ps2 controls on a mame

[stevefloors]

I am constructing my first Mame,
but I'm not sure how playstation 2 games can be played without the
2 analog joysticks & the d pad.

 any info?


    ...and how many gigs does it take for any given ps2 game on a pc?

[bkenobi]

PS2 games were DVD based.  So, games can be up to 9 Gb by definition.  Now, that doesn't mean that any game was ever that large, but they could have been.  For XBox, most games are closer to 1-4 Gb if that helps as a reference (never messed with PS2 stuff, so I can't help with that).

If you have a pair of U360's, you have a pair of analog sticks.  If you have enough buttons, you could use some as the D-pad.

IMO though, if you are going to emulate console games, you should really use a controller that's at least similar to the system they were originally written for.  I opted for a pair of Logitech Rumblepads which are very similar to a PS2 controller.  I think they work fine for all of the emulators I have installed.

[Ginsu Victim]

PS2 games were DVD based.  So, games can be up to 9 Gb by definition.  Now, that doesn't mean that any game was ever that large, but they could have been.

Though the majority of PS2 games range from 700MB - 4 GB