Super Smartjoy....
I recently ordered myself a Super Smartjoy (for 12 dollars plus shipping off of ebay) controller adaptor that adapts Super Nintendo controllers to USB for use on PC\Mac so I could use my old Fighter Stick SN
[another picture] again and it works like a charm. I was always better with that fighter stick playing SNES and Arcade games than I was with a gamepad.
I used to use it all the time on my Super Nintendo which I have since lost from all the moves I have done. But I still have the stick and it works great with SNES9x, MAME and even Genesis Plus. I've used it to play the SNES KI and the original (and much better) arcade version and which is something I never thought I'd be able to do. Same thing with the original arcade versions of the Mortal Kombat games. Back when I first got this joystick I didn't think I'd ever use it to play the real versions of those games.
I notice that I'm even better playing NES games with it. Probably because I have a lot of practice playing platformer games with it on the SNES. Although it's pretty much only with old 2D or fighting\arcade games that I'd use this stick with. For games like Mario 64 or other games that make use of an analog stick I'd still use a gamepad with analog sticks and for first person shooters and third person shooters I would still use keyboard and mouse. Those respectively are the best tools for the job in my opinion.
There's one thing though the buttons are mapped weird in my opinion it's not how I would think it would be the buttons are like this:
X Y is 1 and 4
B A is 3 and 2
and L R is 7 and 8
and start is 6 and select is 5
I thought B and A would be 2 and 1
X and Y would be 3 and 4
L and R would be 5 and 6
and start and select would be 7 and 8
But it's not really that big a deal once you get it mapped in the emulators.. especially SNES9x.
[another picture] again and it works like a charm. I was always better with that fighter stick playing SNES and Arcade games than I was with a gamepad.
I used to use it all the time on my Super Nintendo which I have since lost from all the moves I have done. But I still have the stick and it works great with SNES9x, MAME and even Genesis Plus. I've used it to play the SNES KI and the original (and much better) arcade version and which is something I never thought I'd be able to do. Same thing with the original arcade versions of the Mortal Kombat games. Back when I first got this joystick I didn't think I'd ever use it to play the real versions of those games.
I notice that I'm even better playing NES games with it. Probably because I have a lot of practice playing platformer games with it on the SNES. Although it's pretty much only with old 2D or fighting\arcade games that I'd use this stick with. For games like Mario 64 or other games that make use of an analog stick I'd still use a gamepad with analog sticks and for first person shooters and third person shooters I would still use keyboard and mouse. Those respectively are the best tools for the job in my opinion.
There's one thing though the buttons are mapped weird in my opinion it's not how I would think it would be the buttons are like this:
X Y is 1 and 4
B A is 3 and 2
and L R is 7 and 8
and start is 6 and select is 5
I thought B and A would be 2 and 1
X and Y would be 3 and 4
L and R would be 5 and 6
and start and select would be 7 and 8
But it's not really that big a deal once you get it mapped in the emulators.. especially SNES9x.