When you play Super Mario World hacks-

Do you use a controller or a keyboard? I'm curious to see how the majority of this community plays. Friends of mine say they would have trouble playing with a keyboard. As of right now I play with a keyboard and get by fine, but I'm tempted to see if a controller would be better.

i use a keyboard. i haven't had much trouble with it. i've set the buttons to what is easy to work with, almost as if it were an SNES controller.

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Keyboard. I do have trouble at times when pressing more than 3 keys (up+left+y+b is not an uncommon scenario), since my keyboard can't seem to detect that many at once. Other than that, though, I don't see either one as better or worse.

Keyboard. I bet if I use a controller I will play really badly. :/
Of course, that's because I play a lot of Indie Games with the Z & X keyboard controls, and I'm used to it.

What I currently use are the arrow keys and Z, X, and C keys. I have C assigned to the Y button, X Jump, and Z spin jump.

Wow, you guys are crazy, I tried playing with a keyboard and I can't deal with like, a one block long jump, and a goomba.

I use controller, needless to say.

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At first, I played with the keyboard layout of:
Spin Jump: Ctrl
Jump: Alt
Run/Carry: Z and X
Up: Up Arrow
Down: Down Arrow
Left: Left Arrow
Right: Right Arrow
Start: Enter
Select: Button Above Enter
L: C
R: V
It worked well, but then I switched to a controller (similar to an SNES controller), because my brother told me to use it. My layout was, according to an SNES controller:
Spin Jump: Where B would be
Jump: Where A would be
Run/Carry: X and Y
Up: Up
Down: Down
Left: Left
Right: Right
Start: Where Select would be
Select: Where Start would be
L: L
R: R

What kind of controller do the two of you use, exactly? I'm actually curious, as using the keyboard can make some things more challenging for me as well.

Well, I think my controller is a Logitech Precision controller or something like that.

Logitech Cordless Rumble Pad, babby!

Yeah, it's similar to a ps2 controller, and it has a lot of extra buttons for rewinds and save states, which is good when you play hard hacks.

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Well, since I've never played on the SNES, I would feel awkward using a controller. Plus, I don't feel like spending money on such a thing, if I'm only gonna use it for gaming (my parents are very strict about conserving money D so I'm good with a keyboard. It's actually quite comfortable, though I do believe I have the buttons all wack. (R - left shift, X - Z, A - X, Y - S, B - C, and L - Space )

I use a controller. Before getting one, I got bad finger cramps from playing mario world, and it made the game less enjoyable. I'm using an xbox 360 controller with similar setup to a snes controller. I want to get an actual snes one though.

I don't have any experience in soldering, so wiring a Super Nintendo controller to my computer is not likely an option. However, there are surely controllers out there similar to a Snes controller. I should look into this.

I managed to record a few title screen demos using my keyboard.

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I'm too used to keyboard to pick up a controller out of nowhere. It's really easy for me to play with a keyboard, better than on a real SNES.

Yeah, they sell ones like the snes ones, they're almost exactly the same. I dont have any experience in soldering either, so that's my only other option.