Gravis Xterminator Digital Game Pad
Product Description
The most powerful game controller on the planet! Gravis Xterminator is Kensington’s affordable ‘all-in-one’ digital, programmable game controller that gives you unparalleled precision and control at your fingertips. It includes an enhanced 8-way digital directional pad, which puts you in complete control for high-alacrity action and digital control for accuracy and programmability, and an 8-way point-of-view switch which changes your weapon or perspective. Xterminator looks and functions like a game pad, but also comes with the additional functionality of a joystick.The Gravis Xterminator Gamepad has 11 conveniently positioned buttons: 2 digital triggers, 1 hot set switch button, 6 primary, strategic buttons, and your start and brilliant buttons launching you right into game play, and providing you with all the firepower you need, and more. It is IBM, Windows 95/98 compatible, features a comfortable design and connects to a 15-pin game port.
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This game pad has splendid form and a splendid amount of buttons. With the analog stick and the directional pad by the side of with so many buttons to use, this Gravis game pad is a lethal addition to nearly any game you can find.
Rating: 5 / 5
I like this gamepad because it gives you control of any game any way you could want it. Every button is nicely positioned and can do just about anything. You also can configure the pad to act as a mouse(very handy). Also has controls that give you full presion control when you need it.
Rating: 5 / 5
The Xterminator is by far the best ‘gamepad’ I’ve ever used.
It’s the only pad I’ve found that includes a slider throttle (conveniently place for thumb use) an analog joystick and analog controls controls (also positioned in very well-located locations). An 8 way hat switch, a D pad and 11 more, fully programmable buttons that give it an unmatched versatility.
The ONLY gripe I can reflect of is that it requires a gameport connection. I bought this device many years ago when it first came into the market and didn’t include a USB adapter. I dread the day I lose my gameport (be it owing to hardware upgrades or software like a new windows version). I bought an aftermarket adapter but haven’t had much luck. It maybe just a software conundrum, I’m a bit TECH challenged.
In closing I’d like to say that I wish that ANY gamepad producer take a excellent look at this wonderful pad and consider making one like it. As long as they don’t get ‘cheap’ with production, they would without a doubt own the market.
Simply said…it is THE BEST!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have be thourghly impressed with this gamepad. It works with ANY game because it comes with keyboard emulation software which allows you to program each and every button on a gamepad to any key or combination of keys on the keyboard. This allows to you to use the pad with virtually any game that you may have. This saves a lot of headache because you don’t have to dissipate time trying to configure your pad in the game…(ie. MS) to work with a particular game.
The updated Gravis Xperience software is outstanding, it loads very quick and it allows you to make gamesets on your game pad(s) to any game that you have on your computer. It even has a honestly large list of gamesets already made for you. There is also a dialogue box in the user interface that displays the picture of all gravis controllers that you have on your computer. And there is a also a larger diagram of your controller that lists every button you can program. For example on mine I have my two game pad pros (one black and one white), Xterminator Dual Shock, and of course the Xterminator Digital Game pad. And guess what? the interface in fact shows the two game pad pros in their right colors!! This may seem like a minute detail, but trust me its real refreshing that there are still companies out that pay attention to every detail and try their toughest to release software with a small bugs as possible. Programming a gameset to your gamepad is as unadorned as point and click, everything is very detailed and it is nearly impossible to not know what you are doing. Just click on the picture of the game pad you want to program, then click on each button to program a keyboard key to it. Of course you still can use the game pad as a joystick, but I perfer setting it up the way I want it set up and im sure you would agree.
The only terrible things I can say I experiences with this pad are:
1) the Xperience software that comes in the box is out of date and it is VERY hard to get it to work in all of your sports meeting. But, gravis does have the most contemporary version on their website which is available for free download. The newer version is much better and I haven’t had any problems since downloading it.
2) This is my third replacement pad because the first two seemed to develop shorts in the wires which causes Windows not to be able to recognize the controller correctly. I haven’t had any problems since then so I guess I must have gotten a couple of defective ones.
conclusion: gravis in my opinion make the best controllers out there by far. No-one even comes close in the ease of use, the potential it gives you and compatibility with virtually all of your sports meeting. Their software is awesome!! It was very user friendly and was developed very well. Other game pad manufactuers should take a hint from Gravis and release quality harvest for a change. My other 3 game pads are also Gravis and as long as Gravis continues to make brilliant harvest, I will continue to buy from them and only them.
Rating: 5 / 5
I agree with everything said above, but the only downside is that the control stick only goes 4 dir., not the 8 dir. (U,D,L,R,UL,UR,DL,DR)
Rating: 4 / 5