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| bishmasterb:
--- Quote from: MYX on August 18, 2006, 03:04:07 pm ---Keyboard hack. :P --- End quote --- Yeah that's what I've always done in the past, but I guess I'm not up for that exercise in masochism again. :) I'll give the iPac^2 a chance then. I was hoping there might be something a little less expensive as I need 3 of them. |
| elvis:
--- Quote from: bishmasterb on August 19, 2006, 12:54:01 pm ---I'll give the iPac^2 a chance then. I was hoping there might be something a little less expensive as I need 3 of them. --- End quote --- USB gamepads. US$10-15 a pop for cheapy digital ones. A little more effort, but very easy on the wallet. |
| NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: elvis on August 19, 2006, 07:26:28 pm ---USB gamepads. US$10-15 a pop for cheapy digital ones. A little more effort, but very easy on the wallet. --- End quote --- The thing that turned me off of this idea is that you will be stuck with whatever keys you wire to, and need to hope that the apps you want to run will support those keys. The ipac is a little more expensive, but much more versatile. If the app you are running doesn't allow you to swap keys in the software, you can do it in the hardware to match the app. |
| bishmasterb:
I hadn't even considered the USB gamepad route, those things are cheap. But I do need to support multiple emulators, and I don't want to take the chance of one of them not working with the gamepad's configuration. It looks like I'm gonna be ordering some I-PACs soon. Thanks for the advice. |
| elvis:
At $10 it's probably worth your time to buy a USB gamepad and test it out. If worst comes to worst and it doesn't support everything, you can either use it on your standard desktop machine for casual gaming, or eBay the sucker off. I've not yet found a worthwhile emulator that doesn't take USB gamepad input. |
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