Gamepads -

[Watcher]

I'm shopping for gamepads right now for my PC. What are your favorite gamepads and what sort of nostalgic feeling do you get out of them?

 

[spaps]

I have a wired Xbox 360 controller that lights up. You can set it to light up when it rumbles, to have the lights always on, or to have no lights on.

 

[PvtRichardCranium]

It's like a PSMove (not WiiMote, because it actually works with a PC) for your PC. It supports over 150 games and is well worth the money.

The Afterglow Wired Xbox360 controller is probably what SPaps was talking about. I have one of them that I use when playing Third Person Shooters, Fighting, and Racing games.


EDIT: There is an official PC thread now. Talk about this stuff in there so we don't clog the forums. I'm trying to do Hunter a favor so he doesn't go all homoputin rage on the influx of loose threads.

 

[Surtur]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ba5a/? ... 7AodYxYAlw

All you ever need.

 

[Watcher]

EDIT: There is an official PC thread now. Talk about this stuff in there so we don't clog the forums. I'm trying to do Hunter a favor so he doesn't go all homoputin rage on the influx of loose threads.

Gamepads are not strictly PC

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ba5a/?itm=31863559365product_typeGeek_Toys_Games_%26_Puzzles&rkgid=441231383&cpg=ogpla&source=google_pla&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&gclid=COjv1-KQgboCFRPl7AodYxYAlw

All you ever need.

How do hack controllers compare to controller to USB jacks? I've heard mixed reviews on both

 

[Surtur]

I have only used an adapter, the one I used let me plug a SNES pad into my PC, and it worked fine, but I only tested a standard pad, no idea if it works with turbo sticks or what have you.

 

[José Mourinho]

Might considering to get a HEX-Box 360 controller for my laptop soon.

 

[Smokedaddy]

I have a Logitech wireless rumble-pad thingy that I loved, but some games were just too damned difficult to remap to it. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, bypassed DirectInput and did something else for the Xbox, so ports from console-first titles tend to kind of suck. I gave up and bought a wireless Xbox gamepad thingy, and have no complaints.

I still wish I could get the logitech to work on everything (THANKS FOR NOTHING, MICROSOFT) but the xbox gamepad does what I need it to do. If I had it to do over again, I'd just go for the xbox controller. (Which is now changing so the bastards are probably going to make me buy another one. I just remind myself that they'll be first up against the wall when the revolution comes and I feel better.)

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

I uses a wired Xbox 360 controller when I play games on the PC.

 

[Watcher]

I have a Logitech wireless rumble-pad thingy that I loved, but some games were just too damned difficult to remap to it. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, bypassed DirectInput and did something else for the Xbox, so ports from console-first titles tend to kind of suck. I gave up and bought a wireless Xbox gamepad thingy, and have no complaints.

I still wish I could get the logitech to work on everything (THANKS FOR NOTHING, MICROSOFT) but the xbox gamepad does what I need it to do. If I had it to do over again, I'd just go for the xbox controller. (Which is now changing so the bastards are probably going to make me buy another one. I just remind myself that they'll be first up against the wall when the revolution comes and I feel better.)

There are a variety of 360 controller emulators that allow direct imput devices to act like ximput.

I have one I use for my PS2 controller to play Fallout 3.

 

[Screaming Llama]

I have a Spartan gamepad that I bought for my laptop, then after buying my PS3 I found out the gamepad was PS3-compatible. How's that for a stroke of luck?