enyaw: Hello GOG members. I am a fogey and this is the first time that I have ever posted anything, anywhere, ever. I hope that I do it correctly. I was in my forties when Duke Nukem and Stonekeep were marketed. I am used to the Gravis Gamepad. It is simple and user friendly. I find the newer gamepads much too over-loaded with features I do not understand. I am going to suggest that GOG itself buy the rights to the old Gravis gamepad and reproduce it with a USB connector. I would really enjoy playing the "Origanals" the way I used to play them. Thank you.
Xbox and similar controllers are pretty much plug and play. They have the same number of buttons as a PS2 controller from years ago. Start and Select in the middle, dpad on the left, 4 thumb buttons on the right, 4 shoulder buttons in front, and 2 thumbsticks that can be pressed down as additional buttons. The traditional gamepad buttons are all on top without much additional clutter, so if you have an old game that only uses a dpad and 3 or 4 buttons, you can use those and ignore all the rest. In a more modern game, you use thumbs for the thumbsticks, dpad, and top buttons, and your gripping fingers for the front shoulder buttons. There's nothing else to set or change unless you're using custom software to tweak how the pad works. The original Xbox controller was large, but more recent ones are average sized like other brands.
