8Bitdo PCE Core 2.4G Wireless Gamepad for PC Engine Mini, PC Engine CoreGrafx Mini, TurboGrafx-16 Mini & Nintendo Switch (PCE Core Edition)

This is my third 8BitDo controller. The others are Bluetooth (SF30, M30) but there's something nice and simple about this 2.4G version. The usb receiver makes it dead easy to connect and the connection is rock solid and I've noticed no lag. I'm using this with my Raspberry Pi 400 to play PC Engine/TG16, NES and Master System games. It's perfect for all those plus older arcade games and really anything with a simple 2 button control scheme. The turbo buttons are extremely useful in the type of games the PC Engine excels in: Shootemups.The build quality is excellent. It feels solid. My only criticism is that it's a little small but I haven't found it to be uncomfortable. The charging port is micro usb as opposed to usb-c but it gets the job done. The battery charges quickly and if this is like the others in the 8bitdo line I don't expect to have to charge again for weeks.

I recently bought the Analogue Duo and this controller pairs well and performs well. My only comment is that it’s a bit small but after a few plays it feels good and responds well. I’ll be picking up a second one soon.

Great little controller for my Duo game system. The controller connects right up to the receiver when plug in play is enabled in the usb port. Quick fast charging and the little weight controller is the perfect size in your hand. The color is nice as well.

It took a bit of doing, but these do indeed connect to the Analogue Duo without the dongle. I'll always be bummed by the lack of Turbo Switches on a lot of these newer Turbo controllers, but the rapid fire buttons are a fine compromise. 8bitdo makes good stuff! Sturdy and reliable, as always.

I bought this controller, more than anything else, because I've always been a big fan of 8BitDo's products. I, so far, have one version of every controller they've sold, and when I saw this thing, despite not being huge on Turbografx/PCE, I bought it because it happened to state that it also works on Windows. I was a bit disappointed to hear, a few days after ordering it, that the amazon answers section stated this controller cannot be used on Windows with the adapter- it had to be wired.This is a lie. I don't know why 8BitDo's amazon answers are incorrect here, but they are. The controllers work on Windows with the adapter, so it's wireless. Given, it is detected as directinput, but for emulators that doesn't matter, and if you want to play something on Steam with them you can just use a program like Xoutput to fix the directinput situation.The build quality for these guys, as with the rest of the 8BitDo line, is fantastic. It feels like a first-party controller! Buttons are just the perfect amount of click, and the circular dpad registers inputs satisfyingly well. In fact, the face buttons happen to feel EXACTLY like that of a new NES controller's.Now, there is one caveat that someone like myself wasn't expecting. With the majority of 8BitDo controllers, the way turbo works is you hold a special button down, and click another, and that button you chose goes into "turbo mode". So, I expected this to give me four face buttons to work with in Xoutput or emulators, but instead, it's not quite that way. The two face buttons above the bottom two are mapped to the same input as the ones below- in the controller itself. That means that, no matter what, to my knowledge, instead of you being able to get use out of four face buttons, the top two buttons will always be constantly turbofire versions of the A and B buttons below them. This CAN be an issue depending on what you want to play with this controller.That leaves me with some people wanting to use it on Windows wondering who it is for. Well, to put it simply, it'll be my mainstay NES/GBC emulation controller from now on, on top of some specific other games on Steam, such as Mega Man 9 and 10. Seriously, it's great for that. Essentially, it's a better NES Pad- rounded sides, amazing buttons, a circular dpad I could swoon over- seriously, for some NES or GBC, it doesn't get much better than this. And you still have those turbo buttons at easy, constant access as their own buttons.And so, that's my way of looking at this controller. As someone who wants it for PCE/Turbografx mini, I'd say you should totally buy these, they're fantastic. But even for me, someone who doesn't have that console and just loves 8BitDo controllers, I have a reason to own this, and seriously, it's still different and nice-enough feeling to use over some of my other 8BitDo controllers for specific consoles. I do have to dock it a star for the two top face buttons not being buttons you can make use of outside of as A and B tubro buttons, as I could've easily found way more to play with this controller if I could map those to X and Y on windows, but this controller is an easy recommendation from me if you want to play some NES/GBC, or, you know. The mini console this was specifically made for.

For those considering this controller, I think it is best to firmly keep in mind what this controller was originally designed to do and judge it on those merits alone.As someone who has decades of experience playing on original TG16/PCE hardware, I can attest that this is a good, well-built 2-button wireless controller with variable turbo buttons. The 8bitdo PCE 2.4G controller does an admirable--albeit not perfect--job of replicating the style and feel of the original wired controllers. It has a lighter feel, and the four-way directional isn't as tight as the original 2-button Duo, the NEC Avenue Pad 3, or the NEC Avenue Pad 6. The trade off is a great wireless connection (with less than 7.6 ms latency) that charges fast and gets around 15 hours of playtime each charge. If you elect to play with it wired via USB, the input latency drops to 1 ms. Furthermore, contrary to original reports, it can be made to work on a PC in addition to the Mini and the Switch. Once you add the ability to manually increase or reduce the turbo button feature (hold Select + II + I buttons for 5 secs), this controller does an excellent job of doing exactly what it was designed to do:Provide a quality wireless two-button game play experience while reasonably replicating the look and feel of an original PCE/TG16 controller.That is what you can safely expect. Much of the negative feedback featured in the review sections of all three controller styles boils down to unreasonable expectations. Please take those comments with a grain of salt. It's like intentionally buying an apple and then later complaining that its not an orange. This is a niche controller made for a niche market. If the way I describe it sounds good to you, then you will very likely enjoy it.