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I'm shopping for gamepads right now for my PC. What are your favorite gamepads and what sort of nostalgic feeling do you get out of them?
 
I have a wired Xbox 360 controller that lights up. You can set it to light up when it rumbles, to have the lights always on, or to have no lights on.
 
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It's like a PSMove (not WiiMote, because it actually works with a PC) for your PC. It supports over 150 games and is well worth the money.

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The Afterglow Wired Xbox360 controller is probably what SPaps was talking about. I have one of them that I use when playing Third Person Shooters, Fighting, and Racing games.


EDIT: There is an official PC thread now. Talk about this stuff in there so we don't clog the forums. I'm trying to do Hunter a favor so he doesn't go all homoputin rage on the influx of loose threads.
 
PvtRichardCranium said:
EDIT: There is an official PC thread now. Talk about this stuff in there so we don't clog the forums. I'm trying to do Hunter a favor so he doesn't go all homoputin rage on the influx of loose threads.
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Gamepads are not strictly PC

Surtur said:
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All you ever need.
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How do hack controllers compare to controller to USB jacks? I've heard mixed reviews on both
 
I have only used an adapter, the one I used let me plug a SNES pad into my PC, and it worked fine, but I only tested a standard pad, no idea if it works with turbo sticks or what have you.
 
Might considering to get a HEX-Box 360 controller for my laptop soon.
 
I have a Logitech wireless rumble-pad thingy that I loved, but some games were just too damned difficult to remap to it. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, bypassed DirectInput and did something else for the Xbox, so ports from console-first titles tend to kind of suck. I gave up and bought a wireless Xbox gamepad thingy, and have no complaints.

I still wish I could get the logitech to work on everything (THANKS FOR NOTHING, MICROSOFT) but the xbox gamepad does what I need it to do. If I had it to do over again, I'd just go for the xbox controller. (Which is now changing so the bastards are probably going to make me buy another one. I just remind myself that they'll be first up against the wall when the revolution comes and I feel better.)
 
Smokedaddy said:
I have a Logitech wireless rumble-pad thingy that I loved, but some games were just too damned difficult to remap to it. Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, bypassed DirectInput and did something else for the Xbox, so ports from console-first titles tend to kind of suck. I gave up and bought a wireless Xbox gamepad thingy, and have no complaints.

I still wish I could get the logitech to work on everything (THANKS FOR NOTHING, MICROSOFT) but the xbox gamepad does what I need it to do. If I had it to do over again, I'd just go for the xbox controller. (Which is now changing so the bastards are probably going to make me buy another one. I just remind myself that they'll be first up against the wall when the revolution comes and I feel better.)
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There are a variety of 360 controller emulators that allow direct imput devices to act like ximput.

I have one I use for my PS2 controller to play Fallout 3.
 
I have a Spartan gamepad that I bought for my laptop, then after buying my PS3 I found out the gamepad was PS3-compatible. How's that for a stroke of luck?
 
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