Most emulators that support game pads require you alter the default options to make it use the game pad. Look around in the available dialogs in the emulator you're trying to use.

My guess is that the SteelSeries 3GC uses Xinput (not DirectInput) and so input isn't detected by the emulator. What emulator are you using?

i have Project64, VisualboyAdvance, Znsesw, N Nestopia as emulators to play old games on my netbook. Im not sure of the input, i checked to see if it worked and when i test it the lights were glowing, but when i want to play a game it doesn't work on any of the emulators I have, I checked.
idk if it has to do with a setting, but if anyone knows who can take me to the right location of the setting to put I appreciate it

In ZSNES, when you first open the emulator, click the config button on the blue bar at the top then click Input in the drop down menu. From there, you can set up the controls.

Other emulators should have somewhat similar configuration dialogs. Look around in the menus and settings dialogs.

thanks gxl, im a try that, i was in the option section playing with the keyboard/control, Ill try n do what yu said, thanks if im still havin problems i'll post

There are some programs on the net that remap controller buttons to be keyboard keys allowing you to play with a controller even with games that don't support controllers.

Here's a link:
http://electracode.com/4/joy2key/JoyToKey%20E … h%20Version.htm

May not work but you can give it a try (it worked for my steelseries controller)
I think after you remap your controller you leave the app running on the desktop but you might be able to minimize it.

No need to remap keyboard keys. A standard USB gamepad or joypad is all you need. I use BSNES (more accurate vs. ZSNES), Mame, Fusion, WinVice and they all work with USB input devices.

true, but it could help with other games and things as well (like oblivion which doesn't let you look around with the controller)

Mau1wurf1977 wrote:

I use BSNES (more accurate vs. ZSNES),

So do I, but netbooks aren't exactly known for having multi-core 3GHz CPUs...

Ah didn't think of that 😀