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8BitDo announces its controllers now have Steam (SteamOS) compatibility (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I haven't tried them, but Nintendo put out a set of joy-cons a while back that are literally just two NES controllers. And since you can use joy-cons with Steam, I'm thinking maybe you can use those.

I'm not sure if they still make them though so you might need to get them used or something.

Edit: These guys: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-entertainment-system-controllers/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Ohh, thank you! I didn't find these in my search. Only cheap chinesium.