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does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« on: September 21, 2008, 10:18:56 PM »
i've been all over amazon and newegg, but i don't know good from bad.  the last one i bought(a gravis xterminator digital pro, anyone heard of it? they're awesome!) i absolutely fucking loved. i can't use that, because it won't work with vista or win2k3. 

can someone make some good recommendations?  i just want to play emulated games without my keyboard again.
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2008, 10:27:43 PM »
I have a USB adapter that lets me use two PSX/PS2 controllers, far better than any PC controller I've ever used. I had a Logitech wireless controller a friend gave me, thing took six AA batteries and ran dry in about two weeks of regular use. I also owned three Gravis Gamepad Pros, which are basically PSX controller ripoffs, all of them started acting up on me for no apparent reason.

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This is it:

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It works fine on Vista (and Ubuntu, amazingly enough), you don't even need to install the drivers.
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2008, 11:53:19 PM »
hmm... i'm honestly not sure where my psx is, if it's still around anywhere...

might that work with the xterminator?  i mean, if it won't work as it is(it has a usb adapter), would it work with that thing?

i kinda just want to upgrade at this point..  i just can't seem to find anything like the xterminator.  there are lots of ps and xbox-shaped controllers(which i think i'm gonna go with)

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thoughts on this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104027


it seems like what i want, it's nice and big like xterminator, and is supposed to be easily configurable and also fairly inexpensive.  i think we have a winner, unless someone else knows of something better.
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2008, 12:07:37 AM »
Well, I personally think the adapter is the best deal, $8 with free shipping can't be beat but if you don't have a PSX controller handy I guess that would be a problem. That controller might be good, I really don't know, I personally hate the Xbox's controllers though, they're so uncomfortable.
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2008, 12:09:48 AM »
yeah, i can say pretty much for certain that i don't have a psx controller handy, so it looks like it's gonna be this controller. i can't seem to find anything better..

thanks for the help. :happy:
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2008, 10:35:17 AM »
i use my dualshock2s with adapters, like DB.
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2008, 03:13:31 PM »
that's the other one i was trying to decide between, besides the one i posted above. i didn't really know the difference, besides the xbox-shaped one seemed to operate like the controller i used to have.

i didn't see that review before by the college kid about playing snes games.  hmm.. plus it's wireless, which is nice, and cheaper than the other one i posted.  i think that's gonna be the winner, thanks ist.
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2008, 05:49:04 PM »
Quote from: bond697 on September 22, 2008, 03:13:31 PM
that's the other one i was trying to decide between, besides the one i posted above. i didn't really know the difference, besides the xbox-shaped one seemed to operate like the controller i used to have.

i didn't see that review before by the college kid about playing snes games.  hmm.. plus it's wireless, which is nice, and cheaper than the other one i posted.  i think that's gonna be the winner, thanks ist.

NP.

That pad(And somewhat altered versions of it) have been getting high scoring reviews for years.
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2008, 07:42:10 PM »
Quote from: I.S.T. on September 22, 2008, 10:45:37 AM
Here's a good one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826127209

That's the one I've been using for most of my games for the past 6 months. It works wonders.

I also got USB extensions for my NES and SNES controllers, from RetroZone.  If you don't actually have a NES or SNES controller, they can mod one for you at extra cost, to fit in a USB port. It'll work with Wii games too!
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2008, 03:18:31 PM »
man, newegg never fails to impress with their delivery times.  i ordered that controller you recommended on monday evening, ist. i picked ups 3-day shipping, because it was the cheapest, and here i am using the controller right now. fucking amazing.  i totally <3 it, btw, so thanks a ton, it's an amazing controller!!

:happy: :happy:
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Re: does anyone know of a good pc game controller?
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2008, 03:43:56 PM »
Quote from: bond697 on September 24, 2008, 03:18:31 PM
man, newegg never fails to impress with their delivery times.  i ordered that controller you recommended on monday evening, ist. i picked ups 3-day shipping, because it was the cheapest, and here i am using the controller right now. fucking amazing.  i totally <3 it, btw, so thanks a ton, it's an amazing controller!!

:happy: :happy:

NP.

I'm going to be buying one some time in the next six months. >.> My adapter is dying on me. Second adapter to do that, and it's from a completely different company than the last one. Fuck adapters.
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