Playstation 1 emulator with Playstation 3 controller, is this possible?

erwintje26

Hi,

I want to play playstation 1 on my retropie who is installed on my raspberry pi 3 b +. Emulator is working fine with no problem :) but I cannot find any PS1 usb controller. Is it possible to buy a fake PS3 controller and use it as a PS1 controller on the retropie?

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/USB-Wired-Gamepad-Joystick-Voor-Sony-PS3-Playstation-3-Controller-Voor-PS3-console-Voor-Dualshock-voor/32880784826.html?spm=a2g0z.search0104.3.16.78b6ab69kUDOqa&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0%2Csearchweb201602_1_10065_5729911_10068_319_317_10696_10924_10084_453_454_10083_10618_10920_10921_10304_10307_10922_10820_10301_10821_537_536_5730811_10843_10059_10884_10887_100031_321_322_10103%2Csearchweb201603_51%2CppcSwitch_0&algo_pvid=da41bf7e-75c4-4559-a346-c55523d3b2b2&algo_expid=da41bf7e-75c4-4559-a346-c55523d3b2b2-2

They say its a PS3 controller, but does this one work for PS1 emulation too?

mitu

@erwintje26 said in Playstation 1 emulator with Playstation 3 controller, is this possible?:

They say its a PS3 controller, but does this one work for PS1 emulation too?

PS3 controllers are supported by RetroPie - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/PS3-Controller/ and you can certainly play PS1 games with it. You can also use other controllers, like an Xbox or a PS4 Dualshock, a Wii U Pro (which have similar number of buttons and joysticks), etc.

erwintje26

Thanks for the answer :) I wasn't able to find a decent ps1 or 2 controller, only ps3 :) Glad that is working to on retropie and on the PS1 emulator :D

Cederick

I use two PS3 controllers via bluetooth and it works flawless for me.

robmcc83

I need to point something out here as I had problems using them over bluetooth.
Not sure if anybody else has the same problem but it been there since I started using retropie a couple of years ago and is still there now.
It does not effect all games but I have noticed it in a few, hogs of war is one that comes to mind.
I use to use 2 normal ps2 controllers via usb adapter and 2 ps3 controllers via Bluetooth for some 4 player fun. The 2 ps3 controllers over bluetooth always use to cause stuttering whilst holding the button to fire your rockets in hogs of war, the 2 wired controllers never did this.
The way that solved this for me was to disable the built in wifi on my pi3, then they worked perfectly.
I now use 4 ps3 controllers via Bluetooth with no problems what so ever now since disabling built on WiFi.
Hope this helps just incase you come across same problem.
Rob