Game pad for Macbook Alloy 2008

Hiay Peeps,
I am wanting to start playing games on my Mac - using snow.
My mac is macbook late 2008 alloy type, but whats the best game pad for it? I want to play games like X Plane.
Thanks

Question has been moved to the 13 inch late 2008 version as put it in the wrong forum!

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