On the bottom edge, there are four green LEDs which give information on various things, such as the power level of the pad's battery, whether or not it's trying to connect and what 'Player number' it is assigned to. On the top, you'll find the USB-C charging port, which is also used to deliver firmware updates to the device. Toggling between the pad's various compatibility modes – which cover Switch, Windows, Android, macOS, Steam and Raspberry Pi – is done via button combinations when starting up, and these have thankfully become standardised across 8BitDo's products over the years so it's easy to remember what's what. mystman12 Thanks for the insight. Unfortunately the issue with their future usefulness with Nintendo hardware or software is still absolutely a huge problem. The thing that really chafes about it is that they knew exactly what they were doing in getting rid of the VC and limiting the functionality of these controllers to a service they've scarcely supported and which will no doubt have its plug pulled shortly after they move on to their next console, maybe within 2 to 3 years. CurryPowderKeg79 @ReaderRagfihs Very clearly, you have no clue whatsoever what "cheap" looks like in terms of gamepad design. Fillari, Alessandro (April 7, 2020). "How PS5's DualSense Fits Into The History Of PlayStation Controllers". GameSpot . Retrieved August 12, 2020. If you want to edit the entries in the .cfg file for your controller, you will need to know the values corresponding to the buttons on your controller. Usually the relationship between the two can be deduced by looking at the file and noting the entries' names along with the values next to them, assuming that the values have not been jumbled from previous edits or been mixed up due to unknown issues. For example, the USB gamepad above has an entry for input_x_btn = "0", indicating that the "X" button on the controller (or the button that you associated as "X" during controller setup in EmulationStation) has a value of "0."

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Westlye, Christopher Benjamin (June 17, 2015). Petrel Software Usability Study: Using the Microsoft Kinect v2 for Workflow Execution (PDF) (Thesis). Norwegian University of Science and Technology. p.13. hdl: 11250/2352571 . Retrieved August 13, 2020. Loguidice, Bill; Barton, Matt (February 24, 2014). "Microsoft Xbox (2001)". Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time. CRC Press. ISBN 9781135006501 . Retrieved August 10, 2020. Jones, Steven E.; Thiruvathukal, George K. (February 24, 2012). Codename Revolution: The Nintendo Wii Platform. MIT Press. pp.55, 58, 64, 67. ISBN 9780262300537 . Retrieved August 9, 2020. retro_player_22 Controller arrived today and the USB port also allows the controller to work with PC and Switch via a wired connection. So it isn't just for charging. I would be very surprised if it couldn't also be used to update the firmware. Not so that it can connect to other devices wirelessly (I understand what 2.4GHz and Bluetooth are), but to fix any issues with the general operation or to add new customisation options etc.RedMageLanakyn Oh, no, Sega's rolling D-Pad is the greatest D-Pad design ever made, due to how easy and accurate it is to push diagonal direactions without impeding your ability to push in the cardinal directions! I just don't understand why nobody else ever adopted the design. Honestly all that direct did was leave a bitter taste in my mouth. Nintendo have got arrogant from the switch success and now doing as little as possible. Them and Sony both at it and MS is hardly spoiling us. The whole industry has got arrogant and greedy. Even more so. Who thought that was possible I'm getting this for my Sega Genesis Classic Collection, Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, Blazblue and Dragon Ball FighterZ, Cuphead, the Hamster games, Sonic Mania Plus, and the Sega Ages games. I'm also hoping 8Bitdo release the M30 Pro controller soon then I could play Shenmue 1 & 2 the proper Sega Saturn way instead of the lame Dreamcast way which I hate. I might get an n64 controller just to compare it with my original controller for my physical n65. Also it would feel weird playing the games with a different controller Edwards, Benj (June 6, 2020). "How the Gravis PC GamePad Transformed PC Gaming in the '90s". How-To Geek . Retrieved August 13, 2020.

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Sounds great. Just to clarify, the Bluetooth version works with Switch out of the box, and with the original Mega Drive console via seperate adapter, but if I end up buying the Analogue Mega Sg, I need the 2.4ghz version (which won’t work with the Switch or the original console)? This year, Sony and Microsoft continue their tradition of excellence with a new generation of controllers. And while much is already known about these controllers, the adventures they’ll take us on are yet to be told. They literally have one of the best controllers for 2D games sitting right there with the 6-button one, but they keep insisting on this one. Why? It can't save them that much money. RetroArch controls have been integrated into EmulationStation and will be the first thing you see when you boot from the RetroPie SD image the first time. You can also access it from the start menu within EmulationStation under the Configure Input option. Your joypad is automagically configured for libretro (RetroArch) emulators when you configure your controller in EmulationStation. You'll know if your controller has been automagically configured if you see a flash of yellow text on the bottom of the screen with your gamepad ID when you start a game.Sinton I think the Bluetooth model will work with your Mega Sg too (I can't see why it wouldn't, as it works on the original console) - they just offer two options.

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This will also take effect on any other system which you may use lr-picodrive for (eg. Sega 32X, Sega CD). Mega Drive/Genesis Controller

The Genesis/Mega Drive had a 6 button controller released, with 3 extra buttons (X, Y, Z) placed above the normal 3 (A, B, C). A small subset of games do not function with the 6 button controller, but the vast majority do. To emulate the 6 button controller, do the following: lr-genesis-plus-gx It looks to be a simple but elegant controller if I was to go by looks alone. I am pretty impressed, but I think my first 8bitdo controller will be their SNES Pro. (I think it is called something like that.) Once this is done, please update any of the currently installed Mega Drive emulators from RetroPie-Setup and Emulation Station will now use the Genesis logo. Scraping from within Emulation Station should also return Genesis artwork. Hanson, Christopher (March 8, 2018). Game Time: Understanding Temporality in Video Games. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253032843 . Retrieved August 12, 2020. Serrano, Aarón Rodríguez; Núñez, Marta Martín; Catalán, Shaila García (May 4, 2020). "10 – Augmented Reality". Reimagining Communication: Mediation. Routledge. ISBN 9781351015417 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.

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What does a mouse for home video game consoles bring us?]. Famitsu (in Japanese). No.189. July 31, 1992. pp.8, 42 . Retrieved September 14, 2020. Fletcher, JC (November 1, 2010). "Wii Remote Plus vs. Wii Remote". Engadget . Retrieved August 10, 2020. What about the patented Logitech D-Pads? They were rolling too, but silky smooth. You cannot say this is the best D-Pad until you have tried one of them. When you configure your controller in EmulationStation, the RetroPie setup script automatically configures RetroArch with the same controls.

Don't think this'll have the correct button layout for the Mega Drive/Genesis collection, which unfortunately doesn't let you make any changes. According to this write-up though the Street Fighters will be good to go, and I'm sure the Arcade Archives and Sega Ages series will let you make any changes you need (though the Sega Ages ones tend to use X as Start instead of +). And, just comparing the standard Genesis pad to the standard SNES pad for a moment (since those are the ones you got in the box at no extra cost), those additional shoulder buttons on the SNES and the diamond-shaped face button layout offered far, far more versatility for all types of games: Imagine trying to play a Doom-style fps game with strafing and the like using a standard Genesis controller, or an F-Zero-like game with left and right air brakes, or Smash TV with independent 8-way movement and 8-way aiming at the same time, or, indeed, Street Fighter II without upgrading at an additional cost to the 6-button Genesis controller . . . never mind the fact the platformers were the most popular gaming genre of that era and the SNES d-pad was just better suited to and superior for those types of games. And yeah, a restriction to the three-button version does seem to indicate that a subset of games will be released.