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GameSir g8Plus

GameSir x5s

External Links

1. GameSir web site
2. Bestbuy 80 bucks 2026-04-14
3. Manual

Info

1. Hall effect sticks
2. Bluetooth 5.3
3. The Logo Button is the pairing button.
4. 840mAh battery
5. 6-axis gyroscope
6. max device width is 8.39 inches.
7. Press and hold the Home button (Chicken logo button) to turn on or wake up.
8. Press and hold the Home button (Chicken logo button) for 10 seconds to turn off.
9. Pairing Mode: Press and hold the pairing button on the bottom right side for 2 seconds (light will flash yellow)
10. While charging breathing lighting effect.
11. Press and Hold M Button check Mode through chickin color indicator.
12. Press and Hold chicken and south until chicken flashes yellow rapidly for android mode
13. Buttons are swappable, Swapped to eastern snes style
14. Chicken + D-Pad Up and down controls volume in android
15. Comes in a nice case.
16. The case holds the button swap tool.
17. Also came with different rubber bumpers.

Bluetooth pairing

1. I can enter android bluetooth pairing mode holding South + Home (Chicken Logo)
2. If combinations fail, hold the small round Pairing Button next to the USB-C port for 3–5 seconds to force pairing mode.
3. There is a bluetooth pairing button on bottom left of device

Retroarch Autoconfig

1. After BT Connection
2. Start retroarch no core
3. Press D-Pad
4. Appears as GameSir-X5s Consumer Control
5. Make Autoconfig
6. I copied the file local
7. RetroArch\autoconfig\android\gamesikre.cfg
8. I never directly set input_turbo_btn. It was there from auto laod so I assumed it's mapped to m?

input_driver = "android" input_device = "GameSir-X5s Consumer Control" input_vendor_id = "13623" input_product_id = "4377" input_b_btn = "96" input_y_btn = "99" input_select_btn = "109" input_start_btn = "108" input_up_btn = "h0up" input_down_btn = "h0down" input_left_btn = "h0left" input_right_btn = "h0right" input_a_btn = "97" input_x_btn = "100" input_l_btn = "102" input_r_btn = "103" input_l2_btn = "104" input_r2_btn = "105" input_l3_btn = "106" input_r3_btn = "107" input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0" input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0" input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1" input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1" input_r_x_plus_axis = "+2" input_r_x_minus_axis = "-2" input_r_y_plus_axis = "+3" input_r_y_minus_axis = "-3" input_turbo_btn = "106" input_enable_hotkey_btn = "109" # Select input_exit_emulator_btn = "108" # Start + Select input_menu_toggle_btn = "100" # X + Select input_save_state_btn = "103" # R1 + Select input_load_state_btn = "102" # L1 + Select input_b_btn_label = "B" input_y_btn_label = "Y" input_select_btn_label = "Select" input_start_btn_label = "Start" input_a_btn_label = "A" input_x_btn_label = "X" input_l_btn_label = "L1" input_r_btn_label = "R1" input_l2_btn_label = "L2" input_r2_btn_label = "R2" input_l3_btn_label = "Left Thumb" input_r3_btn_label = "Right Thumb" input_l_x_plus_axis_label = "Left Analog Right" input_l_x_minus_axis_label = "Left Analog Left" input_l_y_plus_axis_label = "Left Analog Up" input_l_y_minus_axis_label = "Left Analog Down" input_r_x_plus_axis_label = "Right Analog Right" input_r_x_minus_axis_label = "Right Analog Left" input_r_y_plus_axis_label = "Right Analog Up" input_r_y_minus_axis_label = "Right Analog Down"

Connection Modes

Advanced Button Combos

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