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Gimmick Controllers

Gimmick Controllers is a broad category that encompasses the vast majority of third and first party controllers that don't fit anywhere else.
They might have been only made for a single game or game series.

The Steel Battalion Cockpit

The unique cockpit controller for the original Xbox game Steel Battalion.

How to use with RetroDECK or a PC or anything else?

There have been efforts by user SantiagoSaldana of hackaday.io to get it working on PCs via a Teensy 3.6 / 4.1 Arduino Adapter.

It translates the controllers input to emulated xinput. You can read more about the project here:

Hackady.io Project Thread

Github Steel Battalion Controller Library for Arduino

If you have this rare controller and want to try to get it running by the above methods on Linux and RetroDECK please contact the RetroDECK team on discord to inform on your efforts we will follow them with great intrest.

Buzz Buzzers

The buzzer controllers for the original Buzz Game Series for the Sony Playstation. There are wired and wireless with with a dongle versions.

How to emulate

PCSX2 - Playstation 2

You can map the buzzers to any input device such as a controller, the controllers needs to be connected.

• Open RetroDECK Configurator
• Open PCSX2
• Go to Settings -> Controllers -> Select USB Port -> Select Buzz Controller from the Dropdown list
• Map each players Red, Blue, Orange and Green buttons to the controller or input device they are using by clicking on each value and pressing the button you want to map.

Active Heart Rate Monitor

The heart rate monitors type controllers for the game EA Sports Active 2.

How to configure

Drawsome Tablet

Used for the Ubisoft games Drawsome! Artist & Drawsome! Sketch Quest for the Wii.

How to configure

WIP

UDraw Tablet

Used for the UDraw Game Series for the Wii.

How to configure

WIP

Shinkansen Cockpit

Used for the Wii game Densha de Go! Shinkansen.

How to configure

WIP

Cyberbike

Used for the Wii game Cyberbike Cycling Sports.

How to configure

WIP

SEGA Seamic Controller

Uses for the PS2 games: Seaman: Kindan no Pet & Seaman 2: Peking Genjin Ikusei Kit

How to configure

PCSX2 - Playstation 2

You can map the buzzers to any input device such as a controller, the controllers needs to be connected.

• Open RetroDECK Configurator
• Open PCSX2
• Go to Settings -> Controllers -> Select USB Port -> Select SEGA Seamic from the Dropdown list
• Map the buttons to the controller or input device they are using by clicking on each value and pressing the button you want to map.