Retro-Bit Official Sega Genesis USB Controller 6-Button Arcade Pad for Sega Genesis Mini, PS3, PC, Mac, Steam, Switch - USB Port - (Black)

I love the controller except for one crucial detail. The dpads almost ALWAYS break under any kind of extended playing. Finally I reached out to Retro-Bit to resolve this and have yet to hear back. I hate leaving bad reviews, but the multiple broken dpads along with apparently poor customer service forces me to. Very disappointing.

Very good product for Sega genesis emulator, so far they have done the job.

Very good

Top quality controller for the Sega Genesis Classic.

Just like the original Sega Genesis Controllers back in the day.

So this review is in 4 parts: Part 1 is my review. Part 2 addresses the A+Start issue. Part 3 is to help people that want to know how the controller should be mapped in Retroarch. Part 4 gives a list of games that utilizes the 3 extra buttons. Part 1: It just arrived a few hours ago for me, and I played a bunch of Sega Genesis games on my PC using Retroarch. The USB cord that it is attached to is really thick, seems durable, and is really long. Seems good quality to me, but only time will tell. Having said that, I dont play video games all the time, so Im hoping it lasts a while. Its a pretty nice controller, and so far I really like it. Part 2 - The A+Start issue: I saw one reviewer comment that A+Start does not work in games for him, due to the designers deciding to make that button combination do a particular thing on the Nintendo Switch, and the Steam game hub. I thought that what he said might not apply to people who are just using Retroarch, not with Steam. I tried A+Start during the cheat entry for Sonic 1. It didnt work for me either, but its not a button combination I ever do. Part 3 - Button Mapping: The left side of the equals sign, =, represents the button on the controller, and the right side of the equals sign represents what you need to tell Retroarch the button is. X = Left Shoulder Y = X Z = Right Shoulder A = Y B = B C = A MODE = Select The arrow buttons are just the corresponding arrow buttons. Part 4 - The 6 Button Game List: *Art of Fighting *Batman Forever *Beyond Oasis (uses Mode button for weapon switching as MODE+B) *Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure *Brutal: Paws of Fury *Clay Fighter *Coach K College Basketball *College Footballs National Championship *Comix Zone *Contra Hard Corps *Cutthroat Island *Davis Cup Tennis *Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden *Duke Nukem 3D *Dyna Brothers 2 *Eternal Champions *F1 World Championship Edition *Fatal Fury 2 *FIFA 98: Road to World Cup *FIFA Soccer 96 *FIFA Soccer 97 *Garfield: Caught in the Act *Greatest Heavyweights *Head-On Soccer *International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (uses Mode button to select strategy) *Jammit *Judge Dredd *Justice League Task Force *LHX: Attack Chopper *The Lost Vikings *Marsupilami *Mortal Kombat *Mortal Kombat 2 *Mortal Kombat 3 *NBA Action 94 *NBA Action 95 starring David Robinson *NCAA Final Four Basketball *NFL 95 *Phantom 2040 (uses Mode button to stand in place) *Pier Solar and the Great Architects *Power Instinct *Primal Rage *Ranger X *Rise of the Robots *Samurai Shodown *Shaq Fu *Skeleton Krew *Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage *Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety *Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition *Street Racer *Streets of Rage 3 *Sub-terrania *Super Street Fighter II *TechnoClash *The Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey & Minnie *Turrican 3 *Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 *Urban Strike *Virtua Fighter 2 *Virtua Racing *WeaponLord *World Series Baseball 95 *WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game *Yū Yū Hakusho: Makyō Tōitsusen *Zombies Ate My Neighbors

Can’t play Street Fighter with that 3-button layout. This controller was the perfect solution. Good build and works perfectly.

This one is so true to the original - they even made the d-pad just as bad as it was on the original.

It was a good product for fighting games but it is not very durable. The D pad finally broke making it useless. It lasted almost a whole year but thankfully it was cheap, which is the only good thing about the controller.

The seals were open on this product and the package smelled terrible. If definitely did not come from a reputable seller of quality items.