Comment on Donkey Kong model sheet by glitcher
Certainly an option! I play a lot of older games on emulator. Just haven't quite found the right keyboard setup for games requiring the X/Y buttons. I'm a fumblefingers on the keyboard.
If you're right handed, many games that only use the keyboard assign the directional controls to the W A S D keys. As for the buttons, I like to use O P [ ] for Y B A X respectively on the SNES. It can get more fiddly if you need to use the shoulder buttons, but I have a USB adaptor that I can use to connect my Playstation or N64 controllers. Maybe you should get one of those.
Thanks for the tip. I'll give that a try. The USB adapter is a definite must if I ever emulate N64 games. Can't imagine trying to map that controller to a keyboard ><
Keep in mind that most N64 USB adapters don't support the Rumble Pak. There was a inexpensive adapter with rumble support called Adaptoid around ten years ago, but the company went under and all Adaptoid prices have skyrocketed. A more affordable alternative is from Raphnet, which can customise their USB adapters to virtually any console. I have a combined N64/GC adapter with rumble support. Even though I don't have a GC controller yet, I like to keep that option open in the future. Otherwise, there are plenty of cheapo adapters on eBay without rumble support.
Rumble Pak's not a big deal to me. Although...were there any games that actually needed it? I can't recall.
Well, you needed the Rumble Pak to use the Stone of Agony in Ocarina of Time to find hidden holes.