Been in Wal-Mart lately? It is, of course, the standard mix of quality US products, cheap products thanks to the people from Bentonville, Arkansas, and the occasional even cheaper “Hong Kong” type item. Sadly, even their electronics aren’t immune from this.
Upon my visit today, I found the Gamemon USB Converter. A $9.90 USB box that can allow you to use Gamecube, XBox, and PS2 controllers on your PC (all simultaneously if you desire), along with a couple of USB 1.1. ports in hub form. I’ve always been a fan of these style of converters since they came to be six or seven years ago in the form of PSX to Parallel Port converters (I got one of those sitting somewhere still). So, does this product stand up? Does it work in the most driver-challenging environment out there now, Windows Vista?
The first answer? Yes! The device does work in Vista as long as you run the setup program first, which I have decided to post HERE so that anyone who loses the badly labeled mini-CD can re-download, it’s under 1 MB.
How’s the response time? Testing this in the Control Panel, Game Controllers, it recognized all of the buttons, both axes, and the control pad as well as the POV hat. Meaning, it will work with any emulator or game you like, and without the lag that some of these devices have.
I will continue to try this, along with the plugging in some Gamecube AND PS2 controllers (wired and wireless) and will continue to report my progress. There doesn’t appear to be as much as a mention of this on the web yet, so hopefully those tempted by the $9.90 price will have a resource.
Download: GameMon USB Converter Setup Disc (1 MB)
Update: There are some newer drivers available here if you do not want to use the setup disc ones. I, as noted in a future post, have yet to try them (blame moving), so give ‘em a shot and give some feedback if you would like.
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Thanks some much for posting the driver! =D I been looking for my disk every where, I love my usb converter. I mainly use it for my snes emulator, btw in case anyone was wondering this will work on a Vista 64bit system.^^
i have a question.
will this work with all the call of duty games, L4D, and especially Combat Arms?
if you know how to make it work, would you please tell me
thank you
I had the updated driver for this and worked great with everything, but my computer crashed and I lost it. The regular driver doesn’t work as well for me. It seems the site that has the updated driver is down. It’s v1.2 I think. If anyone has the driver please email it to me. detective27@gmail.com
I cannot find any working drivers for windows 7 x64. The built in drivers will work for the ps2 and gc controllers but not for the xbox. Installing any other drivers will cause either signed driver errors or will cause the device to simply not function. Uninstalling fixes the problem. Next issue is the default built in drivers will recognize the controller with a crazy non-english name. This causes most games to fail such as Street Fighter IV. I found I had to change the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\VID_19FA&PID_8D91
OEMName to “GameMon” to allow most games recognize it.
If anyone can confirm whether or not there are working drivers for Windows 7 x64 please post it here. This is one of the few sites information can be found about this device. I would love to use my Xbox controller again.
I’m using Windows 7 x64 right now and actually was able to go sans driver on this. It detects all three controllers right off the bat as HID devices and seems to properly offer up all the buttons and axes. It’s not fancy grant you, but it does get the job done on my side.
I am doing the same except once I plug in an xbox controller some extra drivers attempt to load which I do not have. The Gamecube and PS2 controllers work fine however with stock win7 x64 drivers
I found the answers. Vista x64 and Win7 x64 requires signed drivers. Though I thought I had disabled this feature apparently it’s not so easy.
I found a number of solutions to the problem. The ultimate solution is that the drivers need to be signed and re-distributed. If you cannot do this, the link below discusses how to get around it:
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/26/unable-to-disable-integrity-checks-cause-drivers-not-found-in-64-bit-vista-x64/
I went with the readydriver plus solution and got the drivers working and the controllers installed. This includes force feedback (vibration) and xbox controller functionality:
http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/permanently-turn-off-and-disable-64-bit-x64-windows-vista-forced-driver-signature-signing-with-readydriver-plus/
I also read up on drivers someone made for the xbox controller since apparently it’s just a usb controller with a hub:
http://www.redcl0ud.com/xbcd.html
YMMV
Cheers!
I don’t know how it happened, but my most recent comment is gone.
I found the solution to the windows 7 / vista x64 bit problem. The issue is Vista and Windows 7 x64 does not allow for unsigned drivers. Someone will either need to sign the existing drivers and re-distribute or you can google running unsigned drivers in Vista x64. I found a little install which would disable the signed drivers requirement on startup. This allowed for the gamemon drivers to work! Once working I had rumble support, xbox support and dance pad support.
I found the original xbox controller is a usb device so you may be able to find other (signed) alternative drivers for it without going through the gamemon drivers.
i luv u i looked everywhere 4 the cd and i looked all ovr the internet thank u!!!!!!!!!1
ok i have the gamemon converter and the onli thing that works on it is my xbox controller… i want to be able to use my playstaion controller on it… I’m using windows xp with service pack 3 and i was wondering if there were any drivers for the playstation controller itself or the whole system…
Thanks
I don’t know if I’m the only one or not, but Avira detects a virus from the software installed from the original game disc, specifically Uninst.exe.
I downloaded the file you linked and installed it, then scanned the files and they’re clean. Thanks man.
Thank you for the driver. I lost the CD and was about to start crying because I can’t play Earthsiege anymore…
mine used to work fine but suddenly windows now shows an error saying that the usb device is not recognized now i dont know what to do, can someone please help me?
I have the same problem as peter D:
And thanks for the links to the driver
Ok I found this http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=34
and now it works
Got a better solution for everyone here using the Gamecon for windows 7, signed windows 7 drivers that work, including x64!
Go to http://www.mayflash.com/Download.htm and downlad the drivers for PC035 3 in 1 Magic Joy Box (Used for 3 in 1 Magic Joy Box bought from Mayflash after Nov.,1st,2007) and use the Vista setup.exe in the zip; and then Gamemon works in windows 7 without having to bypass driver enforcement or to use any other utilities! (Or at least it does for the PS2 port, never tried the xbox or GC port)
Don’t know why any of you are having problems using this on Win 7. I have Win 7 Ultimate and it installed the drivers for me as soon as I plugged it in.
Thanks so much for sharing this info. I thought my adapter was broken, but it just needed a driver update.
I have been playing SF4 PC lag free since I got it installed, with this bad boy.
It’s also supposed to work as a PS2 to PS3 adapter. I’ll got to my friends and test it.
Here’s a list of what worked and didn’t.
*PS1 worked*
Sony Dual Shock 1
*PS2 didn’t 100% work*
1) logitech precision wireless PS2 controller- inputs kept repeating, I think it doesn’t get enough power
2) Interact Storm chaser pad- some inputs registered two buttons.
*Xbox worked*
Gamestop ‘Madcatz’ Item 4526 red wired turbo
controller
*Still need to test*
Street Fighter 15th Anniversary PS2, and Xbox fight pads
Intec Wireless PS2 controller
Taiko Drum
DDR Pad (third party)
Guitar Hero PS2 Wireless Kramer Guitar
Guitar Hero PS2 Wireless Kramer Guitar works! Even the whammy bar. Sweet!
Gonna test this badboy on the PS3 w/ guitar too.
any other solution for Gamemon USB GC/Ps2/xbox for windows 7??
I still cant play ToT HELP ToT
Thank you for your help. I lost my drivers and you helped me out tremendously. So, thank you again