Acknowledgements
- GMMan, who has provided the internal details of the DGOC-44U and has conducted extensive research on the Densha de GO! Plug and Play.
- TheYamanote, who has helped with the TCPP-20009.
Besides the official compatibility, it is possible to use unofficial adapters, tools and hacks to use controllers with games which is unsupported officially.
Autotraintas has created a tool that makes it possible to use nearly any Densha de GO! controller with the PC versions of the games. This includes the classic console controllers (USB adapter required) and the USB controllers for the PlayStation 2. The tool patches the game memory on the fly to reflect the input from the controller.
While Densha de GO! 3 and Densha de GO! Shinkansen officially support the original (non-USB) PlayStation controllers, other games are only compatible with USB controllers. Via cheat codes, it is possible to use the original PlayStation controllers on real hardware, either with retail discs or via OPL.
The codes emulate a Type 2 controller. You will need to connect the controller as follows:
Each game requires a specific cheat code:
There are also cheat codes available for games in the Train Simulator series, emulating a Multi Train Controller (MTC):
For retail discs, the codes can be loaded with ps2rd or Cheat Device. If you are using OPL, it already includes ps2rd and you just need to copy the codes and enable cheats.
BVE Trainsim and OpenBVE both support input plugins, which allow expanding the controllers compatible with the program.
BVE Trainsim requires installing external input plugins, depending on the controller:
OpenBVE includes built-in input plugins for all classic and USB Densha de GO! controllers, the MTC with P5/B8 cassette and the OHC-PC01. They can be enabled and configured in the program’s settings. Note that a USB adapter is required for classic controllers.
The following table lists the compatibility between each controller (first row) and each software (first column). Additional software compatible with the controllers is also listed. The column for the Multi Train Controller (MTC) specifies the supported cassettes. Scroll to the right to see the full table.
| Software | Classic console controller | DGOC-44 | DGC-255 DGOC-44U | DRC-184 DYC-288 | TCPP-20009 TCPP-20012 | TCPP-20011 | TCPP-20014 | TCPP-20017 | MTC | ZKNS-001 | OHC-PC01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Densha de GO! (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Yes | Yes (1) | No | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! (Sony PlayStation) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Densha de GO! EX (Sega Saturn) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Densha de GO! 2 (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Yes | Yes (1) | No | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! 2 (Sega Dreamcast) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Densha de GO! 2 (Sony PlayStation) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Densha de GO! 64 (Nintendo 64) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Kisha de GO! (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Yes | Yes (1) | No | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Kisha de GO! (Sony PlayStation) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Densha de GO! Professional (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Yes | Yes (1) | No | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! Professional (Sony PlayStation) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Densha de GO! Nagoya Tetsudōhen (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Yes | Yes (1) | No | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! Nagoya Tetsudōhen (Sony PlayStation) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | P5/B8 | No | No |
| Densha de GO! 3 (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Yes | Yes (1) | No | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! 3 (Sony PlayStation 2) | Yes (2) | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | P5/B8 | No | No |
| Densha de GO! Shinkansen (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Unknown | Yes | No | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! Shinkansen (Sony PlayStation 2) | Yes (2) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | P5/B8 | No | No |
| Densha de GO! Shinkansen (Nintendo Wii) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Densha de GO! Ryojōhen (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! Ryojōhen (Sony PlayStation 2) | Unofficial (2) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | P5/B8 | No | No |
| Densha de GO! Professional 2 (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! Professional 2 (Sony PlayStation 2) | Unofficial (2) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | P5/B8 | No | No |
| Densha de GO! Final (Microsoft Windows) | Unofficial | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unofficial | Unofficial | No | No | No | Unofficial | Yes |
| Densha de GO! Final (Sony PlayStation 2) | Unofficial (2) | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | P5/B8 | No | No |
| Densha de GO! Hashirō Yamanote‑sen (Sony PlayStation 4) | Yes (3) | No | Yes (4) | Untested (4) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Densha de GO! Hashirō Yamanote‑sen (Nintendo Switch) | Yes (3) | No | Yes (4) | Untested (4) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Train Simulator Real: THE Yamanote Line (Sony PlayStation 2) | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | P5/B8 | No | No |
| Train Simulator Real: THE Keihin Electric Express Railway (Sony PlayStation 2) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | P5/B5 | No | No |
| Train Simulator: Midosuji Line (Sony PlayStation 2) | Unofficial (2) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | P4/B7 (without B1) | No | No |
| Train Simulator + Densha de GO! Tokyu Line (Sony PlayStation 2) | Unofficial (2) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | P4/B7 | No | No |
| Train Simulator: Keisei, Toei Asakusa, Keikyu Lines (Sony PlayStation 2) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | P5/B5, P13/B7 | No | No |
| Train Simulator: Kyūshū Shinkansen (Sony PlayStation 2) | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | P5/B7, P13/B7 | No | No |
| BVE Trainsim | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenBVE | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | P5/B8 | Yes | Yes |
Here you will find a collection of technical information for the various controllers of the Densha de GO! series of games. The information has been gathered from my actual experience and the references mentioned on this site.