What controller do you use?
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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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@obsidianspider I used to use mine back on windows 98 and i don't even remember needing to install drivers for it back then
Vector Artist, Designer and Maker of Stuff: Laser Cut Atari / Pixel Theme Bartop
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Dualshock 3 most of the time.
When me and my buddies meet to play arcade games (track & field by konami most of the time. Nearly 35 years old but still awesome) i connect two MortalKombat-Tournament-Sticks.
I own also a MadCatz SF4-Stick (PS3) and a NeoGeoStick 2+ (PS3) which i did not manage to use with retropie.
But does not matter as long as the MK - Sticks work 😊. -
Wired Dualshock 3. It's definitely all-round better than the 360 - both d-pad and stick -wise. Don`t
know about wireless, mine works as plug and play.I was recommended the Buffalo SNES USB many times - supposed to be an ultimate 16 bit controller - however it`s bit pricey here in the UK (~25 pounds or import from Asia)
Hah, I remember sniggering at Gravis back in the day - I was a die-hard PC master racer back then and controllers were an anathema (also, it was fairly expensive). These days I preach that people using KBM for everything are cavemen. Times change ;)
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