How To Use Mayflash Gamecube Adapter On Pc

GameCube Controller
XInput support


Predecessor
Nintendo 64 controller
Successor
Wii Remote Classic Controller

Key points

Requires adapter to connect to PC.

Lacks native XInput back up, requiring the employ of a XInput wrapper (come across XInput wrappers) for games that practise non support DirectInput or the controller natively.

Dolphin emulator has native support for GameCube Controller Adapter which means that once it'south setup all you need to exercise is accept it plugged in, and Dolphin volition auto-detect the adapter.

Inputs

2 × analog sticks: Command Stick and C-Stick
2 × hybrid analog triggers with digital total press buttons: 𝐋, 𝐑
half-dozen × digital buttons: 𝐀, 𝐁, 𝐗, 𝐘, 𝐙, sᴛᴀʀᴛ
4 × digital directional buttons (d-pad): ↑, ↓, ←, →

Controller variations [edit]

Panasonic Q SH-TGC10 Grey Controller.

The Panasonic Q, a GameCube/DVD histrion hybrid system exclusive to Japan, came bundled with a grey Panasonic branded version of the controller - Panasonic Q SH-TGC10 Grey.

WaveBird Wireless Controller.

The WaveBird controller is a wireless official variation, which employ local radio frequencies to a receiver plugged into the controller port, rather than Bluetooth.

Employ with PC platforms [edit]

Windows [edit]

Custom awarding reWASD lets remap whole controller and works without Steam awarding running. Software gives avant-garde customization options eg. reassigning buttons to keyboard or mouse deportment, macros, actuate custom modes etc.

Dolphin emulator has native support for GameCube Controller Adapter which ways that once it's setup all you demand to exercise is accept it plugged in, and Dolphin will auto-detect the adapter^[one].

Zadig is a Windows application that installs generic USB drivers. It supports bones GameCube controls.

reWASD [edit]

Mayflash GameCube Controller Adapter has 2 modes: PC and Wii U. To utilize the controller with reWASD, we need you lot to pick Wii U mode, considering PC mode has some limitations that do not permit to use GameCube gamepad in a full swing.

reWASD does not piece of work with 3rd-party drivers.

Wii U mode supports vibrations, analog triggers and stick calibration.

Since reWASD five.5.1 update, Soft Press and Full Press triggers tin can be mapped separately.^[two]

Custom configs for GameCube controller can exist found in official Community Configs Library maintained by reWASD users.

Massive'due south Gamecube Adapter Driver [edit]

It's the unofficial Windows driver for the official Wii U GameCube Adapter (Wii U GCN USB adapter).

Compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7/8.

Only requires the blackness plug (gray is used to ability the rumble motor).

Tied with the raphnet adapter for the lowest latency method of using a gamecube controller on PC.

Utilize upwards to 4 gamecube controllers on i USB port.

Compatible with x360ce (for use with games that but support xbox controllers).

Configurable Deadzones. Compatible with sample rate overclocking using a modified HIDUSB.sys.

Full comaptibility with the native dolphin driver.

Rumble is not currently supported.

XInput wrapping [edit]

Acting equally native DirectInput controller, it'southward possible to use whatsoever of the generic wrappers. See the controller article for those.

Hardware [edit]

Wii U GameCube Adapter [edit]

Usable with PC by installing the GCN-USB-Adapter driver for Windows and wii-u-gc-adapter driver for Linux.

Dolphin emulator testing has shown that information technology'southward more accurate to the console than the Mayflash adapter.

USB adapter supports upward to four controllers.

Mayflash GameCube Controller Adapter [edit]

Directly compatible with PC and shows upward as four DirectInput controllers.

Compatible with Wii U panel and acts similar Nintendo's official adapter.

Has a physical switch to toggle between support for PC and Wii U.

For rumble to work requires drivers from manufacturer's website.

Retro Controller Adapter for Nintendo Switch™ [edit]

Supports 1 GameCube controller.

Plugs into the USB port.

Compatible with reWASD since reWASD 5.half dozen.^[iii]

8BitDo GBros. Adapter [edit]

Connects original wired Gamecube controller, NES Classic controller, SNES Archetype controller or Wii Archetype controller just like a Wiimote. Converts analog signal to Bluetooth.

It has built in home and screenshot buttons.

Turbo functionality is available for Windows.

Adapter tin can work as wired adapter. When it is connected to devices via USB, batteries are non needed.

Steam [edit]

Tin can exist recognized as Xbox 360 controller just later on manual assignment. Controller cannot be found in Supported Controller Database, so Steam recognizes information technology as standard DirectInput device.

Steam Link compatibility [edit]

Works natively over Mayflash GameCube Controller Adapter (4-Port).^[iv]

Works without any drivers on any operating system that supports Steam.

Tin can exist used only to send input from a controller to a PC. Go into Streaming options, hitting 𝗫 and disable video and audio streaming.

Won't work great unless you connect it to LAN or a low latency Wi-Fi.

Support In Games [edit]

Back up for some controller features may be but bachelor on certain systems. Refer to game-specific articles for details.

Games with Nintendo button prompts [edit]

Total number of games: 98.

Please notation, that this is only list for games that offer Nintendo push button prompts.

Some may require use of Switch Pro Controller emulation. Refer to game-specific articles for details.

Game	Series	Developer	Publisher	First release
20XX	20XX	Batterystaple Games, Fire Hose Games		August 16, 2017
Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe	Angry Video Game Nerd	FreakZone Games	Screenwave Media	Oct xxx, 2020
Anodyne 2: Return to Grit	Anodyne	Melos Han-Tani, Marina Kittaka	Analgesic Productions	August 12, 2019
Another Metroid two Remake: Return of Samus	Metroid	Milton "DoctorM64" Guasti		August 6, 2016
Ara Fell		Stegosoft Games	DANGEN Entertainment	June 2, 2016
Auralux: Constellations	Auralux	War Drum Studios, Edward McNeill		June 1, 2016
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Dark	Bloodstained	ArtPlay, DICO, Disruptive Games, WayForward Technologies	505 Games	June eighteen, 2019
Boomerang 10		DANG!	Devolver Digital	July eight, 2021
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling		Moonsprout Games	DANGEN Entertainment	November 21, 2019
Carrion		Phobia Game Studio	Devolver Digital	July 23, 2020
Cat Quest II	Cat Quest	The Gentlebros	PQube Limited	September 24, 2019
Celeste		Extremely OK Games		January 25, 2018
Charge Kid		USPGameDev		June 30, 2020
Cook, Serve, Delicious!	Cook, Serve, Delicious!	Vertigo Gaming		October 8, 2013
Cook, Serve, Delicious! two!!	Cook, Serve, Delicious!	Vertigo Gaming		September 13, 2017
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!	Cook, Serve, Delicious!	Vertigo Gaming		October 14, 2020
Corpse Political party (2021)	Corpse Party	Mechanic Arms, Metropolis Connection, MAGES., Team GrisGris	XSEED, Marvelous	Oct xx, 2021
Crash Bandicoot 4: Information technology'due south About Fourth dimension	Crash Bandicoot	Toys for Bob, Beenox, Activision Shanghai, Heavy Iron Studios, Hardsuit Labs	Activision	March 26, 2021
Crashlands		Butterscotch Shenanigans		January 21, 2016
Croixleur Sigma - Deluxe Edition	Croixleur	souvenir circ., Edelweiss	Playism	November 19, 2019

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Other data [edit]

Technical information [edit]

Device name: Wii U GameCube Controller Adapter, HWID: 057E:0337

Controller button	Push button label and axis
X	Push button 1
A	Push button ii
B	Button iii
Y	Button 4
L	Push button 5
R	Button 6
Z	Button 8
Start	Button 10
Left stick	X-axis, Y-axis
Right stick	X-rotation, Z-rotation
D-pad up	POV up/Push button 13
D-pad downward	POV down/Button 15
D-pad left	POV left/Button 16
D-pad right	POV right/Button 14

References

↑ 4.0-4594 - Native Support for the Official Nintendo GC Controller Adapter for Wii U by skidau
↑ reWASD 5.5.1
↑ reWASD 5.six.0
↑ Listing of Steam Link compatible controllers, adapters etc. - SteamCommunity