Red Octane Afterburner

sacratoy · Trick Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Longmont, CO

i guess not everyone reads the 28 pages (i barely made it)....

this pad is not made well. the buttons crack/ snap

the buttons stop working after anything from when u take it from the box to about a month after your warentee ends.

no lag that i have heard of

they appear to work perfectly until they just stop working all together.

they have sharp corners...and i wear socks

so in the end this pad has hope if they come out w/ a version 2 but until then please avoid this pad
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TheCosmicPope · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2005

I've had my Afterburner for a while now. Works great. I recently downloaded Stepmania, and remembered that this pad is supposed to work with the PC. I have the USB cord, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to connect the pad to the PC! The opposite end of the USB cable is a roundish thingy.

sacratoy · Trick Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Longmont, CO

if it is roundish on one end and flat on the other then that is firewire and you need a fire wire port for it to work.
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TheCosmicPope · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Ah nevermind, I figured it out. It's definitely not Firewire. Turns out a piece comes off that I didn't see, and now it connects to my PC. Too bad it disconnects so often. Did manage to AA Sakura and Outer Limits before the disconnects became too much of a problem.

Bosher · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:15 pm Post subject:

i bet all this stuff can be fixed. especially the sheet metal mod would greatly improve the pad. who agrees?

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Bosher · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:42 pm Post subject:

ok. then how do you keep this pad in its best shape while using it to its potential?

sacratoy · Trick Member Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Location: Longmont, CO

to tell u the truth youy would need to rebuild the pad. use the basic fram but repair, fix up, replace the internals and replace the lexan w/ better matterial. over all u are better off building a new one unless u really want to do a full blown overhaul on the pad (Pricy much)
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kyj197 · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:33 pm Post subject:

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject:

It comes with a control box, but the more recent ones have been prone to not work.
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Malice913150 · Trick Member Joined: 01 Apr 2005

I must say, red octane's doing a really poor job on the quality of their pads
I was expecting the Afterburner to be redemption from their earlier failures such as my Ignition 2.0 that didnt work wit xbox...

sephiroth1215 · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah sorry about not posting the updates. I got another e-mail about 2 days later saying I will get it soon and surely enough it will be here soon. The only problem is I live on the other side of the country and takes a while. From the sound of it Redoctane knows that there are problems (said so in a early message) and will perfect everything soon enough.

For those of you thinking about getting one it's very hard to come here and decide that because it's like asking if you should get ITG or not. There are going to be people who hate it without trying it or just be against it. The same goes for DDR. If you get one and something goes wrong you have a 90-day warranty, not 30 or 60. Happy shopping

Quad · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 1:48 pm Post subject:

Ok im glad I read this. Was thinking about getting an afterburner but I think ill spring for a Flux. Is that a better idea?

sephiroth1215 · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject:

Errrrrrrrrr DHL SUX!!!!!!! I've been waiting forever to get my pad back and now they take their sweet buttocks time! The estimated delivery date was the 16th and nothing. I tracked it and it still says it's in the sorting facility in california!!!! So it's been through sorting for over a week WTF?!!!!

evilDDRnoob · Basic Member Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Location: NJ

call them, and make sure they know about it, there may be a problem and thats why its in the sorting facility, at my job dhl does that, a package we send out nextday priority wont get to where its going, and wen i track it, it says its in the sorting facility, i call them and they are like, oh, where is tihs address we dont know where its supposed to go or whatever, so just give em a call to make sure.

The Long Arrow · Trick Member Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Location: 6th Mix

Everytime I used DHL, the package is at the sorting facility for like a week, then BAM!, it instantly appears at my door. Their tracking (at least from R.O.) does not seem to update after the initial pickup like UPS or FEDEX. By the way, my Afterburner has been at the sorting facility since 9/15 with an estimated delivery date of 9/20. Hopefull i will see it before EX2 next week!
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Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:54 pm Post subject:

DHL only updates for cities for me.
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myuglybunny · Trick Member Joined: 14 Oct 2004

Okay, Honistly, I have played on a AB, Flux, BNS fusion, RO V2 pad, TX2000 And I would rank them like this

Flux
BNS Fusion
RO V2
AB
Tx1000-2000

The flux dosnt feal arcade, but it is very VERY Strong. (people alwase saything BUT) You can run a freaking car over it!

BNS Fusion -dosnt feal as durrable but its very responsive, and plus, its freakin beauitful!, It takes ahile getting used to playing on something that has no buttons to feal. but its the 2nd best. And if urr a ITG player, your in luck, there is NO WAY to jam your finger while doing Bend your mind

RO V2 Pad. - I currently have this at my house... and frankly, I love it. Ive passed Determanator (ITG2) on it fine, Only once after you do the Sheet metal to the arrow panal mod

AB. I was very disapointed with this pad... Not worth the price, and its just
Afterburner just dosnt feal like the arcade, the buttons feal as if they could snap at anytime, (which i heard do

) and the ressesd buttons just feel cheep. And I have had a nasty experence with Bend your mind on this one... ::shudders::

TX2000... needless to say... avoid it...

EDIT
There is hope... Hope for a arcade pad
Is this the Blue shark?
http://site.mymybox.com/img/blueshark/03.jpg
http://site.mymybox.com/img/blueshark/02.jpg
http://site.mymybox.com/img/blueshark/01.jpg
http://site.mymybox.com/img/blueshark/blueshark3.jpg
http://site.mymybox.com/img/blueshark/blueshark2.jpg
http://site.mymybox.com/img/blueshark/blueshark1.jpg

Notice the CRTL box on the front and the Start select on the back
It just might be....
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sephiroth1215 · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:56 pm Post subject:

Dude where are you getting this from?

Anyway my pad is in Ohio now and I can't wait to get it and practice ITG until EX2 comes out. I think it works perfectly fine, the only other thing I would prefer is the konami metal pad.