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Is this type of game controller used much anymore?
Eddie_Brock:
Unfortunately what's been posted above is correct. The lastest versions of windows do not have any sort of support for the old "Game Port" controllers.
I have an old ThrustMaster ( :laugh2:) Joystick that I would have loved to dust off to use with Battlefield, however there was just no way to make it work.
I have a GamePort to USB adaptor as well, and was never able to make it work.
Back to the box it goes, it'll save you a headache.
DeLuSioNal29:
LOL. I found my old Gravis Gamepad a while back and just tossed it. I love how you could screw a joystick in the center of the gamepad!
Edit: Here's a pic of it with the joystick screwed in:
DeLuSioNaL29
SavannahLion:
LOL. I have one of those still. It's the model with the stackable 15 pin plug on the end. It required Gravis' drivers and IIRC support was dropped prior to XP. I used to use mine with the SNES emulator back then.
I was never sure if the Gravis method was better than MS solution of daisy chaining the controllers.
mgb:
Oh yeah,
Those controllers come in very handy for...
holding doors open
playing fetch with your dog
skeet shooting or any kinda target practice
put one in your toilet tank to reduce water consumption
steady an uneven table leg
AmericanDemon:
--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on December 07, 2013, 07:33:22 pm ---LOL. I found my old Gravis Gamepad a while back and just tossed it. I love how you could screw a joystick in the center of the gamepad!
Edit: Here's a pic of it with the joystick screwed in:
DeLuSioNaL29
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I played so much Commander Keene on one of those gravis gamepads. Even played doom on it, but it felt weird. Lol.