Author Topic: Retro-Bit Licensed SEGA Gamepads  (Read 50988 times)

Offline Mystic Monkey

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Re: Retro-Bit Licensed SEGA Gamepads
« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2026, 10:20:24 am »
Oh, no, not in PC, they're fine in PC with KEGA or Blast'em.
I meant in real SEGA Mega Drive console (2.4GHz Wireless Model with DB9 receiver plugged in Mega Drive).
Well, if you still have the console, I won't mind you test it.
I doubt you have those three games physically but played the roms put in everdrive cartridge could work too I guess (but once again, only if you have it).
I haven't got the consoles... well, I got Mega Drive and Dreamcast, but they're in storage.

Have you read the manual with your Retro-Bit controller to make sure it's set for the device it's using? For example, Start+B on my Saturn Pro Controller on PC is what switches it from X/D-input. But when used on a Sega Mega Drive (original, with receiver, or mini) or Sega Saturn, you use Start+B to pair it to the console. The manual says until it switches from red to blue it's correct, but my Saturn Pro Controller has orange and green LED.

Thank you Retro-Bit for the small paper manual.

Offline Berto

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Re: Retro-Bit Licensed SEGA Gamepads
« Reply #16 on: July 28, 2026, 11:48:56 pm »
I haven't got the consoles... well, I got Mega Drive and Dreamcast, but they're in storage.

Have you read the manual with your Retro-Bit controller to make sure it's set for the device it's using? For example, Start+B on my Saturn Pro Controller on PC is what switches it from X/D-input. But when used on a Sega Mega Drive (original, with receiver, or mini) or Sega Saturn, you use Start+B to pair it to the console. The manual says until it switches from red to blue it's correct, but my Saturn Pro Controller has orange and green LED.

Thank you Retro-Bit for the small paper manual.

It's not connection issue, they connect just find, following the manual. It just couldn't register 2 or 3 buttons pressed together at the same time in some games.

Offline Mystic Monkey

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Re: Retro-Bit Licensed SEGA Gamepads
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2026, 09:18:52 am »
It's not connection issue, they connect just find, following the manual. It just couldn't register 2 or 3 buttons pressed together at the same time in some games.
I see. Has this had a firmware fix, yet?

Offline Berto

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Re: Retro-Bit Licensed SEGA Gamepads
« Reply #18 on: July 30, 2026, 09:26:52 pm »
I see. Has this had a firmware fix, yet?

It doesn't but newer productions don't have this issue.

Offline Mystic Monkey

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Re: Retro-Bit Licensed SEGA Gamepads
« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2026, 04:26:07 pm »
It doesn't but newer productions don't have this issue.
I see. But Retro-Bit still has an impressive controller line-up.

But it's this kind of thing why I would like to know of between product comparisons. Such as will the DreamConn S be any better or worse than Retro-Bit's standard Dreamcast controller? Or what will the Dreamcast Pro Controller be like?

Offline Berto

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Re: Retro-Bit Licensed SEGA Gamepads
« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2026, 02:54:52 am »
I see. But Retro-Bit still has an impressive controller line-up.

But it's this kind of thing why I would like to know of between product comparisons. Such as will the DreamConn S be any better or worse than Retro-Bit's standard Dreamcast controller? Or what will the Dreamcast Pro Controller be like?

If they're all already released I'm sure there'd be a youtuber who's gonna make a comparison for them. For now, nobody knows.

Offline Mystic Monkey

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Re: Retro-Bit Licensed SEGA Gamepads
« Reply #21 on: August 04, 2026, 04:32:40 pm »
If they're all already released I'm sure there'd be a youtuber who's gonna make a comparison for them. For now, nobody knows.
All we can do is wait.