Controls for PSX Platformers

[Wariat]

Which platforms on the psi were designed solely for analog? Was the first crash designed for dead controls and the second and third for analog because the dues were out by then or how did it work? anyone remember? Im trying to see which would translate best for emulation or even keyboard controls on a Mac. However, I also want to know the pure analog ones since I do own a Saitek controller.

 

[Akiba]

It would be easy to see what year sticks came out, what games made it mandatory, what games accepted it.
Ape Escape was the first to require sticks, cant play without it. Most games going forward designed for it to be there however not everyone used the right stick, half the time the left stick was turned on for pad sub, which you could just turn off by hitting analogue on games that didnt require it.

Any controller you use, will do the same thing a DS did. And I figure most emulators can accommodate that. Shit, I play Duckstation with a Hyperkin Duke controller. Ape Escape on a Duke is a hell of a ride

Now, once you get to the Dual Shock 2, that all changes.

 

[Wariat]

what I meant which ones were designed for it like Mario 64 on the n64 which psi versions of that.

 

[Akiba]

Ape Escape. The only one that required it.
Others knew it would be a way to control and might have made small tweaks to make that experience more enjoyable but for the most part? Pretty much all devs used the stick as a d-pad substitution more or less.

PS2 changed that obviously but for PS1 that was it.
A simple google search woulda told you all that.

 

[Wariat]

so you think playing the crash games on an emulator using the keyboard works well?

Post automatically merged: Thursday at 1:54 PM

like how do you do diagonals without having analog input or just iu mean keypads? without being able to go fast forward or slow or turn t diagonals?

Post automatically merged: Thursday at 1:56 PM

anyone have experience being or doing well in the crash games just using your keyboard wsad keys for movement?

 

[Akiba]

My Brother in Christ, Ive seen dudes beat Elden Ring with the Donkey Kong Bongos controller for the gamecube, Ive seen chicks beat Bloodborne with a DDR dance pad. Ive seen a madlad beat Dark Souls with a fuckin Wiimote mate.

If dudes could learn to play 3rd Strike on a Dreamcast pad, folks can learn to play anything on anything.

However I dont play anything designed for a pad with just button controllers. There are dudes that use a hitbox in smash which is playing your fighting game designed for bad with ONLY button presses, sorta similar but with a keyboard all the keys are spaced real close.

The only game that wouldnt work is Ape Escape since it needs both sticks. Everything else will work but your comfort and enjoyment will very. FFVIII would be far easier to play with keyboard as opposed to Crash 3, but both could work given enough practice with the controls.

 

[Graw]

like how do you do diagonals without having analog input

Press up/down and left/right at the same time?

 

[Wariat]

dam bro use been around.

Post automatically merged: Thursday at 2:44 PM

I get it like usually when I play with the keyboard on my Mac I just tap it say I want the character tu turn right just a tap guys jut a touch right and up like a baby touch.

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

dam bro use been around.

Post automatically merged: Thursday at 2:44 PM

I get it like usually when I play with the keyboard on my Mac I just tap it say I want the character tu turn right just a tap guys jut a touch right and up like a baby touch.

Post automatically merged: Thursday at 3:16 PM

"Ive seen chicks beat Bloodborne with a DDR dance pad."
Bitches be bitches man. bitches be fucking bitches. is all I Gott say. And I fuck bitches only for sport.

I used to throw around sexist, racist, n other cringed jokery back in my day - it didn't reflect my actual perspective/attitudes - I was just tryin to piss ppl off with extremity provocation or tryin to impress idiotic edgelords I was forced or idiotic-enough mehself to be around - so I don't have much room to talk overaLL but I believe in free speech n that means free insults n free ignorance. it can n should be frowned upon if it's obv not in jest but shouldn't be legaLLy punishable ANYwey.

but if you're doin this to be cooL, that shit ain't workin so try another route. you are otherwise a dece poster brvh. don't misunderstand n come at me wrong cuz aLL who know me n most who see meh posts wouLd probably advise you not to as I am a BASTARD of a counterattacker.

SauL Goodman (s'aLL good meign) !

 

[Akiba]

...what even

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

...what even

jus a lil checks/balances Coach McGurch

n yea I do understand that when I say shit like that - it's gonna get skimread n taken the wrong way

oh fuckin weLL

 

[Akiba]

Im just more blind sided by how out of left field it was plus, took a few reads to piece your speaking cadence together.

I mean I woulda retorted him with "Ive seen dudes use the dancepad too" granted once I read that my brain short circuited trying to figure out how he to to that thought from what I set, or why. I mean I can assume the why, all resulting in a rather ultimately bland answer but still.

Then tacked with your reply and Im just kinda stuck there trying to decipher what happened like

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

Im just more blind sided by how out of left field it was plus, took a few reads to piece your speaking cadence together.

I mean I woulda retorted him with "Ive seen dudes use the dancepad too" granted once I read that my brain short circuited trying to figure out how he to to that thought from what I set, or why. I mean I can assume the why, all resulting in a rather ultimately bland answer but still.

Then tacked with your reply and Im just kinda stuck there trying to decipher what happened like
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ppl are complicated often to the point of contradictory. I pretty much do the 'weLL it has to be said - might as weLL be from me"... despite my 'tongue' seemingly juiced up with venomous rhetoric n baiting for chaotic drama - I prefer peace to chaos though perhaps due to bein hyperactive aLL my life - dangerous situs n shit hittin the fan is 'in my blood' but I get that shit out with siLLy absurd jokes that are sometimes satirical, sometimes just irreverent for the sake of itself.

a smaLL few may be at home with it right off the bat... for some it turns out an acquired taste... n some ppl are a bit ehh... not obtuse always, but 'stoic'... I tend to grind on the nerves n tolerance of those types that most wouLd be like 'why so SRS??' to. refusal to be on the same page as nearly anyone in a pathetic effort to 'win' the convo makes me especiaLLy nasty but I try to jus shake meh head n extricate myself from the convo or medium instead. the impossible types are just that.

98% of drama with me is on a false pretense or misunderstanding. I'd rather lift ppl's spirits but if a more intelligence-insuLting or idiosyncraticaLLy obnoxious shoe fits...

 

[Mopeybloke]

I played a bit of Crash 2, and my impression was the game was perfectly playable on D-pad, but the extra control afforded by the analogue sticks was a benefit. Also, have in mind that's one of the games where analogue function needs to be toggled on manually. Otherwise your emulator will probably interpret all your inputs as digital.