Good controller for PC

My good lady is moaning all the time cuz she wants to play Tomb Raider and we have an Xbox (which I told her it was coming out for before Sony nicked it). Now, I'm about to buy a new laptop and am considering a pretty good one with fast gfx so I can play splinter cell in lay-by's (as you do). So, if I get this thing and make sure it has video and audio out, I can plug it into the big telly and hi-fi and play games at home (including TR). Problem is, I want a controller similar to the PSX one so that it has enough buttons and she won't moan that it's too different etc. I guess it would have to be USB too.

Any ideas?

 

I use one of these. They do a wireless one as well. I use mine to play on TR TLR and it seems fine. the only thing is i can't 'configure' it for some reason bo its not in anloge. You could always get a PS2 or Xbox adaptor so you can use them on the laptop.

 

you can get this from play and use a ps2 gamepad (ordered mine yesterday):-

http://www.playserver4.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=PC&title=114167

 

i hope its better than that kikyjoy P.O.S they used to sell - that didnt even work with winxp

 

Thanks guys, I'll give that a go. Just realised that TR actually works quite well on my current Vaio (mobile Radeon) so maybe I'll try hooking up to the tv and try it.

 

It's only £6.99 so worth a try at least. I'll give it a go when I get mine and let u know if it's worth shelling out for. I got it mainly for when the angel of darkness comes out.

 

Ordered one already. Worth a go for £7.

 

so guys does it work ?

 

Works with tomb raider but haven't tried owt else. I'm not really into platform games and purely bought for when the angel of darkness comes out. I would hope it works with it else I'll be well miffed.

 

If your'e still interested in a PC gamepad, you could have a go with the Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Power. It works quite well on PS2 ports on the PC.

 

Beware you won't be able to use a controller on the latest games like Splinter Cell and Enter The Matrix.
I find this pretty annoying since I splashed out a while ago on a force feedback Logitech, but a lot of the new releases are keyboard & mouse only.

 

I really cant get used to using a mouse n keyboard for Pc games is so used to a joypad from years of Console gaming

 

im exactly the same and i know purists go mad but i hate using the keyboard and mouse .

its really ruining PC gaming for me as i just give up and go back to a console .

I think ill try this adapter thing . I bought Planetside im really getting into it but just can`t get along with the keyboard and mouse .

 

Stick with a keyboard and mouse for fps games much better for accurate aiming and reaction times- especialli important on online multiplayers.