Yep. Shit happens.
Can't speak for others but I've been out of town over in the Bay Area for a few weeks and forgot to grab my ps2 controller. On top of that I figured out why the controls for Adventure Island were so fucked up: It's because my D-Pad is going out! :o grrah.. Combinations of -up-left; up-right outright fail making jump-ladder grabs impossible, and I gave up after 2 levels of using the analog stick. Getting a new controller Monday so at least I'll be able to finish MM7. ..Not much to say so far except that Junk-Man is a bit tricky with the mega buster.