Re: Why do people keep using gamepads as their interface when the IPac is so cheap?


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Posted by enemyace on 1, 2002 at 10:38 PM:

In Reply to: Why do people keep using gamepads as their interface when the IPac is so cheap? posted by rmfx on 1, 2002 at 7:39 PM:

I wanted to get an Ipac, but I'm on a tight budget and the four Sidewinders I bought cost about $30 with shipping. The gamepads allow me to have something to play with while I wait until I can afford to buy joysticks, buttons, and control panel materials. If I bought an Ipac, it would be useless until I bought the other stuff. Also, I like that I'll have to option to play pc games and console emus with the gamepads if I want to, and also the option for four player arcade games. I know I could just buy a couple of usb gamepads for this, but they'd be more than $5 a piece.

So, yeah I agree the Ipac is better, but I think the Sidewinders will still be pretty nice when I'm all done.

-EA

: I know everyone is trying to do things as cheaply as possible, but remember, part of the value of the Ipac is in the time you save not drilling PCBs and soldering several different sticks to cheap gamepads.

: By the time you buy 4 gamepads, you've almost spent enough to get an Ipac, which requires NO soldering, is EXTREMELY fast to wire up, supports multiple joysticks, is programmable, and uses shift keys to avoid having to add extra buttons for enter, esc, tab etc.

: I learned this lesson after spending a day constructing a spinner from a $5 mouse and some washers, only to get less than desirable results. I ended up just getting the Oscar for $40 or whatever it was. Less money than dinner and a movie. The Oscar rocks and was really worth it. So is the Ipac.




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