Can the SideWinder Game Pad, Microsoft's first game controller, work on modern PCs? I bought three of them to find out

Can the SideWinder Game Pad, Microsoft's first game controller, work on modern PCs? I bought three of them to find out The past and fiddly present of the Xbox controller's ancestor 1996 gave us two incredible gifts. The second, arguably more impactful on the course of human civilisation, was the Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad 1.0. Launched in 1995 with the 3D Pro and Standard joysticks, the hardware family would eventually comprise gamepads, racing wheels, a game voice device to talk with friends and vocally control your game, and a massive mouse with more buttons than my nana’s vest.