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The Adaptoid

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Use the Adaptoid to plug your N64 controller right into the USB port of your computer and you can play games on your computer using your N64 controller! The Adaptoid will work on computers with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, MacOS or Linux. Just imagine, you can use the N64 controller you already own and are familiar with to play games on your computer. But there's more! The Adaptoid also supports the Rumble Pak with games that support DirectX force feedback. Feel the power and excitement as you do battle! Oh yeah, one last thing . . . there's no calibration required - its all automatic. Just plug it in and you're good to go!

The Adaptoid can also be used to store Nintendo game saves to your PC - extending the storage capacity of your Memory Paks to the size of your PC hard drive. This feature requires Windows 98. The included software will allow you to upload and download the data at the click of a button. You'll be able to store all your game saves in one place and even share them with other people.

Features

The Adaptoid is a compact and portable USB to N64 controller interface that plugs right into the USB port on your computer. It's hot-pluggable - meaning you don't have to shut down your computer to plug it in - and no additional power source is required. Just plug it in and your ready to go.

Using the Adaptoid to Play games on your computer with your N64 controller

* All the controls (2 axis analog joystick, 10 buttons, D-Pad) on your N64 controller are available to play computer games.*
* Analog joystick resolution of 150 positions on each axis.
* Nintendo's analog stick uses optical encoding wheels (like a mouse does) to eliminate jitter and provide a perfect linear response to stick movements.
* No joystick calibration is required. Just plug it in and play.
* Lets you switch between the joystick and D-pad as the X & Y axis control.
* Octagonal joystick range transfomed to square range so you have full control in your computer games.
* Rumble Pak enabled in games which support DirectX force feedback.
* Shuts controller down when your computer is in sleep mode so it won't drain your laptop battery.
* Multiple Adaptoids can be used simultaneously in multiplayer DirectInput games. One USB port per Adaptoid required. A USB hub may be used to add additional USB ports to your computer.

* On the PC, games that don't support DirectInput may limit the number of buttons available. On the Mac, your game must use InputSprockets for joystick support.

Using the Adaptoid to Store Nintendo 64 Game Saves on your PC

Now you can transfer all the game saves and other stored information from your Memory Pak to your Windows 98 PC, extending the capacity of your Memory Paks to that of your computer! Just imagine, you'll never have to purchase another N64 Memory Pak again!

Because the Adaptoid uses your controller to transfer your Memory Pak data, there's no need to remove the Memory Pak from your controller. All you need to do is plug the controller into the Adaptoid (which you can safely leave plugged into your computer) and away you go. Happy transferring!

* Transfer game saves from a Memory Pak to a PC and vice versa.
* Your game saves become files on your PC that you can e-mail to your friends, store for future use or post to websites.
* Download game saves from the web to help get you through those sticky situations in your N64 games. (As a last resort, of course . . .)
* Transfer data directly between two Memory Paks when you use two adapters.

 

Drivers & Stuff

Drivers for Basic operation

Since the Adaptoid is a standard HID USB joystick device, it does not require any special drivers to operate. You can install it using the drivers which come with your operating system. When installed this way all the Adaptoid's features are available except for the Rumble Pak, Memory Pak and Configurator features.

Please note that the Adaptoid will NOT work on Windows 95, since there is no HID support in that operating system.

For the Adaptoid to work on MacOS, you must have version 1.7.3 or higher of Apple's InputSprocket driver. This is the version which comes with MacOS 9.0. If you have an earlier version of MacOS, you can download a GameSprockets update from this page on Apple's web site. You might also want to try out USB overdrive. It's not required, but it has a lot of nifty features and we find it to be useful.

Rumble, Mempack & Keymapper Windows driver

This driver will enable the Rumble Pak and Memory Pak features of the Adaptoid, and includes the Configurator for mapping controls to keypresses or mouse movements. If you have a Rumble Pak inserted in the N64 controller while you are playing a Windows PC game that has DirectX force feedback, it will rumble to the game's force feedback commands.

The driver also extends your computer's filesystem to allow access to game saves stored in a N64 Memory Pak. To transfer game saves to and from a Memory Pak, you just open up an explorer window and drag & drop the game saves from the special Adaptoid folder. You can also open up the Adaptoid folder from the Adaptoid icon which will appear in the "My Computer" folder.

The latest driver is 2.0.1 which includes the Adaptoid Configurator, a Keyboard and Mouse mapping utility. The keyboard and mouse support has been completely reworked to provide much better compatability with modern games. This driver is for Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. See the readme file for details on what's new in this version.

Adaptoid Driver 2.0.1

Where to get the Adaptoid

The Adaptoid has a retail price of $30, and includes a driver disk and a 1-year limited warranty.

The driver disk is floppy containing the rumble pak/memory pak/keymapping driver for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. You can also download the driver here.

The Adaptoid can be purchased from the following distributors:

The ZD Store at Zophar's Domain

The VGN Store at the Vintage Gaming Network

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