Microsoft Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.02

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• Price: Free
• Operating system: Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• Date added: June 20, 2000
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• 3 stars

  Version: Microsoft Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.02

  "Works fine but not much added to having no software & letting XP do it!"

  by GeaFmaN on November 4, 2007

  Pros: It gives you the ability to save profiles for games. Some built in but all for older games.

  but isn't that what this is for anyway, older games??

  A neighbour gave me this joystick today and I am kind of into the novelty of it. stand aside game pad, let me try this!!! going to install Flight simulator now and test it out fully!!!!

  Cons: Nothing really. If anyone has problems getting their sidewinder recognised in XP then it is really simple:

  DO NOT INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE FIRST!"

  Just plug in the Joystick, reboot the PC, then go into sound and game controllers in control panel. there you will see you can ADD or REMOVE. Well, click ADD and scroll down until you find Microsoft sidewinder (Auto-detect)./ click that one and then OK it.

  Next thing you will see the bubble near the clock telling you 'NEW HARDWARE FOUND. then it will say Installing drivers' then when it's finished with all that, you have a working joystick. now reboot just to be sure, THEN INSTALL THIS SOFTWARE!

  now everything works!

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• 5 stars

  15 out of 17 people found this review helpful

  Version: Microsoft Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.02

  "Ther is a Solution for Win2000/XP Users!"

  on September 15, 2004

  Summary: Support for legacy SideWinder game port controllers are built into Windows 2000 and Windows XP. To install a SideWinder game port device on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, follow the steps below for your Windows version:
  
  Windows 2000
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• 1 stars

  Version: Microsoft Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.02

  "doesn't work on XP home edition"

  by 2YCNs on January 22, 2006

  Pros: none.

  Cons: It doesn't work on XP Home edition. This is the exact same file that is on Microsoft's site. When trying to run it says "Sidewinder Game Device Software 3.x installs drivers that are incompatible with this version of Windows. For more information, contact Microsoft." Also, XP included drivers work fine - I need the software that lets you program the buttons to games that don't support the joystick. I suspect that is what this is but it is for Win 9x.

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• 3 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Microsoft Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.02

  "If drivers don't work on WinXP"

  by JohnD55 on March 14, 2005

  Pros: Auto-driver-detection doesn't work for me in winxp, this tool does: users.telenet.be/BuiZe/sidewinder/

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• 2 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Microsoft Sidewinder Game Controller Software 3.02

  "Not for newer systems - Vintage enthusiasts only"

  by RealtySuperstar on August 5, 2006

  Pros: Download worked fine - but would not install on VISTA

  Cons: I found an old Sidewinder (without the driver disk) at the thrift store and attempted to install it on a P-4 machine using an old-fashioned (pre-USB) "game port".

  I am running Windows VISTA-Beta2 pre-release and thought it would be fun to try... But I got the message: "This program has known compatibility issues - The system cannot find the file specified". --

  It is no one's fault - it's just older technology that served it's purpose and brought us to where we are. --

  If you are running new hardware and software, just buy it new.. (joysticks are cheap enough) and leave the older stuff to the collectors and vintage gaming enthusiasts.

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