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Use Xbox Controller on Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the makes-it-easier-to-shoot-down-trolls dept.

JoeXboxer writes "I'm not sure why anyone would want to, but there's an open source driver to allow you to use your Xbox game controller on Mac OS X. In related news, McDonald's announced new Xbox-sized combos that will stretch America's bladders to the limit. One of these stories is a joke. It's hard to guess which one."

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  1. Fun fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    There's controller drivers for NES,SNES,PSX and much more in some branches of the development linux kernel. Offtopic - yes. Interesting - sort of.

  2. Re:not sure why anyone would want to?! by ceejayoz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Personally, I much prefer the Xbox controller to the Gamecube one (I have both). It fits my hands better, and I have no problems reaching the buttons.

    Maybe you've just got small hands, or I've got big hands?

  3. Which One? by General+Sherman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's really hard to tell which one is the Joke.
    I'd say the McDonalds one is, but they've gone for much more obscene things.
    I'd say the XBox controller thing because there's no way to connect the propreitary port to the mac, but people have done more useless things, such as put Linux on an iPod. (Sorry /.ers, but it doesn't help you that much unless you desperately need to play ogg files.)

    In the end, I think I'll go with the XBox Controller thing. MacAlley makes this great USB gamepad that looks exactly like a PS2 DualShock controller, rumble, analog sticks, X, O, Square, and Triangle. Useful thing for a PS emulator. XBox controller, because it sucks and if you're going to do that, do it with a GC or PS2 controller, not that terrible piece of molded plastic.

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    - Sherman
  4. XBox-PS2 controller adapters by Lachrymite · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is good news for me, but not because I like the XBox controllers. I actually can't stand them, they're way too big and clunky for me. As a big fan of the PS2 controllers though, this is great because you can buy adapters that let you use the PS2 controllers on the XBox. I don't use a single regular XBox controller, just PS2 ones now. These are the ones I have, and I've never had any problems with them. I'd test them out with this driver, but I'm currently out of the country on business. Anyone have an adapter and interested in checking out if they work?

  5. better yet... by DrStrangeLoop · · Score: 4, Interesting

    buy an usb adapter for the game cube controller from lik-sang [they need money for the lawsuit vs microsoft, so its the slashdot-correct option, too]. the gc pad is recognized as a HID device, and it works with mame right out of the box.

    --strangeloop