I've recently purchased the excellent SmartGear and what with the Touch Pro 2's TV out would like to have myself a little retro action by playing on MegaDrive classics on my TV.
However, this would mean holding the phone, and cable, while playing, which isn't as much fun.
Does anyone know if any bluetooth games controllers work? I've looked and PS3 and Wii controllers don't seem to, but can anyone recommend one at all, or know if the ENR one works http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/review/bt-gamepad-en.shtml
I know that the Broadcomm stack is acausing problems but hope it's not going to ruin this plan.
Thanks
Hello,
I am so impressed by how well the Nexus 7 handles gaming specially N64 emulation that I want to use a game controller and it sems there are a few options.
Firstly, I am familiar with using a PS3 controller via the OTG cable unrooted and also with Sixaxis once rooted and the option to map the buttons for touch screen only games which looks brilliant.
My big hands prefer xbox controllers so I wondered what options there are for xbox controllers in a similar environment? I'd rather not use it wired but if that was the only drawback opposed to PS3 and Sixaxis then I'd live with it..
But what gamepad solutions are there for playing Android games and Retro emulators?
Thanks
The sixaxis is your best bet. I was in the exact same situation, wanted an Xbox controller but didn't want it wired. Problem with that is Microsoft uses 2.4ghz which the nexus 7 doesn't have built in. The sixaxis is Bluetooth so it connects fine and I've never had a problem with it on any device I've used it on as a gamepad.
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It is unfortunate that the device needs to be rooted for sixaxis to work, right?
I have large hands as well, but I only have wireless Xbox controllers and when I tried using the wireless PC kit on a tablet (Cube U30GT with Android 4.1), it got recognized in the home screen, but no game was able to use it. I didn't want to purchase a cable Xbox controller just for use with Android. So I got a PS3 controller which works well as you described. I have no problem playing games with it (Dead Trigger, Shadow Gun, GTA, Max Payne, SNES Emulators so far). Playing older games with the PS3 controller is better than with an Xbox controller in my opinion, because the Xbox controller has a rubbish D-Pad, which SNES games use a lot. Remapping touch controls to the PS3 with Sixaxis Controller app is fairly good and easy, once you get the hang of it.
If you don't care about the cable and have one laying around, an Xbox 360 controller should work, at least I've seen a lot of people use one with their android devices.
There are a lot of custom controllers for android devices, most of which use bluetooth. But they are either more expansive than Xbox/PS3 or not very well built in my opinion.
rickyoon.vegas said:
It is unfortunate that the device needs to be rooted for sixaxis to work, right?
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Yes, Sixaxis needs root
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Red samurai GameStop controller.
Bluetooth, Gamepad support, Keyboard mode for emulator button mapping, rechargeable via USB, can connect two controllers together for multiplayer action Dual analog sticks, d pad, l1 l2 r1 r2, start, select, 4 action buttons. Best thing is that its made specifically for android tablets
I have two and love them.
25 dollars at your local GameStop.
Hello there! Did anyone tryed to connect a 2,4GHz. wireless gamepad to an android device (specifically a G Pad 8.3)? I've got a Natec PV44 which comes with an USB receiver, which works great on android, but you know, it's kind of messy to when an OTG cable with the USB dongle in it is sticking out of the tablet... The G Pad didn't find the gamepad through BT or Wifi, so I guess if there aren't some special drivers for connecting a 2,4GHz. gamepad without the USB dongle, it won't work Which is kind of sad. I'm totally not a gamepad guy, the last time when I was playing games with a gamepad was in the 90's on some kind of Nintendo clone. Even racing games like NFS on PC aren't that good with the gamepad... But for example the Reckless Racing 3 on Android was pretty nice to play with the gamepad.
Hello all,
I was thrilled to get Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter working with MAME4droid. However, I am looking to see if there is a 6 button controller similar to the Genesis and Sega Saturn controller that is fully compatible with the FireTV. Perhaps even with a few extra buttons for Start and Insert Coin. Any thoughts?
Thanks!
No controller is gonna be fully compatible, cause not all games support gamepads/controllers. Controllers will only work on games that support gamepads or emulators that support gamepads, and still not every controller is gonna work. I recommend the rock candy controller. If your emulator has keymaps you can program buttons as you wish. The biggest factor for me is that the Rock Candy controllers takes actual batteries, which means you don't have to charge the controller, if it goes dead just replace the batteries. Most controllers these days are rechargable, but I think a controller with replacable batteries is much better.
The controller does work on a lot of apps including most native Fire TV apps, work with Kodi, works with a lot of FPS games and most emulators.
Does anyone know if the Cube 2 supports plugging in headphones on the Game Controller? On the 1st Gen Cube, it gives a message that it is not supported on this device.
Also, does anyone know a way around this? One of the reasons I even got the game remotes was hoping could watch TV or play games silently at night without disturbing anyone. TIA