Controllers for PC

Bikerz · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:48

Ive only just noticed that you can get 360 controllers for the PC, does that mean the ones I use for my 360 at the min will work? OR are they seperate items that just look the same and will only work with pc or 360?

Cheers

Sheldon

Killerkebab · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:49

They will work. Plug them into a USB slot

Lyon85 · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:50

They are cross platform, all 360 controllers will work. They seem to be an essential piece of kit for PC gamers nowadays. Shame the Dpad is pants.

uv · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:52

if it's a wireless one, you need to get a separate receiver for the PC, but apart from that the pads are cross platform

Can't believe I ever played geometry wars with kb/mouse!

FrenchTart · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:52

uvmain said:
if it's a wireless one, you need to get a separate receiver for the PC, but apart from that the pads are cross platform

Can't believe I ever played geometry wars with kb/mouse!

If you can call that playing...

Bikerz · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:54

uvmain said:
if it's a wireless one, you need to get a separate receiver for the PC,

Cheers,I guessed this, what are the adaptors called, cant find them on ocuk?

uv · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:57

I'm not sure if ocuk sell them separately, but I got a pad/dongle combo from here, and it was the cheapest I could find!

yup, ocuk don't sell the dongle on it's own, just this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...s Controller (XP/Vista Compatible) (JR9-00002)

a certain auction site sells them by the bucket loads

Bikerz · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:57

Cheers

FrenchTart · 29 Jul 2008 at 12:59

Afaik, those dongles work for two pads at once too - so if you're a sociable type having the spare controller could be useful.

B@Th*nG · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:01

i've got 2 ps2 pads for stuff like pro evo (as the d-pad on the 360 pad is total pony) and one xBox360 pad for other single players which require an analogue shoulder button (like grid, GTA etc..)

B@Th*nG

bledd · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:11

B@Th*nG said:
i've got 2 ps2 pads for stuff like pro evo (as the d-pad on the 360 pad is total pony) and one xBox360 pad for other single players which require an analogue shoulder button (like grid, GTA etc..)

B@Th*nG

same here

games i use the ps2 pad for (dunno if it even works in vista)
Tony Hawk
NHL
Fifa

games i use 360 pad for
GRID
-all racing games!

can't beat the PS2 pad for some games (especially tony hawk)

uv · 29 Jul 2008 at 13:13

PS2 pad for emulators (Snes, Genesis, Mame)
360 pad for everything else

Having one of each, as said previously, is necessary!

bledd, my dualshock2 works fine in vista64

Although it's more to do with the PS2/USB adaptor than the pad.. I'm currently using a superjoy adaptor.

Skeeter · 29 Jul 2008 at 18:30

360 pad > All when it comes to PC gamepads. Most modern games that are available on the 360 come with preconfigured setups for the 360 pad too.