Input devices can have an enormous impact on your user experience, especially as they relate to games. For retro games in particular, which were often designed with joysticks in mind, playing with any other type of input device isn’t quite the same. Thankfully, using a Raspberry Pi Pico and some inexpensive parts, you can build your own joystick

Source: Hot Hardware – Adding Joystick Input To The Raspberry Pi Pico Is The Retro Gaming Project You Need