Best games to play on a computer with a console-style controller

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I just bought a USB controller today that looks a lot like a PS2 controller. Can you guys please recommend me some good games to play with it?

The cheaper the better, and multi-player is also a plus. Thanks.

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You could always try Super Squirrel, a game I helped make two years ago. It should support your controller.

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Emulation, especially Metal Slug for NEO-GEO.

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Eh, those games are novel for maybe a short time, but I spent SO MANY hours playing those 2-D scrollers and fighters growing up that it’s just hard for me to get excited about them any more. Metal Slug in particular we had in a Pizza Shop that I worked in throughout high school and college, so that one is definitely out of the question.

I doubt I’ve put solid hours into more than 10 or 12 video games since about 1999 or so, so anything between then and now is ideal.

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How about Cave Story, a neat little Metroid-esque action-adventure.

(Despite the site’s name, Cave Story is a freeware pc game and is not a rom rip of any console game.)

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Computer-console gaming is all about getting Nestopia, ZSNES, etc and emulating older systems, but with pretty new 2xSAI video filtering

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you could try N… It’s freeware, and is a whole lot more fun using a controller.

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whoops, I meant to add that I know the people who made N (they live right here in Toronto!), which is part of the reason I recommended it. (The other part is that it’s an f’n addictive game. ;))

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Go get all the SNES,Genesis, NES, NEOGEO emulators. Download all the ROMS to the games you currently “own” for those systems. Play to your heart’s content

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When I bought a nifty little USB adapter that lets you plug a real Playstation 2 computer into your computer, I tried MAME and GTA San Andreas. Both worked well. There really aren’t a lot of popular PC games that benefit from a console-style controller. My conclusion was consoles have their job (action/arcade games) and computers have theirs (RTS, strategy, first-person shooters.)

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That first sentence should of course read “Playstation 2 CONTROLLER”…

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Prince of Persia 1,2,3 (especially 1 and 3)

Metal Gear Solid 2 (It is still SO good. You must play it)

Final Fantasy XI (if you’re into MMORPGS and like the FF series and have lots of free time)

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GTA is infinitly better to drive with a ps controler, I found a few missions that needed the mouse but for the most part the game was a blast with a joystick vrs mouse.

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I could kick your butt using the arrow keys and control for the handbrake. :smiley:

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The Two Thrones?

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Could I play Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege 2, or any similar games with the controller?

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I second Cave Story, it’s diabolically hard in the later stages and so easier with a controller.

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Does anyone know the answer to this?
Thanks for all the responses so far!