How do you play your platformers/emulated retro games?

[KillerCop311]

emulation is ok, piracy is not

How do you guys usually play those kind of games?

Do you use (my preferred) Z (b) X (a), UDLR (arrows, dpad), q (l), w (r), enter (start), and shift (select)?

or do you use some foreign method

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[ChexGuy331]

arcade stick and/or gamepad

[Shortcut]

thanks for the method

what games should I emulate now

[Racerboy]

gamepad

[Boink!]

Keyboard for complexity such as NES controllers, actual gamepad for things like N64

[Tayasaurus]

N64 USB adapter for almost every game. I get pretty clever with the keymapping

[jarelash]

I only really play GBA games on an emulator, so Z and X.

[MrKitKat]

gamepad

[SpongeCraft1212]

Gamepad.

[Jubel]

I have a hard time playing any emulated game with a keyboard lol.
Gotta go gamepad or the original thing if possible.

[Champion]

keyboard

z,x, up, down, left, right (udlr)

[Regulith]

SNES controller when possible, otherwise Xbox 360 controller

[Kingdaro]

Gamepad or bust.

[brickybob]

360 controller.  That thing is GOAT.

[blueblur121]

I got me a Logitech f310 gamepad, which is basically an xbox controller, but with stick placement like dualshock.

I played through Mega Man X and X2 with this thing. Iss gud.

Plus, you can bind all of the buttons perfectly to snes games because of the button placement.