people call systems a "playstation", lucky me I guess even my family and friends are old school and call everything a "Nintendo" :P.

Also, turbo cheater ;).

@Colette
Whereeee aaaareeeee youuuuuuuu!?!?!?!

@Droobies
You're awesome :).

Hey, when you guys do the inevitably peripherals show, be sure to cover all the cool controllers you can only get from Japan.

Here are some of my favorites:

-The Hori Gamecube Digital Pad-
An SNES-style pad, great for Gameboy Player, Megaman Collection, Sonic Mega Collection, the Zelda 4-in-1 disc, and even Virtual Console!

-The ASCII Grip-
There actually was a PS1 version of this sold in America, but if you want the Saturn or SNES equivelant, you have to get it imported. Best RPG controller ever.

-The Capcom Soldier Pad-
Arcade-style control pad for SNES fighting games, particularly Street Fighter. Weirdly configured but awesome once you got used to it!

-The Super Gameboy Controller-
Not the most essential controller, but it was designed to resemble the bottom half of the classic Gameboy, AND it had a real slow-mo button that actually changed the speed of the game clock.