Gamepad Discussion

>>3349035
xbox one for 3d games and non-retro
buffalo snes, for 2d and retro

thinking of getting one of those saturn usb pads

>>3349035
I'm glad you made this so I didn't have to. I still use a wired 360 controller for everything, but mine's wearing out.

Anyone know of a good replacement, a good catch-all controller? I don't care about price.

>>3349035
For emulators i use a dualshock 3. Besides some awkwardness with the triggers, it has a decent d-pad and connects wirelessly, so i have no complaints. If you go that route, use SCP server and avoid motioninjoy.
The wired 360 pad is pretty good as well, but the d-pad isn't ideal for older games.

>>3349035
I've had 3 of them shits in the last 2 years. The first one lasted a good year and I blamed myself for it breaking, had a bad smoking habit at the time. When the second one broke after a few months I should have left it at that but I was itching to play games again so I bought a third one and I'm so bored with it I could break it. I've been hearing good things about the Xbone controller, maybe I'll get one. They're OK if you need some budget shit on the fly but don't expect to get into anything advanced with it.

>>3349035
I have a cheap 2 for $5 Ucom.
Analogs are crap but everything that doesn't require one plays good and the cable is long enough.

>>3349138
Oh and i use them for 6 years now.

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This thing has the best d-pad.

Dualshock 4

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>>3349163
There's also a newer one with a more traditional shape and xinput support, though it seems to have lost the diagonals-tension adjust and d-pad angle adjust.

I've had a cheap pad from the supermarket for years. The cord broke once but I fixed it. Mostly emulate snes.

>>3349035
Bought one of these and they're absolutely fucking worthless for shmups/fighters. The dpad cannot recognise a quick left-right-left input, so in a shmup for example your ship sticks in place and gets shot with a bit of moving round. Trash.

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It depends.

I use a Dualshock 2 connected via USB to PS2 controller connector for most emulation especially PS1 and 2d games.

For n64 I always use my 360 controller though, it feels more n64-ish.

I use the 360 controller for DC and Saturn emu too for obvious reasons.
As much as I like the Dualshock 3 the triggers and the fact the controllers fall to pieces quick stopped me from buying anymore. My ps3's are useless now pretty much. Not just that but new DS3 controllers are really shoddily made. They all come with l1/r1 triggers that depress too much and cut into your fingers and shittily put together shells that creak and feel like shit in your hands. Sony has pretty much ditched the ps3 and in the last years of its life just fucked the controllers over. The analog sticks are made out of cheese and wear in quick too. There might be one in every ten bought that feels like it's usable. They're still selling them at 45 bux too which is taking the piss if they were 20 bux now or something it would make sense.

I've been thinking of buying a DS4 but the LIGHT is the dumbest shit and makes me not want to get one.

>>3349220
>I use a Dualshock 2 connected via USB to PS2 controller connector for most emulation especially PS1 and 2d games.
Does it support analog buttons?

>>3349189
Yeah, the one I had is not that exact model, it was a Rumble Pad 2, but it seems to be the same controller from what I can tell other than different colored buttons and a vibration button

Anyway yeah, it lasted me for many years but honestly I always felt like the d pad wasn't great while playing fighting games, which is why I'm really curious about other options

>>3349163
>>3349165
Yeah these would be the obvious choice but they're a bit pricey, isn't there anything that has a pretty decent d pad in the cheaper realm?

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Anybody ever have any experience with this? I've heard conflicting opinions, from that it's very good to that it's a total piece of shit

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>>3349225

I don't think so. I think it registers all the buttons as digital on/off but honestly I've never tried it outside of emulators.

It registers the analog sticks as analog.

It would need secondary drivers/software for the analog buttons regardless much like the DS3 I imagine and this is just a plug and play connector.


Makes it so I can use a DS2 on a PS3 if I want too. It has been quite useful for something that only cost 5 bux. It has lasted me many years too.

>>3349225
not him but I use a mayflash joybox and it's current driver actually does support the analog buttons. haven't actually tested it's functionality since none of the PS2 games I emulate so far use them. still can't get mednafen to work with rumble though, even with x360ce it just doesn't recognize it on my controller despite other emulators and such doing so.

>>3349220
I'm pretty sure you can turn the light off on the DS4.

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I already used it for Pokken. I got it cheap right after the restock. Its now my main emulation controller but I also have GC, Wii U Pro, DS3, and the Wii's classic controller

>>3349231
I have the xbox 360 version, I really like it. Played a lot of super metroid using it.

>>3349035
hi OP, i have 2 xbox / 2 ds3 / ds4 / wii classic / gc controller / nes classic usb/ madcatz arcade stick :

i love the gc for sm64 or any of the 3d games out there on the wii (mod) i dont use the wii classic to much, it is really nice for emu on the wii though. overal i prefer the ds3 over the ds4 pad, but more because im used to playing with the ds3, the ds4 just feels weird, i play a lot of shmups and fightans and generally considered hardcore/twitch games and for accuracy i would say the d-pad from the ds3 is sufficient. i dont use my xboxs that much, dont know why, maybe i dont really like the d-pad and/or the spacing. for games with twin sticks i dont really notice a difference between ds or xbox, just my 2 cents

>>3349035

Computer:
- iBuffalo SNES for computer things
- OEM N64 controller through Mayflash adapter
- DS2 -> USB adapter (PS1 only, no idea if analog buttons work)

Wii:
- Wii Classic controller (not classic pro) for wii retroarch

PSP Go:
- DS3 for PS1 emulation

I had one like you've got there but didn't like the d-pad.

Also these things are total fucking garbage: Cheap USB NES, SNES, MD, N64 pads, some brands of OEM -> USB adapters for SNES, generic-brand Wii Classic controllers.

Not-great-but-usable: Generic N64 controllers, Generic GC pads. The dead zones are a little off so tiptoeing in SM64, bow in Zelda etc are a bit harder, but on the whole they're perfectly usable as spare Smash bangers when you don't want to thrash a nice tight OEM stick.

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This. Tbqh I'm dumb for not just ordering like ten of them.

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Too add, although I still haven't scored one this is my current unicorn (to be plugged into >>3349523
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I don't know why I keep driving up the value raving about it before I score one