Does Anybody Know Where To Get A Good Gamepad?

acer_r1acer_r1 Join Date: 2003-03-11 Member: 14397Banned
<div class="IPBDescription">?</div> Ya know like Playstation controllers to hook up to your comp either by ubp or serial ports. thanks

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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    Get a GameWave from some place like Lik-Sang.com, and plug in a PS2 control. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • acer_r1acer_r1 Join Date: 2003-03-11 Member: 14397Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin--CForrester+Jul 19 2003, 04:05 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CForrester @ Jul 19 2003, 04:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Get a GameWave from some place like Lik-Sang.com, and plug in a PS2 control. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    WOAH DUDE THANKS! muhahah time to get my game on..
  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    Just a quick warning: It takes your game port, and printer port.
  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    I remember seeing one on play.com It's about £6
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    edited July 2003
    I know just the pads you're looking for.

    If you want exactly like the original PS1 (no analog), the absolute best controller ever is the Gravis Gamepad Pro.
    <img src='http://www.gravis.com/_images/prod_img_1021_lg.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
    Its exactly like the PS1 pad. Size of the controller, the way the buttons feel, everything. Its pretty cheap, you can pick it up at Best Buy for around $20. I've had mine for about 6 years now, and it still works great. Its also available in classic Gameport fashion and there's also a newer model that's USB.

    If you want something that's like the PS2 controller, I recommend the Axispad from Interact.
    <img src='http://64.95.118.51/images/opti/ca/01/488782-elec_lg-resized200.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
    They're kinda a no-name company (at least not as big of a name as Gravis or Logitech), but this is a good product. I picked up one for MGS2 on the PC, and it works just like a PS2 controller would. Best part is its only $10 and you can pick it up at almost any Wal-Mart. This one is only available in USB however, but that's no biggie as USB gamepads seem to be less headaches in general than the old gameport ones. There's a review of the pad <a href='http://www.techextreme.com/perl/story/10644.html' target='_blank'>here</a>.

    I'm really happy with both of these pads. You can't go wrong with either, and hell you might even want both if you've got the money.
  • Butt_monkey_saladButt_monkey_salad Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 11006Banned
    Now why do you need a controller for PC? Oh, you are newbie who can't use them keyboard and mouse effectively?
  • AgentOrangeAgentOrange Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Butt monkey salad+Jul 19 2003, 06:24 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Butt monkey salad @ Jul 19 2003, 06:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Now why do you need a controller for PC? Oh, you are newbie who can't use them keyboard and mouse effectively? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Maybe he wants it for some sort of sports game, one of the many other types of games non-FPS in nature...or for roms.


    <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> This winking guy doesn't look friendly at all...
  • Butt_monkey_saladButt_monkey_salad Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 11006Banned
    ROM-talk is quite similar to warez-talk...correct?

    Therefore could somebody explain why I have a feeling that you are still here?
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Because Metal Gear Solid & Metal Gear Solid 2 are ports of console games, and are all but unplayable with a keyboard and/or mouse, but are just like their console brothers (but w/ better graphics) when controlled via gamepad.
  • Butt_monkey_saladButt_monkey_salad Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 11006Banned
    nonsense! With any game like that you should:

    -Set the WASD to the directional-pad equivelant

    -set arrow keys to Triangle, Circle, square, and X buttons

    -set ctrl, space, shift, and/or whatever keys are near your fingers for L1, L2, R1, and R2

    Worked perfectly for me in my Tomb Raider days.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Tomb Raider was originally a PC game...

    Anyways, Keyboard doesn't have analog control, which the newer games like MGS2 absolutely need. You can't play MGS2 the way its meant to be played without analog.
  • Butt_monkey_saladButt_monkey_salad Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 11006Banned
    you can't bind a mouse for it? Yet you can bind that axis on analog-gamepads?

    As for that TR thing, Im jus saying that I played it for PS1 first and directed the controls in that sort of way when I tried it on PC.
  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    Gamecube controller pwns all
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Try...

    <a href='http://www.jandaman.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.jandaman.com/</a>

    They have a bunch of port devices for Console Controllers.
  • StarchyStarchy Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15727Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Venmoch+Jul 20 2003, 11:12 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jul 20 2003, 11:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Gamecube controller pwns all <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    So so true! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • MoquiaoMoquiao Join Date: 2003-05-09 Member: 16168Members
    dude... i remember when i first got hl and i tried to play it with gamepad thinking that k/b and mouse would be waay difficult..
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