Ok, I am finding alot of disparity between the adapters. The only known constant is the Pelican Ps2 to PS3 adapter which works fine on ps3 with no lag.
I am hearing rumblings that some Chinese clones are now able to work as well. However going through ebay, etc is a nightmare, and alot of sellers don’t have reputable feedbacks etc.
The goal of this thread is to scientifically test all adapters, in my various PC’s, and my playstation 3, preferably I would like to test it myself. I have access to all Console Controllers, and PCBs, and various custom sticks, so it would highly benefit myself, when I am giving advice to the community and the community if we can do scientific testing.
Anyhow I am looking for all adapters, and information about them, that anyone can provide, also if everyone can donate $1, $5 or more, I can go on ebay, and buy various adapters and test them myself, and update TL, on his adapter thread with definite answers.
I am not looking for, nor wanting to make a profit off this, so take this thread as you want, and I prefer if everyone keeps their donations low, I prefer the community itself fund its own answers, than an individual take a hit. But I am tired of not having concrete information, and I am unable to fund this at the moment though I think I am in a good position to do some testing.
If you donate money or the adapter, you will get your name published here, I plan to take pictures and make a quick movie comparison. Suggestions on testing methodology is welcome, and hopefully if alot of us come together, we can get some answers, or at least prove others. You can also donate the adapter if you have one.
Ill post here the amount and link to the ebay auction to all adapters I buy.
I have my own Pelican PS3 Adapter, so we would just get all the most popular ebay ones.
I am very interested in all those (Tim Static) adapters, so we can find a definite answer.
Alrighty, let me know what you guys think of the idea, if it sucks, I won’t do it, lol, just throwing it out there. ttyl! If the donations surpass the cost of the adapters, that money will be refunded to the ones that donated the most. TTYL!
ps. Donation * 1.04 to cover paypal fees, Paypal only.
pss. Megaman or Ephidel if this isn’t the correct format, etc you guys like for this, let me know or delete the thread, but let me know anyways, heh! ttyl! I just can’t stand one more person asking me that question, lol.
Review #1
Reviewer: PC1X1 Super Joy Box 3 Review
Test Unit: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unit Contents:
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Comparisons: . . . . . . . . . . . Tekken 5 Stick: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PSX Vanilla:
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PSX Dual Shock:
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[LEFT]Testing Methodology:
Adapter was plugged into a 60 Gig PS3, updated with the newest firmware as of March 8th, 2008, where all buttons would be tested, only 3 of the face buttons worked, and the dpad did not work at all. Thus already the adapter is deemed completely unusable for fighting games, and no further testing was in a game, all buttons including triggers and the analog joysticks were clicked in. Also the buttons were mixed up. Its interesting to note, that the left analog joystick did work fine, and although 3 buttons were messed up, IE Circle being Cross, etc. The Playstation 3 did somewhat work with the adapter, so the problems are likely to be due to drivers. The Super Joy Box 3, comes with its own proprietary drivers to work, and of course those cannot be installed into the Playstation 3 XMB.
So it seems its driver issues, and possibly not the hardware itself, though it wasn’t designed to work on the Playstation 3, so theres technical problems, but it seems like it could be made to work on the ps3 with a hardware revision. This gives us some hope, that maybe in the future, there will be a new ps3 adapter to hopefully replace the pelican. As a comparison I tested two pelican adapters (minimize lurking variables), and they worked fine, so it wasn’t a controller issue. I also threw in the Tekken T5 stick, but it wouldn’t work at all, same for custom sticks (They are based on PSX family of PCB’s).[/LEFT]
Verdict: Completely Unusable on a Playstation 3
[LEFT]Note: This test was made possible due to the generous contribution of TL613, he sent in his personal adapter, and used his own money to pay for shipping etc. As I have to use my own money (X_X) to ship it back to him. So please if possible, please contribute to the cause, by either sending an adapter with no intention of getting it back, ie Donate, or if you can spare some bucks from paypal (pm me), it would be appreciated. All monies will be used to pay for adapters, shipping of adapters and testing, no personal gain or profit, this is Nonprofit by the community for the community. This way, we can know for sure, and works, what doesn’t, what has lag, what doesn’t! Thanks again for TL613 for generously donating his adapter for testing.[/LEFT]
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. As a warning, if you want it back, I have no extra cash atm, I took a loan to buy stuff from Stuart hahah. So it may take a while to come back to ya.
