Posted: 2/7/2008 8:52 PM
Post subject: Lag-free joypad
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Madzombie
Joined: 3/2/2005
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I'm looking for a good joypad that is well suited for playing SNES and other retro games via emulator. I took the obvious approach of getting a super smartjoy but I found there was an annoying amount of lag between pressing buttons and inputs actually being registered. Can anyone reccomend me a good lag-free alternative? Modding SNES controllers is out of the question unless they can be hooked up by USB as my laptop has very few fancy inputs. Thanks
Posted: 2/7/2008 8:55 PM
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Randil
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I've been using a Logitech Rublepad for about 2 years now, and it works great. Overall, I think Logitech makes good gamepads, so you could look around for one of those.
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Posted: 2/7/2008 9:52 PM
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dzug
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I also recommend spending the few extra $ that logitech usually costs over noname. I got 2 noname brand ps2 style controllers which both broke down in less than a year, the logitech is still going strong on it's 3rd.
Posted: 2/7/2008 11:26 PM
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I use simple USB adaptor for using a psone analog controller, and it's perfect, except for the controller's own design problems.
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Posted: 2/8/2008 1:05 AM
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Neophos
Joined: 9/30/2007
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I'd recommend a good USB-adapter (Pelican's is wonderful) and a Dual shock, personally. The Dual shock got enough buttons to work with for emulators (such as having save state on R2 and load state on L2), and I just like the controller. Here's a thread on another forum about it which might help.
Posted: 2/8/2008 12:29 PM
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dzug
Joined: 9/17/2007
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All console->pc pad adapters add a few frames of lag, I've tried a few and a simple google search brings up lots of fighter game forum threads with people having the same problem.
Posted: 2/8/2008 1:43 PM
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I dunno if there's such thing where you live, but here you buy some cheap USB PSX-controllers clones. They work just fine, but I still use original oldschool SNES contollers on the oldschool LPT port. The PSX analogs SUCK. I"d rather find an Adaptoid and use an N64 controller.
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Posted: 2/8/2008 5:50 PM
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Hey Zombie, nice to see you around here. Your Terranigma speedrun on SDA is great btw. :-) Regarding your problem, I actually use a Super Smartjoy for more than 3 years now, and it works great without any lag at all. There is no better solution to play SNES games with a real SNES pad on your computer. I'm sure the lag problem is caused by your computer or it's system, not the adapter itself. If you can't fix that somehow, I too strongly recommend alternatives from Logitech. Their products are known to be of high quality and have a long duration time to use, so it's definitely worth the few more bucks to pay for it.
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