controller for retro gaming on emulators - /vr/

Anonymous10/18/26, 11:52No.12884617Controller for retro gaming on emulators

I just bought this $70 8shitdo and in less than a year of very light usage it's already broken. I don't want to waste money on another 8shitdo, and everything else on Amazon is just Gamesaar and other no-name brands. What is actually trustworthy and worth the money? I would prefer wired over wireless, and a good dpad is a must for retro gaming. It's a shame that 8shitdo's build quality is garbage, because otherwise the controller felt great. Is the GuliKit Elves 2 controller any good?

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Anon10/18/26, 11:56No.12884619

Use controllers you already have with USB adaptors instead of insisting on falling for paid reviews and forced viral marketing for shit products

Anon10/18/26, 11:57No.12884620

i run wired 360 ($10) for 3d and 8bitdom30 ($20) for 2d. the m30 is great, had it for less than a year though. 360 is the most reliable controller ime

Anon10/18/26, 11:57No.12884621

literally everything is made in the same 300 jungle factories in southern china anyway so just buy what's cheapest so when the thing inevitably breaks in 8 months you don't feel as bad.

Anon10/18/26, 12:32No.12884653

buy genuine console controllers from ebay and buy the usb adapters

Anon10/18/26, 13:10No.12884682

Anon10/18/26, 13:12No.12884689

Isn't that still under warranty? Not that they'll necessarilly follow it, but it's worth a try.

Anon10/18/26, 13:16No.12884697

>I just bought this $70 8shitdo Damn, what a retarded faggot paying that much for one. I paid less than half that for my Pro 3 and it works absolutely perfectly. Best controller I've ever owned.

Anon10/18/26, 13:33No.12884723

> Plugging a console controller into PC via a cable needs tech wizardry I don't possess.

Anon10/18/26, 13:41No.12884731

I own a ton of controllers. 8bitdo is okay, good for the price. You can't really go wrong with them. They won't last forever but they usually last longer than official Xbox controllers. PS5 controllers are also pretty decent if you have large, masculine hands that are big enough to handle it.

Anon10/18/26, 13:46No.12884741

Hori controllers usually have good D-pads, look into them

Anon10/18/26, 14:19No.12884776

>Is the GuliKit Elves 2 controller any good? Don't know about the Elves 2, I have the Gulikit ES Pro and so far (with the latest firmware) it's been rock solid. Mostly the same as the Xbox Series X but the d-pad is quieter (but just as accurate), the should buttons are infinitely better, and the analogs are hall effect ones.The only issue is that the on/off button is in the same location as the start/select on the series X, so I kept pressing it by accident, and the controller turned itself off even after a single tap. But I stopped getting this bug after the last firmware update, which makes the pad pretty nearly flawless, other than using an inbuilt battery instead of AAs. It'll take a year or two to figure out if it's ultimately better, because it takes about that long for the series X controller to break down. But the shoulder buttons use a different design that makes them impossible to break, and so do the analogs. The USB-C connector already seems wonky but only if I force it. Looks like there's no getting around that connector being shit. Up side is that it's supposed to have really low latency even in bluetooth (the series X was unusable with bluetooth, so much lag).

Anon10/18/26, 14:27No.12884783

Anon10/18/26, 14:43No.12884805

learn to solder bitch

Anon10/18/26, 14:52No.12884820

I got an 8shitpoo Ultimate C Wired for 5 bucks on Prime Day 2023. It doesn’t have fancy shit like paddles or hall effect sensors, but it gets the job done. Its quality is slightly better than the wired 360 pad, so no complaints. There’s drift on both analog sticks at around a 4% inner zone, which is okayish, and a 5% inner deadzone isn’t too bad either.I have a Steam Controller (V1) and a DualShock (V2) too, but for emulation I use the Ultimate C Wired the most, I would like to get a M30 but I won't pay more than 15 bucks on that.

Anon10/18/26, 20:31No.12885274

depends on what you emulate (i use a normal xbox controller for most stuff and an old gamecube controller with a mayflash adapter for gc/n64 games) but the retrobit genesis/saturn controllers are great for 2d stuff. i use the wireless one for my genesis and it works really well.

Anon10/18/26, 21:00No.12885303

Redragon Saturn. Fits great in your hands. Wonderful analog sticks, dpad and a shocking $20.

Anon10/19/26, 01:31No.12885685

>If you don't need analog sticks: 8BitDo M30.>If you need analog sticks: Sony DualSense.

Anon10/19/26, 01:38No.12885696

just get an xbox controller or a ps5 controller they're way better than this crap. Everyone who disagrees is a third worlder that can't afford them

Anon10/19/26, 04:06No.12885858

>Is the GuliKit Elves 2 controller any good? no idea and it looks ugly as sin. but i do have a kingkong 2 pro and it's excellent. i bought the xbox layout replacement buttons too because i'm not a faggot and it handles everything i throw at it. i even use it on switch mode on pc when emulating switch and wii u to have access to the gyro. i played resident evil 4 wii edition with it using the gyro as a pointer and it was a great experience. i can post my controller config if anyone is interested. the only time i use a different controller is when i emulate playstation 1/2/3 games. i use a dualshock 3 for that to have pressure buttons and all that stuff.

Anon10/19/26, 06:08No.12885932

I like my Elves 2 a lot for the rolling d-pad/polling rate/features for the price point but I'm not sure if it'll hold up after a straight year of use. The shoulder buttons aren't great to use because the top is narrow. I was considering the TT Max but supposedly the sticks inherently have big deadzones.

Anon10/19/26, 06:11No.12885935

Oh boy, they're starting with the daily 8bitdon't ads again.

Anon10/19/26, 15:03No.12886565

stop buy crap, use the OEM stuff with a good adapter like Bliss-Box or raphnetBliss-Box is a universal for all controllers raphnet is specific to 1.

Anon10/19/26, 15:08No.12886583

I can't believe they literally called it the GameSIR. Lmao

Anon10/19/26, 16:11No.12886778

How is the dpad on the cheapo gamesaar model?

Anon10/19/26, 22:12No.12887339

I've had that same controller for like six years and it never broke and works reliably to connect and everything. I don't know what your problem is.

Anon10/19/26, 22:13No.12887341

mechanical buttons, solid dpad, tmr sticks, 1k polling

Anon10/20/26, 00:20No.12887493

I fell for this piece of shit scam controller too, the right stick started drifting wildly after only four months of use. I still use it, dual sticks aren't necessary for most of the games I play, but I'm still in disbelief at how garbage this thing is. I only spent 30 bucks though, no idea how or why would you get one for 70.

Anon10/20/26, 04:03No.12887764

what the fuck, these things are $70 now? i bought this exact same controller for like $35, in 2024 i think

Anon10/20/26, 05:03No.12887815

>buying anything on Amazon >not expecting Chinese slave-labor-quality products Pick one.

Anon10/20/26, 06:54No.12887874

Why do people seem to generally trust 8BitDo but not GameSir even though their products quality are very comparable? Is it just because of the name?

Anon10/22/26, 03:20No.12889838

PS4 controller.

Anon10/22/26, 04:14No.12889974

I'm using a DOUBLESHOCK 3™

Anon10/22/26, 06:36No.12890075

Anon10/22/26, 08:59No.12890181

a keyboard is all you need.

Anon10/23/26, 01:13No.12891340

I just use a DualSense for everything that's not Sega; I have USB Saturn pad for those systems.

Anon10/24/26, 11:20No.12893641

>Is the GuliKit Elves 2 controller any good? yes

Anon10/24/26, 17:45No.12894129

Nigga I bought two for 35 dollars a piece. One is still in the box and the other is still working 3 years later, longer than any of my shitbox or goystation controllers ever did.

Anon10/24/26, 17:47No.12894132

I was tempted to get the n64 controller from 8bitdo just for the benefit of the extra face buttons but I tried one of their controllers at a friends house and the d-pad felt like shit. For the most part my Xbox one controller was perfectly fine and much better than that garbage so I never bothered to try anymore of their stuff, I have a steam controller now and prefer that for pretty much everything.I do have a hori battle pad gamecube controller for GC games just because it was very cheap and I have a softspot for the old gamecube controller layout. It makes almost no difference for enjoyment of the games unless you have some attachment to a design and I dont see the point in getting autistic about controller build quality

Anon10/24/26, 17:49No.12894136

DS4