A bug has been identified with some pads (8bitdo for example), making them work in Emulation Station but not in Retroarch emulators. We're working on fixing it, but here is a "quick fix" as a workaround:
- Restart the pad mapping
- Check before saving, and be sure L1R1 / L2R2 / L3R3 buttons are NOT recognized as "AXIS".
Here it's wrong for L2R2:
- If needed, remap these buttons:
Then your pad should work