In case someone ends up here and has a similar problem to mine, I ended up finding a solution, but it wasn't the solution I was looking for. I found a download called Zadig that I used to update the driver for the usb device referred to as gamepad to the usblibk driver. When went back to retroarch to my surprise the device it was connected to was now the generic joystick controller which happens to be my arcade controls. So instead of making that USB SNES gamepad work, I got the arcade controls built into my cabinet to start working. I'm not sure if this is better, but I really don't feel like poking the bear any further and losing the progress I've made. Some games are hard to set up using the sanwa joysticks, especially the Atari 5200 which originally had a very unique controller. For example, trying Super Breakout I found the joystick had no inbetween and just made the paddle slam from side to side. I tried adjusting the sensitivity a bit but didn't notice any change. I can't say it won't work because I haven't tried too hard yet, but I would at least expect a lot of fine tuning for each and every game in that system. I also need to figure out how to work in a number pad since a lot of 5200 games needed that input to play like one of my favorites Dreadnaught Factor.
Despite no one having any help for me, I hope i could have helped someone else. If it did, please leave a message and let me know what results you had and if you found any tricks to making multiple controllers work with each other in a Windows installed retroarch.
