Lots of folks wondering about how to do the 6 button mapping correctly. I messed around with it and got it to work perfectly. Start a Genesis game (I chose Mortal Kombat 2 to be able to easily test the controls with)- bring up the retroarch menu, scroll down to controls, and then for User 1 I selected "MD 6 button" (I'm using the 8bitdo M30 and the official 6 button wireless for player 2), then scroll down and map the buttons accordingly: (Follow the same for player 2 and on if using more than 1 6-button controller) B will need to be changed to A A changed to X C changed to B Y stays at Y X changed to Z Z changed to C ***Be sure to "Save Core Remap File" to save this Have fun!
I just wanted to clarify some questions I initially had but was unable to find answers to. I purchased the Bluetooth adapter patton suggested in the links. I WAS successful in pairing a PS4 controller but was NOT successful in pairing a Xbox One controller. Once I had the controller paired I closed hakchi and unplugged everything from my PC and hooked the mini up by itself with nothing but the tv, Bluetooth adapter and a jump drive plugged in. After turning the mini back on and turning the PS4 controller back on it remained paired and works great.
Doesn't work. I installed blueZ, it did it's thing, I plugged in my 4.0 USB dongle, clicked on Bluetooth tab, it is just grayed out and says no devices detected.
I need to know how to remap or configure buttons on the 8bitdo SN30 Pro to the SNES Classic for N64 games. Do any of your videos cover that? Thanks, Patton. I don't have an adapter.
So I tried the Retro-Bit Bluetooth six-buttons controller (officially licensed by Sega). Officially, it supports a discrete number of devices (Android, Amazon, PC, Mac, vanilla Genesis, etc. but not the Genesis Mini) using different modes when pairing. The only mode where anything but the D-Pad works is Mac (holding X+Home to pair), and then the button mapping is wrong. I'm very surprised that your controller has the mapping right the first time. Does anyone know how to do button mapping with BlueZ (the linux Bluetooth stack)? The documentation is very scarce but if I figure out how to do this on a plain linux box it might be doable on this too (even without a bash shell). Thanks for the tutorial btw.
Great video! You’ve really helped me set up my Mini and made it into a great console. Would the retrobit sega wireless controller work with hakchi to play SNES and GBA games with needed to change the input options in retro arch?
Hey Patton, thanks for the great videos, I just decided to hack my Genesis Mini, and your guides helped me more than others. Just a quick question, did you tweak your RA settings in order to play N64 games smoothly? I'm struggling with SNES games :( and even with the overclock mod, the games still struggle (mostly sounds, sometimes stuttering) with the defaul hakchi's RA settings. Could it be my USB flash drive?
Hi all that succeed with pairing BT gamepad:) I manage to pair up my gamepad, but do this mean everytime i want to play i need to access hakchi from desktop,pair and play? Anyway to access hakchi just from mini?
Hi. I have the latest hackchi CE v3.9.3. I also have the latest RetroArch 1.9.10 ozone and bluez 5.54. However, my Bluetooth devices (controller) is not being detected not even my Bluetooth capable phone or earbud. What am I doing wrong? Please help.
It really user preference. If you like having all of them on there for convenience then go for it. If you only want a catalog of games you feel you will play, then go that route.
Hello Patton, I'm having trouble trying to setup my M30 bluetooth controller to my genesis mini. I am using a TP Link 5.0 bluetooth adapter. I have it plugged into the console that is hooked up to the computer. Bluez has been downloaded and detects the adapter. When I try to turn on the controller and press the sync button it is not detected. I know the controller works as it connected to my PC. I am not using retroarch on my mini, just hakchi. I have tried to start the controller up as windows, android, switch, and macOS. I am on a Windows 11 PC. I am not sure if it is because I bought a 5.0 adapter and should have purchased the 4.0 you had linked in the video. If anyone knows how to fix, please let me know!
Answered my own question. 4.0 works, but not 5.0. I only had to remap one controller's dpad. Make sure to boot up the controller as a Windows device, and it syncs the right way.
Patton, is Hackchi backwards compatible? What I mean is - Can I use an older version of hackchi to restore snes to original state? I was using 3.x, now using 2.x (have to use a win xp machine right now). Can I restore my snes with hackchi 2.x if that snes has a 3.x custom kernel? Or will I brick it? Thanks!
how much space do save's take up? I am trying to figure out how much memory I should take up with games, and leave for saves on my genesis hack (no USB). any help would be appreciated
For older cartridge based systems, saves usually only take up a couple kb and even save states are around that as well. The snes classic save states were bigger because they incorporated a gimmicky rewind with each save. I think it was like 5mb or so. I can't imagine the m2 save states being anything higher than 1mb.... if that. The mini consoles come ready to fully use every in game save and save state without bogging the system down. If you left 20 to 30mb free, you'll be fine.
Since you have Zombies on there for Sega I have had issues getting any wireless connections to work can you test that with the bluetooth let me know @pattonplays thanks !
I have a m30 mod kit in a Sega 6 button pad. I can syn to the mini but buttons or dead will not work so I can't go into the reproach controller options to re map. Any help with this?
Lots of folks wondering about how to do the 6 button mapping correctly. I messed around with it and got it to work perfectly. Start a Genesis game (I chose Mortal Kombat 2 to be able to easily test the controls with)- bring up the retroarch menu, scroll down to controls, and then for User 1 I selected "MD 6 button" (I'm using the 8bitdo M30 and the official 6 button wireless for player 2), then scroll down and map the buttons accordingly: (Follow the same for player 2 and on if using more than 1 6-button controller)
B will need to be changed to A
A changed to X
C changed to B
Y stays at Y
X changed to Z
Z changed to C
***Be sure to "Save Core Remap File" to save this
Have fun!
Mark Katain I’ve been looking for this! I’m going to try it out later. Thank you!
my 8bitdo bluetooth adaptor didnt work, I almost purchase a new 2.4 from 8bitdo just for sega, this is better Thank you
I just wanted to clarify some questions I initially had but was unable to find answers to. I purchased the Bluetooth adapter patton suggested in the links. I WAS successful in pairing a PS4 controller but was NOT successful in pairing a Xbox One controller. Once I had the controller paired I closed hakchi and unplugged everything from my PC and hooked the mini up by itself with nothing but the tv, Bluetooth adapter and a jump drive plugged in. After turning the mini back on and turning the PS4 controller back on it remained paired and works great.
Kate is compatible. I just sync'ed to her PC.
Doesn't work. I installed blueZ, it did it's thing, I plugged in my 4.0 USB dongle, clicked on Bluetooth tab, it is just grayed out and says no devices detected.
I need to know how to remap or configure buttons on the 8bitdo SN30 Pro to the SNES Classic for N64 games. Do any of your videos cover that? Thanks, Patton. I don't have an adapter.
is there a module for wired controllers other then the sega genesis one?
So I tried the Retro-Bit Bluetooth six-buttons controller (officially licensed by Sega). Officially, it supports a discrete number of devices (Android, Amazon, PC, Mac, vanilla Genesis, etc. but not the Genesis Mini) using different modes when pairing. The only mode where anything but the D-Pad works is Mac (holding X+Home to pair), and then the button mapping is wrong. I'm very surprised that your controller has the mapping right the first time.
Does anyone know how to do button mapping with BlueZ (the linux Bluetooth stack)? The documentation is very scarce but if I figure out how to do this on a plain linux box it might be doable on this too (even without a bash shell).
Thanks for the tutorial btw.
Great video! You’ve really helped me set up my Mini and made it into a great console. Would the retrobit sega wireless controller work with hakchi to play SNES and GBA games with needed to change the input options in retro arch?
Anyone by chance have the correct button mapping for the 8bitdo wireless controller for the mini for retroarch?
It works plugged into a computer, but when i boot up the system solo, it's a no-go.
Does the 8bitdo SN30 work for this?
Hey Patton, thanks for the great videos, I just decided to hack my Genesis Mini, and your guides helped me more than others. Just a quick question, did you tweak your RA settings in order to play N64 games smoothly? I'm struggling with SNES games :( and even with the overclock mod, the games still struggle (mostly sounds, sometimes stuttering) with the defaul hakchi's RA settings. Could it be my USB flash drive?
No I didn't change anything..It could be your hardware :/
Hi all that succeed with pairing BT gamepad:) I manage to pair up my gamepad, but do this mean everytime i want to play i need to access hakchi from desktop,pair and play? Anyway to access hakchi just from mini?
Would joycons work
Hi. I have the latest hackchi CE v3.9.3. I also have the latest RetroArch 1.9.10 ozone and bluez 5.54. However, my Bluetooth devices (controller) is not being detected not even my Bluetooth capable phone or earbud. What am I doing wrong? Please help.
How can i make this work on SNEs
Do you need the adapter for hakchi to find the Bluetooth controller?
Would you recommend putting a full catalogue of MD and MS games on this console? Or just stick to the 150?
It really user preference. If you like having all of them on there for convenience then go for it. If you only want a catalog of games you feel you will play, then go that route.
hi would this work if i want to use the 8bitdo N30 pro controller on my Sega Genesis mini
Ps4 controller work?
does this also work with the nes and snes mini?
Hello Patton, I'm having trouble trying to setup my M30 bluetooth controller to my genesis mini. I am using a TP Link 5.0 bluetooth adapter. I have it plugged into the console that is hooked up to the computer. Bluez has been downloaded and detects the adapter. When I try to turn on the controller and press the sync button it is not detected. I know the controller works as it connected to my PC. I am not using retroarch on my mini, just hakchi. I have tried to start the controller up as windows, android, switch, and macOS. I am on a Windows 11 PC. I am not sure if it is because I bought a 5.0 adapter and should have purchased the 4.0 you had linked in the video. If anyone knows how to fix, please let me know!
Answered my own question. 4.0 works, but not 5.0. I only had to remap one controller's dpad. Make sure to boot up the controller as a Windows device, and it syncs the right way.
Do Xbox One controllers work with this?
How about the 8bitdo 2.4ghz controllers?
Ps4 controller?
How do I update?
Are there any games limit per page? Or per system? Or can we just fill it up and leave a certain recommended amount of space for save states?
After about 150 per page the menu will start to bog down.
Oh that’s great news! I’m not close to that! I just need to make sure I leave enough space left.
Well items per page and available space are two different things.
Patton Plays yes! Correct. I’m talking about available hard drive space on the system itself. I don’t want to run into errors or issues.
There is very little space. only a little more than 170 mb.
Patton, is Hackchi backwards compatible? What I mean is - Can I use an older version of hackchi to restore snes to original state? I was using 3.x, now using 2.x (have to use a win xp machine right now). Can I restore my snes with hackchi 2.x if that snes has a 3.x custom kernel? Or will I brick it? Thanks!
Nope, you have to uninstall with the same version you installed with or you will have issues.
@@PattonPlays Thank you for the fast reply. I borrowed a Win 10 laptop. You saved me a headache.
Does the sega mini is better than snes classic for emulation of genesis games
They are both the same.
how much space do save's take up? I am trying to figure out how much memory I should take up with games, and leave for saves on my genesis hack (no USB). any help would be appreciated
For older cartridge based systems, saves usually only take up a couple kb and even save states are around that as well. The snes classic save states were bigger because they incorporated a gimmicky rewind with each save. I think it was like 5mb or so. I can't imagine the m2 save states being anything higher than 1mb.... if that.
The mini consoles come ready to fully use every in game save and save state without bogging the system down. If you left 20 to 30mb free, you'll be fine.
it's possible to use also on snes classic? If i connect the USB OTG, hakchi will no detect snes mini, so how can i sync bt controllers?
Yes but you also need wifi connected.
@@PattonPlays how?
Do this work with retrobit Bluetooth controller ?
I haven't personally tested.
Since you have Zombies on there for Sega I have had issues getting any wireless connections to work can you test that with the bluetooth let me know @pattonplays thanks !
It worked fine for me with bluetooth.
@@PattonPlays hmm maybe i was using 2.4hz thanks
it's not picking up my PS4 controller like you said it would
Does an Xbox 360 controller work?
the 360 controller does not operate on bluetooth, so I'd guess only the new X1 bluetooth controllers could work
@@ahirunakamura9592 Ah, I didn't know. Thanks so much! Do you know of any non-8BitDo controllers that work? Something I could buy for maybe $20 or so?
Idk im just like
Does this work with an 8bitdo M30 Bluetooth controller?
I have been told yes.
I have a m30 mod kit in a Sega 6 button pad. I can syn to the mini but buttons or dead will not work so I can't go into the reproach controller options to re map. Any help with this?