So I used to play shmups with a PS2 gamepad connected to a parallel port adapter, but then I got this laptop. As it turns out laptops don't come with parallel ports! I got a PCI card with a parallel port but all the software for using PSX pads via parallel port was made 5 years ago, and I guess PCI ports use different addresses, so it's all nonfunctional for me. I've given up on that route, so I'm looking to get a plain ol' USB or whatever gamepad so I can play UFO and SWR redux when they come out.
I would just learn keyboard or something but this laptop keyboard can't handle multidirectional input and keys at the same time and I kind of like moving in diagonals. So, who wants to suggest a good, lagless (or as close as you can get) gamepad I can pick up? Price isn't a huge issue; I'd rather get something that I can just stick with for the rest of my Touhou Gaming Career than buy several junky pads.
edit: oh, if this was supposed to go into tech support, my bad. feel free to move it wherever!