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Nyko Playpad Pro for Android/Bluetooth
IMPORTANT NOTE: Product dimensions Dog Shoes Size Large dimensions: 4.5'' High x 2.25'' Wide x 3.5'' Deep. Please refer to the product description for sizing and measurement detailsEasily control your favorite tablet games with console like precision ; Optimized HID protocol for Tegra 3 based devices and gamesIncludes Nyko's free Playground app with the ability to customize controller layout and download game profiles for older titlesPlayground supports the following controller input: Keyboard Mapping and MouseHID, Keyboard mapping, and mouse emulation support make PlayPad Pro compatible with 100s of titlesIMPORTANT NOTE: Please press and hold the "home" button for 3-5 seconds for the unit to power up. The light next to the home button will turn on.The PlayPad Pro is a full sized wireless Bluetooth controller designed to work with a multitude of today’s top Android titlesEasily control your favorite tablet games with console like precision, Optimized HID protocol for Tegra 3 based devices and gamesFeaturing dual analog sticks, d-pad, 4 face buttons, and left/right dual shoulder/trigger buttons the PlayPad Pro has all the necessary tools to tackle any gameDesigned in conjunction with NVIDIA the PlayPad Pro is compatible with numerous high-end mobile games optimized for Android's HID controller protocolNote: Please press and hold the "home" button for 3-5 seconds for the unit to power up. The light next to the home button will turn on
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21 Reddit comments about Nyko Playpad Pro for Android/Bluetooth:

u/aspbergerinparadise · 10 pointsr/AndroidGaming

There are really 2 classes of mobile controllers. You have the "pocketable" ones and you have the "full-sized" controllers.

Are you looking for something you can put in your pocket? Or is this going into a backpack or someplace where you'll have more room?

for the "pocketable" controllers, there aren't a ton of options. A few of the more popular ones:

  • MOGA Pocket MOGA's first foray into controllers. No D-pad. Kind of cramped. Only 1 set of shoulder buttons. But it's only $18 right now (in the US at least).
  • MOGA Hero Power Update version of the Pocket. Slightly larger and more comfortable. Has a d-pad. But still only 1 set of shoulder buttons.(fixed) Quite a bit more expensive at $45 USD.
  • Ipega bluetooth controller d-pad, dual-analog sticks, 1 set of shoulder buttons. There are similar ones made by Nyko and some other companies. I think they're just re-brands of the same generic controller though. $22 USD

    I haven't used those, but from what I've read they work pretty well for shorter gaming sessions. An hour or more and your hand is going to feel pretty cramped though.

    for the full-sized controllers there are more options.

  • PS3 controller with a gameKlip. I haven't used this myself but people are constantly praising it. Personally, I can't stand the analog stick placement on PS controllers, but if you like it then this is a good solution. However, you said that you're using a tablet, so the gameklip probably won't help you.
  • XBOX 360 controller with an OTG cable. I use this one all the time. It works really well. Very comfortable, plenty of buttons. Although the d-pad sucks. Another downside is wires. You need the OTG cable to connect to either a wired XBOX controller, or to the xbox wireless receiver
  • MOGA Pro / Pro Power I have the MOGA Pro, and I use it pretty frequently. I typically use the xbox controller at home, and the MOGA while on the road. It's about 3/4 the size of an xbox controller and therefore not quite as comfortable. It does work very well though. Haven't tried the Pro Power, but it's the newer version. Since they're the same price I'd pick the Pro Power over the older Pro.
  • NYKO playpad I think this is really very similar to the IPEGA one in terms of build quality. However it has triggers as well as shoulder buttons, a d-pad, and extended grips. Plus it's cheap. Only $20 USD.

    One of the main benefits with the MOGA line of controllers is that they have the phone-holder clip built right in. But if you're using this for a tablet, then that doesn't really help you. Therefore I think I'd recommend that you get either an XBOX 360 controller or a PS3 controller. You simply can't beat the quality of those two. MOGA's coming close, but it's not there yet.


    |Controller Model|Full-Sized|D-Pad|Shoulder Triggers|Wireless|Phone-Holder|Price (USD)|
    |:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|
    |MOGA Pocket| | | | X | X | 18|
    |MOGA Hero Power | | X | X | X | X | 45|
    |MOGA Pro Power| X | X | X | X | X | 50|
    | Ipega bluetooth controller| | X | | X | X | 20|
    |NYKO Playpad | | X | | X | X | 15 |
    |NYKO Playpad Pro| X | X | X | X| | 20|
    | DualShock 3* | X | X | X | X | w/ gameKlip| 40|
    | Wired XBOX 360 Controller | X | X | X | | | 35|

    * Dualshock 3 controller (PS3 Controller) requires the Sixaxis app($2.50) and Root (if you want to use bluetooth instead of the OTG)
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    Xbox 360 Controller requires USB OTG cable (~ $5 shipped)
u/notavalid · 3 pointsr/Games

The reason people did that in the late 1990's was some people had at least one console(PS1 or a Saturn) that played cd roms, but not always access to a decent pc with internet. Libraries often had internet access plus burners or the persons knew someone that had access to a pc that could burn cds (as the drives and the cds themselves were extremely cheap). The consoles were typically already modded to get around regional blocks and play the games that they ripped to a cd rom.

You mention the screen, battery, and controller... but those are poor reasons.

You'd take a perfectly good console (that requires a lot of room, and takes ten minutes to setup and tear down every time you move it) and mod it either by using a mod chip (some soldering required), or bootload a different OS using a separate USB drive or external hard drive. This includes multiple steps for prepping either a special cd/dvd, a usb stick, or an additional hard drive. If it's a recent console, you lose the ability to RMA if anything breaks. Any method you use, you'd have to make multiple trips to your PC to get it working. On top of that you get half ass support when it comes to graphics, internet access (minus... the Wii), applying patches, and games and consoles past the gensis/snes era are not going to have any of the support they have today-so you'll have a lot of roms that don't work... and you'll be waiting for some poor soul to port the emulator to your console and support it.

The whole time you're setting that up, you're doing it on a perfectly good PC that has well established emulators that have several years support. I can setup a PS2 emulator that works with greater than 90% of games, and I can basically play effectively all games on any console before that (minus the Atari Jaguar, Saturn, and N64). If it's PS1 or older, I can do it on my cell phone and tablet too.

Wither you're using a console, cell phone, tablet, or pc... being discouraged by 1-2 hours on one battery charge means anything when you're already going to be setting aside space and plugging it in for a console.

Modern tablets and cell phones are pretty sensitive and accurate that you can play a number of action games without being frustrated. If you need more, usb controllers and bluetooth controllers starts at $25 and goes up in price. A decent one in either area goes for about $40 and will last you forever. People acting like they don't have this option in this day and age are either obtuse or really cheap-they sell them at every Walmart.

As far as playing on a big screen, you can use multiple software or hardware options. Some expensive, some cheap depending on your setup and what you're willing to tolerate. You can do it from your cell phone and tablet, or your pc. Playing on a big screen doesn't beat convenience tho.

u/servo386 · 2 pointsr/fireTV

Bought this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0092ZEINO/

and im loving it. Using it on a straight up android box but no reason why it shouldn't work both on FireTV box and FireTV Stick.

Don't get the the other "newer" version for FireTV, just get this one.

u/HustlersPosterchild · 2 pointsr/theNvidiaShield
u/Slayner · 2 pointsr/rpg_gamers

This is what I got, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092ZEINO/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8

It only works on 4.1 for whatever reason, but my favorite ROM is 4.1 so I don't mind. If you don't like that, just search android blue tooth controllers, I found quite a few.

u/archbox · 2 pointsr/EDC

No problem. I bought an amazon fire tv stick for $20 (like a chromecast only with more RAM/processor) and threw on a bunch of android emulators and hooked up this controller to it: http://www.amazon.com/Playpad-Android-Bluetooth-PC-Mac-Linux/dp/B0092ZEINO/

I actually have a bunch of retro systems but they don't look good without the emulators upscaling and this way I just need one device plugged in instead of having a bunch of power bricks plugged in using electricity.

There are cheaper versions of that with fewer buttons and such which would be fine for retro games. I also play android FPS' and all the free games i've gotten from amazon's appstore app of the day (like Terraria!) so I got the Pro one with more buttons.

u/drboyfriend · 2 pointsr/Surface

I was looking for the same thing. I couldn't find anything great. The only one I considered was the SteelSeries one, but it's pretty expensive. Edit: It looks like this Nyko one gets good reviews and has decent reviews.

I went the Xbox 360 route but only so that I could do multiplayer on it, and because of potential controller lag (I hook mine up to the TV). Consider it if you want to eventually do that.

There is a USB adapter on Amazon that gives you two ports. Another thing that could free up the USB port is a 64gb SD card. That's were I currently put my Steam games.

u/FoferJ · 1 pointr/fireTV

This Nyko works fine - it has a mouse/keyboard mode, and is handy for all of the side-loaded apps that need such control:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0092ZEINO/ref=nosim/appleink/

Don't spent $35 though, it's been $16 on Amazon for months and just this week jumped in price. Another poster here said they saw it at Gamestop for $15...

u/shangrila500 · 1 pointr/Android

After a quick Google I found this review:

http://www.amazon.com/Playpad-Android-Bluetooth-PC-Mac-Linux/product-reviews/B0092ZEINO

A guy says he paired it with his Windows 8.1 tablet and it worked in mouse mode and in MAME it works in play pad mode. I will investigate further when I get back home in a few days but I would bet it would work. It may just take a bit of tweaking with some things.

u/TheSuperSteve · 1 pointr/theNvidiaShield

I haven't tested Tinycore or 8bitdo's apps, so I can't comment there. All I can say is that Nvidia's default gamepad mapper hasn't made me want to go looking for some other solution, so I guess that's a good a testimonial for it as any.

I also wouldn't say it works with any controller. I've only tested this Nyko controller: https://www.amazon.com/Nyko-Playpad-Pro-Android-Bluetooth/dp/B0092ZEINO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1502630121&sr=8-2&keywords=Nyko+controller+Android It works just fine with Nvidia's controller mapper. So I suppose any controller with similar specs and functionality would also work.

u/goodhur · 1 pointr/fireTV

You have to use Bluetooth with the stick. Every input device I have tried has worked after installing the settings.apk

For a mini keyboard and mouse: the QQ-tech mini Bluetooth keyboard/touchpad works pretty well. Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/QQ-Tech®-Wireless-Bluetooth-Keyboard-Handheld/dp/B00BALK9CM/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1417633347&sr=1-1&keywords=qq-tech+mini+wireless+bluetooth+keyboard+handheld+with+touchpad

The Nyko Play pads for tablets (not FireTV version) have a mouse mode you can just use the on screen keyboard. Pro version and little nvida shield one work

http://www.amazon.com/Playpad-Android-Bluetooth-PC-Mac-Linux/dp/B0092ZEINO

http://www.amazon.com/Playpad-Android-Bluetooth-PC-Mac-Linux/dp/B0092ZEIN4/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1417633434&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=nyko+playpad

I also had success with an HP Bluetooth keyboard. Audio devices will pair but don't output sound.
If settings crashes reboot.

Edit added product links

u/Jayson98 · 1 pointr/EmulationOnAndroid

Me and my friend we play street fighter alpha 3,Tekken 3, Darkstalkers 3 and Marvel vs Capcom on the Ps1 emulator.

My friend uses this: http://www.amazon.com/Playpad-Android-Bluetooth-PC-Mac-Linux/dp/B0092ZEINO
And I use this: http://www.amazon.com/GameSir-Bluetooth-Wireless-Joystick-Controller-Windows/dp/B013QFQR9S
This is done on my Galaxy tab 4

u/ryan_expert · 1 pointr/gaming

I've been using this bluetooth controller for a while now to play emulated games on my phone. It's awesome!

u/nbury33 · 1 pointr/AndroidTV

I use this for gaming Nyko Playpad Pro for Android/Bluetooth https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0092ZEINO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9i2xDbEKZ88JM