Comments on: Mike’s Arcade Stick Trouble

By: Ana-kun

Ana-kun — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:20:18 +0000

The laptop does not have HDMI port? Well, of course not. It is a computer, not a television. I wonder if a computer with such a port even exist?

By: Sean Varns

Sean Varns — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:35:47 +0000

You’re going to have to buy a Windows laptop. Sorry

By: Jaylee Leistiko

Jaylee Leistiko — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:55:21 +0000

I see you got it working. What i would have done well A thats what happends when you have to game on a mac. However B with the girlfriends old laptop i would have just got a dvi or vga to hdmi converter head or cable. Problem solved for the hdmi video connection.

By: FullMetalHobbit

FullMetalHobbit — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:10:04 +0000

Mike why don’t you buy a Raspberry Pi and load all your arcade games onto that with whatever emulator you are using then hook that up to your TV. Then get your self a custom MAME controller and you’ve basically got your own arcade machine. That’s what I have and it works fine. You can pick a Pi up for about 20 quid UK money so be cheaper stateside and the controllers vary but mine was like 60 or something.

By: Erik Pineda

Erik Pineda — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:32:37 +0000

You just got to git gud at connecting things.

By: Brad Slayton

Brad Slayton — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:31:52 +0000

i recommend the 1.2.2 version because thats what i got it working with but you can choose what ever version you see fit all the program basically does is fool your pc to think its a pc controller and it does work flawlessly

By: Brad Slayton

Brad Slayton — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 01:22:08 +0000

if you ever want to get a ps4 controller to work on your pc download this ds4 tool from this link http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-DS4-To-XInput-Wrapper even works on most of my steam games the only problem you have to keep the cord plugged in unless you have a bluetooth then you can plug in a bluetooth to your pc soo the controller can communicate to your pc and you can play wirelessly i have only done it wired tho because i don’t have a bluetooth you can also use it to play emulators if you choose

By: Itink Umad

Itink Umad — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:20:19 +0000

Just throwing this out there..

I’ve got the Red Hori RAP V (Japanese) and its 100% plug n play with windows 7/10/PS4. No switch necessary. Just plug it in, load up USF4 on PC, it works. Unplug, pop into PS4, it works.

You could also maybe do some research into buying a TE2/TE2+
They’re full Sanwa parts from the factory, and may cost a bit more, (at least you dont have to get them shipped from Japan) but I’ve never used one so i cant say how well they work on the platforms.

By: Rich G.

Rich G. — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 18:25:36 +0000

Hey Mike, try running VMware Fusion to emulate windows of your choice on OSX and see if it will recognize the joypad and also output via HDMI.

By: Coffee Man

Coffee Man — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 19:16:36 +0000

Yep, controllers that aren’t either a keyboard or a mouse generally aren’t supported right out of the box on a Mac.
One thing you could have done though was do install Windows alongside OS X on your MacBook using Boot Camp. That way you’d be able to run Windows and also get the HDMI output. Nice that you got it working in the end though.