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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: smalltownguy on June 09, 2011, 01:14:55 pm

Title: A list of the best USB gamepads/controllers to use for Console emulation
Post by: smalltownguy on June 09, 2011, 01:14:55 pm
To begin with, this thread is just a preliminary inquiry: is there any interest in compiling a list of the available gampads/controllers for each Console platform out there?

Has this already been done and I didn't see it?

What I'd like to do is put together a review list of the different controllers/gamepads that are out there, so for future PC console gamers / MAME cab builders, they will have a '1 stop shop' for info on what console controllers they can use.

Off my rocker here? Too big a topic to bite off?
Title: Re: A list of the best USB gamepads/controllers to use for Console emulation
Post by: TAG on June 09, 2011, 06:58:59 pm
This may not be ENTIRELY on point, but I recommend the Bliss-Box (http://spawnlinux.dyndns.org/Bliss-Box/), as it allows you to use the consoles' original controls.
Title: Re: A list of the best USB gamepads/controllers to use for Console emulation
Post by: pointdablame on June 09, 2011, 08:57:23 pm
Quote from: TAG on June 09, 2011, 06:58:59 pm
This may not be ENTIRELY on point, but I recommend the Bliss-Box (http://spawnlinux.dyndns.org/Bliss-Box/), as it allows you to use the consoles' original controls.

Interesting.  It's like the one gamepad adapter to rule them all.
Title: Re: A list of the best USB gamepads/controllers to use for Console emulation
Post by: smalltownguy on June 09, 2011, 10:27:17 pm
Well now.....THAT'S a very cool device. This might be a pretty short thread after all ;)
Title: Re: A list of the best USB gamepads/controllers to use for Console emulation
Post by: Donkbaca on June 10, 2011, 01:55:19 am
My vote is xbox 360 controllers
Title: Re: A list of the best USB gamepads/controllers to use for Console emulation
Post by: pointdablame on June 10, 2011, 07:56:07 am
Quote from: Donkbaca on June 10, 2011, 01:55:19 am
My vote is xbox 360 controllers

That's what I use.  The 360 controller is one of my fav controllers and i think it works rather well overall.  The D-Pad is pretty horrible though IMO, so you lose some of the feel on older emulators.  I'd like to use original controllers for everything, but the 360 pad works alright for me.