The hunt for the perfect controller.

mitu

@cosmo0 I think Retro-Bit are also in breach of the Libretro license violation - https://www.libretro.com/index.php/appeal-to-game-journalists-about-retro-bit-and-about-the-new-retro-emulation-industry-in-general/ - because of their console.

cosmo0

@mitu said in The hunt for the perfect controller.:

@cosmo0 I think Retro-Bit are also in breach of the Libretro license violation - https://www.libretro.com/index.php/appeal-to-game-journalists-about-retro-bit-and-about-the-new-retro-emulation-industry-in-general/ - because of their console.

Yes but apparently they're working towards a solution : https://www.libretro.com/index.php/eurogamer-article-on-non-commercial-license-violations-of-emulators/

Out of the three parties involved, RetroBit so far has been willing to work with us in trying to remedy the problems with the launched product so far and come to a workable agreement between us and them. We applaud this and we hope that we will be able to resolve the issues in an amicable fashion.

If it's a problem I can edit out the name in my post.

mitu

@cosmo0 said in The hunt for the perfect controller.:

If it's a problem I can edit out the name in my post.

No, I don't think it is. IMHO you could have referenced the 'other' infringing company, as long as the proper 'attribution' is added.

GtBFilms

Interesting question, and one which I gave up looking for a single answer to!

I don't think there's any controller that has enough buttons/sticks etc to be a sufficiently good jack-of-all-trades for all games.

I've noticed I play much better using a proper arcade stick and buttons for arcade games, particularly shooters, fighting games, while there are a lot of console games that benefit from a control pad.

Even in arcade games, I've noticed the difference in using a 4-way gated joystick on games that originally had a 4-way stick compared to an 8-way gate. They play so much better with the correct controls.

The exception to that was Asteroids, which I had the good fortune to play the original arcade cab recently - no joystick, just buttons - and I actually found that harder to play than I do with a pad or stick.

My solution has been to have a bit of a collection of controllers, and use which every one is suitable for the game I want to play at the time.

kikinaak

Actually, I might have just found a contender. 2 analog sticks that have L/R3, D-pad, 6 face buttons, 4 shoulder buttons, and 4 buttons where you would find start and select. So total of 16 buttons. Its cheap, but the reviews are... not kind. Some are downright impolite. Also not a brand I've ever heard of. But its cheap, so I'll give it a try next payday and report back here. There's also only 2 left in stock so I'm not sharing the link yet. Dont want you guys to buy it out before I can grab one!

I did look at that Gamesir G5. An impressive beast to be sure, but I dont care for the touchpad replacing the right analog stick. What would it take for retropie to even support that thing and map it to buttons? And the button layout is just wrong for classic gaming. Basically what I want would be a ps2 dual shock style controller with 6 or 8 buttons instead of 4 on the right side, and analog triggers.

Beldar

There was once a controller very close to what you are looking for. It was made by Hori and called the Ex 2 turbo for the Xbox 360. It is long out of manufacture, though.

cosmo0

Back when Saitek did gamepads, they made the P880 : 2 sticks and a d-pad, 6 face buttons, 2 triggers.

However, the d-pad was as awful as the Xbox 360 one :/

kikinaak

Well I wasnt able to pick up that contender after all, but I'll drop the link in case anybody else here has any experience with the thing. The brand is Ibuffalo. I've never heard of them, and like I said a lot of the reviews rip this thing apart, but its certainly got enough buttons and a good classic layout.
http://a.co/f5Smg6K

thelostsoul

@kikinaak If its the same iBuffalo brand as the one I know, then I trust in them. I own a pair of iBuffalo SNES styled USB gamepads and the quality is well done and known for it.

KN4THX

Do they make a Sega Genesis turbo 6 button controller with shoulder/triggers? I thought they did back when my 66mhz PC used to play Street Fighter and Jill Of The Jungle.