Journal: Console Game Controllers on PCs

This is a picture of a Nintendo 64 controller. ==>

The N64 controller handles many PC action games better than most PC game pads, especially USB Sidewinder pads whose directional controls are rotated clockwise 20 degrees, making it very hard to press straight south.

You can pick up a Nintendo 64 to USB adapter at Wishtech.com, or, if you're handy with a soldering iron, you can build a parallel port adapter and use it with the DirectPad Pro software for Windows or with a recent version of the Linux joystick driver. DirectPad Pro also supports adapters for PlayStation and Super NES joypads.

If you're not handy with a soldering iron, and your games do not need analog control, get a Gravis GamePad Pro USB. For $20, you get the feel of a PSX controller.