Cheap, Rugged, Multiplayer Gamepads for Linux

IceAgeComing writes "Anyone interested in exploring multiplayer games under Linux should know: you can now pick up a four-way gamepad hub, with four gamepads, for under $15. It is known as the Gravis Multiport, and now it is supported under Linux. The link describes patches for Linux 2.4, but the drivers are now included in Linux 2.6. This input system used to cost more than $100, but it has been abandoned by Gravis since Windows 98. Now it's possible to pick them up extra cheap. Four-player Gauntlet under XMAME, anyone?"

Comments

gaming on linux:

[nil5]

with perhaps the exception of xmame, gaming on linux is almost as fun as,well, typing in an xterm while picking one's nose.

So...

[iamdrscience]

How long until there's good support for these in EMacs?

ATTENTION SLASHDOT EDITORS

[gazbo]

I also have a product that I wish to advertise on your website. What are the rates for a story like this one?

Thanks in advance.

Re:Are you insane?

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

First of all, if you know what you're doing with a keyboard in any FPS, you would be using ASDF as your movement keys, or some kind of equivalent set of 4 in the same row.

HJKL - those vi skills I learned at the office are just as useful at home! The cheat code :%s/badguy/nicedoggy/g is real handy too!