@PCKid It doesn't seem you have RetroPie installed, but Lakka (lakka.tv). Regardless, we don't support 3rd party images, so start by installing the image from retropie.org.uk/download and then you can follow the docs to set-up your controller and configure it in Emulationstation.

Two things. First...coming from someone who never had Coleco...This thing is so graphically superior to Atari its disgusting. Second...I figured it out by playing around with it. If you have a PS3 controller just copy paste this into the CoolCV Mapping file on the pie. If you dont like something on it just tweak but it works. ' CoolCV mappings for Colecovision controllers to keyboard and joystick fullscreen no joystick_1_vert joy0 axis1 joystick_1_horiz joy0 axis0 joystick_2_vert joy1 axis1 joystick_2_horiz joy1 axis0 up_1 key0 joy0_4 right_1 key0 joy0_5 down_1 key0 joy0_6 left_1 key0 joy0_7 left_button_1 key0 joy0_13 right_button_1 joy0_14 button3_1 key0 button4_1 key0 key1_1 key0 joy0_10 key2_1 key0 joy0_11 key3_1 key0 joy0_12 key4_1 key0 joy0_15 key5_1 key0 joy0_1 key6_1 joy0_8 key7_1 joy0_2 key8_1 key56 key9_1 key57 key*_1 key111 key0_1 key48 key#_1 key112 up_2 key119 right_2 key100 down_2 key115 left_2 key97 left_button_2 key9 joy1_0 right_button_2 key113 joy1_1 button3_2 key1073741939 button4_2 key1073741939 key1_2 key114 key2_2 key116 key3_2 key121 key4_2 key102 key5_2 key103 key6_2 key104 key7_2 key118 key8_2 key98 key9_2 key110 key*_2 key106 key0_2 key107 key#_2 key108 key_save key1073741882 key_restore key1073741883 key_exit key0 joy0_9 key_pause key1073741884 key_reset key8 key_rolling_controller key1073741886 key_record_video key1073741887 key_record_audio key1073741890 key_screenshot key1073741891 key_fast_disk key1073741889 key_sync key1073741885 key_codes key1073741888

Thanks Clyde, I'll keep that solution in mind. I know knockoff PS3 controllers are tricky. Thanks for your help :)

First, you should provide the information asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. Second, you might have stumbled upon the news Sony driver behavior in newer kernels, where the rumble appears as a separate device and messes up the controller numbering. See this topic for a workaround.

@sano "When charging, the 4 leds blink together. When charged, they just turn off." okay ..but mine never turn off ...they just keep blinking no matter how long I have it plugged it. "PS3 controllers can't charge from a regular usb adapter. USB charging was not a standard at the time, so they need a driver (or a specific DS3 charger) to negociate and charge." What's a DS3 charger? Could you point to one on ebay or amazon? Right now I'm not worried about getting it to connect to the pi I'm sure I'll have no problems when the time comes to pair it. Thanks for replying!

@mitu no, i did not...

@robmcc83 Sixaxis = no vibration. DS3 = vibration.

@help-me-please can your pocket juice supply a regulated 5V at 2.5A? That worries me.

Hi mitu, I´m sorry. Yes they do work individually in Emulationstation outside of games and also inside. But only the first 4 controllers which I connect work simultaniously. The fifth won´t connect via bluetooth (lights are flashing constantly).

@cresfang Same problem for me also. I used to run RetroPie 4.3 on Jessie and had no probems with the PS3 controller or N64 Emulation. I just did a fresh install of RetroPie 4.4 on Stretch fully updated and dist-upgraded. N64Glide emulation doesnt work along with weird bluetooth behavior on PS3. What bluetooth dongle would I need to get to fix the problem? Odd because this problem didn't happen on previous versions on the exact same board.