What controller do you use?
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Logitech Precision, discontinued a few years back but still easily found on ebay. Setup like a ps1 controller, wired, no analog sticks (real retro games don't need that crap, haha), nice D-pad, clicky buttons, very solid and well built. It's a shame they dont make them anymore, but logitech has been very lax on it's gamepad offerings as of lately, they haven't updated their models in like 5 years.
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Oh, and an iPac 2 in my arcade setup. You cant go wrong with the iPac series of arcade encoders.
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Why does everyone give the 360 d-pad a hard time? It's really not that bad.
I'm happy with the 360 but the d-pad on the One is a little better! I have a wireless XboxOne but I also don't wanna mess with the wireless issues. I'd rather use a 360 than a PS3 and I don't think the d-pad on that is any better.
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@backstander I think Nintendo basically got the d-pad right the first time and everyone else has been trying to make something similar but not infringing their design patent and therefore failing.
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@backstander Yeah, I can't be bothered with wireless issues. Some people get it to work flawlessly, others have nothing but lag, drop-outs, disconnections, not recognised... As I said, I just plug and play, no muss, no fuss.
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@backstander I had a Sega Master System and the d-pads were a horrendous mush fest. Just absolutely awful. I can't believe they passed QC. So, I saved up my hard earned (ahem!) pennies and got this, The Control Stick, it was a hell of a lot better but notice how the buttons and stick are swapped! Screw you SEGA! I basically had to re-learn how to play.
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I basically had to re-learn how to play.
That's crazy! I guess this is meant for left handed people.
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@backstander I really don't know. It only came one way! And every other controller AND all SEGA arcade cabs were the normal way! I have no idea what the thought process was. Maybe the plans got photocopied back to front or something... Crazy stuff. Seriously, so much of gaming is "muscle memory". It was basically like me trying to drive a left hand stick-shift after learning in a right-hand drive.
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Fixed that for you SEGA.
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@AlexMurphy I'd totally use it if this was meant for lefties. I am a proud lefty myself. However, i've trained my hands to know that the d-pad is on the left and the buttons are on the right.
As for controllers, I use an 8BitDo SNES30 Bluetooth Controller and boy is it amazing. If I don't have that in hand I use an Xbox 360 Controller with the wireless reciever.
Both are great, but one thing I would change is getting a better controller with joysticks that combines the strengths of the two controllers I have. I'll see if I can find one...
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@itsnitro Lefties are well known for their creativity. But you do know that the word "sinister" basically means "left-handed" in Latin??? Think about that!
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@AlexMurphy Huh, didn't know that. I guess Latin people just think we're evil.
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ps3 mostly
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I use wired USB versions of the appropriate controller for each system.
For PSX, I use PS3 controllers, usually wired.The only systems I don't have controllers for yet are the N64 (still deciding what to do about that) and Atari 2600.
For the Atari, I'm going to hack some controllers and use original joysticks.
I already did this controller hack for my computer based (keyboard, mouse and monitor) setup, and with that I use my original Competition Pro joystick from when I was a kid :)
The hacked controller is mounted inside the case with a DB-9 port broken out to the back of the machine. -
I'm using raphnet 4 Nes 4 snes, I've connected 2 Nes and 2 Snes ports on the chip.
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Hi all, I just got my Pi a couple of weeks ago and have used a cheap usb SNES controller, a wired 360 controller knockoff and currently I have 2 ps3 controllers hooked up through Bluetooth.
Looking at buying an 8bitdo nes30 Pro since the ps3 buttons feel a little mushy for mame games but I have been reading online that you can't have them AND the ps3 controllers connected at the same time through BT so I wouldn't be able to play multiplayer, but then I saw today someone say they were using ps3 and WiiU Pro controllers at the same time through BT so I was wondering if this had been fixed with a recent update. There is alot of info out there and some of it is now outdated
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Dual Shock 3 for PS1, PSP, N64 and Dreamcast, Hori Fighting Stick Mini 4 for Neo Geo and MAME (it's brilliant) and good ol' Buffalo for everything else.
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I use a Genesis 6-button controller modified with a Raphnet adapter most of the time on my Genesis USB hub Pi.
On my Super Famicom build I am using the original Super Famicom controllers along with some of those cheap extension cables you can get on Amazon.
I also have a Super Famicom controller that I put a Raphnet adapter in, an iBuffalo USB controller, and an old Gravis GamePad Pro.
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@obsidianspider said in What controller do you use?:
...and an old Gravis GamePad Pro
I still have my gravis that i bought back in 1997... that thing is literally 20 years old... holy crap i feel old.
Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop
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@Capeman I was surprised my Gravis pad works without drivers needing to be installed, but I guess even 15 years ago they were moving to the now-standard "Human Interface Device" that is in place generally everywhere.
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