Gaming Peripherals

DADINK13 · Post by **DADINK13** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:01 pm

What gaming peripherals do all you folks out there use, need, or swear by?

My PC gaming setup starts with my wonderful Max Payne mousepad. LOL, I love Max Payne, and the game happened to have come with the mousepad. Resting on my mousepad is my M$ Intellimouse Optical.

My joystick is and old relic--an M$ SideWinder 3D-Pro. I refuse to throw it out because it still works perfectly, and is the sturdiest joystick I have ever used.

My gamepad is a Logitech Wingman RumblePad. It's got two analog thumbsticks, six action buttons, two shoulder buttons, and a sliding throttle.

Next on my list is my soundsystem: an SBLive! Platinum 5.1 coupled with a set of Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers. 200watts of pure magic. Best sounding speakers I've ever heard. I plan on upgrading my soundcard eventually to an SBLive! Audigy 2 Platinum.

Lastly, the item I swear I could never live without: my Belkin n50 Nostromo Speedpad. This thing is far superior to using any keyboard when playing FPS games. 10 buttons, a throttle switch, an eight-way digital pad, and three shift functions..plus fully programable..makes for easily the best device I've ever used. It was cheap as hell too--I got it for $15 (

) on buy.com. I strongly recommend it to anybody who plays ANY FPS game.

That's about it for me. How about you guys?

Plasma2002b · Post by **Plasma2002b** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:19 pm

Timelessblur · Post by **Timelessblur** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:22 pm

what is it

skudz · Post by **skudz** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:23 pm

lol, what the hell is that?

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:36 pm

So does that mean it is going to fail too (I only know of two products off hand that have failed (read my new post)).

Plasma2002b · Post by **Plasma2002b** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:38 pm

lol... its the 21st century version of this:

the nintendo power glove

its gonna be awesome!

example..... squues a trigger and your game char fires his gun.......... or maybe twist your hand and a plane does a roll in the sky..... the ideas are limitless......

check out the site at http://www.essentialreality.com

Plasma2002b · Post by **Plasma2002b** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:40 pm

aclauser wrote:So does that mean it is going to fail too (I only know of two products off hand that have failed (read my new post)).

the only reason the powerglove failed was cause of bad marketing and hoplessly boring games, lol...... but i think technology has gotten past the boring games part

DADINK13 · Post by **DADINK13** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:09 pm

Plasma2002b wrote:the only reason the powerglove failed was cause of bad marketing and hoplessly boring games, lol...... but i think technology has gotten past the boring games part

If you wanna call Punch-Out! a boring game...then sure.

Moon Child · Post by **Moon Child** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:37 pm

What about the Steel Battalion game for Xbox that comes with its own set of controllers? The game, which my ex bought, cost about $200.

This is just the main control system, made up of three connectable sections.

This is just the footpedles used in the game.

I've seen this game in action and the controls are just.. mind boggling...

Plasma2002b · Post by **Plasma2002b** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:05 pm

DADINK13 wrote:If you wanna call Punch-Out! a boring game...then sure.

lol... but i dont think the powerglove ever work for punch out.......... i could be wrong though

and maeg26.... is that just used for a flight game?

Timelessblur · Post by **Timelessblur** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:09 pm

No it not for a flight game. I for got the name of it but the game looks cool and I been wanting to buy all the stuff and the game. THey makers (I think i capcom dont hold me to it) are planing on making more games to go with the set up

DADINK13 · Post by **DADINK13** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:12 pm

maeg26 wrote:What about the Steel Battalion game for Xbox that comes with its own set of controllers? The game, which my ex bought, cost about $200.

I've seen this game in action and the controls are just.. mind boggling...

That is about the coolest thing I have seen since...the Gravis Phoenix! It looks like it's got seperate controls for pilot and gunner. Sweet!

Who besides me remembers the Gravis Phoenix?

Moon Child · Post by **Moon Child** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:15 pm

Timelessblur wrote:No it not for a flight game. I for got the name of it but the game looks cool and I been wanting to buy all the stuff and the game. THey makers (I think i capcom dont hold me to it) are planing on making more games to go with the set up

The name is Steel Battalion and is a Mech game.

I can direct you to the site where a friend did an article about it, and where I got the pics from. Goto: http://www.penismightier.com/main.php?s ... poster=all You'll have to go partway down the page to get to the article though.

Right now, the game and the controls are sold together, which explains the $200 price tag.

Moon Child · Post by **Moon Child** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:16 pm

DADINK13 wrote: That is about the coolest thing I have seen since...the Gravis Phoenix! It looks like it's got seperate controls for pilot and gunner. Sweet!

Those controls are for just one person!

Timelessblur · Post by **Timelessblur** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:17 pm

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