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How can I run Gameport?

Anonymous
2010-01-20T07:10:18+00:00

Gameport Support for Win 7, 32bit and 64bit

Win 7 Pre Purchase Question:

  When will Gameport support be added to Win 7, 32bit and 64bit.  Call it "Legacy" support if you want to; however there

are countless gamers / flightsimmers that have deep affection for there "Legacy" Gameport controllers.  Many of these

Gameport controllers were quite costly when purchased and some offer far better features (programmability, etc) than

most of the currently available USB controllers.  Several gamers forums have lengthy threads attended back to the

introduction of Vista, that exhibit much frustration and agravation regarding the lack of Gameport support through Vista

and right up to Windows 7.  There are a few "3rd" parties that offer so called work arounds that many times only lead

good folks into false hopes, wasted time and more frustration.

  How about getting some competent engineer person(s) to answer his/her call to glory and fix this the right way.

Thanks for listening,

Ken Boardman

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-02-27T03:47:50+00:00

    Having just purchased a new computer with Windows 7, I found myself very frustrated that I can't get my game controllers to work.  I have a joystick AND a Wheel that I use and am used to, and I don't have hundreds of dollars to replace them (especially distasteful since they both work perfectly).  I even have a little adaptor that has a usb port at one end and the standard game port on the other, and this ALSO doesn't work.

    It's suprising that all support for standard game ports has disappeared.  I mean, even if the hardware has changed, why does Windows not even recognize them...?

    I strongly suggest and request that this problem be addressed, and soon.  I'm sure there are MANY people out there like me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-02-05T01:53:54+00:00

    The word is 'WERE'. Nobody realised that the game hardware would last and much of it didn't. If you don't like the situation, complain to the game hardware manufacturers. Who knows, you may even get a reply..

    Mike Hall MVP - Windows Desktop Experience http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

    I am an online sim racer and I use a wheel that was build to last forever, The only Usb models that would even compare to this wheel would cost me over $500. The same is probably true for flightsimmers. We have not only a lot of money in our gameport devices but time we have spent using them. Can they at least look at making xp mode for windows 7 work with gameport. I am very frustrated as well as others. Im stuck with 32 bit XP until microsoft responds.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-01-20T19:53:21+00:00

    Mike,

      Gameports were also attached to many motherboards > even high end motherboards, game cards, etc.  Regardless of what the "new standard"

    may be, how much of a problem would it be for MS to add Gameport support for the thousands of folks that have gameport devices that they still

    would like to use.  Who decides what the "new standards" anyway?  Nobody sent me a poll asking if I was ready to to give up my Gameport

    devices.

    I cannot find my thread (this thread) in the forum.  Can you point me to it please?

    Thanks,

    Ken

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-10-04T06:59:52+00:00

    Hi folks.

    Any news/updates concerning gameport devices with Win7 64bit?

    thx

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-06-16T03:03:09+00:00

    The word is 'WERE'. Nobody realised that the game hardware would last and much of it didn't. If you don't like the situation, complain to the game hardware manufacturers. Who knows, you may even get a reply..

    Considering how much third-party hardware support, including for other legacy hardware, is built into Windows 7, this answer is at least self-contradictory.

    Also, what kind of QA forum only has a the option of answering "Yes" to the question "Was this helpful?

    That answer was unhelpful.

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