Reply To: What control schemes are people using?
Joystick/gamepad should work out of the box with dosbox. Plug in (or connect via bluetooth) the controller to the pc, check if your os has detected it properly, start dosbox, configure the game to use a joystick, and you should be good to go.
There’s also quite a few remapping options:
https://www.dosbox.com/DOSBoxManual.html#Joystick