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new to /vr/ here so pardon me ahead of time if this is a stupid question/not possible
Just put togeather a sweet Windows 98 (second edition) computer to play some good old DOS games. Only problem is I like to use a controller over a keyboard. I'd use Xpadder but that doesn't work on 98. Same with Joy2key. Are there any programs for windows 98 that work like them?

>> No.2574716

>>2574705
Don't dos games have joystick support?

>> No.2574804

>>2574705
Why not just emulate the games you want to play?

>> No.2574817

>>2574705
What game are you playing without controller support?

>> No.2574818

>>2574705
cant you just call it a joystick in the options? it should detect it the same. also, why the fuck did you build a windows 98 machine? 8 and probably 10 can play dos games through an emulator with literally no downsides.

>> No.2574839

>>2574817
I was trying to play the mega man dos games and Sonic R.
>>2574818
I built a 98 machine cause I'm a poor fag who got board. Got all the parts for free from a computer repair store that was closing down.

>> No.2574848

>>2574716
>>2574804
>>2574818
/vr/ is dead

>> No.2574892

According to Google Xpadder works with Windows 98.

>> No.2574923

>>2574848
What's wrong with the first one?

>> No.2574963

I have a generic PS2 controller to USB adapter, and it worked out of the box without any special software on my DOS games, so long as I ran them within Windows 98. In real DOS, it gets much more complicated.

>> No.2574967

Does that computer have a gameport?

>> No.2574975

>>2574839
>I was trying to play the mega man dos games
haha, why?

>> No.2574980

>>2574975
oh, I got so caught up in not understanding why anyone would want to play those that I forget to say that they DO support game pads.
>inb4 "BUT IT ONLY SAYS JOYSITCK!!!"

>> No.2575008

>>2574892
Which version though? Oldest version I could find was 5.3 and that tells me to upgrade windows when I run it.

>> No.2575029

Is everyone here a potato or something? OP quit being a fag and just install KernelEx.

>> No.2575106

Just use DOSBox on a modern PC. The experience will be a million times better.

>> No.2575117

Just run straight DOS. Pretty sure freedos comes with a working joy2key program. Most decent games will support joystick anyway.