Want to play PC games easily with or without joystick support? You need to check out Xpadder.

Xpadder simulates keypresses and mouse movements using a gamepad, allowing you to use your controller to play PC games with poor or no joystick support.

Cool feature supported include:

• Play PC games with poor or no gamepad support;
• Add gamepad support to emulated, internet and DOS games;
• Play multiplayer games with each player using their own gamepad;
• Control video/music players using their shortcut keys;
• Use a gamepad with a web browser or any windows application;
• No installation needed – run straight from the Zip file;
• Designed for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

The latest version making the rounds in the software market is Xpadder 4.4, latest changes in this version include:

Improved: 

• Explorer associations and icons;
• Profile handling;
• Dialog window handling and default active button selection;
• Windows version checking;
• Shell update efficiency.

Added:

• Command line switches and help;
• Shortcut launching via command line;
• Automatic restore/minimize if xpadder is re-run;
• Controller link database duplication and bad entry checking;
• Xinput support for logitech chillstream controller;
• Recent documents list addition for open/save dialogs.

Fixed:

• A bug where lack of X and Y rumble axes caused continuous error;
• A bug where loading message flicked up if animations were disabled;
• A bug where manually closing dialog window did not return best response;
• A bug where extension extraction didn’t handle folders with extensions;

And Lots more.

Want to check it out? Go to  http://www.xpadder.com/
IT’S FREE!!!

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