Has anyone been using 8bitdo controllers?

[snlᴉʇnɐNɔᴉɯsoƆ]

I have my eye on this: https://www.amazon.com/8Bitdo-Gamepad-Windows-RetroPie-Raspberry/dp/B07V2P79Z2
I figured it should work on a laptop just fine, but I thought I'd ask;

Does anyone have experience with these controllers? Should work fine for my Steam games, right?

[☆ƧQυiяяєL♫]

You can do Google searches on it, using keywords "8bitdo controllers+steam games" or some such.

And it depends on the game itself, as some games are coded beautifully and others.. well, not so much.

It all depends on the "driver" software compatibility with Windows, you can use third party tools to see if they recognize your controller and you can map functions, e.g. Controller Companion on Steam or a third party non-Steam utility as Xpadder.

You can also tweak the controller settings on the Steam Client.
On the Steam client, upper left-hand corner, click Steam, then Settings for the pop-up box, click Controller, if you choose General Controller Settings, you will open up controller settings in Big Picture mode and adjust the settings.

[crunchyfrog]

I've just been commenting/helping another user who has an issue with an 8bit do controller on Steam, so Squirrel's repsonse above is pretty spot on.

In general they're OK, decent controllers, but a lot of it boils down to how well implemented each game is. The drivers used and so on are the diference here.

And sadly, if you're after getting the smoothest most reliable experience across all games, then your bet will always remain an official Xbox controller that works with Windows natively.

However, if there's just specific games you want to use it with, then it may be a great solution.

Bottom line - you're going to have to do some granular research on this yourself per game.

[InstanceCrasher]

I've successfully used the SNES styled SN30 and Genesis/Saturn styled M30 on classic platformer collections and games such as Capcom's Disney Afternoon, the Mega Man Collections, the Sega Genesis collection, and Castlevania collection as well as Chrono Trigger and other sidescrollers. Some I've used just by connecting the controllers. I did have to remap buttons to the M30 in-game for the Sega Collection. Like Squirrel and Crunchyfrog said, it depends on the game.

Most of 8bitdo's controllers have at least 4 input modes built into the controller that is selected through a button combination when syncing to the device. One is Xinput which is what the Xbox controller uses and another is dinput which is what the PS4 controller uses. Most of their controllers are also programmed to be used on Macs, the Switch, and Anrdoid devices. With Xinput compatibility and Steam's button remapping, I think it should have a pretty good compatibility rate with games.

Here is a link to their official page: https://www.8bitdo.com/sn30-pro-g-classic-or-sn30-pro-sn/ and the support page: https://support.8bitdo.com/faq/sn30-pro.html

[tuxdelux]

I just purchased a SNES type controller and I have been having trouble.
I tried to use the steam remapping tool, but it expects two joysticks and a D-pad. This controller only has a D-pad. I will try some of the other "modes" as mentioned above.