I’m having the worst time trying to get emulation station to recognize these 8bitdo snes30 pads.It pairs in setup then upon reboot es does not recognize them.
Here’s what I’ve done:
No luck…
That sucks. I know I had trouble at first getting mine to connect to my RetroPie, but it seems recently it’s been pretty good. I think that holding the right bumper and start when booting the controller up helps. It starts it up in some different mode.
Im just going to return them. I tried everything and wasted a lot of time.
That’s a bummer. They’re nice controllers when they work!
This happened to me and I can’t remember how I fixed it. What mode is your game pad in?
i’m sorry you having trouble with your snes controller. i know nothing about this stuff. my friend actually got a retropi and i was playing it last night, he also uses same front end as you (emulation station) he uses crummy little snes controllers that dont feel right to me (even though i havent touched a dogbone in quite some time) he mentioned he wants to use a weirless xbox controller but mention its hard to get it to connect.
only thing i could suggest would be to use a cheap wired controller ASAP, or even just get ‘backup’ wired controllers so you can at least play while you subsequently continue the endless troubleshooting that is emulation! XD
thanks for posting, i didnt really look into front ends. but after reading about emulation station i inevitably got launch box going on my desktop last night and i’m thinking about buying it just for the video preview features. (i’d no idea something like it existed. check it out) Also, launchbox has a really impressive database. (you could to a large degree use it in substitute of grouvee.) it looks pretty open i think i can make edits freely in it. i think their database is open to ‘use/scrape’ (since that’s kinda the idea.) It seems to have lots of very obscure things (non English old consoles, untranslated) but not as much with newer stuff. any of you guys use launch box or have an opinion on it? It seems more feature heavy for desktop/dedicated machines but you can do portable installs view google drive and similiar services… or something.
my friend loves his retropie though. he takes it to work, etc. plays tecmo bowl with his boss sometimes. i wish i had job like that 
I went with an old favorite. Buffalo Classic USB Gamepad. They don’t feel as nice as the 8bitdo but they work well.
I’m not sure, I think terrible/unresponsive mode.
Lol.
If I recall correctly you need to pair them twice. Once in Bluetooth mode and once in wired mode. Once you’ve done both they should work automatically. I set up the retro pie I made for my brother and they seem to be working fine after doing that. Been running solid for about six months now. Because t initial setup is a huge pain.
This thread needs reviving!
In an effort to find a soldering project I distracted myself and sold some games online. Thats when I remembered I have a Game Gear with a messed up display. It looks like old capacitors commonly give these hand helds problems.
I bought a cap kit and will be installing soon once they arrive. I’ll update with pictures as the project goes on.
i have fixed 3 out of computer displays with simple capacitor replacement guides using the search feature ofl forums/posts at badcaps.net its nice because they actually will tend to be familiar with certain ‘problmatic’ items (some even have parts lists) and have photos with things circled of where to look. generally its advised if you get kits to replace everything. i hate soldering though. I jkust replace the stuff that is ‘domed/ballooned’ out usually its like 2-3 things and not 10-20.
the one that i couldnt fix was actually a kit on ebay (maybe what you got) for something i didnt hunt down the analogs for. 3 /4 aint bad so yeah worth a shot.
one would think that theres alternatives these days to a dead LCD display, but it might be more trouble than its worth.
anyway that forum might be a good place to get help if the kit doesnt work out of the box. you should be familiar with it if you are into this sort of thing and who knows! there might even be someone there to help you with a dead display if that’s the case!
Thanks for the link. I really went down the rabbit hole on this one. Just bought the McWill LCD for $110. It comes with caps so hopefully they are decent. I’m excited about this project!
really cool. i am curious what the display looks like. i didnt know it was actually for sale.
Videos of gameplay are incredible. I watched ~40mins of a youtube video about installing one. Looks like a lot of work but I’m looking for a good project, so should be fun. McWill has a whole step by step of removing components and wiring onto pins that look like an NES motherboard where the 72 pin slides on.
I got mine from Welcome to Console5.com
I scrapped the project. My soldering skills are not refined enough for the small resistors. Here is my new project Adafruit Pigrrl 2: 14 Steps (with Pictures)
That’s cool.
What are the chances you can use a Pi Zero to get the form factor down to a thinner size?
Super tiny but cool.
Right now I’m trying to find a build with the largest possible lcd screen. I found one in a game gear case (since I still have the gg) using a 3.5" screen. Some have a 4.2" I believe.
I wonder if you could gut an old PS Vita and stick a Pi Zero in it. If you can find a dead vita with a working screen that is.
if you scrap that project what is the plan for than modded display? think you can use it in this?
i hate soldering and can imagine it being trouble with handhelds…
that current kit looks interesting. have you thought perhaps of using an existing shell from a gameboy or even your gamrgear to do something like this? one thing to consider with that kit is the RISK of buttons “sticking” as 3d printed stuff is a bit crude and you dont want sticky buttons! and it coulbe sub grade with two 3d printed things rubbing against each other. work perhaps but not really so well.
I haven’t really touched it. I think I’ll sell it.
I’m not sure how the buttons will be. Hopefully not sticky.
Update: buttons seem fine. Semi soft plastic. Should work well. Received the shell and game pad pcb today.