Tips

Gamepads

For the best experience, I recommend using a PlayStation3-type gamepad when using these emulators. Why?

• PS3 controllers are USB or Bluetooth, both of which work on your Mac without any extra adapters
• PS3 controllers have a similar layout to a SNES controller (but with a few extra buttons and analog sticks), making it feel like a pretty natural SNES experience
• PS3 controllers can easily be used as an NES gamepad, and it's more comfortalble, to boot
• With some set-up, a PS3 controller makes a decent substitute for a N64 controller. Here's how I do it (N64 buttons -> PS3 buttons):
  • Analog stick -> left analog stick
  • D-pad -> D-pad
  • A & B -> Cross & Square
  • Start -> Start (no surprises there!)
  • Z -> L2
  • R & L: R1 & L1
  • Left & Right C -> Triangle & Circle
    • This keeps Left & Right C close to their original positions
  • Up & Down C -> right analog up & down
    • I found that if I mapped all four C buttons to the right analog stick, it was too easy to make mistakes