XBox 360 controller plugs right into XP PC and works

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XBox 360 controller plugs right into XP PC and works

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A friend of mine doesn't have the 360 yet (all sold out) but already bought a controller. Wired kind.

Thing is, it's just a plain Jane USB connector on the end. The original XBox controller was USB as well but with a different plug.

So I plugged it into my XP laptop, told it to find drivers, and wham - XBox 360 controller detected!

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Pac-Man 360

I've tried it with some emulators, works great! The main analog stick works as a standard D-pad. I didn't even have to remap the buttons for the NES!

This would be a pretty cool PC joystick, despite it's $40 to buy one (yes the wired one is $40-shoring-up-the-money-loss-on-systems-dollars)

Just thought I'd let people know! Have fun!

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Neato! Thanks for the heads up! Guess I might get a christmas present after all! :D

I wonder how well it'll work on Project....

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Nice ummm... coaster :-P
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Notice the bald spot? ellllll............

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Heh, he's a wiley old man, he is... :P

Note: Playing the 2600 version of Pacman? Hermmm.... :?

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Lol he has an awesome sticker on his Lappy,

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I have an awesome sticker that says " Video Games: Why waste good tecnology on science and medicine?"

he he :P
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I'll have to keep this in mind...Hmmm...
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Post by soundwave »

It looks like a nice controller, probably the best thing about the 360. If the price drops to like 25, or if a 3rd party releases the same style controller for 25, I'll consider buying.
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Yeah I read about this somewhere before I think it was designed to work on windows. I was thinking it would be sweet when halo comes out for pc.

Edit: Here's a link to an article. I wonder if similar pc controllers will work with the 360?[/url]
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Halo 1 did come out for PC. Halo 2 is Xbox-exclusive. :?
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Post by Triton »

ive nown about that for a long time. lol im gonna mod a duke xbox controller to use with my pc
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Post by *o* »

lol who needs an xbox 360 when you have pac-man
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Post by Jeff »

OMFGIZZLE!


Ben's lieing!


He's not really playing a VCS emu with the controller.





He's got the prototype Xbox 360 laptop, and he's playing MS Pacman 1980's Console edition on the Xbox Live Arcade!

Damnit Ben, give us the 360 lappy!
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Post by xxxeagle »

demonofaj wrote:Halo 1 did come out for PC. Halo 2 is Xbox-exclusive. :?
I know that I mean when they release another version of halo for pc Its only a matter of time.
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Post by Radon199 »

I hope my computer runs Halo 2 better than Halo CE... Halo CE runs fine in the cut scenes and all the non combat elements of the game, but as soon as you get into a battle (and this only happens in single player, it all runs smooth in multyplayer) everything starts to do into slow motion and the Battle Rifle starts fireing at the same speed as the pistol :shock: It does this if my settings are all turned down or all turned up, I have no idea how to fix it, might just be my Nivida Card.
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