Posted by aramis on 13, 2001 at 11:26 AM:
In Reply to: Re: JOYSTICK PORT gamepad hack posted by lightspeed on 13, 2001 at 10:47 AM:
Thanks...I appreciate the feedback. I already own two of the standard USB Sidewinders, and I ripped them apart a while ago. I had them both running in Win XP first to test them.
Basically, I was just wondering if there are performance considerations to think about. For example, (in street fighter and such) when multiple button presses have to be timed with complex joystick motions, is the IPAC or USB gamepad better able to handle it? Or does the motherboard / WinXP handle both so fast that it doesn't matter?
Even if I stay with the USB sidewinders, I will stil need a keyboard or hacked keyboard for MAME32 menu navigation, ESC key, etc...
Thanks again for the replies!
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: To my knowledge, MS no longer supports the button mapping software for gameport Sidewinders, and it will NOT install under 2000/XP (even the newest version available (4.0) will only work in XP with USB pads).
: If you go with this option, I think you're limited to 95/98/ME.