KIKY-Joy USB Adapter

 

Sony's Dual Shock Analogue Controller for the PlayStation is arguably the best gamepad yet created. If not, it is, at the very least, the most prevalent of the modern controllers, with well over a hundred million units floating around out there. There's a pretty good chance you have one - or know where you could get your hands on one, cheap or free. Breathing new life into the old controller, Soyo's Kiki-Joy USB Adapter lets the otherwise-exclusive PSX controller work on a Win98/2000/Me/XP PC.

The accompanying emulation software and drivers enable Windows to recognize a single Dual Shock Controller (not PS2/Dual Shock2 controllers) as a usable gamepad, or two of the original digital-only PSX controllers (each requiring an adapter). Drawing power from the USB port, Kiki-Joy also supports the force feedback and digital/analogue switch innate in Sony's lauded device. While InterAct Accessories' HammerheadFX mimics the PSX Dual Shock design and function perfectly, then surpassed it with PC/MAC versatility, full programmability and tri-compatibility, the HammerheadFX also costs more than a cheap/free Dual Shock w/Kiki adapter ensemble - and requires batteries to boot. With so very many PSX Dual Shock Controllers slowly making their way to the great big bin of obsolescence in the sky, it's nice to know Kiki-Joy can give many of them a new home on the PC.

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2001
Type: Game Enhancer, Peripheral
From: Soyo


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