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Anybody know if there's a simple way to use a gamepad with Might and
Magic 6 through 8? I'm not a compu-geek enough to remap the keyboard.
 
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Chris or Larry LaMere <ljlamere@acd.net> once tried to test me with:

> Anybody know if there's a simple way to use a gamepad with Might and
> Magic 6 through 8? I'm not a compu-geek enough to remap the keyboard.

Ick. Gamepads suxx0rz. Mouse+Keyboard r00lz.



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"Chris or Larry LaMere" <ljlamere@acd.net> wrote in message
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> Anybody know if there's a simple way to use a gamepad with Might and
> Magic 6 through 8? I'm not a compu-geek enough to remap the keyboard.

Beats me. I bought a neat Logitech gamepad a while ago out of curiosity but
have yet to find a game it's suited for. I guess I'm just not interested in
whatever kind of game that would be. I'm replaying Might and Magic 6 right
now myself and can't imagine doing it with a gamepad.

N.
 
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On Tue, 10 May 2005 09:08:42 -0400, "Nostrobino" <not@home.today>
wrote:

>
>"Chris or Larry LaMere" <ljlamere@acd.net> wrote in message
>news:sids71db2opkb0pni8vq7amnv04l94l4gf@4ax.com...
>> Anybody know if there's a simple way to use a gamepad with Might and
>> Magic 6 through 8? I'm not a compu-geek enough to remap the keyboard.
>
>Beats me. I bought a neat Logitech gamepad a while ago out of curiosity but
>have yet to find a game it's suited for. I guess I'm just not interested in
>whatever kind of game that would be. I'm replaying Might and Magic 6 right
>now myself and can't imagine doing it with a gamepad.
>
>N.
>
That's the type I've got too, supposedly MM 8 can be played with a
gamepat but I can't find an option to configure it.
 
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"Chris or Larry LaMere" <ljlamere@acd.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 May 2005 09:08:42 -0400, "Nostrobino" <not@home.today>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Chris or Larry LaMere" <ljlamere@acd.net> wrote in message
>>news:sids71db2opkb0pni8vq7amnv04l94l4gf@4ax.com...
>>> Anybody know if there's a simple way to use a gamepad with Might and
>>> Magic 6 through 8? I'm not a compu-geek enough to remap the keyboard.
>>
>>Beats me. I bought a neat Logitech gamepad a while ago out of curiosity
>>but
>>have yet to find a game it's suited for. I guess I'm just not interested
>>in
>>whatever kind of game that would be. I'm replaying Might and Magic 6 right
>>now myself and can't imagine doing it with a gamepad.
>>
>>N.
>>
> That's the type I've got too, supposedly MM 8 can be played with a
> gamepat but I can't find an option to configure it.

Many games *can* be played with a variety of input devices such as gamepads
or joysticks, but that doesn't mean that such devices are really good
choices for them. For any of the MM6-8 games (I've played all three), I
don't think you can beat the ordinary mouse and keyboard. I don't doubt that
you *could* play them with a gamepad just to prove it can be done, but I
think it would be a very awkward means of playing.

N.
 
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On that special day, Nostrobino, (not@home.today) said...

> Many games *can* be played with a variety of input devices such as gamepads
> or joysticks, but that doesn't mean that such devices are really good
> choices for them. For any of the MM6-8 games (I've played all three), I
> don't think you can beat the ordinary mouse and keyboard. I don't doubt that
> you *could* play them with a gamepad just to prove it can be done, but I
> think it would be a very awkward means of playing.

My MM6 edition included a piece of paper for a gaming device called
PCdash from Saitek. I read reviews that it was better than the keyboard
mouse combo. The problem is: I never checked it, as I found such a rare
beast in a shop years *after* having finished the games.

And now, the Saitek doesn't support it any more.


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"Gabriele Neukam" <Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam@t-online.de> wrote in message
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> On that special day, Nostrobino, (not@home.today) said...
>
>> Many games *can* be played with a variety of input devices such as
>> gamepads
>> or joysticks, but that doesn't mean that such devices are really good
>> choices for them. For any of the MM6-8 games (I've played all three), I
>> don't think you can beat the ordinary mouse and keyboard. I don't doubt
>> that
>> you *could* play them with a gamepad just to prove it can be done, but I
>> think it would be a very awkward means of playing.
>
> My MM6 edition included a piece of paper for a gaming device called
> PCdash from Saitek. I read reviews that it was better than the keyboard
> mouse combo. The problem is: I never checked it, as I found such a rare
> beast in a shop years *after* having finished the games.
>
> And now, the Saitek doesn't support it any more.

That's interesting. I never heard of the PCdash before. What sort of device
was it?

I can imagine a device being useful for MM6-8 keypresses as long as it could
be used one-handed, leaving the other hand free for the mouse. There are a
few combinations for which I find the keyboard awkward because they're hard
to do one-handed.

N.
 
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On that special day, Nostrobino, (not@home.today) said...

> That's interesting. I never heard of the PCdash before. What sort of device
> was it?

I believe it was a tablet with zones, which could be programmed to
represent various keys. If you pressed a zone, it would work similar to
a touch screen. But as I wrote, I didn't have a chance to test it, and
it wasn't really cheap, so I had no reason to buy it.

Also, I don't know of other games that would support this pad.


Gabriele Neukam

Gabriele.Spamfighter.Neukam@t-online.de


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