I would like to write a Trivia video game for my family on a PC. I'm having a hard time finding PC buzzer controllers. What would be ideal for my game are the Buzz! controllers for Playstation for up to 4 players.

I did find libraries for the Buzz! devices but they are in other languages & the authors used little commenting. Re-writing these libraries to Java seems very difficult.

The trivia game runs under Windows, and my aim is for 2-4 players. I do not want players huddled around a keyboard like in the "You Don't Know Jack!" series.

Does anyone have ideas for buzzers or anyone know of a good link to use the Buzz! controllers for PC?

xbox 360 controllers? Cheap gamepads? One button USB mouse (or a regular USB mouse for that matter)?

you may also want to consider C# as your language. It has more platform support.

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Original post by ChurchSkiz xbox 360 controllers? Cheap gamepads? One button USB mouse (or a regular USB mouse for that matter)?

Considered all these ideas, but I am now set on a structure similar to Buzz! controllers. Thank you for your suggestion.

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Original post by RivieraKid you may also want to consider C# as your language. It has more platform support.

True, but I just recently dove into game programming through Java as a hobby.


Doing more research, I found this link:
http://www.developerfusion.com/article/84338/making-usb-c-friendly

Being that it is for C, I'm looking into how Java works with USB devices.