Spare Retron 5 Controller Setup

I bought a new Retron 5 controller from GameSeek, they were selling them off for £20.

Normally Retron 5 controllers are pretty expensive at about £35.

It arrived quickly.

Setup was fairly easy:

- on the existing controller choose Settings \ Controllers \ Manage RetroN 5 Controllers
- choose "Pair controller"
- press and hold the HOME button on the new controller
- then the controller is ready to go

You might also need to configure your game setup:

- Settings \ Controllers \ Controller to Player Mapping
- for the Systems you have been using, make sure your new controller is mapped on to the player you want to use

Do buy a multi AV cable for your retro setup

I recently bought a multi AV cable for my game setup.

I picked up one from ConsoleMad  in the UK for 7 GBP.

I wasn't sure it was going to make much of a difference but the ability to have:

- 1 set of cables plugged into the RGB socket
- 1 plug for each of my XBOX Classic, GameCube, and PS2

Is great.

I can have my XBOX and PS2 setup and ready to go at a moments notice with no cable swapping.

There are cables out there which have 1 set of cables for RGB and then a combined multi adapter which can handle 3 systems, but you have to keep unplugging that from each system. Didn't fancy that.

Buy a cable which has multiple adapters such that you can have them plugged into multiple cables at the same time.

Review Hyperkin GN6 Genesis Controller on Retron 5

I bought a Hyperkin Genesis GN6 Controller from Amazon to use with my Retron 5.

It works well.

On the Famicom I had to create a player button mapping to reverse the A + B button mapping.
On the Genesi/Megadrive it worked without having to remap any buttons or controllers.

It only cost £12 from Amazon and I though that would make it a less risky purchase than a 2nd hand one from ebay.

Glad I got it, it feels a lot better than the default Retron 5 controller.

I still need to use the Retron 5 controller to access the Home screen, but once there the GN6 can control and configure the Retron 5 settings.