Xahpower PS2 Controller to USB Adapter Converter Cable, Compatible with Sony PS1/PS2 Controller Gamepad to PS3/PC Controller

I purchased this at the same time I bought a new PS2 controller from Ebay. Was excited to be able to use that controller on my PC. It's great that this was so easy to find at such a good price. Felt like a good, solid piece of hardware when it arrived, and for the most part it works with my gaming programs.However, I must say the one thing it does NOT seem to work with is Steam. I got a PS4 controller that works fine with Steam, so it can't be just because it's a Playstation controller, but I guess a PS2 controller with this adapter will require extra programs in order to make it compatible. Still would recommend regardless.

Works great with a wired SG Guitar Hero controller, including whammy and tilt, after mapping controls in PCSX2 on an M4 Mac Mini. I am satisfied with the performance there given the price. That said, tilt and whammy did not work on YARG and Clone Hero was an unplayable mess where down was always being pressed and up strum couldn’t be mapped. I picked up a Blue Indigo for YARG & Clone Hero but rhythm gamers should feel confident buying with full functionality in PCSX2.

I bought this to use on various computers and the first time I used it on my Windows 98 SE machine, it worked wonderfully. After that time, I cannot get it to work for the life of me. I've tried on two Windows 11 PCs and my Windows XP and the adapter will just not work again. It will detect the device as a controller, and then the USB device immediately fails. Device manager shows the yellow exclamation point next to the device name. I've tried searching for drivers, disabling/re-enabling the device, plugging it in to every USB port on all computers, plugging it in while the device was off and then turning it on... Nothing will get this to work again. Avoid this specific adapter. I'll be returning it and trying something else.

I mainly purchased this as I was curious to see if it would work with my fight stick that only has a PS2 connection and right out of the box it worked flawlessly.I have a steering wheel coming soon and will check to see if that connects but overall I am happy that the product works and was well worth the value/price!

Pros: Cheap, cable isn't too flimsy, not too much input delayCons: Cable could be a few inches longer so the adapter doesn't hang from the back of some PCs.(Clone Hero setup instructions below)Short description: This will work with PS2 Guitar Hero controllers on Clone Hero, but needs some additional setup. You will need JoyToKey software for button mapping and DsHidMini drivers to separate the up strum from the whammy bar. I set this up on Windows, I'm not sure if you can do the same on Mac or Linux. ONLY DOWNLOAD FROM THE OFFICIAL SOURCES. I haven't quite figured out how to get the tilt to work.Long description: Right out of the box, this will not register proper guitar hero controller inputs and should show up in Windows as a "PS3 controller". To remap the buttons, you will need software called JoyToKey which will allow you to assign controller inputs to keyboard or mouse inputs. Pressing a button on the controller will highlight which input it is, and from there you can choose which key will be tied to it. After remapping the buttons, you'll notice the whammy bar and up-strum are registered as the same input.To separate these you will need a 3rd party driver called DsHidMini, which is a rework of the discontinued PS3 controller drivers by Virtual Gamepad Emulation Framework (ViGEm). The source project can be found on Github (under ViGEm, uploaded by user "nefarius"), or on the vigem website. ONLY DOWNLOAD THIS FROM THE OFFICIAL GITHUB OR VIGEM WEBSITE. After installing the two drivers (and rebooting the computer), the up-strum and whammy bar will be separated allowing you to assign the whammy bar.Clone Hero will also now recognize the guitar buttons as actual "controller" buttons, which will conflict with JoyToKey, so you will want to unbind the controller buttons in the Clone Hero settings. Then just set the Clone Hero keyboard buttons to what you mapped in JoyToKey, and start playing!These were what my guitar buttons corresponded to in the JoyToKey inputs (after the DsHidMini driver install):Green = Button 12Red = Button 2Yellow = Button 4Blue = Button 1Orange = Button 3Start = Button 7Select = Button 8Up-Strum = POV: ↑Down-Strum = POV: ↓Whammy Bar = Stick1: ↑

It was very well put together, but it didn't work with the software I needed it to work with. Not the fault of the hardware, the emulator I was using at the time is famously picky about controllers. I'm sure I'll be able to use it at some point in the future, maybe if Sony ever sells a licensed emulator I can use my PS2 games with I can haul it out of the "Miscellaneous Cables and Dongles" box and try again.

I bought this to use a wired PS2 guitar with Clone Hero on my Mac, like many people. For that purpose, it works well, but there’s a few important things to note. First, I had to go in and manually map all the buttons on the controller upon using it for the first time, so make sure you do that if you’re having trouble with it initially. Second, as has been well documented, the whammy bar and strum controls are mapped to the same axis with adapters like these, meaning the whammy bar essentially behaves as a second strum button. There are workarounds to restore the whammy function out there, but out of the box it just doesn’t work. Still, for $9 it gets the job done and I’ve had zero issues with things like latency with this adapter.

It connected to my computer and was registering inputs but pressure sensitive buttons do not work on pcsx2

Used it to connect a wired PS2 guitar hero controller to my laptop for clone hero. No issues whatsoever, just had to map the buttons in the game setrings.

Se supone que debería funcionar con tansolo conectar el control al adaptador y el adaptador al playstation3 (tengo la versión slim) pero no detecta el control.Intenté muchas cosas como conectarlo antes de prenderlo y limpiar las conecciones con una brocha suave.Al presionar el boton de "imput" a veces se prende y a veces no se prende la luz roja. Si llega a prender la luz, esta se apaga en unos momentos. Aún cuando ha llegado a prender más tiempo siempre sucede lo mismo: la pantalla no responde a ningun botón.Ocasionalmente aparece la leyenda "An unknown USB device has been connected." pero sigue sin responder.Un desperdicio de dinero.

動作検証(pcで使用)本品をfancyan製のps2コントローラー(無線)に接続、問題なく快適に動作しました。本品をsony純正デュアルショック2に接続、動作しませんでした。まぁ普通に使う分には別にいいんじゃない。

Works great, nice to use wired controller without having to recharge, opertunity to use genuine sony ps2 controller if you have them and dont want to spend money on original ps3 controllers

不通に動きます。買って良かったです。