Play Gamecube with PS2 controller

[Glomgold]

Nintendont.

I found my old PS2 controllers and two USB adapters. Sadly none of them worked out of the box. I've been reading and searching for a while, but it's a bit hard to get an overview. Some posts are around ten years old and I don't know if they are relevant today.

None of the adapters are on the supported list.

I have one generic adapter bought on ebay a long time ago and one from Play.com, if anyone remembers that shop.

Should I just buy one of the adapters on the supported list?

HID\VID_0B43&PID_0003&REV_1912&Col01 Play.com

HID\VID_0810&PID_0001&REV_0106&Col02 Generic

There is a .ini file for 0810_0001 in the controllers.zip. Maybe there is hope?

 

[fringle]

Put the ini in a folder off the root named controllers or rename the file to controller.ini and put in the root of your sd. If it's going to work either of those options should allow it to function.

 

[Glomgold]

Put the ini in a folder off the root named controllers or rename the file to controller.ini and put in the root of your sd. If it's going to work either of those options should allow it to function.

I tried both ways, but it didn't work. There is some kind of connection, when I have started Super Mario Sunshine and press the start button the intro starts from the beginning, I can do an endless lopp. That's the only button that did anything.

I have found the HID_TEST tool, going to try that with the .ini file.

 

[fringle]

I tried both ways, but it didn't work. There is some kind of connection, when I have started Super Mario Sunshine and press the start button the intro starts from the beginning, I can do an endless lopp. That's the only button that did anything.

I have found the HID_TEST tool, going to try that with the .ini file.

Ah, you could also attempt to create your own ini with this if hidtest doesn't work: https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-nin...ate-controller-ini-files-effortlessly.447303/
I have however tried it in the past and didn't have much luck but yours may be better.

 

[Glomgold]

Thank you for the help. I'm going to try, but I fear it's going to not go so well.

Maybe my best bet is to just play with the Wii classic controller.

I managed to get the program to work, but it gave me an error.

"Error", "Error creating baseline! Make sure controller is on and plugged in"

Post automatically merged: Sep 13, 2023

Eureka!

I got it to work with a PS1 controller.

I tested every which way, the PS2 controller isn't detected in any of the adapters when plugged into my PC. The PS1 controller worked on the generic adapter (0810_0001). I renamed it to controller.ini and placed it on the root of my SD card and voilà!

At least I've learned a lot troubleshooting this and I can now customize the .ini file if I want to.