G-Pad XYBA Wireless Rechargeable Bluetooth Pro Game Pad Joystick Controller (Samsung Gear VR, PC, PS3, and G-Box Compatible!)

If you are like me and discovered the awesome fun to play free games on the Amazon Firestick you will soon find out that trying to play these games with the Alexa Firestick remote just plain sucks, and you will be instantly looking for the game controller the games suggest. Out of the plastic this controller felt nice and sturdy, and comfortable in my hands, the buttons feel fluid like a playstation controller. The only thing lacking from this controller is vibration so if you want that you better off finding something else. But if you are like me and looking for a good low priced sturdy game controller, and don't care for vibration like I did than I would strongly suggest buying this controller. It is one of the best if not thee best low priced controllers for the Amazon Firestick, because all the games work really well with it no problems. Note this controller does not just instantly sync to Amazon Firestick out of the plastic, it should be charged for a little while first before trying to sync it. I tried to plug it in with usb and couldn't get it to sync, and the controller kept saying the charge was low, so I decided to wait till it was charged before trying to sync again. I also looked up online how other people said how to sync it. The awesome part I found out is it does sync and register as an Amazon Firestick gamepad so this is the bluetooth setting you will need to select to sync it under the Amazon Firestick bluetooth settings, not under remote or other bluetooth devices. All you have to do is press the M/home button and A at the same time and hold them, then when it syncs on screen it will show up as Amazon Firestick Gamepad or as a Game controller, select that and you are all set. The Game Controller works like it was just made for the Firestick and now syncs every time you turn on the Firestick by just pressing the M button. I was really amazed how well it worked with all the games I was playing, and the button set up for the games was right on. Also I love the controller never needs batteries, just recharge with usb thats it, and it lasts for hours of play.My step by step instructions for syncing this controller with Amazon Firestick. I would suggest following them in this exact order: Step #1 buy this game controller. :D Step #2 Open the plastic and take out the controller and usb cable. Step #3 Plug the micro usb end of the cable into the game controller and the usb end into either a computer usb port or a usb hub that can be used for charging. Charge for about a half hour or more. Step #4 Once it is charged for about a half hour to an hour. Go into the Amazon firestick settings and select Bluetooth devices, than select Amazon Firestick Game Controllers under that menu, and then press and hold the middle M Button+ A button on the Game Controller. On Screen you will notice it say something like gamepad or game controller select that and you're are all set to go that's it.

I bought this controller for use on the RetroPie, and it works well - given you have to manually set it up. The controller itself feels a bit thin - and the directional pad, while responsive, seemed to get 'stuck' when trying to press up+left/right or down+left/right - but for the price, this controller knocks it out of the park. Highly recommend.*RetroPie Setup*I used mjsmith89's post to initially set it up, but there were a few confusing points (that I will try to clarify); in addition,RetroPie just came out with an update (late May 2019, the one that replaces fbalpha with fbneo) that breaks his controller button mappings (for some reason they were changed in RetroPie), so you need different values.Here is the new config (and a bit more explicit instructions):1. On the controller, hold the home and X buttons until the Android LED blinks red.2. Pair the controller in RetroPie by selecting Retropie->Bluetooth->Register and Connect to Bluetooth Device. The name of the device is Gamepad.3. Make sure 8bitdo mapping hack is turned OFF - go to Retropie->Retropie Setup->Configuration / Tools->bluetooth; this setting is in this list.4. Setup udev rule for Gamepad - go to Retropie->Retropie Setup->Configuration / Tools->Set up udev rule for Joypad (required for joypads from 8Bitdo etc) and select Gamepad.5. Use SSH to log into the unit (you will need the login (usually pi and IP, and possbily the password (if you did not set up the SSH key).6. Step 4 will create the file /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/Gamepad.cfg; we are going to completely reconfigure this file. Now that we are connected via SSH, open that file to edit, delete everything, and paste this configuration in:```input_device = "Gamepad"input_driver = "udev"input_start_btn = "11"input_exit_emulator_btn = "11"input_select_btn = "10"input_enable_hotkey_btn = "10"input_a_btn = "1"input_b_btn = "0"input_x_btn = "4"input_y_btn = "3"input_l_btn = "6"input_r_btn = "7"input_l2_btn = "8"input_r2_btn = "9"input_l3_btn = "13"input_r3_btn = "14"input_up_axis = "-1"input_down_axis = "+1"input_left_axis = "-0"input_right_axis = "+0"input_up_btn = "h0up"input_down_btn = "h0down"input_left_btn = "h0left"input_right_btn = "h0right"input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"input_r_y_minus_axis = "-3"input_r_y_plus_axis = "+3"input_r_x_minus_axis = "-2"input_r_x_plus_axis = "+2"input_reset_btn = "0"input_load_state_btn = "6"input_save_state_btn = "7"input_menu_toggle_btn = "4"input_state_slot_increase_axis = "+0"input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "-0"```Save that, then re-start the system. Should work well now!Note that the above maps the directional pad AND the left joystick to the same thing; I did this because, unless you are using the RetroPie for more 'advanced' systems like PS1 or N64 (which require the joysticks), you will never have a need for both the analog directional pad AND the joysticks - so I just merged them together so you can use both. If you are using this for something like PS1 or N64 that use the dpad and joysticks, alter this a bit.