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Dreamcast Controllers
« on: July 12, 2009, 10:55:18 am »
I am not sure if this is the right section so correct me if I am wrong.

What is the best way to get a Dreamcast controller to work on a pc?
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Re: Dreamcast Controllers
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2009, 02:21:57 pm »
Find one of these....

http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=pcjoybox&Category_code=DC

Or you could try hacking the controller, but I'm not sure how you would get the analog stick to work. 

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Re: Dreamcast Controllers
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 04:30:31 pm »
You want a Trio Linker Plus.

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Re: Dreamcast Controllers
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2009, 07:46:35 pm »
Are either of these methods compatible with Ubuntu? It probably would be a simple HID device that is supported under PyGame drivers, but was curious if anyone had experience with it.
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Re: Dreamcast Controllers
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2009, 09:23:53 pm »
Are either of these methods compatible with Ubuntu? It probably would be a simple HID device that is supported under PyGame drivers, but was curious if anyone had experience with it.

My friend uses a Trio Link on a Gentoo box and it works fine... so I'm guessing it will be fine in Ubuntu since Ubuntu bundles everything together as one enormous package :lol

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Re: Dreamcast Controllers
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2009, 11:09:28 pm »
Hmmm. I might just have found my answer to getting game controllers for most of my emulators figured out.
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