PS2 DDR pad + GC Adapter + GB player?

rawk

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Would it be possible to plug a PS2 DDR pad into a Cube via adapter and play Wario Ware or Super Mario Brothers or something with it?

Just wondering if this would even work at all, or if it's not worth experimenting with. Might be fun for something like Donkey Konga.
 
Yeah. Konami found it fit to make 5 DDR games for the GBC, along with some Beatmania ones. DDR even had a little clip-on pad to put a dance "mat" in the center of your GBC. (Kinda hard to hit double steps without them)
As for the convertor, I would assume it would work. I don't have an adapter, but I'd like to try that sometime.

(Or you could do it directly with Mega Micro Game$ for the GameCube and completely circumvent the need for a GB Player)
 
I can't see why it wouldn't work. Don't think Konga would work well with it though, as that controller layout requires use of the analog stick and triggers. I guess I could try it, but damn, I'm lazy.
 
M3wThr33 said:
Yeah. Konami found it fit to make 5 DDR games for the GBC, along with some Beatmania ones. DDR even had a little clip-on pad to put a dance "mat" in the center of your GBC. (Kinda hard to hit double steps without them)
As for the convertor, I would assume it would work. I don't have an adapter, but I'd like to try that sometime.

(Or you could do it directly with Mega Micro Game$ for the GameCube and completely circumvent the need for a GB Player)

yet still no GBA or GCN DDR's...

that sucks...
 
Any ideas about which games would work best? I'd like to give this experiment a try sometime. GC or GBA games.
 
Well, Wario Ware's reliance on only the Pad and A button make it ideal. Beyond that I can only think of puzzle games like Puyo Pop or Tetris Worlds to try it with.

At E3, there were 1 or 2 dancing games mentioned for the GameCube in the back of the catalog but little has come from it. Adrenaline Gaming had said they're making dance mats for the PS2, Xbox and Cube. They could either be stupid to know something we don't, or both.
 
Tetris might be fun indeed. For a super light workout, I guess you could play Advance Wars or something.

Oh, also, where might one find a PS2 to GC adapter around? I don't think I've seen one in person for a long time, and I just looked through four sites and can't find any. Guess I'll check eBay, but if they're available at my local store that would be cool.
 
If you found a way to map an L or R button to a pad, MMBNs would work. Pokemon works, too. Try riding the mach bike in Ruby/Sapphire with a pad. Oh, and Chu Chu Rocket.
 
I don't think you can use the L/R/Z buttons, unfortunately. Mega Man Anniversary Collection would be insane, though.

I found cheap pads and adapters both online. I must order!
 
Before my thin pads went crazy, I enjoyed doing weird things like using PS1 dance pads while playing against my brother at sports games... at least that gave me an excuse to do awful. Bust A Groove truly worked pretty well, though.

I'm not so sure the Game Boy DDR games would work well with such a setup, though. The controls were wonky... something like Up and Down are done with the D-pad, while Left and Right are done with A and B, since you couldn't possibly do all the proper combinations with a d-pad alone. And since there was no way to have a completely different controller plugged into a Game Boy, there's probably no option to have the control be by direction controls only.
 
BuddyChrist83 said:
Don't think Konga would work well with it though, as that controller layout requires use of the analog stick and triggers. I guess I could try it, but damn, I'm lazy.

how does Konga require the stick and triggers? Or am I not understanding?
 
levious said:
how does Konga require the stick and triggers? Or am I not understanding?
maybe he was thinking of Jungle Beat, but again, they haven't said how youd play it with a controller so hmm... And that actually reminds me, has anyone ever tried playing donkey konga with a regular controller? I would think that essentially, the functions of the konga drum would simply be mapped to buttons of a controller, since it plugs into a controller slot, similar to how ddr pads work. Does this (or Taiko for that matter) work at all?
 
yeah, for the sake of people that buy the game that don't know about the Bongo requirement (even if it says it on the box), Nintendo should have options to play without the drums, even if it's not as fun...
 
you can play with the controller... If I remember, left bongo is B, right bongo is A, clap is a trigger or Z. I did this a couple of times during the extra bongo shortage.

I thought in the US, bongo/game combo was going to be 50?
 
No no, I'm thinking of Konga. The way it works on the controller is the left stick/D-Pad is the left drum, all the buttons on the right side are the right drum, and R/L are clap.

I goofed up in my last post, forgetting that you could use the D-Pad or the Analog stick, but you'll still have problems regarding the R/L clap as most pads wouldn't have the corresponding buttons.
 
rawk said:
Would it be possible to plug a PS2 DDR pad into a Cube via adapter and play Wario Ware or Super Mario Brothers or something with it?

Just wondering if this would even work at all, or if it's not worth experimenting with. Might be fun for something like Donkey Konga.

I'm guessing it'll depend on your pad, like if it has lights on it and stuff, there may be a voltage issue. When I connected my pad to my PC, one of my converters didn't work, but then I bought another one where it would detect the proper voltage and calibrate accordingly.

But, no harm in trying it.
 
Well, I gotta buy a pad first. I guess I'll look for the cheapest option, unless I can find something with more than 10 buttons that's still affordable.
 
DDR for the GBC actually has two control modes, with or without the snap-on. So you can still use the D-pad for the arrows if you want.
 
M3wThr33 said:
DDR for the GBC actually has two control modes, with or without the snap-on. So you can still use the D-pad for the arrows if you want.

interesting, looks like there may be a way for Nintendo-only gamers to enjoy DDR with a pad then...
 
I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but it seems like the chances of this working are pretty slim.

I own two different adapters, one by Nyko and one from some no-name company I got off Ebay. I've tested them both with a PS2 DualShock 2, a PSX original gray DualShock and the very first standard PSX controller without the analog sticks.

Neither works with the GB Player. The no-name one registers some key presses, but not nearly enough to make any game playable and the Nyko doesn't seem to work at all.

Both work fine with the GC's menu and GC games, just not the GB Player.
 
Not that I know anything about DDR or the pads, but I have a friend who's hooked on the game and he plays it 2 hours every day (that's what he tells me anyway) on a cheap $10 knock-off pad and it still works fine.
 
Well I ask cause I've been playing it a lot at the arcades. Problem is when I try to do standard, I completely fall apart and the game cancels on me. But at the same time, Light has been a bit too easy (unless I pick one of the insane songs)... so I want a home version to maybe work my way up to standard.
 
Well, he got another friend of ours into it and was telling him about the pad. His advice is just don't fold it a lot - that'll reduce the life more than playing the game.

I'm just repeating info since I have no interest in the DDR games at all, so sadly I can't be more help than that. But his pad is in great shape, and I know for a fact that he does use it a lot.
 
If you want a better feel on a regular, fold-up pad, as well as less sliding (the thing will slide all over your floor/carpet), staple it to a piece of plywood, or something similar. You can find more detailed instructions on the net.
 
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