Finera PS2 Controller to USB 2.0 Games Controller Adapter Converter Cable, Compatible with PS1 PS2 Dual Shock 2 Joypad Gamepad to PS3 PC Game

Despite the product claiming it doesn't work on Clone Hero, you can use Joy2Key to remap themNo input lag, easy to use (the issue with clone hero was a solvable game problem, not a product problem)The cable is short which is an issue if you don't have a way to support the USB connector, (unless it is a vertical usb port) but it works perfectly fine

Main reason why I buy PS2 controller adapters to use with my modern computer is because new controllers tend to die or get stick drift within a year, while my old PS2 controllers are still working fine over 20 years. Unfortunately this company took advantage of market scarcity and is ripping people off with hardware they couldn't even be bothered to double-check works for the very thing they advertise it's for.Left analog stick directions overlap with D-Pad directions. That means that D-pad buttons are inseparable. There is no way to fix this - no third party softwares I could download that would de-link them. The adapter is just fundamentally built to do this. This wouldn't be much of an issue if the only games you play use both the D-Pad and left analog stick interchangeably for movement, but many modern games (Death Stranding, for one) separate them nowadays for menu functions. More buttons to use are ALWAYS better, it's why I prefer to use a PS2 controller instead of a GameCube one. This adapter forces you to not have the choice. Right analog stick is even worse - the 'up direction' on it overlaps with the left trigger. What?? Why???I bought another adapter that looked suspiciously similar over on eBay for literally half the price and it has the EXACT SAME issues meaning they are marking it up on Amazon as well.Contacted seller here on Amazon with my issue and they said they'd replace it without me having to return, never got a replacement or follow-up. I reinstalled drivers, I tried using multiple different third party keymapping softwares and none of them could fix the button overlap.

I order this to hook an old PS2 Guitar Hero controller to my PC. The adapter functions perfectly fine, but as many others have said, the whammy bar and the strum interfere with each other. However, I installed the DsHidMini drivers and utility (google it, and follow the installation instructions), and now everything works correctly. The default XInput mode works well, but I switched the controller to SXS mode to be more Playstation-like. It would be better if 3rd-party drivers were not needed and the adapter would simply expose the inputs correctly, but it's a cheap adapter so I won't complain about that.I also tested a real PS1 dual analog controller, and after the newer drivers listed above were installed, all aspects of the controller worked correctly. An off-brand PS2 controller worked completely fine as well, including pressure-sensitive triggers.Lastly, I tested the adapter with both a RedOctane soft dance pad and a generic DDR control box, but neither worked at all. The adapter was recognized, but diagnostics showed an "unknown sensor type" and no inputs were responsive. I didn't buy it to handle those so I'm not removing any stars.If you're comfortable downloading and installing drivers, I would recommend this adapter.

When I had purchased a similar adapter over a decade ago, I could not get it to register with my original 60gig PS3, to allow me to play my expansive library of PS2 games, thus I had returned it.This year, I had purchased a similar adapter for use with my PS2 wheel and FPS controller. The first one was lost in delivery and thus resorted to this particular model when the question read that it could register the PS2 wheel. The item had arrived and I was able to first test out my wheel on a racing game, it performed wonderfully on a PS3 game and I tried again with my FPS controller and it worked just as well. Then I tried to play Playstation Classics with either controller and even a default Dualshock 2 controller, and I had mixed results. Sometimes it does not register, sometimes it cannot recognize the analogue controls, so it is largely the fault of software. I had purchased it so that I may future proof my rather specialized controllers for PS4 and later consoles if and when I ever get around to purchasing either of them. Still, it would have been nice if I could actually play a Dualshock 2 controller on either the PS2 and PSOne Classics I've downloaded from the PSN, but it is not always clear or compatible, it would defend on the game utilized and largely trial and error.Then I tried to use it on my PC. Again, it would not register even after I had downloaded and installed the driver. I am unsure if it is due to the XBox 360 controller driver interfering but I simply could not get my PC to register it for gameplay. It had recognized the name of the controller but little else beyond it. Both actual PC games and emulators simply could not find it.All I can advise is that the hardware works as advertised, but the software leaves much to be desired and unfortunately the manufacturer and seller of the adapter could only do so far on the software and driver side. It is cheap in comparison, and especially compared to other more contemporary USB controllers, but it should be warned that it is not an end-all, be-all solution when it comes to anything other than PS3 games.ADDENDUM: Recently, I had wondered if the adapter would work with a physical PSOne Disk instead of an emulated one and thus tested it out. After succeeding trials and experiments with not only a physical PSOne Disk but also aforementioned PSOne and PS2 Classic emulated games and eventually found that a good percentage of the above issues with them can be circumvented largely by making sure that the controller is indeed configured as the primary controller as opposed to secondary and thus the ability to have the analogue sticks be recognized in the game. Though one should be forwarned that in terms of the PS2 Classic emulated games, the digital pad as well as the analogue button that is recognized as the PS button are overly sensitive. In fact, the PS3 and said emulated game simulates a single push as several. I am unsure if this is due to the software or if there is an issue of the controller itself, but previous experience would refer me to the latter.This is barely enough for me to justify a higher rating, but it is something that should be considered.EDIT: I had just tried it on my PS4 and it recognized it as a Dualshock 3 controller. Thus, it can't be used. Oh well, there goes future proofing my controllers.