Z-Board

Hallo,
I bought yesterday the gaming keyboard Z-Board from BigBen Interactive. If
someone of you has some experience with this board, I appreciate your help
with the following 2 questions.

1. Why are there so many games supported in the UK/US Website and so less in
the german version ?

Copy from the UK/US Website:

America's Army . Medal Of Honor: Pacific Assault
. Battlefield 1942 . Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
. Battlefield Vietnam . Painkiller
. Call of Duty . ShellShock: Nam '67
. Call of Duty: United Offensive . Star Trek: Elite Force II
. Counter Strike . Star Wars Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
. Counter Strike - Condition Zero . Star Wars: Battlefront
. Delta Force: Black Hawk Down . Thief: Deadly Shadows
. Doom 3 . Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
. FarCry . Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
. Grand Theft Auto III . Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
. Half-Life 2 . Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
. Halo . True Crimes: Streets of LA
. Hitman: Contracts . Unreal Tournament 2003
. Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising . Unreal Tournament 2004
. Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude . Vampire: The Masquerade -
Bloodlines
. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King . XIII


Copy from the german Website::

Battlefield 1942 . FarCry
. Battlefield Vietnam . Grand Theft Auto Vice City
. Call of Duty . New World Order
. Chaser . Quake 3 Arena
. Counter Strike: Condition Zero . Soldner
. Delta Force : Black Hawk Down . Star Wars Jedi Knight - Jedi
Academy
. Devastation . Unreal Tournament 2004


2. Did anyone find the announced binding tool from the US Website ? In the
german version of the driver and even on the website is no information
regarding this tool.

Thank's a lot for answering these questions. It's a shame for BigBen to sell
a Keyboard for 60 EUR with such less international support.

LL

"Leo Lancini" <LeoLancini DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:cph169$4a7$00$1@news.t-online.com...
 > Hallo,
 > I bought yesterday the gaming keyboard Z-Board from BigBen Interactive. If
 > someone of you has some experience with this board, I appreciate your help
 > with the following 2 questions.
 >
 > 1. Why are there so many games supported in the UK/US Website and so less
 > in
 > the german version ?
 >
 > Copy from the UK/US Website:
 >
 > America's Army . Medal Of Honor: Pacific Assault
 > . Battlefield 1942 . Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
 > . Battlefield Vietnam . Painkiller
 > . Call of Duty . ShellShock: Nam '67
 > . Call of Duty: United Offensive . Star Trek: Elite Force II
 > . Counter Strike . Star Wars Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
 > . Counter Strike - Condition Zero . Star Wars: Battlefront
 > . Delta Force: Black Hawk Down . Thief: Deadly Shadows
 > . Doom 3 . Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
 > . FarCry . Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
 > . Grand Theft Auto III . Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
 > . Half-Life 2 . Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
 > . Halo . True Crimes: Streets of LA
 > . Hitman: Contracts . Unreal Tournament 2003
 > . Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising . Unreal Tournament 2004
 > . Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude . Vampire: The Masquerade -
 > Bloodlines
 > . Lord of the Rings: Return of the King . XIII
 >
 >
 > Copy from the german Website::
 >
 > Battlefield 1942 . FarCry
 > . Battlefield Vietnam . Grand Theft Auto Vice City
 > . Call of Duty . New World Order
 > . Chaser . Quake 3 Arena
 > . Counter Strike: Condition Zero . Soldner
 > . Delta Force : Black Hawk Down . Star Wars Jedi Knight - Jedi
 > Academy
 > . Devastation . Unreal Tournament 2004
 >
 >
 > 2. Did anyone find the announced binding tool from the US Website ? In the
 > german version of the driver and even on the website is no information
 > regarding this tool.
 >
 > Thank's a lot for answering these questions. It's a shame for BigBen to
 > sell
 > a Keyboard for 60 EUR with such less international support.
 >
 > LL

It may suprise you but its only in the last couple of months that the
"English" version has caught up with the "American" version in terms of
support (I pretty much felt I'd been duped when I first bought mine). I'm
guessing the same will happen with rapidly increasing support over the next
couple of months. In the meantime you are left with the option of
"remaping" the game to suit the keyboard rather then the prefered remaping
the keyboard to suit the game.

Having made those comments, I would like to add that I'm a big fan of this
keyboard (60 EUR seems expensive though) and wouldnt go back to trying to
play games on a normal keyboard again.

Crimson Liar<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->