X-Arcade and Dreamcast

[Vishwa]

Hi,
I recently bought an x-Arcade controller with a dreamcast adapater. It playes very well with all the dreamcast fighting games. But I cannot get it to work with All the emulators (ex: Mamed, mamedc, nesterdc )
None of the emulators recognize the button strokes or joystick movements.
Has anyone successful in making it work with the emulators ?
please advice

TIA
-vishwa

[SNAAAKE]

okay,they use their own PCD of some sort.i use psx to dc converter..all the emus played.so my guess is that x-arcade has some weird inputs for their joystick.also emus use only first party controller driver but other controller worked too. besides,why kill yourself using emus on dreamcast.use on PC..its about 1000% better then dreamcast.mame for dreamcast is super duper crappy.we shouldn't even call it a port.its so poor.although NES games runs fair.

[Vishwa]

I know, the port is very very crappy,
but dreamcast worked out little cheaper right now. My next project will be using a PC (sometime next year I hope).
But,
Fighting games of dreamcast on a VGA monitor is a different matter, they are just awesome ,that is one of the reason why Iam sticking to a dreamcast for a while

[SNAAAKE]

way to go..i am doin same but i also got a pc in there..in my cab.i dont think emus will ever work with x-arcade..

[CthulhuLuke]

yeah, the only emulator worth playing on your Dreamcast is NesterDC since it runs full speed with the newest version.  If your X-Arcade isn't working on NesterDC, try updating it by going on Google and searchin for "Daily NesterDC" and there's this japanese guy who fixes bugs daily and updates versions of NesterDC.  Also, just to make sure it's the X-Arcade, try turning on NesterDC with the X-Arcade plugged in, try moving around or whatever, then put your own dreamcast pads in there, and try moving it then, then going back to the X-Arcade, just to make sure it's all the X-Arcades fault.  The only problem I had with NesterDC once (I use PSX to DC for my arcade stick) is that in Contra, I had the 2nd player controlling both guys, but i just put in a differnet version of NesterDC and it ran fine, it was kinda weird, probably a one time kinda bug.  BTW: if you do get the dreamcast NES emulator, you gotta get Crash And The Boys Street Challenge, and Super Dodgeball,  believe me, 4 player NES games are way more fun than you remember, especially while not sober... I mean....
   -good luck
     -CthulhuLuke