I use the basic, yet best selling, xbox 360 controller as a joypad. Unfortunately, most of the games I have don't like it much, despite the fact that it's supposed to be fine.
Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 11/14/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi tom. > > I am okay if I don't need the sholder buttons, and can hold a gamepad with > my index and middle fingers on the pad, and my index, middle and ring > fingers on the buttons to the right. This is the way I used to hold Atari > 2600, and amigar joysticks (back in the days when they had just the one fire > button), arcade game controls and indeed pads with no shoulder buttons such > as those on the sega mastersystem. > > For me, I just got too used to having for instance jump shoot and run > activated by three different fingers, with my index or middle finger ready > to hit other buttons for stuff like extra weapons. > > Take a game like mega man 4 onwards or super metroid where you need to jump > around, slide, and dodge all while holding the fire button to have a charged > up shot ready. that would be damnably! difficult on a joypad, indeed I've > seen mega man guides which devote hole sections to how to do this while > holding buttons just with the thumb! > > the hole process of just! using the thumb and ignoring all other fingers > just seems utterly insane to me! > > As for specials, well firstly there joysticks rock! whether it's just > holding buttons and directions, or something more complex like the motions > in streetfighter type games where you'd need to for instance do forward, > down, diagonal down forward and punch to perform a dragon punch, ---- all in > a smooth flowing motion. > > As an interesting fact though, there is! actually a beatemup made for pc > keyboards exclusively. > this was the game One must fall 2097. It was a beatemup produced for pc dos > in 1997 where you controlled giant robots with their own stats and could > fight in tournaments. The battles though were one on just like in mortal > combat or streetfighter. > > A friend of mine sent me a preconfigured dosbox copy a couple of years ago, > and surprisingly it plays extremely well on pc keyboard, even moves like > activating fireballs with a half circle cross ie, right, down left punch, or > doing Jaguar's drop attack where you could hit down and punch in mid air to > grab your opponent off up the ground and flip them over your head. > > I admit the game was programmed specifically! to play on keyboards, sinse > most pc owners at the time didn't have joypads, but I was amazed how well it > worked even so. > > > so for me, it's either a decent arcade joystick, or keyboard currently, > though hopefully I'll be able to extend that to mouse as well. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
