Why won't my game controller work with older games?

Question

I recently purchased a Gravis Eliminator Aftershock game controller. I want to use it to play old games like the Immortal in DOS. It is a USB device and the game will not recognize it. How do I get this game controller to work in DOS games. I use it on MAME32 (an arcade emulator which runs in DOS), but it won't run in the Immortal or any other games.

Answer

This question was answered on April 6, 2001. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.

Hello, sorry about the delay in your answer. I contacted Gravis regarding your question. Remember when purchasing any new software or hardware that you check the compatibility list. This is the email I received from them. If you have any further questions, please submit your questions to www.computerproblems.com.

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Dear Sir/Madame

The new Xperience 4.x software is in a Windows only format and no longer

recognizes DOS executables for Keysets as the Xperience 2.1 did. The

only way to get a keyset to work with a DOS game within Windows is to

create a set using the Xperience Control Panel under the 'All Other

Games' heading. This will unfortunately cause this set to be loaded at

all times AND this set will need to be modified each time you want to

play a different DOS based game.

Thank you for you continued interest in Gravis products.

Regards,

Jared Thomas

Gravis Technical Support

(please include all of the text in this message when replying)

Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.

Joystick Support Phone: (610) 266-9505

Joystick Support Fax: (610) 231-1022

Customer Service: (800) 535-4242 extension 2

World Wide Web: http://www.gravis.com</p>

FTP: ftp://ftp.gravis.com</p>

SoundCard email: Gravis_Europe@csi.com

PC Joystick email: pcstick@gravis.com

MAC Joystick email: macstick@gravis.com

Customer Service: custserv@gravis.com

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Posted by Jacqueline of Chandler-Gilbert Community College on April 6, 2001