> I think what Martin meant was using an actual USB gamepad connected > to the computer's USB port & having the virtual machine running > FreeDOS interpret the gamepad as if it were a joystick-port gamepad.
The solution depends on whether he is actually using a Virtual Machine or not, and if so which VM. Some VMs virtualize gamepads/joysticks and some don't. > Check ebay for USB to 15 Pin Joystick Gameport Converter Adapter. This would only make sense if he has an old analog/gameport joystick that he is particularly attached to for some reason and wants to keep using it. Especially on EBay, the cost of a used USB gamepad/joystick is probably about the same as a USB-to-GamePort adapter. You can also get new USB gamepads/joysticks without spending a lot of money (depending on how "sophisticated" you want them to be). > Some old DOS games used to work with a joystick and/or gamepad using > the very old and discontinued game port. > > I was wondering if there is any kind of solution to play old DOS > games with an USB gamepad, but the old DOS game will recognize that > gamepad as an old game port joystick. > > Any solutions? or ideas? If you're running DOS inside a Virtual Machine of some sort, it SHOULD be able to virtualize a USB gamepad/joystick as a regular analog/gameport joystick inside the Virtual Machine. You may need to play around with some of the VM settings to get it to work, or may need to switch to a different VM if the one you're using doesn't support joysticks. If you're running DOS on real hardware, there is only one solution available but it does not work with all hardware and can be daunting to set up (USB is EXTREMELY complicated). You will need to use my USB drivers (available at http://bretjohnson.us). AFAIK, those are the only drivers available for native DOS that support USB joysticks/gamepads. _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
