Just purchased this off Facebook Market Place, and looking for info:

[Wing_Commander]

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/589826629643055/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner

This is a SuperStick for the 3DO and is not a MAS product. I do not know who made these, but you can find them for the NES, Sega Genesis, and a few others I think. These are pretty rare, especially for the 3DO. These appear to be semi-replicas of the Street Fighter arcade cabinet control boards to some degree. Mine appears to have "3032 G" on the side and I have no idea what that even means. If not orginal to it, I may look to see if I can safely remove it.  I am particularly interested in who exactly made this and if there are any promotional materials etc  that might exist for it. 

Cheers!

Edited January 19 by Wing_Commander
added photo

[Austin]

Quick Google search shows that MAS actually did make 3DO sticks (news to me), and also dubbed them the "Superstick". The one you have could simply be a knock-off.

 

http://www.3dotoday.com/Accessories.html - This site shows another Superstick that has a Mortal Kombat style layout. 🤦‍♂️

 

 

Personally if I had one of these, I'd open it up to see what's on the inside.

[Wing_Commander]

9 hours ago, Austin said:

Quick Google search shows that MAS actually did make 3DO sticks (news to me), and also dubbed them the "Superstick". The one you have could simply be a knock-off.

 

http://www.3dotoday.com/Accessories.html - This site shows another Superstick that has a Mortal Kombat style layout. 🤦‍♂️

 

 

Personally if I had one of these, I'd open it up to see what's on the inside.

Rumor has it that this might predate the MAS controllers, but I cannot confirm that. Though it could most certainly be a knock-off. Once I get it in though I plan to open it up and take a gander inside. I really hppe to find some actual articles, ads, or paperwork on these. So once this gets in, I will share more photos..., until then it is research time. Oh, and thankyou for the link!

 

Edited January 21 by Wing_Commander

[Wing_Commander]

On 1/20/2023 at 8:17 AM, Austin said:

Quick Google search shows that MAS actually did make 3DO sticks (news to me), and also dubbed them the "Superstick". The one you have could simply be a knock-off.

 

http://www.3dotoday.com/Accessories.html - This site shows another Superstick that has a Mortal Kombat style layout. 🤦‍♂️

 

 

Personally if I had one of these, I'd open it up to see what's on the inside.

I am going to do this later tonight.. I will share some pics when I get a chance   Primary reason is that I want to see what controller board is being used and if there is a manufacturer tag on the inside

 

[Wing_Commander]

On 1/20/2023 at 6:02 PM, Wing_Commander said:

Rumor has it that this might predate the MAS controllers, but I cannot confirm that. Though it could most certainly be a knock-off. Once I get it in though I plan to open it up and take a gander inside. I really hppe to find some actual articles, ads, or paperwork on these. So once this gets in, I will share more photos..., until then it is research time. Oh, and thankyou for the link!

 

Found it..

https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_45/page/n175/mode/2up?q=3do+superstick
https://imgur.com/a/He4QgID

They are made by company called "Japan Video Games" ... Here is their advert. I found the magazine they were advertized in with help from Archive3DO on the 3DO discord who suggested to search Archive.org. 

Edited Thursday at 02:56 AM by Wing_Commander

[Wing_Commander]

[Wing_Commander]

Update:

It appears the company still exists:

https://www.facebook.com/japanvideogames/ 

Same local area as the address in the posted print ads and they have supposedly been around for 50 years according to their FB page. I sent a message for more information..

[Austin]

Wow.. So they hacked up existing controllers to make these.

 

Now I am curious how MAS did theirs.