PadawanAmy Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Hey! Anyone able to recommend a decent wireless (bluetooth) controller for windows that i can use with my launchbox. Mostly using to control PS2/PS/PSP/Gamecube/Wii games. I looked on amazon and the gamesir one seems to be the best i can find so im thinking of getting a couple of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, BenRulez said: Hey! Anyone able to recommend a decent wireless (bluetooth) controller for windows that i can use with my launchbox. Mostly using to control PS2/PS/PSP/Gamecube/Wii games. I looked on amazon and the gamesir one seems to be the best i can find so im thinking of getting a couple of them Hi and welcome to the community. Just a heads up I have a Gamesir G4S controller and it doesn't work correctly in Dolphin, only the sticks and shoulder buttons are recognised along with the A button, b, y, and x don't work at all. Here is a thread on the issue. https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-gamesir-controller-not-working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PadawanAmy Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 45 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Hi and welcome to the community. Just a heads up I have a Gamesir G4S controller and it doesn't work correctly in Dolphin, only the sticks and shoulder buttons are recognised along with the A button, b, y, and x don't work at all. Here is a thread on the issue. https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-gamesir-controller-not-working Thanks for the heads up, any idea if the fixes in that thread work or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, BenRulez said: Thanks for the heads up, any idea if the fixes in that thread work or not? I honestly don't know as I retired the controller and got a 8bitdo sf30 pro which works just fine in dolphin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PadawanAmy Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 Just now, neil9000 said: I honestly don't know as I retired the controller and got a 8bitdo sf30 pro which works just fine in dolphin. I was also looking at that controller as well as one of the other 8bitdo ones, is it better than the gamesir one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, BenRulez said: I was also looking at that controller as well as one of the other 8bitdo ones, is it better than the gamesir one? I really like it personally, it has a great dpad on it which is great for emulation of the older systems, but it looks like you are wanting to emulate systems that mostly used analogue sticks rather than dpad. The sticks on it are good also but its a small controller so the sticks are quite close together so that would be a personal preference thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra God Azgorath Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Personally I'd get either the XBOX ONE S controller or DUALSHOCK 4 Controller as they have bluetooth and have more buttons to assign hotkeys like save/load states, fast forward and rewind but if retro nostalgia is what you want mostly and dont care about hotkeys then 8bitdo controllers are perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Shinryu said: Personally I'd get either the XBOX ONE S controller or DUALSHOCK 4 Controller as they have bluetooth and have more buttons to assign hotkeys like save/load states, fast forward and rewind but if retro nostalgia is what you want mostly and dont care about hotkeys then 8bitdo controllers are perfect. My 8bitdo is Bluetooth and has the same amount of buttons as the xbox one/PS4 controller.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mcbazel-Wireless-Bluetooth-Gamepad-Controller/dp/B0787H1KYV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522788561&sr=8-1&keywords=sf30+pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra God Azgorath Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) O 4 minutes ago, neil9000 said: My 8bitdo is Bluetooth and has the same amount of buttons as the xbox one/PS4 controller.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mcbazel-Wireless-Bluetooth-Gamepad-Controller/dp/B0787H1KYV/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522788561&sr=8-1&keywords=sf30+pro Oh my apologies. I thought they didn't have them. but aren't the shoulder buttons very close to each other like in an uncomfortable way? Edited April 3, 2018 by Shinryu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 They are quite close, but as you see in the image R/L are raised and R2/L2 are lowered and also have a curve to them so it actually feels really nice. The only downside is L2/R2 are digital buttons not analog triggers, but they work just fine for emulation, if i'm playing a PC racing game I switch to my XBONE controller though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra God Azgorath Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 1 minute ago, neil9000 said: They are quite close, but as you see in the image R/L are raised and R2/L2 are lowered and also have a curve to them so it actually feels really nice. The only downside is L2/R2 are digital buttons not analog triggers, but they work just fine for emulation, if i'm playing a PC racing game I switch to my XBONE controller though. ah I see. cool stuff. X-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PadawanAmy Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Shinryu said: Personally I'd get either the XBOX ONE S controller or DUALSHOCK 4 Controller as they have bluetooth and have more buttons to assign hotkeys like save/load states, fast forward and rewind but if retro nostalgia is what you want mostly and dont care about hotkeys then 8bitdo controllers are perfect. I was going to get a xbox one controller but the problem is i want to get at least 2 controllers for multiplayer and with the xbone controllers thats over £100 on controllers Edited April 3, 2018 by BenRulez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultra God Azgorath Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 yeah they're not cheap thats for sure. 8bitdo controllers should be a little more affordable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybonz Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) Xarcade has a couple bluetooth retro controllers, but no analog sticks, I think. They look pretty cool though. https://shop.xgaming.com/collections/retro-game-accessories They used to have one with analog sticks, but I'm not seeing it there any more. Edited April 4, 2018 by Drybonz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatuswalrus Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 I have the X-Arcade Tankstick and 2 x PS4 controllers. I never wanted to play with anything other than an arcade stick but after setting up the PS4 controllers I haven't looked back. They are amazing! Though, I can't imagine they are the cheapest option out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoozwah Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Dualshock 4 controllers are my goto controllers for pretty much everything except genesis, saturn and mame fighters that use 6 buttons. I use a USB saturn pad for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 i have my arcade cab sticks wired to usb encoder boards but retroarch wont allow me to input controls , if i wired them to xin-mo board would they work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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