Once you’ve done that, go ahead and map your input device in Emulation Station as detailed in the mapping section of the Gaming Kit for RetroPie tutorial, however, you’ll notice that each time you map a button, it will tell you the button ID.
The first thing you’ll need to do is to pair the controller with your system over Bluetooth as detailed in our Setting Up 8Bitdo Bluetooth Controllers in RetroPie tutorial. We’ll be using the N64 style 8Bitdo controller as an example for this tutorial, however, it will work with others too. As mentioned in the Setting Up 8Bitdo Controllers in RetroPie tutorial, to turn the controller on, you hold the START button for 3 seconds, however, you'll need to be sure to charge it for about 30mins before using it for the first time. In our testing, we found that turning the controller on for the first time can be a little tricky.
You can use this method for any emulator, but today we’ll be looking specifically at the mupen64plus (default for all RetroPie versions past 3.3).īefore following this tutorial, we recommend reading the Gaming Kit for RetroPie, Setting Up 8Bitdo Controllers in RetroPie, and Updating 8Bitdo Controller Firmware (coming soon) tutorials. This means that all the rest that map exactly as they should won’t be affected, only the emulator that you specify.
Well, today is your lucky day, we’ll be walking through how to remap controller input for individual emulators. For example, you may find that on the new 8Bitdo N64 style controllers, the buttons will be mapped correctly in Emulation Station (the home menu system that loads on startup), however, when you try and play a game with the N64 emulators, the buttons are mapped incorrectly.
This can be because of a few different reasons, but usually, it’s because of the fact that some emulators, such as mupen64, use RetroArch mappings instead of the intended ones. However, sometimes the mappings don’t always carry across as intended. If you’re new to RetroPie and want to find out a bit more, take a read of our Gaming Kit for RetroPie tutorial. RetroPie is a fantastic system, and once you map your input device, it will take those mappings and apply them to all of the emulators on RetroPie.