Does this version of the game have proper gamepad support? I hear it doesn't. If that's the case, I'll probably end up buying the HD version on XBLA instead.

I was wondering the same. I have to say I am rather annoyed at having bought the game now that I notice there doesn't appear to be any kind of controller support.

1999 games had controller support; this is plainly ridiculous.

Guess I'll be skipping this, then.

You could always look into Pinnacle Game Profiler, with a bit of tweaking the game works flawlessly with my logitech controller. Haven't had a chance to look how it performs in other games, but judging by how well it works in Beyond Good & Evil I'd say it's worth giving the trial a try!

I've been using the JoyToKey config file posted by adz here, http://www.gog.com/en/forum/beyond_good_and_evil/controller_support/post18
It's been pretty playable; the only issue is that movement has to be simulated with WASD, which can't be made analog. The difference isn't too offensive while in-game, though. The most important part is that the mouse movement is properly tied to the right analog stick. I previously tried an Xpadder profile, but that apparently only supports moving the mouse at a constant speed (which makes aiming the camera terribly awkward).

How do you find out if a game has controller support? Which is the best controller for a PC and GOG games?

The link seems to be dead now - I don't suppose you still have a copy of the config file you could share?

Indeed I do: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12512550/games/jtk/Beyond%20Good%20%26%20Evil.cfg

Great, thanks a lot! I'm sure it wouldn't have been too hard to duplicate, but it's nice not to have to :).

Thanks! This is really convenient to have. I did some small tweaks to suit my own preferences, but for the most this works great for me. It's a lot nicer than having to start from scratch.

I thought I would add my xpadder profile that I use with my Xbox360 Controller. It's based on the default controls, but I set it up like you are using a PS2 controller. Screenshot attached.

Download it from 4shared

The program JoyToKey should also do the trick:

Download here:
http://www-en.jtksoft.net/

Thanks for sharing the config file.