Rapid Fire: On

When was the last time you used a controller that had a Rapid Fire option built-in? Mine was back during the great Sega Genesis days. Made it so much easier on those Mortal Kombat challenges when trying to break the diamond! Before that was the NES Advantage controller. But there was something that just kept telling me that there really is no reason to get a rapid fire controller after the Genesis. Now I have seen a controller that is making me want one all over again: The Turbo Fire EVO Wireless controller for the Xbox 360. Available by Code Junkies, this controller has evolved the normal conventions of any rapid fire controller that has been on the market.

The controller has a built-in LCD for one and is fully customizable down to the button mappings! The 1.7" LCD allows you to set up custom rapid fire settings and profiles such as sniper mode, mission specifc mappings, and a combo mapping setup for you to be able to setup different super combos for games like Street Fighter 4 or Marvel vs, Capcom 3 with the touch of a button. This is something I've only seen with specific trainers for PC but never on a console controller.

Even rapid fire is customizable. You can adjust the rapid fire option so that you gain more control over just how fast you want the option to react. Instead of spitting 50 shots a second you can adjust it to just a few shots allowing better accuracy and more controlled shots. Or even better, create a profile for COD and one for Battlefield and switch back and forth without having to overwrite either one. The EVO can also be connected to your PC via USB to setup your profiles and save them back and forth so you don't have to lose one. Swap them and load them when you want to use them.

Rapid fire has definitely come a long way. This is definitely an evolution that is most welcome. The next time you're trying to figure out how someone got 5 shots out so fast from their pistol on multi-player before you got 2 off, wonder if they're running with one of these in their hands.