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Pabstblueribbon
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n64 USB adapters

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I'm looking into getting something that I can use to plug my n64 controller into my PC with. I can't seem to find any game pads that I own that will work right or feel right on an emulator. There seem to be a lot of these with a lot of different price ranges.

Does anyone have experience with any? What kind would you recomend? The one on Retrousb.com is 22 dollars, and only has one port, but ive found a few for way less with two ports. I really want multiple ports, but I want the controller to work as closely as possible to the original. I feel like I'm going to get what I pay for here and I've heard good things about retrousb, but if I can spend less and be able to plug two N64 controllers in and still have it feel right, I'd rather go with that.

Any help is apperciated
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I don't know if you've seen it, but Racketboy has one for sale here:

http://www.racketboy.com/store/featured ... apter.html
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All I can give you is my experience, since I'm a controller adapter junkie. I'm big into emulation with the original controllers. I have both the adapter sold on Racketboy, and the RetroUSB one. The RetroUSB one is lag free, the other has unfortunate bouts of lag, moreso when you have two plugged in to it.

I've recommended the RetroUSB adapters to many people, and own almost all of them. Yes they're more expensive than your average cheapo adapter, but you're paying for quality over quantity with them. Well worth it. (Not to take away from Racketboy's store of course!)
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Thanks guys, I didnt know Racket had one for sale. I want it to be as close to regular N64 as I can, so I think I'll be sticking with the Retrousb model for now, but with only 3 USB ports on my laptop, I'll probably end up buying the Racketboy one later on.
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Pabstblueribbon wrote:Thanks guys, I didnt know Racket had one for sale. I want it to be as close to regular N64 as I can, so I think I'll be sticking with the Retrousb model for now, but with only 3 USB ports on my laptop, I'll probably end up buying the Racketboy one later on.
Hey PBR, I was wondering if you did end up buying the two-in-one from Mayflash and if you did, any issues?
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