Unique dreamcast problem.

mangojoyride · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:44 am Post subject: Unique dreamcast problem.

Hello, I am going to plunk down the 200+ dollars for an RO pad, but i have a very important question.

I only have a dreamcast. I have a controller adapter that plays playstation dance pads on the dreamcast. but the RO has a control box adapter that goes from the pad connector to the playstation connector.

what i wonder is if it is ok to connect 2 adapters to play it on dreamcast, kind of like Dance pad-->control box-->PS to DC adapter-->dreamcast.

does anyone know if this works, i would appreciate any feedback on this before i actually do buy the pad.

yyr · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:17 am Post subject:

I personally don't see why this wouldn't work.

But if you're going to spend $200+ on a dance pad, I have to ask: why not drop $50 on a PSone and get some more DDR? Modifications are cheap; you could get all the versions up to 5th MIX. 2nd MIX and Club Version can't possibly last you too much longer.

If it were me, I'd mod some soft pads, get a good deal on a PS2, and play the more recent versions. Oh, wait, I did that already. =)

~yyr
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davidbrit2 · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:21 am Post subject:

There's a fair chance it won't work. The Dreamcast controllers don't register Up+Down/Left+Right at the same time. The converter could possibly exhibit the same behavior. Have you been using this converter already with other mats? Does it work okay? If so, then you'll probably be okay.
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Narsil · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2004

There may be time lag with the signal going through that many connectors

E.G. You press arrow now, it gets registered on-screen .5 seconds later
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mangojoyride · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:41 pm Post subject:

1. of course im gonna get diff DDR versions. im gonna buy a PSone with konamix on ebay with the pad.

2. Yes, i do use soft dance pads with the adapter. the up and down/left and right combo respond just like any other step, no abnormalities.

3.Thats the kind of answer i wanted, lag time. I was hoping that someone here might have already done the same thing that im going to do (use both adapters at once) and have already known IF THERE IS a lag on button presses. If the lag time is as extremely bad as your example of what it could be, then i might cancel the order.

so far, these posts have been of help... except for the one that just says stepmania (my computer will never be fast enough for stepmania)

davidbrit2 · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject:

If there's any lag, it shouldn't be any worse than what you experience with your mats currently.
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mangojoyride · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2004 5:45 pm Post subject:

theres no way to unflat the arrows in that version. konami was smokin something new when they overlooked that. Thats why i got DDR club mix. all the music from both appends and the arrows are colored arcade style.

a big plus is that (to me) it seems to run at 60fps when you play the songs in practice mode. its great for getting the timing on the arrows down.

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Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

I dunno if this will work but it should:
I know what type of connector the pad has a control box is also used with a lot of other devieces (sp). So I remember this arcade stick, and it HAS a dreamcast adapter here. I dunno if it will work or not, since it has to use 2 connections (I think just not plugging in one would work).[/url]
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