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    NES Emulator's default mapping.

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      silentq
      last edited by silentq

      When setting up from a fresh install I always found it odd that on any 6 button controller that NES is set to map A and B to what A and B would be on the six button layout. In no way does this feel natural and I believe even Nintendo does not map the controls this way on the Wii U Virtual Console, the defaults should map B to Y and A to B. I always have to go in and change this manually but it seems so silly to me and I don't think I am the only one as I have seen this mentioned in other videos on youtube and pretty much anybody I play with can't seem to understand why its mapped this way by default. I feel as an enhancement it should be mapped this way in retropie. Does anybody agree?

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        edmaul69 @silentq
        last edited by edmaul69

        @silentq its because you are configiring your genesis controller wrong. There is a specific way for the auto config to work properly. You are supposed to set up controllers in a snes style layout. But for six button genesis style controllers you are supposed to set it up like this when you configure it:

        Lt-x-rt
        Y-b-a

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          silentq
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          @edmaul69 I apologize when I said 6 button I wasn't refering to Genesis style but the SNES Layout (L, R, A, B, X, Y.) The defaults still remain that A and B are assigned the way they are layed out on a SNES controller which is kind of backwards. As I said above the more natural way here would be for the Y and B to be assigned as B and A respectively.

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            edmaul69 @silentq
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            @silentq the problem with that layout is when someone uses a two button controller then the controls will be messed up.

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              silentq
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              @edmaul69 Yeah I suppose so but is that even common? I would imagine the majority of users use some kind of 6 button layout or 8 button if you include PS3/4 and Xbox 360 controller users.

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                edmaul69 @silentq
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                @silentq for every system i play, i use all the systems original controllers so for me that would not work.

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