Universal Controller Adapter $20 reg. $13 @ B&M Walmart

[Mr. Rhee]

Check out the pic/description here:
http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=801663

(Convert any PlayStation 2 control pad to use on a XBox or GameCube)

YMMV, but I found this at Walmart stores for $12.99. The packaging is same shape/layout but blue&grey instead of blue&orange. same exact product.

it still sells at EB/GS for $20.

[daphatty]

Only system this would be good for IMO is the Xbox. The wavebird is an excellent controller. I wouldn't use anything else on the GC. Blasphemy I say!

[DRJ555]

I wish they had a converter to use GameCube controllers on XBox. I really like that controller (specifically the WaveBird).

[shipwreck]

Wow, IMO, the only system I would use this for would be the GCN. I don't think using a GCN controller on Xbox would work too well. Doesn't the GCN controller have fewer buttons? How would that work?

[daphatty]

Not sure. IIRC, the Xbox controller has 4 buttons on top and two triggers. GC is similar. It has the 4 top buttons, two triggers, and the Z-button just above the right trigger.

Shipwreck: Have you used the Wavebird? It really is an awesome controller. I was a Dual Shock 2 fan until the Wavebird came out.

[shipwreck]

Xbox has 6 buttons on top (you're forgetting the white and black buttons).

I haven't used the Wavebird, but I just don't like the feel of the GCN controller in general. It's fine for some games, but I don't particularly like the different shaped buttons and the whole controller just feels to small to me. The Dual Shock also feels a little small to me as well and I don't like the position of the analog sticks. The Xbox S-controller is probably my overall favorite although I'm not completely satisfied with the position of the black and white buttons. I kind of wish they would have put just above the triggers. The S-controller is the most comfortable in my hand though.

[daphatty]

Doh! That is right... I had a feeling I was missing something...

[shipwreck]

Also, there is no "Back" button on the GCN controller so you would be missing 2 buttons in total if you were able to use it on Xbox. I don't know how they would be able to get around that because a lot of the games use all the buttons.

[danh920]

Also, there is no "Back" button on the GCN controller so you would be missing 2 buttons in total if you were able to use it on Xbox. I don't know how they would be able to get around that because a lot of the games use all the buttons.

you could use the z button as the back button

[shipwreck]

If you used the "z" button as the "Back" button, then you are still going to be short 2 buttons. The GCN controller doesn't have anything to use for the white and black buttons then. The PS2 and Xbox controllers have 2 more buttons than the GCN controller no matter how you look at it.

[eurenix]

Doesn't the duelsock have <counts on fingers> 4 more than GC? Or do the GC sticks also have buttons built in?

[shipwreck]

I'm not sure if the analog sticks on the GCN controllers have the push in buttons like the PS2 or Xbox controllers. I haven't played my GCN for some time and I don't remember playing a game that used that.

[Wshakspear]

no, the cube doesnt have a "clicky" stick. They do have "clicky" L/R buttons though.

Anyways, if i had the money, id be getting this to try out to see if the PS2 Retrocon works with it. That way i could play Zelda II and not whine annoyingly at the controller

[vertigo_phreeze]

i have one of these for a while, and it works great. the only problem is that it doesnt work on my GameCube using a Retrocon controller ( i was so looking forward to using the NES style controller on a Nintendo system)...havent tested the Retrocon on an X-box yet. a standard PS2 controller seems to work flawlessly though.

[breakin2]

I may have to get this. I hate playing my GBA games on my GC because the controller isn't too good for it.

[Knuckles913]

I'm pretty sure they're making the Retrocons (those ate the SNES-style rectangle controllers with thumbsticks, right?) for the Xbox, maybe even GC. I saw an ad in a Gamestop B&M.

[burgundy]

I want to know if this will work with digital-only joysticks. Thanks.

[Gothic Walrus]

Damn...now if they only had one of these babies for the PC, then I'd be happy for months. For the most part, PC gamepads blow.

[Wshakspear]

they do. At the moment im not sure where...but i know if anything they've offered them with the dance pads. So they are being made...

[DavidDayton]

I tried two RetroCons... both generate endless cycles of "there is no controller plugged into socket 1" on most GC games when used via the controller convertor. Very odd.

[WhiteCastleRun]

Damn...now if they only had one of these babies for the PC, then I'd be happy for months. For the most part, PC gamepads blow.

http://www.merconnet.com/products.php?ProductID=44 is the first one I found through a google search, though I know there are many different kinds.

I have one from Radio Shack, http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CT LG%5F006%5F003%5F003%5F000&product%5Fid=26%2D304un d [/url]

[bmulligan]

Damn...now if they only had one of these babies for the PC, then I'd be happy for months. For the most part, PC gamepads blow.


I got one from radio shack and it works perfectly with most ps2 controllers. I think it was 19.99, but it may be less now if you can find it at all.

it's cat. # 26-247

[vertigo_phreeze]

I tried two RetroCons... both generate endless cycles of "there is no controller plugged into socket 1" on most GC games when used via the controller convertor. Very odd.

i actually tried 3 Retrocons, but with the same results. i asume there is something different about the wiring somehow. if anyone tries one of those adapters that converts one to USB for the PC, let me know how it works, i still wanna try that too.

[Battousai1002]

i have 2 of those converters, of a different brand though. the ps2 controller is much better for fighting games like soul calibur 2, while i use my wavebirds for everything else.

i also have a converter for pc. the ems usb2:
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=23&products_id=1697&PHPSESSID=42 ed3fbdcc7f8701bde6b6fa21686453

i haven't used it for anything but stepmania, which it works perfectly for.

[redgopher]

Thanks for the deal... I just ordered the Mega Man Anniversary Collection for the Gamecube, and realized that the PS controller is much better for sidescrolling games such as MM. I thought about getting it for the PS2 instead but I realized that GBA stuff could use a PS controller too.

Also, does anyone know how responsive the controller is when you're using the adapter? I'd kill myself if there was any lag during a MM boss fight.