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PC Games - Joystick Required. Anyway to make keyboard a "fake" game controller
« on: July 18, 2007, 04:13:21 pm »
Hey all,

  I have a PC game (star wars x-wing alliance) that requires a joystick installed in my MAME cab.  The game wont even start without a joystick or game pad installed.  Does anyone know of a way to get a driver or something that will make the keyboard function as a game controller in the windows control panel?  Is there software out there that will do this?
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Re: PC Games - Joystick Required. Anyway to make keyboard a "fake" game controller
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2007, 04:18:34 pm »
I believe this is what the ppjoykey program does.
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Re: PC Games - Joystick Required. Anyway to make keyboard a "fake" game control
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2007, 04:26:57 pm »
ahhh!!  thank you!  I have been googl'ing for hours now and all I found were programs to use a joystick as a keyboard! 
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Re: PC Games - Joystick Required. Anyway to make keyboard a "fake" game control
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2007, 08:42:16 pm »
this game is retarded... does NOT work well on a MAME cab (for future potential searchers)
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Re: PC Games - Joystick Required. Anyway to make keyboard a "fake" game control
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2007, 05:42:32 am »
Agreed... but if you're looking for a Star Wars game for your cab
there are a few that work reasonably well...

Rogue Squadron 3d
Racer
Starfighter

Check out this post for a few screenshots of starfighter
and some suggestions:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=61731.0

Also, for non-starwars pc games that work well I loaded
Spider-Man
Mechwarrior 3
Tomb Raider 2
Rune

Though these worked "ok" to varying degrees...
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Re: PC Games - Joystick Required. Anyway to make keyboard a "fake" game control
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2007, 03:13:34 pm »
ill check those suggestions out!

Addition to PC Games List - Lego Star Wars Trilogy works very well on a MAME cab w/ TV also.  No, Im not a big star wars guy or anything, just happened to be searching star wars games when I found several of em to try. 
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Re: PC Games - Joystick Required. Anyway to make keyboard a "fake" game control
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2007, 03:41:36 pm »
well allbedanmed...


I didnt even know there was a game review forum!
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Re: PC Games - Joystick Required. Anyway to make keyboard a "fake" game control
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2007, 04:33:32 pm »
Quote from: DigitalFusion on July 19, 2007, 03:13:34 pm
Lego Star Wars Trilogy works very well on a MAME cab w/ TV also.  No, Im not a big

Yeah, a few people have told me this.
Unfortunately I can't run it on my wimpy PII 300Mhz cab.   :banghead:
I'll probably upgrade w/in a year or so and bask in hippness.

I liked the Racer and Mechwarrior games because I've actually
seen these in entertainment centers as motion/arcade games now.
Crimson Skies was another one but I don't think it handles the tv's
640x480 resolution.  If you had a pc monitor in your cab you'd probably
be fine.


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