[CPLUG] Looking for a new PC Gamepad

[Josh Berry]

On Nov 1, 2009, at 8:56 , Neil Hockaday wrote:

> It's probably not a popular answer, but take at look at the MS Xbox360
> controller.  I've used them for emulation play under both Windows and
> Linux.  They're rock-solid and work great.

By contrast, I tried using the 360 controller for old-school (SNES)  
gaming, and found it nearly unusable because the D-Pad is way too  
analog for me.  I'd hit "Up", and it would go "Up/Left", or "Up/ 
Right", etc.

I ended up buying a used PS1 controller and USB adapter.  Works much  
better for me.  Since you're playing PS2 games anyway, might as well  
try to find a PS2 controller.

And yes, it works OOB on Linux (if you have the right drivers built). ;)

-- Josh


> Cedric Wienold wrote:
>> Personally, I bought a PS2-USB adapter from electricquarter.com  
>> about 4
>> years ago and have never looked back. PC gamepads have never worked  
>> as
>> nicely for me as a real PS2 controller. The newer adapters also have
>> rumble functionality, so that's a plus.
>>
>> Mark Gius wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for a new PC Gamepad, and the company I bought my last  
>>> two
>>> from seems to have gone by the wayside recently, as all of their new
>>> products are getting slammed in reviews.  I'm wondering if anybody  
>>> in
>>> the LUG has a gamepad that they're particularly fond of.
>>>
>>> For reference, I'm looking for a gamepad primarily for the  
>>> purposes of
>>> playing emulated PS1, PS2, and SNES games.
>>>
>>> My current gamepad (and the one before it) is a FireStorm Dual  
>>> Power 3
>>> USB controller.  You can see what it looks like here
>>> (http://www.amazon.com/Thrustmaster-Fire-Storm-Power-Gamepad/dp/B000056Q1D/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top 
>>> ).
>>> It was literally built like a rock, and it's taken it something  
>>> like 4
>>> years to generate any sort of mechanical failure.
>>>
>>> At this point most gamepads are probably PnP and will work in  
>>> Linux as
>>> well as Windows, but I'm mainly running emulators in windows so  
>>> Linux
>>> compatibility is a plus, but not a requirement.
>>>
>>> So, anybody got a gamepad they love to death?
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
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>>
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