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I use one of these:



I don't really like it, but it works for Sonic Generations which is why I'm using it at the moment (the game won't read my PS2 controllers in the USB hub). The thing is quite ugly, but essentially fine, but after an hour or so of gaming, I find it a bit uncomfortable - but then I've always found those big, clunky, chunky controllers with loads of buttons quite uncomfortable compared with older, lighter less cluttered ones. I tend to think of this thing as my back-up controller, since I'll only use it when there's a problem with whichever other controller I want to use, but right now, it's my primary one because it's the only one Steam likes. The one good thing about this controller is that it's about 10 years old I believe, and still doesn't show the slightest sign of wear and tear. Googling it, webpages tell me I need to download drivers to use it, but I didn't - it was plug and play - even with Windows 7.

I am going to invest in one of those SNES replica controllers I think, for playing Master System games on emulators. Feels weird with this clunky big thing.

Anyone ever tried one of these?


Just found it on ebay, it's like $20 though, normally I'd take a risk but this is kinda pricey for a gamepad..

edit: ah, never mind. They came up when I was searching for USB controllers, but apparently they're for the Genesis not USB.

Metal Man88, on 04 November 2011 - 10:14 PM, said:

Haha, wasn't one of those Mighty the Armadillo?

Orengefox, on 04 November 2011 - 10:31 PM, said:

Good point, I hadn't thought of that!

Torpedoes, on 02 November 2011 - 11:44 AM, said:

I'm cool with that, though I can only chuck in a relatively small amount, I can certainly throw in something.

That doesn't sound ludicrous at all. It's what I do if I ever have to bid on something - though I generally avoid bidding for this precise reason. If you're buying something on ebay that there are multiple copies of, you can generally get it on the buy-it-now option which may be more expensive initially, but saves both money and arsing about or stress in the long run because the items people bid for often seem to go much higher. Or y'know, just get it from some other place.

Well, if you still want to get the cart, why don't you tell us how much of your own money you're willing to put towards it. Then we can all add our own contributions to that price. Is that a good idea? I'm a noob here, so I don't know if that's how things like this are usually handled or if there is already an esablished Better Way Of Doing It.

I've also heard about a plug-in you can get that will place your last bid for you in the final nanosecond before bidding ends, but I have never tried such a thing and have no idea how well it works.