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Typefighter01:
Part of the fun in this hobby is building your own arcade controls (hence the BYOAC in forum title). Saying that, WindDrake is pointing you in the right direction. Both items he linked are quality items. It is as close as you can get to plug and play and you could probably put it together in one night, and it would give you a little more knowledge of how controls work.

If Dig Dug was the game giving you problems, then your stick was probably in 8 way mode (thats if it even has a 4/8 way restrictor plate you can adjust-I think it does, but I am not sure-). Google 4 way vs 8 way joystick so that you have completely wrapped your head around the difference.

There is lots of "Classic Collections" available for the PS2, so you should set in the console dept....

Edit:Your too fast, I see now you know the difference 4 vs 8 way :applaud:

time to give up:
I just had a realization:  joysticks are Harley-Davidsons.  Back when I used to ride I was never tempted to get a Harley.  They cost too much, you had to spend an enormous amount of time fixing them, and owners were inevitably dragged into buying all sorts of expensive gear they wouldn't have bought otherwise.  I rode a Honda because I mostly wanted to ride.  And now I mostly want to play video games.  And the Dualshock (the Honda of controllers, if you will) does everything.  When you press it up, it goes up.  When you press it to go right, it goes right.  And so on.  Capabilities that seem to be beyond joysticks, unless you spend and spend and fix and fix.  And all that spending and fixing just isn't for me.  So I'm just going to figure out how to get my Kontrol Freek knobs to stay on with superglue and baling wire and whatever else it takes.  And then, after 3 months, I will be able to play some Pac-Man at last. 
Thank you all for hearing me out--  I found the whole discussion quite clarifying.

shponglefan:

--- Quote from: time to give up on February 08, 2013, 08:03:26 pm ---I just had a realization:  joysticks are Harley-Davidsons.  Back when I used to ride I was never tempted to get a Harley.  They cost too much, you had to spend an enormous amount of time fixing them
--- End quote ---

Eh?  I've built a few controllers over the years.  Never had to fix anything though.  Maybe I'm doing it wrong?  ???

time to give up:
OK, OK, substitute "spend time working on" for "fixing."

time to give up:
You realize we're talking about video games, right? 

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