gamepad review

[XMEN Gambit]

A few weeks ago I picked up a $20 gamepad and a $10 rebate at CompUSA. The pad was a <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... 7?v=glance" target="top">Saitek P880</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->. I bought it because my previous gamepad used the old gameport and didn't work with new OSs. One of the things I wanted to use it for was the Street Fighter games, which if you'll recall have three buttons each for kicking and punching. Most PC gamepads only have four buttons instead of the needed six. <br>This gamepad fits the bill. It can be easily used like a playstation or xbox controller for your PC, though it only has two triggers and not four like a PS2. The included software allows you to program the buttons if your game doesn't.<br><br>There's no force feedback, and the feel isn't quite the same as those console controllers, but this thing has a d-pad, two analog joysticks (with a button function in each), two triggers, six buttons and shift key to double them, and a digital/analog button that lets the left stick act like the dpad. I like it. <br><br>And it's got a USB HID interface, so it's thoroughly modern. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br>Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> The Tao of Programming</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[Spinning Hat]

Sounds like a nice Pad... never really got into games where it'd be advantageous to use one.. guess I'm into consoles for that. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"Never, Never, Never Quit"</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> -Winston Churchill</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--></p><i></i>