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Old 06-06-2010, 09:02 AM
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Having discovered the miracle of Super Mario Crossover, I'm contemplating getting a gamepad to play the thing properly.

PNQ1: Are there USB gamepads out there that I could also use to play older DOS games?

I should probably know the proper terms for these connectors, but I don't. Here's a Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature

I have a few older joysticks and gamepads, but they all have 15-pin (DA) male connectors, and my serial port is meant for stuff that uses 9-pin (DE) female connectors.

I suppose it's time for...

PNQ2: Can a Flash game on Windows XP even use a gamepad plugged into a serial port?
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