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| Bluedeath:
back in the 80's and 90's people used to spend bug bucks to play their videogames games with proper arcade controls. some games (beat/shoot'em ups) played better some worse (try to play catlevania X with an arcade joystick and you will und3rstand what i mean), best compromise for console is to buy a good PSX -> USB adaptor find one that has a very low lag, and you are done. if you want to use it in ca cab just create an hidden USB port somewhere. |
| Todd H:
I've been trying to get PS1 and N64 games to play well on my panel and I've just about given up. I have a four port USB hub mounted under my control panel and I think I'm just going to buy some X-Box 360 controllers and use them for those consoles. |
| massive88:
I already have an Xbox360, so for console emulation I use the wireless dongle which stays totally hidden. My second controller is normally synced with the arcade machine, and if I need another one its easy enough to get to that its not a huge hassle. There is a small amount of latency, and the Dpad on the controller stinks, but the dongle was only $15, and it keeps it totally hidden and wireless, which is great imo. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360wirelessgamingreceiver/ If a game needs all the buttons to be played, you wont want to play it without a real controller layout anyway. Those games that work well on the arcade machine are the ones that only require an 8-way and up to 6 buttons. |
| Todd H:
Another advantage I've found is that a lot of PC games that don't work with arcade controls work very well with a 360 controller. The last PC version of Madden works like a champ with 360 controllers but doesn't work well at all with my U360. I've been thinking of buying that dongle so that I can use the wireless 360 with the PC version of Guitar Hero. |
| massive88:
Personally I love it. I played through Super Metroid, half of Super Mario World and so far 14 hours of FF12 with it. I noticed on some of the more timing specific aspects of Super Metroid and Super Mario World that it was a little more frustrating than I remember it being on the actual machine, but it was totally playable, and the ease of how it works is worth it imo, again, especially since I already had the 360 controllers. I currently also have a USB to PSX2 converter for using my PS2 Guitars on FoF. I could use them with my ps2 controllers to reduce the latency, but I always resort to the ease of wireless. |
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