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    • IanDaemonI
      IanDaemon
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      I dig my 8bitdo SNES contoller.

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      • DarksaviorD
        Darksavior @francis2019
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        @francis2019 The only wireless snes controllers are from 8bitdo. I hate my sfc30 pad. Useless dpad. Looking at all the tape mods for just about every model, it looks like little was done to improve the dpad.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @Darksavior
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          @Darksavior said in Best Snes Wireless controler 2020:

          The only wireless snes controllers are from 8bitdo

          Or the ones from Nintendo - if you can get them.

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          • IanDaemonI
            IanDaemon
            last edited by IanDaemon

            @Darksavior You can use a lot of wireless controllers for SNES games, not just ones that replicate the look of the original gamepads.

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            • DarksaviorD
              Darksavior @IanDaemon
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              @IanDaemon I know, but op asked about snes. If it's any wireless controller, I recommend the ps4 one.

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              • saccublendaS
                saccublenda @mitu
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                @mitu Are these bluetooth? Would they work with retropie?

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                • RionR
                  Rion
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                  Well if you want to go Wireless and don't want the hassle of Bluetooth input lag you could get a Classic controller to USB adapter - V3 from raphnet-tech and then buy a SN30 2.4G and SF30 2.4G for SNES and SFC Classic Edition from 8Bitdo.

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                  • F
                    francis2019
                    last edited by

                    ok so the only good options are the 8bit DTO who comes with a attachement for the classsic SNES and I need to buy a converter to convert the signal to a USB. like this one:
                    https://www.raphnet-tech.com/products/wusbmote_1player_adapter_v3/index.php

                    What other good options there is, with other controler type than SNES.

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                      francis2019
                      last edited by

                      what about those:
                      any one has order them?

                      https://www.amazon.ca/Wireless-Controller-Classic-Gamepad-Receiver/dp/B07FCXL2VV/ref=sr_1_3?crid=5N65ZCMA9PL2&keywords=snes+wireless+controller&qid=1588073987&sprefix=snes+wirele%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-3

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator
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                        @francis2019 said in Best Snes Wireless controler 2020:

                        https://www.amazon.ca/Wireless-Controller-Classic-Gamepad-Receiver/dp/B07FCXL2VV/ref=sr_1_3?crid=5N65ZCMA9PL2&keywords=snes+wireless+controller&qid=1588073987&sprefix=snes+wirele%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-3

                        These are definitely not 'the best 2020 SNES wireless' controllers.

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                        • PlayingKarrdeP
                          PlayingKarrde
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                          What's wrong with the 8bitdo sfc30? I have been using it for a couple of years with no issues. I love it. Admittedly I use it with PC but feel no input lag, so if there is bluetooth lag it's on the pi's side, not the controller (yes I know bluetooth has inherent input lag but I'm very sensitive to lag and it's barely noticeable for me on PC).

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                          • IanDaemonI
                            IanDaemon @PlayingKarrde
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                            @PlayingKarrde I know there was a firmware update that improved input lag. Maybe the "bad reputation" is prior to the update.

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator
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                              From what I remember, the worst reputation was mainly for accidentally creating 'diagonals' with the D-Pad when pressing Up/Down or Left/Right.

                              They're ok, I have a SFC30 and it served me well.

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                              • EcksE
                                Ecks
                                last edited by

                                I use the SN30 Pro and SN30 Pro+ on my Pi when i am playing console games.

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                                • SPS
                                  SP
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                                  I bought that nes pro 8bitdo controller around 5 years ago and hated it because most of the time it would not register when I pressed up+right. I had to press the buttons kinda hard for it to work or it would only register as up. So I just threw it in the box and forgot about it, and kept using my X1 controller.

                                  Fast forward to around february of this year. I was looking at a lot of youtube videos of the sn30 snes controller. All the videos that I saw were giving it great reviews and said there were no issues with the dpad. I figured, why not? It's been years since I bought the nes pro. So maybe the dpad is fixed. So I ordered one. I received it and I immediately tried it with Contra 3. The diagonals worked, but the down input is a little too sensitive. Whenever I lie down in the game, sometimes the character will randomly get up and walk left or right while I hold down on the dpad causing me to sometimes get killed by a bullet. It was enough to get me to go back to my X1 controller again.

                                  So for me the best snes controller to use is the Xbox one controller. To be honest, I thought I was gonna have problems with it due to the dpad being positioned at the lower left of the controller, but I have had absolutely no issues with it. The only reason I got the sn30 controller was because I loved the look of the DMG colored one. Oh, well.

                                  On the other hand, the M30 8bitdo Sega Genesis/Saturn controller is freaking great and I have no issues with the dpad.

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                                  • PlayingKarrdeP
                                    PlayingKarrde
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                                    That's too bad :( My daily driver is actually the SN30 pro+ and use it over all my other controllers (my previous go tos were the Switch Pro and the Xbox Elite). I don't have any dpad issues with mine although now I'm going to be scrutinizing it a lot more...

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                                    • DarksaviorD
                                      Darksavior @PlayingKarrde
                                      last edited by Darksavior

                                      @PlayingKarrde That's because they aren't using the old garbage dpad pcb design anymore that I noticed from a disassembly video.

                                      I mainly use real snes pads because I gave up looking.

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                                      • PlayingKarrdeP
                                        PlayingKarrde @Darksavior
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                                        @Darksavior Interesting. Good to know.

                                        In that case I recommend the SN30 pro+ as the best controller :)

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                                        • DarksaviorD
                                          Darksavior @PlayingKarrde
                                          last edited by Darksavior

                                          @PlayingKarrde I've been told I'm too critical, but then I see pictures of people doing the dpad tape mod on past models...

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                                          • SPS
                                            SP @PlayingKarrde
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                                            @PlayingKarrde Man, the Switch pro controller has the down input issue as my sn30. That and the infuriating random input lag. Like a full second of it sometimes rears its ugly head. Like, what the hell?

                                            But that might be because of the switch or something because it sometimes happens too when I hook up my joycons to that controller adapter thingy.

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