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I'm guessing some of you will already have these, but if you could suggest a really good one, or if you have used the Playstation 2 converter thingy and found it to work well, then please let me know.

PS2 pad and converter from Play.com is my solution, it WINS!

mrbobbins wrote:PS2 pad and converter from Play.com is my solution, it WINS!

Does it come with software that knows about other games and so on, or does it just assign each button a number?

Try Logitech: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/produ ... goryid=429

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:

mrbobbins wrote:PS2 pad and converter from Play.com is my solution, it WINS!

Does it come with software that knows about other games and so on, or does it just assign each button a number?

This is the config under Control Panel > Game Controllers

Games just think it's a normal PC controller

Here I am pressing the Circle and Left shoulder 1 buttons, the numbers lit up are the relevent PC game pad numbers, so when you go to a games key settings and define the buttons that is the number that shows up, like 'Mouse Button 3' or whatnot. The little black squares are the position of the dual shock sticks.



It also has a few other playstation pad configurations

http://bobbins.xappy.com/Store/psxpad02.jpg

looks good but too confusing i will stick to the keybord and mouse

I have a PS2 converter too and recommend it. I didn't even get any software but all the buttons are mapped logically in games I've played with it but I don't know why. Must be computer magic.

I have a Saitek P2500 rumble pad, but it's essentially a PC-specific version of the PS2 Dual Shock.


Disadvantages are that there are only two buttons on the back side, rather than the PS2's four, there's no Start or Select buttons either. Also the D-Pad is rather poor, and disabled completely if set to analogue mode.

Advantages are that there's two extra face buttons, and the red shift button effectively doubles the number of buttons but is a bit clumsy to use in practice. In addition analogue/digital operation is selectable on the fly and the rumble feature is more likely to be supported by PC games.

Pressing down on the analogue sticks functions as buttons in the same way as L3/R3 on the dual shock.

loes mr WEY, i suggest that you buy an xbox 360 gamepad and get the windows driver off the microsoft website. I myself have 2 and they rock for emulated psone games to n64 games to flying in battlefield 2 if you wish.

Good point, how similar are they to the original xbox controllers? They had the advantage of having analogue shoulder buttons as well as coming in two sizes.

FatherJack wrote:Good point, how similar are they to the original xbox controllers? They had the advantage of having analogue shoulder buttons as well as coming in two sizes.

theyre the 'Small' size and seem to have 2 extra buttons above the triggers, however its been a while since i used an xbox so im not sure if the originals had those buttons. The one thing i havent managed to make work is the vibration.

if you have a spare xbox controller about, they're just plain old USB.

you can get connector jobbies, or just solder a new cable on


http://www.redcl0ud.com/xbcd.html

I remember hearing they were actually USB hubs.

I wonder if it's possible to access the memory cards through them, or more usefully, attach decent-sized USB memory to them, as the memory cards I have are no way big enough to transfer Forza garages, etc.