/usb-ss3d-gamepad

This project remakes your SEGA Multi Controller (aka 3D Control Pad in US) into a usb gamepad.

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USB Unit for SEGA Multi Controller

title_USB_Unit

This project remakes your SEGA Multi Controller (aka 3D Control Pad in US) into a usb gamepad. Let's play retro games as well as recent games distributed on Steam with your USB Multi Controller!

日本語のサポートページはこちら:crossed_flags:
https://geekyfab.com/support_ss3d_gamepad
You can read more details there.

Demo

SS3D_PV_kumitate

SS3D_PV_game

https://youtu.be/o0ukZ1JmDkk

Features

In this project, I share circuit and firmware.
You can edit the source code of the firmware as you wish and write it to the USB unit.

Tested OS / hardware

  • Windows 10
  • Windows 11
  • Raspberry PI 3
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Recalbox for RASPBERRY PI 3
    • RetroPi 4.7.1 for RASPBERRY PI 2/3
  • Raspberry PI 4
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Recalbox for RASPBERRY PI 4/400
    • RetroPie 4.7.1 for RASPBERRY PI 4/400
  • Retro Freak

Usage

Normal mode

  1. Attach this product to your SEGA Multi Controller.
  2. Connect this product to your PC or others with an USB cable.

Firmware write mode

  1. Dettach this product from your SEGA Multi Controller.
  2. Connect this product to your PC with an USB cable.

Windows

In a Windows environment, USB SS Gamepad runs with standard driver.
You don't need to install additional drivers.

Raspberry PI OS

In a Raspberry PI OS environment, you need to install 'joystick' package like this

sudo apt install joystick

It is also good to install 'jstest-gtk' for operation test.

sudo apt install jstest-gtk

Recalbox and RetroPie

In Recalbox and RetroPie, you don't need to install 'joystick' package.
Maybe Recalbox and RetroPie install it automatically.

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