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    Mad Catz SFV Alpha Arcade Stick Compatible?

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    • BeanB
      Bean
      last edited by

      Well, just for completeness for anyone who searches this topic...

      Couldn't get confirmation that the Mad Catz was compatible, it has gone up from £35 to £60 and Mad Catz has gone bust so not a sensible option anymore.

      I got a Mayflash V2 which I can confirm works brilliantly in FBA and MAME 2003 using the lr emulators. Thinking of adding a Venom stick as a 2nd and to get PS4 compatibility (they are basically the same stick)

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @Bean
        last edited by mediamogul

        @Bean

        Just as a word of caution moving forward, third party wireless console controllers are always a gamble outside of their own ecosystem. The drivers written for Linux are almost always designed around what is publicly known about the official controllers and since this is also true of the companies designing third party controllers, the two very often don't overlap well.

        RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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        • edmaul69E
          edmaul69 @mediamogul
          last edited by

          @mediamogul i can say that both the wii and 360 madcatz street fighter iv arcade sticks work on the pi. However i recommend replacing the buttons and joystick with sanwa part if the fightstick you get isnt already using them. I use a wii one myself.

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
            last edited by mediamogul

            @edmaul69

            Mad Catz's reputation was getting to be pretty good. I really think there was an effort to improve the quality of their controllers. It's a shame they had to close down.

            RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @mediamogul
              last edited by

              @mediamogul thanks for ruining my day... :) i did not know this. As a person who worked in the video game industry, i used to hate madcatz but i agree that they truly were changing. There were several great products made by them. As far as arcade sticks, i think they were the best. Hori used to be the one and only to get a stick from but that opinion has long since changed for me. I prefer a madcatz fightstick. I do like how they sold parts to customize the professional line of fightsticks.

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                last edited by

                @edmaul69

                thanks for ruining my day...

                Those were my father's dying words.

                RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69 @mediamogul
                  last edited by

                  @mediamogul and i think those were my father's wedding vows. :P

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                  • mediamogulM
                    mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
                    last edited by

                    @edmaul69

                    Ha!

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                    • BeanB
                      Bean @mediamogul
                      last edited by

                      @mediamogul The Mayflash V2 is wired so no concern there :)

                      and thank you edmaul69.

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                        roodrigoc
                        last edited by

                        Hi,

                        It works in Retropie 4.4.2, I had to remove the xboxdrv driver from the system to work.

                        pi@retropie:~$ sudo lsusb | grep -i mad
                        Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0738:8180 Mad Catz, Inc.

                        pi@retropie:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -A1000 "new full-speed"
                        [ 965.849530] usb 1-3: new full-speed USB device number 16 using xhci_hcd
                        [ 965.991677] usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0738, idProduct=8180
                        [ 965.991693] usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
                        [ 965.991704] usb 1-3: Product: Mad Catz FightStick Alpha PS4
                        [ 965.991712] usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Mad catz Inc.
                        [ 965.997686] input: Mad catz Inc. Mad Catz FightStick Alpha PS4 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3:1.0/0003:0738:8180.0006/input/input16
                        [ 965.999232] hid-generic 0003:0738:8180.0006: input,hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Gamepad [Mad catz Inc. Mad Catz FightStick Alpha PS4] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3/input0

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                          roodrigoc
                          last edited by

                          My computer:

                          ZBOX CI323 nano with Retropie 4.4.2

                          https://www.zotac.com/us/product/mini_pcs/zbox-ci323-nano#spec

                          Debian 9 AMD 64
                          Kernel 4.9
                          LXDE 9

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