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Article #235444Re: Joypad [ot]
From: Pixel "#~
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:26
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:26
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Earlier DG muttered: >> Yes, but what kind of buttons would I want. Do I want those >> joystick-like-thingies, and how many? Or just some more like snes-like >> controler? And that sort of stuff. >> >For as far as I know, joysticks are mostly used for flight simulators >and the likes. I've played point and click adventures with both and the >gamepads (the snes-ish ones) are definitely better. > >Probably the best are the ones that resemble playstation-controllers. >Gamepads with all the buttons plus two analogue mini-joysticks. Then you >can decide on a game by game basis what you like best. Hmmm, that is what I meant by joystick-like-thingies... those on the gamepad. What are they useful for anyway? >Most importantly: whatever you buy, go for an USB. A new PC probably >doesn't even have the old fashioned game port anymore. Well, yes, I got that :-) Anyway, do they even make gamepads for gameports anymore. I thought they stopped doing that years ago? -- pixel - knight of aglami www.warande.net/~pixel pixel at aglami dot net msn: johannesvanderwerf at hotmail dot com icq: 58550811 www.aglami.net - "This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight... turbulence and then explode." -
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