8BitDo has been putting out some seriously cool tech for years now, and its various controllers are lauded as some of the best 3rd-party offerings out there. For its next trick, the company might have just crafted its coolest gizmo yet: the 8BitDo Retro Reciever for PS is a dongle you can plug directly into a PS1 or PS2 that lets you use your DualShock 4, DualSense, or DualSense Edge to play old favourites.
At 24.99 USD, it's a steal, and it makes you wonder why Sony isn't selling something like it (we imagine they might start in the future). For retro enthusiasts, it seems like a dream come true and should cut down on the clutter of having multiple controllers around.
What do you think of 8BitDo's latest, the Retro Receiver for PS? Do you have a functional PS1 and/or PS2 handy to make use of such a device? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source 8bitdo.com]
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While neat and all where exactly are you gonna get a ps1 and 2 that doesn't have rotting tech?
PlayStation Network is more likely to go down than PS1/PS2 consoles.
Of course I have PS2. This looks like "must have" for me.
And I just bought a retro fighters Defender for use with the PS2 because my dog keeps tripping on the cable
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Still it also works with PSX and PS3 and it's better than the DualShock 3.
Ace — finding working DualShock 1-3s these days is harder than rocking horse poop.
@Geep I was trying to play on an Xbox(To go and play Silent Hill 4) I bought a while back only for the disc tray to crap out on me. That's what's been holding me back from buying a retro system but I've been wanting to buy a retro ps2.
Ah man, I have been playing a lot of PS3 lately and now I finally discover that the DualSense works with that console too already since the PS5 came out, the Sixaxis controller sucks so much, I can't believe that was the standard for like 7 years.
cool, if I ever dust off my PS1 and PS2 I will consider this. Not exactly a Retro-Enthusiast dream, since Retro-Enthusiast like to have original hardware.
But for anyone else (like me) a great device!
Don't own a PS1 (apart from PS3 b/c) or PS2 these days bur could do with a widget to allow DS4s to be used on the PS3 (if you're listening 8BitDo)
That said, I do have 3 fully working original DS3 controllers to use (the DS4 is just much more comfortable than the DS3 or DS5)
That's cool I guess, but I'd rather have one console that consolidates all those games rather than one controller and five consoles under my TV! Imagine Playstation had the desire and nous to make every game for PS1-PS5 available to play on a PS5. Now THAT would be something!
@Skeletor85 are you using yours wirelessly? I can use mine fine when it's plugged in but I can't seem to get the bluetooth to work on it.
This is actually pretty cool. I wonder if the latency is okay. PS2 games were pretty sluggish already and adding more latency could make certain games unplayable.
@Geep Igave my brother my 360 since I had no use for it really, but Ill try to find slim ps2 if I can!
Sweet. Now I can play gitarooman with a good controller, and I won't have to buy PS1 or PS2 controllers ever again!!
Cool to have lots of alternatives for playing with wireless controllers, been using brook wingman on my PS2 for a while now and it works flawlessly.
@Andee I have not tried it yet on my PS3, I found about it yesterday that it was possible, but not sure yet wireless or wired. Hopefully I can also use my Edge controller on the PS3 lol
@Skeletor85 Yeah just for a lark I plugged mine in via USB and it worked immediately! Which is ace, as I've found the DualShock 3 D-pad to be far less responsive than I remember...
@sanderson72 you can do this with a MayFlash adaptor. Works really well except for the few games that utilise the pressure sensitive face buttons (that the DS4 and DualSense don’t have)
Apparently this dongle doesn’t support DS3 on the PS2 (if you need the pressure sensitive buttons). The old Brook adaptor does however.
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