@Dochartaigh yes. A lot of the genesis cables have loose pins and these style of connectors generally have a tighter fit.

@hansolo77 said in Problem with Genesis/MegaDrive USB adapters (RetroUSB and Mayflash brand):

Would you be against buying a 3rd party controller?

I'm a stickler for the originals I must say. I've had bad luck with pretty much every single after market controller I've ever tried going back even to the 80's. Even had bad luck with 2x 8BitDo's everybody seems to love. Only lately, ~20 years later, am I having problems with the real console controller brands for the first time (and even that's not their fault as they're now antiques, and I'm using them on a computer and not a console).

@edmaul69 said in Problem with Genesis/MegaDrive USB adapters (RetroUSB and Mayflash brand):

the biggest issue is the cables are crap.

I'll deal with re-wiring them if I have to, in like another 20-30 years when the controllers are going for $100+ each because they're so rare ;)

Right now I have working properly: 4x+ NES controllers, 2x SNES, 3x Genesis, 2x PS1, 2x PS2, and a bunch of Xbox 360 wireless controllers....so even though it took me a ton of trial and error I have at least a set for each proper console I emulate so I'm just leaving it at that. It was just a shame that it took so much trial and error to get to this point. I want to have a 2-player set of controllers for each console, and a backup or two so I'll probably pickup another SNES and Genesis controller, but that's about it.

For anyone interested, I was able to figure this out,

I was using crt-pi shader, but for whatever reason this causes problems with genesis plus gx. Using crt-pi-vertical shader produces the identical results that I get in other emus using crt-pi shader.

@lilbud Oh don't worry, I already have the soundtrack :D

@senthudas

This should help:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/retroarch-configuration#core-input-remapping

Please provide more info:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@rhj501 i couldnt find an option in picodrive for team play or multi tap.

To expand further on my above statement, I've found you really only start to see the hardware's limitations on either more advanced systems such as Dreamcast or N64, or if an emulator is still experimental and not properly optimized for the Pi architecture yet such as Sega Saturn or 3DO emulation. I find the lack of 3DO emulation particularly perplexing since it is about equal in complexity to the Playstation and also less powerful (Playstation emulation also works well on the Pi2 and Pi3 by the way). I'm just chalking it up to a lack of popularity and public awareness so it has not been a priority for devs.

@wetriner I'm really sorry, but can you give me step by step instructions on that? I don't want to F anything up after I've came this far...