
Plug-and-play mapping profiles for 8 simultaneous Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch controllers.
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Auto-assigns up to 8 individual gamepads to player slots 1 through 8 with zero overlap.
8-Player Party Gamepad & Joy-Con Layout is a community add-on for Mr. Boom. Essential configuration file for hassle-free 8-player local couch tournaments. Copy to user configuration folder to enable instant 8-player controller detection. Mods are versioned separately from the base game — match the recommended engine or client release before joining multiplayer, and keep a clean backup of your settings if you experiment with several packs at once. PlayBound only lists projects that publish redistributable archives or clear external download pages. Always read the upstream README for credits, required assets, and known incompatibilities.
Compatibility: DirectInput / XInput / SDL2
Install with the PlayBound Launcher
The launcher installs this into config/controllers/ for Mrboom. If the base game is missing, it will install that first.
Install Mrboom first if you have not already — 8-Player Party Gamepad & Joy-Con Layout is an add-on and needs the base game.
The quickest route is the PlayBound Launcher: open Mrboom, find 8-Player Party Gamepad & Joy-Con Layout in its mods list and press Install. The launcher downloads the official release and places it in the right folder for you.
To install it by hand, download the latest release archive from github.com/Javanaise/mrboom-libretro/releases.
Extract the archive into the "config/controllers" folder inside your Mrboom installation directory.
Start Mrboom and enable 8-Player Party Gamepad & Joy-Con Layout from the in-game mods or add-ons menu. The download is roughly 2 MB.
Yes. 8-Player Party Gamepad & Joy-Con Layout is released under Open Source (GPL-3.0) and costs nothing. Neither it nor Mrboom has any paid content.
Mrboom, which is itself free. 8-Player Party Gamepad & Joy-Con Layout is an add-on and will not run standalone.
The PlayBound Launcher installs it in one click from Mrboom's mods list. You can also install it by hand — full steps are on this page.
Roughly 2 MB, on top of the base Mrboom installation.
Yes. The source is published at github.com/Javanaise/mrboom-libretro under Open Source (GPL-3.0).