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I never bought Steel Battalion, despite my intense love for giant robots (I think you all know what I'm talking about...uh huh...you over there in the Evangelion t-shirt) and everything that accompanies them. Mechwarrior 2 was probably the first game soundtrack that I really flipped out over (composed by Bill Brown) and I've been lugging mp3s of it around for nigh on ten years.
That said, plunking down over 200 clams for a specialized, mech-only controller was just insane. The battlepods over at Wizards of the Coast were still in business, and there was just no point.
But I know some of you couldn't help yourself, and you may cease hiding your shame as of now. Siliconera explains:
That mammoth sized Steel Battalion controller was a costly Xbox accessory at the price of $200 plus dollars. It's a one of a kind device designed for mecha games. Wouldn't it be cool to use the same controller for MechWarrior games on the PC? If you have an Xbox USB controller converter and the freeware program PPJoy to map the buttons to the controller. There are already custom button layouts made for MechWarrior 3 and MechWarrior 4.
Buttons maps are also available for Freespace 2, and for a generic 16-button, 4Axis, 1 POV joystick. Have at it!
Explicit instructions and downloads for the VT controller [c_McBride, via Siliconera]
