D-pad support in Dreamcast games

[Don]

Does anyone who has played a significant amount of dreamcast games know if the majority support the d-pad?

I plan on hacking some old PSX controllers for my control panel and then connecting them to the dreamcast using a PSX/PS2 to Dreamcast adapter. These controllers only have a d-pad though so want to know if you can use the d-pad instead of the joystick on most dreamcast games.


(The reason i'm hacking PSX controllers rather than dreamcast controllers is because there are a multitude of adapters available to connect PSX controllers to PC, XBOX, PS3 etc. should i want to change system)

[srarcade]

Hey - yea, if you stick to arcade titles especially you are pretty well off. I hacked up some MadCatz controllers for my DC stuff while back and I have a big binder of like 40+ games that all work great with the D-pad. If you start getting into console platform stuff that starts depending on the analog.

[Paladin]

All the shmups work fine with the pad.  I've got two hacked MadCatz dreamcast controllers, and of the games I've tested I only remember a couple driving games requiring the analog stick - Daytona USA being one of them.

[Don]

good news!