If you already have an N64 controller lying around, I highly recommend grabbing this Mayflash N64 Controller Adapter. It has all the buttons you need to play your favorite N64 games, but the layout is more manageable and feels good in your hands. It's a wireless controller that works with the original N64 console, but it also comes with adapters that allow it to work on the Nintendo Switch.
I highly recommend getting the Retro-Bit Tribute 64. So, if you plan on playing those N64 games, you're going to want a decent third-party option.
Hi I have a retrolink usb n64 controller which I am trying to use on my pc with windows 10 installed. Issue with retrolink n64 USB controllers in Mame (retropie 2.3) Post by juan9999 » Sun 2:41 pm I’ve mostly gotten two retrolink usb controllers (USB N64 controllers) working with emulator station and retroarch (only one button seems to trigger two events- but everything else works). Nintendo has created a newer version to work with the Switch, but they've already sold out all of their 2021 stock. This is my post on the Project 64 forums: I have been having problems getting my original grey N64 controller to work with Project 64. The N64 Controller was very unique in its day.
Retrolink N64 How To Go About However, when I go to the input menu, I get way more. $40 at Amazon The affordable knock off alternative The Nintendo 64 controller (commonly abbreviated as N64 controller model number: NUS-005) is the standard game controller for the Nintendo 64 home video game console.Manufactured and released by Nintendo on June 23, 1996, in Japan, in late 1996 in North America, and 1997 in Europe, it is the successor to the Super Nintendo controller and is designed in an 'M' shape and features 10 buttons. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log in sign up User account menu 3 Retrolink N64 controller mapping issue.The controller works in the setup menu, but it seems that many of the controls are not mapped to the controller correctly. As before, this one works wirelessly on both the original N64 and on the Switch via an adapter. This is just like the first controller on this list, but it has that sweet see-through purple design that reminds me so much of the colorful N64 consoles and Game Boys that released back in the day.