Set Up The XTENSION Arcade Stick In RetroPie Player One And Two

[@c_low_da_wrk9121]

Thank you!! Dozens of KZbin vids about setting up the 2nd player and still didn't work. Watches yours, and works 1st time around. U the man!!

[@gambit6186]

Cool, your upload schedule is fantastic by the way

[@leofreihofer]

Great video. Was thinking of buying an Arcade 1up SFII but decided to go with a RecRoomMaster 32" cabinet with a Pi. This video was very helpful for me.

[@BitGeek]

Thanks for putting this video together. I'm on the verge of picking one of these up and was curious how this would work with a Raspberry Pi.

[@qtri3]

You are the best you’re really teach me a lot I love your videos👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@tphyfhj7577]

Please do a video for the track ball. Love your videos. You are a life saver

[@thebigskip-e]

Im a huge fan of bar tops and was looking for a 2 player, jamma box cab. Thanks for the solution!

[@redsnoww]

Thanks man, this helped me out with another 2 port/1 USB mapping issue I was having.

[@mrlore1063]

Thanks for the video, any chance you could show is how to map the dedicated exit button if possible?

[@vaf51361]

Please show how to set up track ball. Thank you. Your videos are a lifesaver.

[@jaz8088]

When i plug a USB Trackball in the Pi, my Mame games work, like centipede, Tab on your Keyboard will bring up the Mame Menu, and you can set the Contoller/trackball/joystick in there

[@greekmanx]

Can't wait for 3/4 scale arcade can video want to pickup one up and can't wait to see what you think and how it is

[@ReactToThis82]

I have this with my arcade cabinet from them and love it but sometimes mapping all the buttons does take alot of time lol. I bought the sit down cabinet from rec room masters and love it and more videos with this controller board would be great. Thank you

[@Dnizzle25]

Heck yea man I too have an arcade stick, but I have the x-arcade tankstick pretty cool hardware I must say

[@kevinmorin1248]

Thanks... this is very helpful! Cheers!

[@DrScrex]

"I've got two kids and they beat on this thing.... And it still works." The slight voice change here made me laugh.

[@MarkTheMorose]

It sounded to me like 'they peed on this thing, and it still works'. :D

[@jonboatnationandstuff3301]

I know it has been a while but can you or do you have a button map for Launchbox and BigBox video?

[@HomeArcadeInABox]

Great video Jay.

[@snow5o5o]

Would like to see the video on the alpha cade 3/4 scale from Rec Room Masters not much vids on that machine including accessory suggestions such as bar stools or a riser for it. Will be building one for my 40th birthday a gift from my wife and parents in October the Retropie version

[@smartass23t]

Awesome, I want one of these controllers so bad...problem is they are a bit pricey but best on the market for what you get. Looks like great quality. Def won't use mine on a retropie setup...you do a tutorial with this controller on a mame based pc setup?

[@isaiahconstante2206]

Yes please on the MAME video tutorial. THanks

[@miketbo25]

I'd like to see you install the raspberry pi inside of the controller so that it is perfectly contained and easily portable. With just a HDMI and a power cord coming out of it.

[@classicgmr]

I tried that with an X-Arcade Solo. Not enough room. I am looking for an X-Arcade Tankstik or an XTENSION Arcade Stick and that will be a reality. I have all the wiring I need already.

[@Sirg17x]

What are the dimensions? I want to replace the controls on an old Taito arcade cabinet and can't find a diagram anywhere. I'm hoping to get the lower box to drop in the unit and anchor it from there, but there looks to be a large lip on the back side of the controller I'd need to account for.

[@TuxedoKnox]

You are a Gawd!!!!! Thanks

[@Realest]

Hey ETA did you get the trackball to work with the retro pie or was it pre configured just plug and play ? The button set up is easy but how about the trackball ?

[@MrSteelhorse24]

Can't get this to work for me. Can you have it set up for both retroarch and MAME games at the same time?

[@zamblot3324]

Can't wait till September. For my resistant materials project in school (I'm 15 and it was for my GCSEs (an English thing)) I built an arcade machine but unlike the few others in my class who made one I spent loads of time and effort on mine and unlike them mine has controls, a screen and actually works... It also looks awesome though it's about 1/3 the size of an actual arcade machine and can store stuff in the bottom half where the coin slots are (they act as a moneybox). In September I can finally bring it back home (it's just been graded and they let you receive stuff around that time) but the one thing I hate is the screen. I got a cheap rubbish one as you don't need much for retro stuff but the pixels are stretched and it just looks awful ;(

[@zamblot3324]

Thanks for the heart :) I forgot to add that I managed to get it up and running thanks to your tutorials :)

[@jaz8088]

Is it the Cheap screen, or should you be changing the Resolution to 4:3 then add a Border aka Bezel to fill the black bars, if your system is RetroArch based, its easy peasy, for a 15yr old, damn im about to be 51 soon, oh those school yard days, filled with girls :)

[@jaz8088]

(an English thing) = arcade, what has the school system become.!

[@zamblot3324]

Jaz808 nah that's not what I meant. I meant for Americans that didn't know what GCSEs were. Our goal was to build something and we could go off different tasks. I chose the task to make a storage unit based off an era and I did the 80/90s and retro and I made my storage unit double up as arcade machine. I didn't get any extra marks for creativity or anything, I just did it for personal gain. And tbh the education system is way to stressful... I wish it was about simpler tasks as rm was my easiest GCSE

[@zamblot3324]

Jaz808 the screen is super finicky... If I try to change anything it bugs out and it auto turns off. It's a faulty old panel so I think it's the screen (I couldnt get it changed in the settings of the screen though I might be able to in the settings of retropie). (Oh and I'm covering what black bars there are with a bezel at the moment

[@infosociety2112]

Funny, the latest version of Retropie - RetroArch does not have the Input User Bind?

[@ACFLVideos]

Hey ETA how can we use the exit button on this arcade stick to exit out games instead of select start.

[@johndoey6399]

Hi ETA, first comment. If you could choose only one to do it all, would you buy the XTENSION arcade stick or the X-Arcade tankstick? Thank you.

[@Brotha_Allen]

Can you use any one of the arcade sticks that’s on their site for the retro pi? I see they have different versions and the most expensive one actually mention retro pi.

[@r1skt8k3r]

Cool vid!!! Can the 4 player arcade stick from this company be used on raspberry Pi???

[@Darkseid001]

how do you get the track ball to work on like the super nintendo core?

[@FlanFanNetwork]

Hey ETA Prime long time listener and love ur videos. I have this joystick and this video really helped. I’ve struggled with this for over a year. I was wondering is there a way to program let’s say like the menu button to turn on the raspberry pi? I’ve set hotkey and exit as the exit button to quit out a game with one button. Was just wondering if can make menu as a on off switch?

[@nobeefmuch5581]

Looks nice but I cannot understand why xtension and xarcade go with that odd 8 button layout. The two lower buttons are unnecessary and would get in the way

[@scottp.548]

They have other layouts as well.

[@DavidRodriguezJr]

Please tell me this process still works, either way will try soon.

[@nelson.fan.]

Any experience with programming the xin mo with new B+ images. Having issues with player 2 working. Thanks

[@biggene0652]

Hey every time I press bind all the player 2 side is not working when they tell me to push the specific button please help

[@jbenne3]

How do you map the player insert coin button for player 1 and player 2 in retroarch?

[@boli1435]

I ordered PS/Xbox version of this controller. I know setup is different. It will not be recognized as a keyboard. Do you happen to know how to set it up also? Thank you.

[@nixelz7455]

When I follow your steps, once I'm in user 2 bind all, it doesn't get me any button. I tried pressing even user 1 buttons but it doesn't do anything... Any aparent reason why?

[@jmotley1]

I got the four player xtension stick and it's not working. I configured it like in the video but there's no coin button for fbalpha and I can't configure individual any cores. When I go into the retropie menu, it seems this stick doesn't have all the keys retropie expects. Any ideas?

[@scottblanchard7542]

I am considering the 4-player controller with a RP in the RRM 32 Pro Emulator Edition Cabinet. Have you solved your problems? My RP has some arcade stuff in MAME 2001, 2003, and 2010, as well as FBA. I'm wondering how mapping and getting everything saved is the first time through. Players 1 and 2 look like they have enough buttons to cover joysticks and Start, Select, B, A, Y, X, and L and R shoulder buttons, while Players 3 and 4 look to have only the joystick and Start, Select, B, A, Y, X. For Players 3 and 4 following ETA's method of input configuration, can't you just let the buttons you don't have time out (something like 4 seconds in his video in Retroarch menu)? ETA, any ideas? Thanks in advance for any helpful replies, and keep up the great videos!

[@jmotley1]

Scott Blanchard yes, I was able to get it to work with fba. I got it to work with everything except the Dreamcast emulator. I manually edited the config files but you can also do it using the Retropie in game menu. You just have to make sure you map that button.

[@scottblanchard7542]

Okay, thanks! This makes me feel better about purchasing. I definitely didn't want to get the thing paid for, wait for shipping, then not be able to even play the games as intended. It seems easy enough via ETA's mapping as per this video. Have you had any other issues configuring the RRM 4-player controller? Can you get it to work with other emulators like NES, Genesis, etc.? I probably won't be playing those much with an arcade stick, but I'd like to know I could if I wanted.

[@mj23rule]

Which 4 player stick did you get? Can you include the link?

[@galaxy4dayz]

Love your videos don’t stop xD like and I commented lol this is a bit mean but can I have a reply back or if your busy and don’t want to that’s alright. I love your raspberry pi tutorials keep them going and I might consider myself buying one of these keyboard thingys that u showed in the video. A like will have to do.

[@dashrendar8739]

Whats up with the screw heads around the track ball?! That would make it really difficult to play Golden Tee. Thats a deal breaker for me. I play tons of Golden Tee.

[@torhagen8207]

Tried setting up our player2 this way, but retroarch won't go backwards in the menu using the B button so we can't save the configuration:(

[@mauriciobentz]

Adorable,, SHE WON! 😂👏👏

[@Viyas_]

Are there any worthwhile alternatives for EU? They only ship in US if I understand correctly.

[@scottblanchard7542]

so i did this exactly as you've done and it works great for all my arcade (MAME and FBA), NES, SNES, and PCE-CD games. emulators like PicoDrive, and the TG-16 and PCE still read the controller as a keyboard. can i go into each one of those individual emulator retroarch menus and do the same as here and save configuration, but not mess up my other mapping that works in the arcade, etc.? i find it strange that one mapping doesn't work for all the other emulators, as it does when i mapped my retropad (usb iBuffalo SNES pad). this has been a bit frustrating, does anyone know a solution?

[@scottblanchard7542]

okay, so i found a way around this (plug in mapped usb SNES controller and open menu, then plug in the Xtension controller and go to Input player 1 Binds and can now map the controls exactly how i want in other cores (consoles) done the same as in this video (and also configured the important input hotkey binds), but for some reason it will not save them when i go to "save current configuration". i get a "failed to save..." message in the bottom left corner. very frustrating. i cannot find a solution on the github forums, reddit, or anywhere else. any ideas how to fix this save error? running a Raspberry Pi 3 B+and most current versions of everything.

[@elliottyourse8439]

Has anyone every been able to modify the bat tops into ball tops on these?

[@Anthony-qt8wv]

I'd like to get this and replace a button with a Spinner. Not sure if that would work, but i'd love to give it a try. P.S. I do see a version that has a spinner, but i don't want to spend $449.00 rather get this version on the video for $199.00

[@vdfritzz]

you inverted A for B and Y for X

[@itslucasyap]

Can you do more videos on where we can get ROM legally ? Thank you very much.

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

Besides the Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Collection on Steam, I know that Blizzard Entertainment made some of their old games including a few ROMs free to download including: Starcraft & Starcraft: Brood War (PC, but an updated remastered is $15), Blackthorne (PC), The Lost Vikings (MS-DOS and it comes with the DOSbox emulator), and Rock N' Roll Racing (a demo version as an SNES ROM and it comes with the ZSNES emulator). Well, that isn't much. I wonder if Atari has added raw ROMs of Atari 2600 games on their Atari collections.

[@itslucasyap]

@@ThunderDragonRandy Appreciate all the suggestion, I'm looking forward to look for StarCraft on steam after you mentioned it.

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

Actually, on Blizzard's website or the Battle.NET client if you have a Battle.NET account. It's not on Steam.

[@itslucasyap]

@@ThunderDragonRandy Thanks for pointing that out.

[@itslucasyap]

@@ThunderDragonRandy Downloaded the game, had quite a good time with it.

[@AndrewAHayes]

I don't see why they mounted the screws to the surface it's not necessary they can be screwed in from the rear

[@Loundsify]

Pretty cool stuff but I couldn't justify the cost. Pretty cool that your daughter likes the games you grew up with.

[@jaxfan]

I couldn't either. I think game room solutions has a better deal

[@ebayseller6040]

those 2 buttons under the 6 button is so dumb..why would I ever want buttons there.......lol its crazy how they have the exact same fail layout as xarcade

[@xaGe__]

I had the same thought! It's a head-scratcher as to why the hell would I want them in the way like that.

[@jaz8088]

I prefer Seimitsu LS-32 Joystick, and the Happ buttons, with the blue micro switches, that's what i did to my Pandora rip-off Dual Stick Controller Then added: usbhid.quirks=0x19fd:0x3232:0x040 to Boot.txt, that's for the Pandora 6 1099 Game Controller (has usb out) Now you have 2 Players, Yay

[@jaz8088]

cmdline.txt NOT boot.txt Sorry

[@wheedy786]

Waiting for the spoiler.....😁

[@MonkeyPunchZPoker]

"that was easy" lol

[@randymulder9105]

I wish I bought one. Out of business.

[@woundtale8795]

Rip in peace xxxtentacion :(

[@M3erue3M]

Well to Bad i cant order that Stick xP.. thats the only thing what i Need dir my own self Nase arcade Machine. (Germany) xP hope the ship it one day =(

[@imOJOmran]

Now we talking but this is so late, why did you market this as steam controller before? I purchased it and it's lyring around with no use because of you

[@thingsiplay]

Nice. You play Mortal Kombat with your daughter. In Germany Mortal Kombat 2 was forbidden even for adults, when it launched. So stupid.

[@zamblot3324]

I read this as setting up the xxtentacion

[@joeyjojojunior4886]

$349 is a lot of scratch

[@scottblanchard7542]

true true. i ended up getting their 4-player cabinet, and it's absolutely worth it if you've always wanted your own. it's the best kit you can buy imo and i'm really happy with it. you get legit arcade parts and the i-pac 2, and can customize the graphics/sticks/buttons how you want. i decided to buy a bunch of arcade marquees and switch them out every couple weeks.

[@vasileios6301]

Change that happ sticks,even chinese seimitsu zippyys clones are much better

[@Striyka]

lol Letting the kids win.

[@magoloborey]

His used the trackball, trackball his coming in next time. ok okay ya see finis the video use trackball to the end... :(