Let's make a list of working PSX->USB/parallel adapters

Mr Lee · Trick Member Joined: 31 Aug 2002 Location: UK

My personal adapter works fine for me (buttons can be pressed two at a time, left and right jumps for example). And I have it on good word that it works for everyone else who has tried it.

It was mail ordered from a UK games company (great because I live in the UK)

It is a parallel adapter, and has 2 playstation ports (which both work).

It is from the website http://www.divineo.co.uk . The Playstation to PC Parallel Adapter can be found here http://www.divineo.co.uk/cgi-bin/div-uk/uk-pcc-ptppa.

I found the best drivers for this adapter (I am running Windows 2000) were here http://www.psxpad.com/index_e.php

I cant say for certain if this driver will work on anything lower than Windows 2000 or XP...
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Psytech · Basic Member Joined: 06 Nov 2002

Update: The Super Joybox 3 DOES WORK. Seems you have to hold Select and Start then, while still holding, press the up arrow. This (or some other weird combinations) seems to get the arrows to also register as buttons. I've tried this many times with my pad and my friends pad (same brand though) so unless it's a feature of the pad, the Super Joybox 3 does indeed work.

JWang815 · Basic Member Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Location: California

Sorry, but I don't have the time to go through all 16 pages of this thread. And all I would like to know is if the following Adapters work:

http://www.cyphergames.com/50501033.html
http://shop3.outpost.com/product/3052389
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youkaisan · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2002 7:12 pm Post subject:

Yo.

Well I bought a parallel port adapter from BNS a while back. It worked everytime i needed it to work, but now i gotz a problem.

I formatted just a week ago and today i felt like playin ddr... but i went to www.aldostools.com but their site seems to be down.... Does anyone have a backup of their driver for XP that you could hook me up with? Any help is much appreciated.

EDIT: nvm, seems the site was only down temporarily. sorry

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**BurnintheFLOor** · Basic Member Joined: 07 Nov 2002

i need a good USB/Parrarel thing so i can play on the computer, what is a good product to purchase?????

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Starsephiroth · Trick Member Joined: 10 Mar 2002 Location: Allentown, PA

k just figured out how to hook my computer up to my tv, so now I must play stepmania

, which one works now

, 16 pages of topics

. Ok what I'm getting is that this one works am I right?

http://www.levelsix.com/products/pc/EMSUSB2.shtml

Has anyone had problems, I didn't see any, I just don't want to lose money thats all

edit: Oh by the way, I'm running Win 98 and am using stepmania and dance with intensity

orb · Trick Member Joined: 20 Nov 2002

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/a-sonic/pcusbadforps.html

Can anyone please help me out by letting me know if this adapter will work? Thanks for any help!

~JeN~ · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2002 9:31 pm Post subject:

The EMS2 rules! i use it, and i have windows 98 and stepmania, i've been using it for a month, and its very responsive, as well as letting you plug in two pads into one at once...very convenient =)

and please, look at junta's site http://junta.cromas.net/adapters.html before posting, it's very useful, and will help you decide on which adapter to buy, my opinion only, but i think the EMS2 is the best =)

jcqt · Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2002 6:10 pm Post subject:

are there any adapters that actually hook up my playstation system up to my laptop so that I can just use my laptop screen instead of a whole television set?

Darkling · Trick Member Joined: 29 May 2002

I ordered a bunch of boom adapters the 12th and still no word on shipping (my friends and I got a bunch on the same order to save some $$$) you guys who ordered them, how long did it take yours to ship? I'm worried and I can't afford to be out $100!!!!!

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TimisToolman · Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2002 3:03 pm Post subject: Check your local radio shack

I found a psx to usb connector at my local radio shack. It works great for most everything.....however it takes a bit of work to get it to work with dwi.

Anyway thats my two cents, and i think it cost about 15$

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mawoobledeedoo · Basic Member Joined: 08 Nov 2002

Is it me, or do the Kiky Joy converters suck? I have one (it was the first one i could find) and it is very slow to register a step. The pad itself is very responsive, so i can't think of what else it could be... It's not the computer. The computer is good. good computer. Anyone else's input on those converters would be good.
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kuniokun · Trick Member Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, WA

BadReligion · Basic Member Joined: 31 Jul 2002

Arg... I have a EMSUSB2 Adapter that works great on my desktop PC, but not at all on my laptop. Granted, I am asking this more along the lines of how to get a controller to work, not the dancepad because it's a little tough to play DDR on a laptop screen. I installed from the C drive before I plugged in the adapter. No luck. Installed after it was in. No luck. Manually installed drivers, and I got a "device cannot start" error. I am sure it's something little that I overlooked, but any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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JedaiMaestro · Basic Member Joined: 24 Aug 2002

ok...i'm not that good with the technical stuff of computers and i have DWI. i have windows 98. can anyone tell me what pad would be good and/or what i need to know about my computer to figure this out? Any info would be great cuz i just wanna play DDR!!!! thanx guys!
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Junta · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Location: Georgia, USA

Whoa... I haven't posted in forever!

Hi all, I am the creator of the website http://junta.cromas.net/ (Other people help by submitting working adapters; go to the website to see a list of contributors) but I haven't updated it in forever!!

Can someone clue me in as to what's been happening lately? Like, I hear that EMS no longer makes a working DDR adapter... but it was the best deal back in the summer for a PS-to-PC adapter. So, just give me some postable info, like new DDR adapters or updates on existing adapters that decided to leave the DDR domain.

~Jen~ - Thanks for all the nice compliments!

I thought my site would be dead by now... I also have a very old DDR metal pad website there too.

StepMania users: I have never posted on my website if the adapters on my website have compatibility with the program StepMania, but I plan to give it a whirl sometime so I can see if StepMania is any better than DWI. But as far as I know... DWI is great!!

Another thing: HOLY COWW!!!! 4500 hits?!?! Man, how long have you guys been reloading my site to get that high of a number? Last time I checked, it was barely over 1000.

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somnolent buddy · Basic Member Joined: 06 Dec 2002

i don't wanna read through 16 pages!

but anyway...in the README file for StepMania they say that the BOOM adapter works perfectly with Step Mania. So... they said to go to www.liksang.com to get it..... so i did. it is...ermm... $15 i think. $21 in total.

. i mgiht get one...i hope it works. its only one port though... but its not like i kn ow if my DWIs have double-mode songs on them so i really don't care now. i just hope the one port works ......

GFBeach · Trick Member Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Location: Georgia USA

I have the Boom adapter and while it works, it can be problematic. Mainly, you plug it into your computer, and the device will only activate 20% of the time. If you unplug it and replug it a few times it might work (you learn to recognize the beeps WinXP gives when you plug in a USB device). I compare it to an old lawnmower: It's hard to get started, but once you get it going, it works great.