Cheap Gamepads

[Thegerg]

Anyone think these might work with the pandora?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2633

any better 2 gamepads on 1 usb port type controllers around?

 

[zevdawg]

Anyone think these might work with the pandora?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2633

any better 2 gamepads on 1 usb port type controllers around?

2-port N64 controller http://www.jandaman.com/games.mvc?p=n64dualusb&Category_code=N64

Any other controllers (usb) but AFAIK not dual-port:
http://www.gamersection.ca/index.php?cPath=43&osCsid=sb62qmugqcknkfnhqih0eaaah4

I was just researching this very thing. Simple thing is if the controller is USB, just get a hub. Sometimes Ebay, Kijiji, or other for-sale groups have cheap controllers as well.

 

[second exodous]

I would get the USB to system controllers, like PSX, SNES, N64, Dreamcast, ect. Those controllers you linked look cheap.

Don't you have controller from another system lying around? If you do I'd use those with an adapter. If you don't then just go for the one's you linked.

 

[rmm2131]

Anyone think these might work with the pandora?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2633

any better 2 gamepads on 1 usb port type controllers around?

Those look poor quality and will probably last only a month if regularly played with. It would be better for you to get a usb converter for an older console system controller like the Super Nintendo or NES. Mayflash makes one of them for the SNES that's supposedly very good. Logitech makes a really decent and cheap USB controller, and with a USB hub, you could use up to four of them.

If you search ebay and use Bing.com cashback you could get what you want pretty cheap.

 

[Vlynndar]

About the quality. Right on the product page, from people who got one:

after a few months of use, one of the joysticks essentially lost it's spring (ie with would not spring back to center when un-used).
[...]
Bottomline: When it worked, it worked well. Still usable but long term durability was not that good with my unit

After about 2 months of use, one of the joysticks (left side used for movement) no longer maintains the spring back to neutral. Now it tends to sit near the top which causes a upwards drift when playing. While it still works, it's annoying to deal with, will prolly buy a new set.
[...]
Bottomline: Good price for the unit, not sure about long term durability. Obviously for the price, it's not bad and initial quality was great but now I need to replace one of the gamepads