Game Controls Guide

The default first-player keyboard layout uses the arrow keys for directions, Z/X/A/S for the first four action inputs, Enter for Start, and V for Select. Q and E are the upper shoulder inputs; Tab and R are the lower shoulder inputs.

• Directions: Up, Down, Left, and Right Arrow keys
• Primary action inputs: Z, X, A, and S
• Start: Enter
• Select or Coin input: V
• Upper shoulder inputs: Q and E
• Lower shoulder inputs: Tab and R
• Left analog directions: T, G, F, and H
• Right analog or Nintendo 64 C directions: I, K, J, and L

Touch controls change with the emulated console. Simpler systems show a direction pad, action buttons, Start, and Select. Systems with more inputs add shoulder buttons, analog areas, C-buttons, or extra Arcade buttons. A game may use only part of the visible layout.

1. Connect or pair the controller before starting the game when possible.
2. Open the game and click or tap the game area so the browser sends input to it.
3. Open Control Settings to check or change assignments if the buttons do not match your controller.
4. If input stops, reconnect the controller, return focus to the game, and restart the game only when necessary.

Controller support depends on the browser, operating system, and the gamepad’s browser-compatible mode. ClassicGameZone cannot guarantee that every controller or wireless mode will be detected.

The PlayStation virtual layout includes the directional pad, Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square, L1, L2, R1, R2, Start, and Select. The four face buttons use the familiar diamond layout, while shoulder buttons appear along the upper edge on mobile.

The default Arcade virtual controller uses a directional pad, Coin, Start, and six action buttons arranged in two rows: X, Y, Z above A, B, C. Games that need only two, three, or four action buttons simply leave the remaining buttons unused.

Nintendo 64 games use the analog stick, A, B, Start, L, R, Z, and four C-buttons: C-Up, C-Down, C-Left, and C-Right. On the default keyboard layout, the right-direction group I, K, J, and L corresponds to the four C directions.

The controller layout supplies console inputs, but each game decides what those inputs do. Racing, fighting, platform, and role-playing games can assign completely different actions to the same button. Check the game’s own control screen or manual when an input behaves differently than expected.