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Game Information
- Platform: Windows XP
- PEGI Rating: Unknown
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Technical Details
- Dual analogue pad· Fully analogue pressure sensitive action buttons
- Precise 8-way D-pad· Analogue & digital mode
- Dual analog mini-sticks with in-built buttons
- USB plug and play
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Dual analog pad with 12 action buttons; 6 action buttons and 4 shoulder triggers
Analog function lets you feel every thrust, explosion and recoil as you play your favourite games
Comfortable for all hand sizes for hours of gaming fatigue-free!
Analog function lets you feel every thrust, explosion and recoil as you play your favourite games
Comfortable for all hand sizes for hours of gaming fatigue-free!
Product Description
Saitek P380 Dual Analog Pad - Game pad - PC
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Let's say this first and get it out of the way:
This is a *BASIC* controller, and is not aimed at people looking for precision gaming - and it will most probably *NOT* work straight out of the box for most games. So if you're the kind of person who doesn't want to download keyboard mappers, this is probably not for you.
Having said that, this is really an excellent basic controller, because it needs no installation disk, and is completely plug-and-play (at least it is on Vista).
Being in the familiar Playstation controller shape, it is quite comfortable to hold, and the build feels quite sturdy.
For real gaming, as mentioned earlier, this will most likely not work directly on a lot of games (for instance it worked on NFS Underground2, but not GRID) so in these cases you will have to download and use a mapper software to map the keyboard onto the buttons - so your game still thinks you're using the keyboard while you're on the pad.
There's plenty of good mappers like JoyToKey, Xmapper etc. that should work.
The analog stick, in my opinion, works pretty much like the d-pad; I didn't really see any "analog" precision, but then for this price I didn't really expect much.
I would say this controller is aimed at people like me;
someone who doesn't play a lot of games (that would justify buying an expensive controller) and only needs a basic controller, just to keep the laptop keyboard from getting ruined - AND doesn't mind downloading mappers and tweaking around with it.
Bottom line:
If the above describes you - go for it, you can't go wrong.
But if you need more, this is not the one for you.
This is a *BASIC* controller, and is not aimed at people looking for precision gaming - and it will most probably *NOT* work straight out of the box for most games. So if you're the kind of person who doesn't want to download keyboard mappers, this is probably not for you.
Having said that, this is really an excellent basic controller, because it needs no installation disk, and is completely plug-and-play (at least it is on Vista).
Being in the familiar Playstation controller shape, it is quite comfortable to hold, and the build feels quite sturdy.
For real gaming, as mentioned earlier, this will most likely not work directly on a lot of games (for instance it worked on NFS Underground2, but not GRID) so in these cases you will have to download and use a mapper software to map the keyboard onto the buttons - so your game still thinks you're using the keyboard while you're on the pad.
There's plenty of good mappers like JoyToKey, Xmapper etc. that should work.
The analog stick, in my opinion, works pretty much like the d-pad; I didn't really see any "analog" precision, but then for this price I didn't really expect much.
I would say this controller is aimed at people like me;
someone who doesn't play a lot of games (that would justify buying an expensive controller) and only needs a basic controller, just to keep the laptop keyboard from getting ruined - AND doesn't mind downloading mappers and tweaking around with it.
Bottom line:
If the above describes you - go for it, you can't go wrong.
But if you need more, this is not the one for you.
38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
If you want a cheap functional gamepad, you can't go wrong with this. With a design comparable to the PlayStation console controllers, this pad is comfortable to use and very responsive. The analogue sticks are solid and for a pad of this price you can get a surprising amount of precision from them. Ten buttons as well as two analogue sticks and a POV-directional pad were sufficient for almost any game I used with it.
The pad also features an Analogue button which disables the analogue sticks, but this behaviour wasn't consistent between games. It doesn't interfere with the pad's operation and can't be pressed accidently, so this is only a minor point.
Whilst this controller is very solidly built and quite robust, it will break easily if you apply much deliberate force to it; although at this price if one does break in the line of duty, buy another! You'll easily get your money's worth out of these.
I had one of these for a year until it broke in usage, and I must say it is the best PC gamepad I have used thus far. Precise, solid, comfortable, well built and cheap.
The pad also features an Analogue button which disables the analogue sticks, but this behaviour wasn't consistent between games. It doesn't interfere with the pad's operation and can't be pressed accidently, so this is only a minor point.
Whilst this controller is very solidly built and quite robust, it will break easily if you apply much deliberate force to it; although at this price if one does break in the line of duty, buy another! You'll easily get your money's worth out of these.
I had one of these for a year until it broke in usage, and I must say it is the best PC gamepad I have used thus far. Precise, solid, comfortable, well built and cheap.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Fun:
I got this gamepad mainly to play gta san andreas on the computer. Feels just like my old ps2 controller minus the rumble.
Plugged in and was working straight away, although be aware this is not programmable like some more expensive models. Sure you can program the buttons in-game, if the game allows it, but on gta-sa the dpad doubled up as the left analogue stick and I lost the use of an extra 4 buttons. I tried xpadder to fix it but to no avail, perhaps that doesn't work on Vista but I really don't know.
All in all though I'm very happy with it. Really sturdy, works a treat on most games I have ('cept for that one niggle on gta). Don't hesitate to buy if your looking for a budget pc gamepad.
Plugged in and was working straight away, although be aware this is not programmable like some more expensive models. Sure you can program the buttons in-game, if the game allows it, but on gta-sa the dpad doubled up as the left analogue stick and I lost the use of an extra 4 buttons. I tried xpadder to fix it but to no avail, perhaps that doesn't work on Vista but I really don't know.
All in all though I'm very happy with it. Really sturdy, works a treat on most games I have ('cept for that one niggle on gta). Don't hesitate to buy if your looking for a budget pc gamepad.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good gamepad,if your a donkey!
You know its my own fault....i bought this gamepad under a false illusion.
I thought by pushing up on the left anaolog stick my character would follow suit...not so.... Read more
I thought by pushing up on the left anaolog stick my character would follow suit...not so.... Read more
Published 9 months ago by KevinMc
Saitek Gamepad
It's a Gamepad, not a game but have rated it anyway. Plugged it in to my PC and it worked straight away, no hassle at all. Read more
Published 19 months ago by B. Hubbard
Badly flawed
Like many other folks, I bought this pad to play some of the old-school video games on PC emulators. For a little over a few quid, I thought it was worth the price. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Daniel Chapman
Not for advance gaming.
This Game controller is only useful to play emulators, Project64 not that good, but SNES emulator is so much fun with this controller. Highly recommended for classic game lovers.
Published 22 months ago by Mr. Ijaz Ahmad
Doesn't work with some games
Bought this to play Left 4 Dead and found it doesn't work. Several buttons and the right analogue stick will not work at all out of the box. Read more
Published on 20 April 2010 by S. Dawson
Joy pad
Got. This for my pc. Play. All my games whith. This. Joy pad. So hard playing. Whith. Key boards. This makes. It a lot. Easey. To use. Very. Good. For the. Price. Well. Done
Published on 6 April 2010 by Mr. E. P. Woods
Stick to the mouse & keyboard
Shelled out for this & wished I had`nt as not only did it not work but some of my games are not controller compatable anyway (not that thats Saiteks fault of course), I soon... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2010 by simply brown
Great
Arrived in very good time, on March 9th 2010, 2 days before the earliest estimated delivery (11th).
Works great and feels just like a playstation controller. Read more
Works great and feels just like a playstation controller. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2010 by A. Fagan
Lackluster
If you're planning on using this with emulators. Don't. The D-pad is horrid, when you press down it registers you pressing diagonally forward/down or backwards/down, when you press... Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2010 by J. Lindfors
I simply could not recommend this product as usable.
The product was unusable for me due to one major flaw. Besides this single flaw, everything else was adequate. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by R. A. Mills
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