Official retro controllers PSX PlayStation Genesis SNES

[OMAW3D]

Hi all,

so googling around and whatnot i find people using PSX>USB adaptors that were intended for PC in order to connect their PS2 controllers to Android phones - this requires a USB OTG cable to convert full USB down to micro.

so i am trying to do similar with my t8-s plus v2 and coming up short, the converters just don't power on / work.
I expected full USB ports would just do the business but perhaps i missed something? so i went looking at the spec of current devices and note that OTG is a feature of USB, not a given and that it is listed as 'shared'.

can anyone explain what that means for me please? - am i going to be able to connect a PSX > USB converter to my device at all?

BTW, i bought a 'mayflash' device for connecting Sega mega drive controllers and that works fine but perhaps that doesn't have the same power requirements.

Eventually i would like an android box with PSX [or PS2], genesis and SNES controllers attached.

thank you.

 

[Dave C]

They are designed for PC so might require Windows drivers for them to work. I have not tried any gamepad converters as there are quite a few different ones available.

 

[OMAW3D]

Thanks for the input. This video shows a guy connecting a PS2 > USB converter to his android phone device via OTG. It doesn't require any drivers or messing about, it just seems to work.
Now unfortunately its not branded, but i have one that looks just like it and another in a cable style and they don't work - i fully appreciate that my android box maybe completely blameless here but what i am wondering is if there is something in the USB spec preventing me from progressing?

for example, the droidbox spec lists such as "USB Ports: 3(1x OTG)" - are you able to clarify what this means please?
- i note the OTG is a full size port - so how does this operate differently from a regular USB port, is it providing more power or something?
-my model the t8-s plus doesnt have an OTG port so i am wondering if that is what i am missing. The example vide uses an OTG cable and OTG featured phone.

thank you

 

[Dave C]

Try the USB port nearest to the reset hole. If you are looking directly at the ports, it will be the third one, furthest to the right.

 

[OMAW3D]

No joy i'm afraid. I'm surprised there aren't more people trying to set this up.