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Title: question about usb comtroller adapters
Post by: SpatzST on January 25, 2014, 08:30:54 pm

I am going to order from groovy game gear...

Does anyone have experience with either their GP-Wiz40 or Eco models? This is how I would hook up buttons and joysticks? It seems to be a keyboard based adapter, so can I use two of them or will this mess up my binds?

Also, has anyone used the xin mo model USB Adapter?

Thanks

Title: Re: question about usb comtroller adapters
Post by: RandyT on January 26, 2014, 03:56:51 am

PS/2 to USB converters are not recommended.  There may be some good ones out there, but most will not be good for gameplay.  They usually have built-in "stuck key" fixing code, which ends up releasing the keypress after it is sensed down for a duration.  Likely also a simultaneous keypress quantity limitation.

A majority of gaming applications, including MAME,  have no problems dealing with native game controller output.

Title: Re: question about usb comtroller adapters
Post by: tron84 on January 26, 2014, 11:06:20 am

Quote from: SpatzST on January 25, 2014, 08:30:54 pm

I am going to order from groovy game gear...

Does anyone have experience with either their GP-Wiz40 or Eco models? This is how I would hook up buttons and joysticks? It seems to be a keyboard based adapter, so can I use two of them or will this mess up my binds?

Also, has anyone used the xin mo model USB Adapter?

Thanks

I have the GP-Wiz40 Max & the KeyWiz40-ST from GroovyGameGear on different controllers.
Both are Top Notch interfaces.
Yes, that is what you would use to interface the joysticks & buttons.
The GP-Wiz40 is a USB interface, so it is seen as a joystick controller.
The KeyWiz is a keyboard interface, so it is seen as the keyboard.
Both are fine & work great for MAME, both are pretty much set to Mame right out of the box.
If you are going to use two GP-Wiz40's together, make sure you get the USB Device Number different for the second interface.
Second option is using the GP-WIZ & a KeyWiz together.
So, I am assuming that you need a 4 player setup if you need two interfaces?
RandyT's interfaces rock :)  You can not go wrong with either one, I am about to get another GP-Wiz40 for my rotary joysticks.
That Xin Mo is consumer grade, were the GP-Wiz & KeyWiz are top notch quality.

Title: Re: question about usb comtroller adapters
Post by: SpatzST on January 26, 2014, 03:48:06 pm

Thank you guys. And yes it is for a 4 player setup so I will need two.

Title: Re: question about usb comtroller adapters
Post by: PL1 on January 26, 2014, 04:00:22 pm

Have you considered the IPac4 (http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html) from Ultimarc?


Scott