for nes-games, a wiimote is perfectly fine, as it has a near identical button layout that the original nes-controller have.
for snes-games however, a wiimote alone is not enough.

if you connect a nunchuck to the wiimote, will it work on the n900? that wouldnt be a perfect solution (button layout-wise), but at least you could map the buttons in a way that you could use all buttons needed for a snes-game.

(ie analogstick as dpad, c and z buttons as L and R, and the dpad on the wiimote working as a/b/y/x for example)

btw it should be possible to make a classic controller work on the n900.. .that would be the PERFECT solution for snes-games

The problem with the classic controller is that it needs a wiimote as well, which is fine but I would prefer a single unit if possible. Reading through that blog it sounds like it should work. He didn't have an n900 to test it on however. Mine should arrive in the next few days, so I will give it a go then.
Does anyone know how the normal sixaxis driver works on Linux? Does it map keys or something?

My n900 doesn't arrive until wed the 9th.

I will try this on the weekend when I get some time. I have an extra sixaxis laying around.

hummm...what about the rumble pack? ok now I am stretching it a bit but hey you never know.

Also I am brand new to linux, did some c++ back in the day but very rusty to programing in general. But that's the beauty of this phone, learn a lil bit and a whole world of possibilities open up.

has anyone managed to make any of the Sony PS3 wireless controllers work in any way?

I know the bluray remote is bluetooth, which would be interesting to use as a media remote (you can buy them for less than £15 i.e. US$20 these days), but I would also be interested in getting the game controllers work too especially with the dualshock3/sixaxxis accelerometer features!

Threads merged.

oops, sorry. I did search, but my search-fu failed me. sorry for inconvenience.

Threads merged.

Hoping to contribute to this, i bought a bluetooth dongle (MSI micro) and dualshock controller ("Wildfire" brand - buttons a bit hard to press-down)

I downloaded the sixaxis.c pairer and read all the howtos i could find. After fixing some driver issues, i managed to scan and detect the controller, and also see it appear as a /dev/input/js0 while connected via usb. However the pairing itself doesn't work. Either

1) After pairing and removal of cable, controller flashes red (error code) and /dev/input/js0 disappears
2) After pairing and removal of cable, controller does not flash, and /dev/input/js0 disappears

I'd appreciate if anyone could post a howto for a succesful pairing on a real linux box.

Once this works, I might be able to modify sixaxis.c to get the data from the controller and send it to a process running on the N900, which then executes the pairing as if it were a bluetooth dongle on the host PC.

thanks

What about the MSI contoller for mobile phones?! Meant to work on all phones and N series!

I found it on ebay and my mate has one that works on his Nokia 5800.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MSI-Bluetooth-...ht_5817wt_1165

http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/rev...mepad-en.shtml

i´ve got one of these MSI Controller for my old HTC
They have a awful delay and I use it only once.

For someone who wants to try, it uses Bluetooth Serial Port Profile
I dont know much about it but it should only be a remap thing