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====Controllers====
;LL Cool Joy:Ultra-Low-Latency Controller Board<ref name="LL Cool Joy">[https://www.retrorgb.com/mister-ll-cool-joy-ultra-low-latency-controller-board-update.html 'LL Cool Joy' naming update] (October 20, 2018)</ref>. This is a controller add-on board that links to the I/O board and is made by ElectronAsh & rattboi. ElectronAsh officially named it the "LL Cool Joy". It is designed to support native controllers of original retro consoles and third party controllers with those native ports. <ref>[https://www.retrorgb.com/mister-ultra-low-latency-controller-add-on-board.html Controller board news] on RetroRGB. The ports are "DB15 (Neo Geo MVS/AES/CD, and Arcade), DB9 (Genesis, Atari, etc), & RJ45 (MC Cthulhu standard) inputs. RJ45 dongles could be made for any controller under the sun as long as code is added to support them. This would bypass the need to use USB controller adapters (which all add some lag) to plug in native controllers." (October 12, 2018)</ref> It also has USB ports for extra convenience.
;Bliss-Box BlisSter:[https://bliss-box.net/support] Alternative to LL Cool Joy. This product from Bliss-Box makes similar utilization of the ultra-low-latency API found in the MiSTer range for adapting native controllers. The Bliss-Box LLAPI (Low Level API) is a protocol written for the Bliss-Box Bridge not yet released but was adopted in the Mister cores available here [https://github.com/Kitrinx/LLAPI]. The BlisSter enables original console controllers that inter-operate with Bliss-Box's universal adapter chips to connect to a MiSTer hardware (Read their Support page for more details). If you already have the Bliss-Box adapters [https://bliss-box.net/ 4-Play or Gamer-Pro] then you can use a level shifter that plugs on to the serial I/O port on the input board. Level shifters can be made (simple design) or bought from Bliss-Box. The Bliss-Box also works with consoles like original Xbox and Nintendo Switch<ref>[http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=52566 Bliss-Box now goes live to a console near you.] (Racketboy thread. Thu Jan 10, 2019.)</ref>. The BlisSter [http://misteraddons.com/product/blisster/ BlisSTer] input board for the MiSTer has USB and HDMI ports. Adapter cables can be ordered along with the BlisSTer for original controllers to be used with those HDMI ports in low-latency mode. Support the for the BlisSter at this time is not in the main fork but you can use these cores [https://github.com/MiSTer-LLAPI]
<u>Note:</u> Check the Racketboy retrospective in Resources list below as it particularly covers these solutions to using old controllers well.
