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Configuring N64 controller in RetroPie
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The controller is easy enough to configure in Emulation Station frontend, but once in a game, the buttons are not correct. A tuned configuration is required for use with mupen64 emulators.

$ dmesg
[194164.863158] usb 1-1: new low-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
[194165.007396] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0079, idProduct=0006, bcdDevice= 1.09
[194165.007420] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[194165.007432] usb 1-1: Product: Generic   USB  Joystick  
[194165.036270] input: Generic   USB  Joystick   as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0/0003:0079:0006.0006/input/input28
[194165.036567] dragonrise 0003:0079:0006.0006: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.10 Joystick [Generic   USB  Joystick  ] on usb-0000:00:14.0-1/input0
[194165.036582] dragonrise 0003:0079:0006.0006: Force Feedback for DragonRise Inc. game controllers by Richard Walmsley <richwalm@gmail.com>

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0079:0006 DragonRise Inc. PC TWIN SHOCK Gamepad

Presents as Generic USB Joystick in mupen64plus

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