When it comes to emulation in general I use my Retroid Pocket 3+. Sometimes with a 8BitDo SN 30 Pro when it’s hooked up to a TV or when playing two player games.

And I use a Xbox Series S/X (?) Controller, but only when playing games on PC (doesn’t matter if emulated or standard PC games.

It depends.

Most of the time i use my Logitech Dual Action Controller.

Other times i use my Xbox Controller (God bless those triggers)

And lastly, i use Mouse & Keyboard.

I use an Xbox one controller or my wired 360 controller when I'm feeling frisky.

Depends on the platform I'm emulating and what I'm emulating on. Anything on Android I use the Backbone One. For PC, if I'm emulating older 2D systems I'll use an 8BitDo Pro 2. Newer 3D systems them it'll be the Flydigi Vader 3 Pro.

Depends on what system I'm emulating. I have a Retrobit N30 for NES games, an SNES 30 for SNES games, and an M30 for Genesis games, and a Retro-Bit Tribute64 for N64 games. For GCN titles, I use WaveBirds with a USB adaptor.

For everything else, I use an XB1 controller.

A bought an OEM SNES controller that was converted to USB years back from retroUSB. Just looked now and it seems they may not stock them anymore but they do offer kits for DIY and even usb adapters for some platforms.

There are more versatile controllers for those who need it but I mainly play NES and SNES games so it works well.

My loved Steam Controller is usually all that I need, sometimes a Switch Pro Controller.

For general use I have a wired Mad Catz 360 pro controller with textured grips. Modest dead zone, no drift despite a decade of use, and comfy as hell. It's an absolute workhorse and still works as well as it did when I bought it.

If I'm playing something that doesn't require analog input I have an 8bitdo M30. If I'm not using it through Steam it can be a pain to map since it has a 6-button layout instead of the usual ABXY, but I vastly prefer the 6-button layout so it's worth a little headache to me.

Dualsense mostly, when it's overclocked it's the lowest latency controller I own. Also have an 8bitdo SN30 Pro+ and that's excellent as well, but the Dualsense is just a little bit better.

Typically, the M30 by 8BitDo. It's the most like the Sega Arcade Pad and the Sega Saturn controller that I used to use back in the 1990s. I have a TON of game controllers and thus a ton of options for playing games, but that's what I use the most. If I'm feeling especially fancy, I'll break out a joystick like my MadCatz Street Fighter IV stick (modified with hair-trigger Sanwa buttons), a modified Hori PS fighting stick, or the ridiculously small Street Fighter II Champ joystick released by Numskull. (I think it was Numskull. I don't really remember, honestly.)

Recently I've been using the 8bitdo Pro 2. It's alright.

Buttons are nice and clicky, but the joysticks seem to have a poorly calibrated dead zone out of the box. Was getting a bit of sick drift on the left side until I made the dead zone a little bit larger.

Razer kishi v2 connected to my iPhone using afterplay.io

Basically a retro switch on my iPhone

Anyone used this one?

https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-bluetooth-controller/

With a retropie setup?

I have a Buffalo SNES clone (usb) for really old games, and I just use an Xbox controller for newer stuff.

The Buffalo controller is probably 10 years old but still works fine. Good choice IMO if you don’t want to mod an original or hunt down an adapter.

I use a Razer Kishi and an Xbox one controller

I use a mix, but mostly the Xbox Series X controller, and the 8BitDo Ultimate.

I honestly hardly even play retro games, but for some reason I love getting controllers. I use the official controllers with my PS4 and PS5, but I also have two 8bitDo SN30 Pros, and 8bitDo Ultimate BT which I use for PC and Switch, and even an arcade stick somewhere (I made a promise to myself that I was gonna pick a fighting game to get good at, but never did).

TheJoystick serves most 8-bit and 16-bit needs

Most of the time I use the pdp Wired Xbox controller, but sometimes I'll use the 8bitdo SNES30. Logitech Rumble Pad 2 still gets some use and if I'm feeling especially nostalgic I'll use the SN Program pad with a SuperSmartJoy that converts it to USB.