I currently don't have another controller.

@thebarry1394 Thanks. It looks like somebody already submitted a request to be included in the upstream xpad project - https://github.com/paroj/xpad/pull/125 - so hopefully in the future it will be easily recognized, without manual patching.

@mitu

Thanks so much for the help. I'll let you know how I make out.

I would recommend not buying anything from this company, they use our work on emulators for commercial use, which is forbidden by the license of those emulators. Also, their products are known for being pretty bad quality.

Is the controller compatible with Linux ? The only genesis style hyperkin controller on the vendor page says it's compatible with any 'Genesis' system, but doesn't list any other.

Try running jstest to test if the buttons on the controller register in the system - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#determining-button-values.

@dogeymon

So I went through a process on the install drivers section from online source and it went through a very lengthy process.

Now it shows that two controllers are detected! Great

But when I hold a button on the hyperkin, ......I get nothing at all.

Wahhhhh, what the hell is wrong still????