Best Snes Wireless controler 2020
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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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@mitu Are these bluetooth? Would they work with retropie?
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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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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.phpWhat other good options there is, with other controler type than SNES.
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@francis2019 said in Best Snes Wireless controler 2020:
These are definitely not 'the best 2020 SNES wireless' controllers.
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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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@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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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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I use the SN30 Pro and SN30 Pro+ on my Pi when i am playing console games.
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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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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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@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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@Darksavior Interesting. Good to know.
In that case I recommend the SN30 pro+ as the best controller :)
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@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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@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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I'm generally happy with 8bitdo. Yes, the d-pads are far from perfect but there's no better option out there.
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@matchaman said in Best Snes Wireless controler 2020:
I'm generally happy with 8bitdo. Yes, the d-pads are far from perfect but there's no better option out there.
Friend of mine bought the 8bitdo DIY kit for the SNES and Genesis (6 button version) and bought like broken SNES and Genesis controllers from flee markets and just replaced the boards so he would have the same controller feeling as the original but use it wireless.
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@Ecks yeah, I think that's the best possible solution, as long as you can find vintage controllers in decent condition
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@matchaman normally at a flee market you could find some in decent condition for like 5$ each and the kit is like 20$ so 25$ for a wireless OG controller would be the best but for me when i play my console games on my Pi i use the SN30 Pro and Pro+ but when i am on my Switch i use the official one they offer when you have the Nintendo online service (which i have not tested on my Pi yet).
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