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Title: Dreamcast Controllers
Post by: Pinball Wizard 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?

Title: Re: Dreamcast Controllers
Post by: Truecade on July 13, 2009, 02:21:57 pm

Find one of these....

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

Title: Re: Dreamcast Controllers
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 14, 2009, 04:30:31 pm

You want a Trio Linker Plus.

Title: Re: Dreamcast Controllers
Post by: Pinball Wizard 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.

Title: Re: Dreamcast Controllers
Post by: thomascirca on July 14, 2009, 09:23:53 pm

Quote from: Pinball Wizard 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.

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

Title: Re: Dreamcast Controllers
Post by: Pinball Wizard 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.