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  • USB control padI recently bought a cheapo USB pad, and I've found that it makes the likes of Cookie, Knight Lore, Sabre Wulf etc. much easier to control than if I w…

    ... recently bought a cheapo USB pad, and I've found that ... Wulf etc. much easier to control than if I was using ... properly until I bought this pad. What I have discovered is ...
    Blunderbuss Blunderbuss January 2004 Games
  • Will a Master System Control pad work with a Spectrum?Has anyone tried it? It should, but I don't know for sure. I know the Megadrive pad could actually fry the Spectrum if you pressed some of the other …

    Has anyone tried it? It should, but I don't know for sure. I know the Megadrive pad could actually fry the Spectrum if you pressed some of the other buttons, but the Master System has only two buttons on it, so shouldn't it be okay?
    Spector Spector August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tecno Plus Amiga Control PadFound this pad and it seems very interesting: https://www.vesalia.de/e_tp511.htm Anyone tried this one with the spectrum before? I mean, with a…

    Found this pad and it seems very interesting:< ...
    Renegade Renegade April 2019 Hardware
  • Atic Atac vs Sabre WulfThese two were pretty similar- someone described Sabre Wulf as "Atic Atac with leaves", which is a bit harsh. I personally think that Atic Atac is th…

    ... second fire button on my control pad works with the second fire ...
    Spector Spector October 2002 Games
  • Underwurlde = Crap?Ultimate have this huge reputation, and in terms of production it's deserved, but I don't think that the playability of their games are necessarily a…

    ... sometimes move without touching the control pad, letting you freefall down to ...
    Spector Spector January 2003 Games
  • Joypad QuestionIf I plug a joypad / joystick which uses the Atari 9 Pin connector into the Spectrum, will it work? For example, will a Master System / Mega Drive c…

    If I plug a joypad / joystick which uses the Atari 9 Pin connector into the Spectrum, will it work?

    For example, will a Master System / Mega Drive control pad work in the Sinclair joystick port, and vice versa?
    Swevicus Swevicus March 2007 Hardware
  • Aliens vs. Predator has been released for the XBox!!!Aliens vs. Predator, the superb PC first person shooter (the first AvP, not the inferior AvP 2) has been released for the XBox! You need to download…

    ... the "Start" button on the control pad. To escape from a menu ... "analogue" and generally easier to control. please let me know of ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2009 Chit chat
  • Rtype controlsdoes anyone know if its possible to use a kempston joystick playing rtype? The reason i ask is because i have a sega control pad and i'd like to use…

    does anyone know if its possible to use a kempston joystick playing rtype? The reason i ask is because i have a sega control pad and i'd like to use it playing the game.
    rustyredline rustyredline January 2010 Games
  • Zombo's Christmas Capers!(From my brother's blog...) [img]https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FmpTjyJSpXU/WDL89_wyKpI/AAAAAAAAA68/u7EQuv892J0R6DIpKwqTBUTH91Hdre3bgCLcB/s1600/ZomboC…

    ... can even use your favourite control pad by selecting 'Kempston' from the ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 December 2016 Brand new software
  • RA 165: The Atari ST[img]http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/165_final.png[/img] After a short break following our Revival 2017 specials, Dean Swain & C…

    ... more information on the SNES30 control pad, please visit: http://www.8bitdo ...
    Swainy Swainy June 2017 Announcements
  • Dredd Over EelsJust in time for Christmas, my brother has released another game based around a character from the pages of 2000AD......and Grud on a Greenie, this t…

    ... can even use your favourite control pad by selecting 'Kempston' from the ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 December 2017 Brand new software
  • Wouldn't it be great if...?I was just wondering... wouldn't it be great if the Speccy was relaunched? I mean, a souped up Speccy of course. Fully compatible with the old Specc…

    ... would be a built in control pad which could emulate Sinclair, Kempston ...
    Refrenz Refrenz December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Kempston/PC adaptorDoes anyone know where i can get an adaptor that will allow me to plug a good old-fashioned Kempston/Atari Joystick (in my case my old Powerplay Crui…

    Someone I used to know had a 9 pin to 15 pin converter, this allowed him to use a megadrive control pad for games.
    madmekon madmekon March 2003 Games
  • GUNFIGHTERany1 ever completed it without saving i completed it last night but took a bit of cheating ha! but its as hard as tryna get a nail outta a peice of w…

    yeah? have'nt tried it on an acorn but the whole shooting n dodging bit sucked on the speccy n i was using a control pad 2.
    grim grim February 2004 Games
  • Soooo.........how do you play urs?I mostly play the speccy games on emulators these days but on the odd occasion i do get the real thing out and wait 10 mins for a game to crash errrr…

    GBA full speed? wow... that's a bit mad.

    the Toshiba e570 is good enough for speccy stuff anyway, especially since I found a hack to make the control pad 8 directional.
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree February 2004 Games
  • URIDIUMDoes anyone actually like the Spectrum version of this game? Or was it some sinister plot to make the Spectrum look silly trying to compete with the…

    ... was ready to throw my control pad at the screen after being ...
    Spector Spector May 2004 Games
  • best games for Pocket PC speccy emulatorsAnyone using PocketClive? I'm trying to find the games best suited to it. Things like Rebelstar are perfect, anyone recommend anything else. Thing…

    ... . Commando is good but the control pad can be a bit fiddley ...
    psj3809 psj3809 November 2004 Games
  • Death Star Interceptor - a Crash Smash but 1/5 stars from SU...Having just watched the new RZX of Death Star Interceptor, I checked out the reviews and was surprised to see that while the game was a [url="ftp://f…

    ... 't able to use a control pad properly, the game still sounded ...
    alanspec alanspec July 2005 Games
  • I am getting an x-box tomorrow. Recommendations? On loan for quite a few months from my brother-in-law, as he has a spare one. He bought one on eBay, was outbid on another, and got a really good 2n…

    ... on anything without mouse type control in my opinion.
    There ... all crippled by poor aim control.
    Consoles should come with ... becomes 2nd nature using a control pad for FPS games and games ...
    Refrenz Refrenz July 2005 Chit chat
  • I am getting an x-box tomorrow. Recommendations? On loan for quite a few months from my brother-in-law, as he has a spare one. He bought one on eBay, was outbid on another, and got a really good 2n…

    ... becomes 2nd nature using a control pad for FPS games and games ... superior because of the finer control?
    Arjun Arjun July 2005 Chit chat
  • which pocket pc?Hello I'm new to the forum, but my other half lives here!! I'm want to buy a pda, I've decided that a pocket pc is probably the way to go but which o…

    ... have for it plus the control pad is decent for gaming.
    psj3809 psj3809 March 2006 Chit chat
  • Please don't shout at me - I bought something C64 related...Went in to Argos with the missus yesterday to get something dead exciting (bedsheets) and saw someone at the counter collecting one of those C64 30-g…

    ... play *too* bad on the control pad. I'm certainly not a ... fan of control pads, but at least in ...
    MattLamb MattLamb August 2006 Chit chat
  • Joypad QuestionIf I plug a joypad / joystick which uses the Atari 9 Pin connector into the Spectrum, will it work? For example, will a Master System / Mega Drive c…

    ... a Master System / Mega Drive control pad work in the Sinclair joystick ...
    velesoft velesoft March 2007 Hardware
  • Did the Spectrum ever have a joypad?There were plenty of joysticks but was there ever a Spectrum joypad? By that I mean something that worked like a joystick but had a flat direction p…

    ... /> It would only need the pad and one firebutton wired in ... an Amiga CD32 Competition Pro control pad with the Spectrum without any ...
    monty.mole monty.mole January 2008 Hardware
  • Arkanoid on the Nintendo DSoh dear...oh dear.:( worst conversion of a classic game onto a new console EVER. absolutely horrible. there's 15 squid down the drain, just glad I d…

    ... use the stylus or control pad, i opted for control pad, yeah the disappearing ...
    mel the bell mel the bell January 2009 Chit chat
  • Best Game Rated At 97% by CrashFollowing the recent polls, what do you think here? My favourite: Dun Darach without a doubt, but i suspect HOH will win! BTW omitted PAW.

    ... playing smash tv with a control pad with only 1 directional thingy ...
    alanspec alanspec February 2009 Games
  • Monkey Island[url]http://www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland/[/url] Awesomeness. :)

    ... everyone of the Xbox360's control pad buttons, including every direction on ... the D-pad. The trial version is also ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob July 2009 Chit chat
  • XBox 360 bargain of the dayAlone in the Dark for XBox 360. ?4 from Play.com with free delivery! [url]http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/1011980/Alone-In-The-Dark/Product.htm…

    ... changing camera on a 2D-control type :mad:

    Siouxsie ... storm in the nude than control whatshisface for an entire game ... , just to see if the control pad makes it any easier.
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob November 2009 Chit chat
  • games you love, but you're crap at themGunfighter [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002177[/url] it's such a great game, loads of rooms, loads of characters to shoot,…

    ... I have a lovely USB control pad, but so far, it looks ...
    trotsky trotsky December 2009 Games
  • Rtype controlsdoes anyone know if its possible to use a kempston joystick playing rtype? The reason i ask is because i have a sega control pad and i'd like to use…

    ... your use of a Sega control pad as opposed to a "proper ...
    Turkwel Turkwel January 2010 Games
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