@ trimmtrabb

Didn’t try it yet, my kids kept me busy over the weekend :-) but wanted to add that it is the same behaviour even with my Logitech Rumble Pad 2.
RPI auto detects the gamepad and let me configure it. I can navigate through the GUI and execute everything, but as soon as any game has started, the gamepad quits working.
I then connected the keyboard in parallel and with the keyboard I was able to play e.g. ´Alien´.