/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.1183532]

Emulator keyboard layout thread?
Emulator keyboard layout thread.

Pic related, it's my NES layout.

[Anonymous No.1183536]

here's the keyboard I used, if you want a template.

[NESfag No.1183541]

You have no excuse not to use a pads. Surely you must have a PS1/PS2 pad lying around, and adaptors cost literaly 2 bucks for those.

[Anonymous No.1183548]

>>1183541
I'm not used to pads, I've been using keyboards for 20 years.

[Anonymous No.1183553]

>>1183541
>opinions

[Anonymous No.1183572]

here's my gamecube layout.

[Anonymous No.1183575]

[Anonymous No.1183586]

>>1183575
>That disgusting D-Pad

[Anonymous No.1183591]

>>1183541
>Complain about using keyboard
>praise PS1/PS2 pad just after
lal

[Anonymous No.1183595]

>>1183591
>lal

[Anonymous No.1183609]

Promethius (the DoDonPachi player, Western high-score holder) uses a keyboard. He uses a linear row of direction buttons, not the inverted T shape. This config is arguably better than even arcade sticks.

[Anonymous No.1183618]

ASD-QWE and the Arrow Keys
But now i'm using the combo, Saturn Controller Adapter and PS3 controller + DS3 Tool

[Anonymous No.1183631]

>>1183609
Wouldn't it be useful to move the middle and/or ring finger to a higher row?

[Anonymous No.1183634]

SNES layout

[Anonymous No.1183657]

>>1183631
Maybe he does that, I'm not 100% sure what layout he uses. I am certain he dedicates one finger to each direction, not using middle finger for both up and down.

[Anonymous No.1183659]

Get a better template, OP. Your picture doesn't even have arrow keys.

>>1183541
Stay plebeian. You have no excuse not to use a keyboard.

[Anonymous No.1183665]

>playing emulated console games with a keyboard
how poor can you possibly be? might as well be playing them on a touchscreen.

[Anonymous No.1183669]

>>1183665
You might as well get yourself checked for retardation.

[Anonymous No.1183670]

>>1183659
There's one valid excuse, and that's if you're using an arcade stick (with Sanwa/Seimitsu parts). It might be slightly worse than a keyboard, but if you want to play in an arcade you have no choice. And you don't want your stick skills to decay while you're not in an arcade.

[Anonymous No.1183675]

>>1183670
True.

I prefer to play with a keyboard myself for several reasons, but I recognize the value of an arcade stick. I'd also add flight stick to the list of exceptions.

I have mostly platformers in mind when I come by these threads.

[Anonymous No.1183680]

>>1183675
Analog sticks are a completely different beast. You can't copy them with a digital input.

[Anonymous No.1183683]

>>1183680
Exactly.

I don't think fighting games make use of analog input, though.

[Anonymous No.1183706]

Having one finger on each button feels so much better than doing everything with your thumbs.

Pads only start to become really handy when the game uses several trigger buttons, analog sticks and main face buttons. I didn't buy one until I got really into Devil May Cry 4.

[Anonymous No.1183729]

>>1183706
For games that use analog sticks, I use my 360 pad as well.

[Anonymous No.1183772]

>>1183575
I actually have that exact one. And I can't help but wonder if your post is ironic...
To everyone looking for a pad, for the love of god, don't buy this one. It's like the entire D-pad is 5 millimeters above the 'registering' point, you need to press the D-pad itself down, before you can even start pressing 'up' 'down' 'left' 'right', and to make matters worse, now it occassionaly just keeps 'holding' a direction a fraction of a second longer than I do, making accuracy games (say schmups like parodius) unplayable. Now I only use it as a backup, using the analog stick, to play with friends.
Again, looking for a pad, do not buy this one.

[Anonymous No.1183780]

>>1183572
jesus christ just get a gamepad already + NOT RETROOOOOOOOOOOOO AAARGH would be the usual response to this. i'm actually impressed you are able to play games like that, i'd be buttdevastated

[Anonymous No.1183792]

>>1183772
Anyone talking about controllers in this thread is shitposting.

[Anonymous No.1183802]

This is the layout I used for playing SNES from back in the late 90s. D-pad on arrow keys.

Now I use SNES pads when playing on PC and DS3 on the PS3, playing console games on a keyboard is shit.

[Anonymous No.1183803]

>>1183541
Keyboards are objectively better, but pads are more comfortable.

[Anonymous No.1183809]

Stay casual and poor.

[Anonymous No.1183814]

>>1183812
I use my keyboard, my friend uses my controller.

[Anonymous No.1183812]

>>1183792
Just trying to save my fellow anons from making the same mistakes I've made.
Still, a broken pad > a keyboard to play emulator, do u even 2Player mode? Please tell me you use 2 keyboards ;)

[Anonymous No.1183820]

>>1183812
I remember playing 2 player SNES on one keyboard back in the day... Man, that was quite an experience. One on numpad + home row, one on arrow keys + letters, it got well cramped. It could be mapped in a more clever way, sure, but that is how it went down.

[Anonymous No.1183824]

>>1183772
Logitech gamepads being horrible should be widespread knowledge by now considering how consistently bad they've been since the 90s. Get adapters or quality replica controllers for the systems you want to play, there's no one-form-fits-all.

[Anonymous No.1183830]

>>1183820
I used to play that way as well.

[Anonymous No.1183835]

>>1183631
I like this idea.
Pic related, I've been playing with it all morning and it's pretty comfy.

How do you guys prefer to deal with shoulder buttons?
A lot of people I know keep them close to the d-pad buttons, but that just confuses me. I usually group them someplace by themselves.

[Anonymous No.1183858]

>>1183772
It's bad, but it's leagues better than its predecessor.

[Anonymous No.1183879]

>>1183835
Put them in the bottom row for your thumbs, like alt and space.

[Anonymous No.1183897]

SNES for all <16bit.
Xbox 360 for all >16bit

[Anonymous No.1183902]

I have a NES to USB adapter. I love it, it's the only controller I have though. Makes playing some SNES and N64 games interesting.

I even play Doom with it.

[Anonymous No.1183904]

>>1183902
Do you use button combos to get full functionality?
Or do you just prioritize the things you'll be able to do?

[Anonymous No.1183926]

I just hook up my PS3 controller for everything.

[Anonymous No.1183948]

Best layout for n64 platformers. I have different presets for different games though.

[Anonymous No.1183952]

>>1183634
How am I supposed to know which button is which. Why are there 2 buttons too few?

[Anonymous No.1184020]

V3 arcade stick for fighters and beat 'em ups and some shmups
Saturn pad for other shmups and anything else on the Genesis/Saturn
SFC for 2D platformers/sidescrollers
DS3 for JRPGs and games with tile-based moevement

[Anonymous No.1184141]

>>1183904
Prioritize and use a little keyboard for things that arent real important.

[Anonymous No.1184148]

Pretty cramped, OP. I don't understand why more people don't use the numpad. It's practically made for emulating face buttons.

[Anonymous No.1184331]

>>1183532
Do you have narrow shoulders? If not, why not move your directions to WASD? Just looking at that configuration makes me twitch from discomfort.

[Anonymous No.1184335]

>>1184148
This is the only sensible layout here.

[Anonymous No.1184343]

a = X
s = A
d = B
f = Y
w = L
e = R
enter = Start
shift =Select

This was my old SNES layout, before I got controllers.

for the GBA, it was the same, except L and R were A and S respectively.

[Anonymous No.1185551]

>>1183575
Bought this for 50? at a yard sale, 0 regrets, 10/10 would buy again for 50?

If you're buying new though yeah probably try something else

[Anonymous No.1185580]

[Anonymous No.1185578]

>>1183572
Does that actually emulate well? The GC I mean, I still play on my Wii.

[Anonymous No.1185583]

>>1183532
>ESDF

MIEN NEGRO!

[Anonymous No.1185619]

>>1184148
Not bad. Probably the best one here for snes. not as good as mine, but.. not bad, m80.

i would reveal my setup, but i'm afraid all the emulators are going to adopt it for their default controls. or one of you dweebs might steal it and claim it as your own creation

[Anonymous No.1185625]

I just use an SNES controller with a USB adapter.

[Anonymous No.1185684]

>using a keyboard for emulation

Sweet christ. Why even play the games.

[Anonymous No.1185726]

>>1185578
You... become accustomed to it, yes.

[Anonymous No.1185748]

>>1183812
Not a console, but I played Liero with friends hotseat on 1 keyboard. Once somebody learned he could disable his opponent's controls by just keeping the fire button and 2 other buttons pressed it stopped being fun.


Also my NES keyboard. Might have gotten two key mixed up, but whatever.

[Anonymous No.1185761]

Why.

[Anonymous No.1185783]

>>1185761
>w for d-pad right
>h for B
>y for A
I can see this working for SMB1.

[Anonymous No.1186648]

>>1185625
>>1185684
>>1185761

Why are you controller plebs even posting in this thread? Holy shit.

[Anonymous No.1186652]

I have a controller, but sometimes I play with the keyboard for convenience or to avoid input lag.

[Anonymous No.1186782]

>>1183820
>>1183830

I call bullshit due to the key limit on keyboards, especially pre 2000.

[Anonymous No.1186887]

>>1183820
lol. imagine playing street fighter 2.

I used to play Sango Fighter and SSF2T for msdos.

When playing 2player, one guy would be on wasd and the other on the direction keys. If i held a certain button, then he wouldn't be able to input certain keys on his side (due to keyboard input limits). So for instance, i would hold my roundhouse key and he wouldn't be able to block and i would get free hits on him. god, this led to so many fistfights between me and my brother

but games like Star Control 1 and 2 got it right. not that it's a bigt achievement considering each player only uses 5 keys.

as for emulators. never tried 2 players. by the time emulators came out, my brother and friends grew out of gaming. Gaming forever alone.......

[Anonymous No.1187251]

>>1183772
I have the exact same controller as well…weird. The D-Pad does suck but it's not as bad as yours…so far. Had it for 4+ years and never really had an issue with it. Still think it's better then keyboard layout but that's just my opinion.

[Anonymous No.1187281]

I sometimes use a Wii classic controller for NES/SNES. When I don't, my SNES layout is the bsnes one, except in Super Metroid where I use this weird setup.
- Arrows for movement
- F for Select
- G for Start
- D for A (Jump)
- Space for B (Run)
- W for X (Shoot)
- S for Y (deselect)
- Q and E for L and R trigger

I also use this weirdness for PSX
- WASD or arrows for D-pad
- IJKL for buttons
- QEUO for L1 L2 R2 R1
- Apostrophe for Select, Return for Start

[Anonymous No.1187286]

>>1186648
Because it's thread on video games hobbyist board about playing games on device designed for text input. You may as well go on fishing forum with some awesome idea how to use office equipment for trout fishing, and then complain when people call you retarded.

[Anonymous No.1187397]

I may have the oddest setup. I don't really care if it's reversed to the nes controller. I can play with d-pad on left or right it's the same

[Anonymous No.1187453]

Here's a generic layout I use for most N64 games on an Xbox 360 controller:


N64 = 360

Start = Start
Control Stick = Left Stick
D-pad = D-pad
A = A
B = X
C-U = Y
C-D = B
C-L = LT
C-R = RT
L = Back
R = RB
Z = LB