No wonder shmuppers prefer joypads for PC gaming...

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:43 am

So I just got my 3-in-1 PC Joy Box to go with my Saturn pad (it's a US one but it's good enough). It works very well--I had no trouble setting it up, and I don't notice any lag (compared to the horrible lag with the Kiki-Joy converter).

I went to a few Kenta Cho shmups and noticed nice boosts in my skill. My thumb is better at reacting than 3 fingers are, and I managed to beat PSY mode stage 6A in rRootage for the first time, and i one-lifed Normal mode stage 4R. I also set a few new records here and there.

I'll have to admit: if it weren't for this board and its love for Saturn pads, I'd still be using a keyboard to get owned in PC shmups. Thank you guys for indirectly making me get a Saturn pad!

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:38 pm

I don't have a Saturn pad. I have a Saitek P880. :D

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:49 pm

SFKhoa wrote:I don't have a Saturn pad. I have a Saitek P880.

That is one strange looking pad my friend.

shiftace · Post by **shiftace** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:49 pm

I think that there is such a thing as a good keyboard; it's just not the norm. Do people like the PS2 pad? I screw up diagonals on that a lot. I haven't touched it in a few months though.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:07 pm

PS2 pad makes my thumb sore.

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:18 pm

gs68 wrote:PS2 pad makes my thumb sore.

Agreed. I only have a PS2 pad and the games that need some serious button mashing are simply exhausting.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:21 pm

I plan on buying a pad for my PC soon too. It feels too awkward playing PC shmups the same way I would be playing a FPS.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:37 pm

I use a Dual Box Pro w/ a PSX controller on my home PC. I love it! I wouldn't consider going to a joystick unless I could get my hands on an X-Arcade dual stick or something like that.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:32 pm

Joy Box really is a good model...I got the 4-in-1 USB to PS2 Dual Shock and haven't gone back since...

Ikaruga plays just like it were on Playstation on my PC, heh.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:17 pm

I just have a logitech USB controller. Looks a lot like a PS2 controller except that the left thumbstick is a bit out of the way, so I use the D-pad. Works well enough for me.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:48 am

Holy hell...someone uses the keyboard for PC shmupping!? Amazing... I havn't used the kb since before I installed a joystick port on my 486. You do the math.

Currently using the official USB Saturn Pad and my custom stick.

*shrug*

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... t=damocles

UnscathedFlyingObject · Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:48 am

I've always felt that playing with a keyboard is writst suicide but hadn't done anything about it until now. Hell, it feels good playing with a pad. I got me a Thrustmaster pad with rumble. Pretty good.

SpooN · Post by **SpooN** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:55 am

I like my keyboard.

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:00 am

I do so much better with my keyboard than anything else it isn't even funny. giving me a controller I can do well, but a good ol'keyboard works better because my hands cramp up a whole lot less.