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Need suggestions for hooking up original console controllers to PC.
Dazz:
Ok, I know that I can use a Xbox 360 controller to play other emulators on my MAME cab. However, I'd like to use original game controllers without hacking them.
I've picked up
2 x NES Retro USB
2 x SNES Retro USB
2 x N64 Retro USB
2 x Sega Genesis USB adapters
2 x Playstation USB adapters
I'd like to add 2 Dreamcast controls as well and I'm searching around right now for some Dreamcast adapters.
As stated before I don't want to hack the controls in any way as I still have the original systems and would like to keep them all usable. My goal would be to create a gaming panel that all of the USB adapters can connect to, and then into the PC. I'd like to be able to keep all of the devices plugged in to the PC and not have to re-configure buttons when the various emulators are launched via a front end. Basically, I want to be able to disconnect the actual controllers, but leave the adapters plugged into the PC. I'm thinking of the panel being hidden or covered with a cover that hides the reto ports, but needs to be easy to access so the kids can plug in the correct controller when necessary.
Any suggestions?
A second problem that I've run into is... that Windows likes to re-number USB devices when the PC boots. If I have my 2 U360's plugged into my current USB hub and then plug in one of my N64 Retro USB adapters, the N64 adapter takes over as joy 0. This causes my U360's to switch to Joy 1 and Joy2 instead of Joy 0 and Joy 1. I don't recall if I plugged my N64 adapter into a port number that was lower than my U360's, so it may be a simple solution. BUT is there a way to tell Windows (7 x64) not to re-assign joystick ID's?
bkenobi:
You might be able to use one or more USB hubs to force the USB device ID to remain the way you want them. IIRC, if you have a hub attached in one position on the motherboard so that Windows thinks it's devices are 1st on the list, they always stay there. So, you could hook up your u360s to one hub that stays Joy0 and Joy1 and then plug the other controllers into a second hub such that they become a larger number.
I don't know if this has ever been documented or verified that it is always true though.
In my case, I made my Logitech gamepads Joy0 and Joy1 and leave them plugged in. Then my CP stays as Joy3 in MAME. It is a bit of a pain to get set up, but it hasn't been a problem in over a year (since I installed the Logitech controllers).
garwil:
IIRC there's a program in the utilities bit of the Wiki that allows you at assign joy ids and keep them. Give it a whirl!
BadMouth:
Any chance that a Playstation (original psx) lightgun would work with a playstation>usb adapter?
bkenobi:
--- Quote from: BadMouth on June 02, 2010, 10:14:30 am ---Any chance that a Playstation (original psx) lightgun would work with a playstation>usb adapter?
--- End quote ---
I checked a couple different ones (contacted companies selling the adapters, didn't try myself) and the answer was no. According to them, you cannot use guns or steering wheels with those adapters.
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