Fairly accurate USB clones of NES/SNES/Sega/etc controllers were about $20 on Amazon last time I checked. I have some for my Raspberry Pi.
They’re great.
They’re great.
There are adapters for the controllers but I’ve owned a couple over the years (to use the Wii Classic Controller over USB) and they barely work to begin with, then break after a bit, it seems. Dunno why.