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| releasedtruth:
Well, I put 4 USB ports on the back of my control panel for the Top Guns and potentially some gamepads. I have a 2-P setup right now, but if I could string a few gamepads for players 3-4 that would be niceness. Logical/possible and if so, what works well of the USB type? Secondly, here's my current pc specs. Runs real well, but it's a surplus machine I was given by a friend and I'd like to give it back if I can upgrade sufficiently at a reasonable price. HD, video (Radeon 9600 Pro), sound card, usb hub will move to the new machine. P4 2.2Ghz, 512MB ram, 250W PS For about $285 I could move to a Pentium D 3.0Ghz, 512MB DDR2, 450W PS. Worth the move? Thanks in advance gents... and rarely, ladies. GT |
| NickG:
Possible. That's how I set things up, here. I use a 2-port Playstation to USB adapter because I already have the controllers (and dance pads.) You'll probably have to customize the inputs of your games and emulators. With MAMEplus, for example, I have to enable joystick input, but then I have to remap the buttons to player 3-4 instead of P1 an P2. Dang, now that I think of it, I guess it is much easier to use joytokey to map the controllers to MAME P3 and P4 defaults, and leave joystick input off in the frontend/.ini For $285, you may be better off with an entry level Core2Duo (e6300) system. |
| releasedtruth:
Dual Shocks, why didn't I think of that? That's a great solution. I'd love to use something silly like my Saturn controllers, since I have 6 of them or so, but probably no USB adapters for those. 'scratches chin' Yes, that sounds real good. When I priced out the low end Core 2s the processor alone was nearly double the price. 285 covers the case, cpu, power supply, ram, heatsink/fan, mboard. I always get my barebones from mwave.com Solid dealer. GT |
| rdowdy95:
DualShocks if you got them. I use 2 Xbox 360 controllers (USB Wired versions). You just download the drivers off of Microsoft.com |
| xmenxmen:
Where does one go to pickup the usb to dual shock adapter? |
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