NTPAD is a HID (Human Interface Device) driver for Windows 2000/XP which will allow you to use game console controllers (Playstation, N64, Genesis, SNES, NES, Atari, etc.) connected to the computer thru the parallel port. It supports all the connection intefaces from the original Directpad Pro; and supports joystick vibration emulating Force Feedback
Original project started in 2001 and was discontinued around 2003. Was a personal challange to convince a friend to move to Windows 2000 and he had a PSX controller adapted. Opensourced in 2014 (when I just found its code in my old computer at my mom's house :-D)
In the wiki
Thanks for the authors of the following, who helped (A LOT) in the building of this project
- Earle F. Philhower, III - Directpad Pro Joystick Scanning Source Code (v4.9)
- Earle F. Philhower, III - Original Directpad Pro. The father of the beast!
- Ein Terakawa - Analysis of the Dualshock (Japanesse)
- Ein Terakawa - Dualshock 2 update (Japanesse)
- Stephan Hans and Simon Nield - The N64 Interface Project